Michigan State vs. Arkansas basketball game set for Thanksgiving in Detroit
Michigan State and Arkansas will play at Little Caesars Arena on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, Tom Izzo said this week.
The Lions will be the main course, and Michigan State will be the dessert. Michigan State men's basketball will play a marquee nonconference men's basketball game against Arkansas at Little Caesars Arena on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 26.
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo confirmed the opponent while talking to Lansing sports reporter Tim Staudt this week. The News reported in December that Michigan State was in talks with a marquee opponent to play a Thanksgiving game in downtown Detroit. More: MSU's Tom Izzo ‘talked seriously’ about NBA job with Phoenix Suns The Lions will play during the day at Ford Field, per usual, for a 1 p.
m. kickoff against an opponent to be announced next month, when the NFL does its schedule reveal. Then, Michigan State and Arkansas will play shortly thereafter, with a tip expected to around 5 p.
m. Both games will be on national television; the Lions on CBS and Michigan State-Arkansas on a network TBD. That would put Detroit in the national spotlight on a holiday for the better part of six hours.