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Robyn Fralick begins assembling a new-look Michigan State women's basketball team

With Theryn Hallock healthy, a dynamic backcourt, and added size inside, the Spartans enter preseason practice focused on finding the right combinations

By Luke Adams
Published on September 23, 2026

Michigan State women’s basketball is officially back to work, but for head coach Robyn Fralick and the Spartans, the opening weeks of practice will be about much more than preparing for the first game.

They’ll be about figuring out exactly what this new-look team can become.

Michigan State enters the season after graduating several key contributors, leaving Fralick with what she called the youngest team she has coached since arriving in East Lansing.

“We have good young players and just a lot of new people learning how to play together,” Fralick said. “We have interesting pieces. We have a lot of complementary pieces.”

For now, that process of learning how those pieces fit together is at the center of Michigan State’s preseason.

Fralick said the coaching staff is still in “research mode” when it comes to finding its best lineups and combinations...


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