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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Denzel Valentine\u2019s senior season for Michigan State ended with an upset, as the No. 2 Spartans fell to No. 15 Middle Tennessee State on Friday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine averaged 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game for the Spartans this season. He won Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Tournament MVP. Valentine was also an integral part of the Spartans team which made last year\u2019s Final Four.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the loss to the Blue Raiders, Izzo&amp;nbsp;thanked Valentine for his contributions to the school, with tears in his eyes and he recalled Valentine\u2019s importance to the program.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Twitter reacts to 15-seed Middle Tennessee\u2019s upset of Michigan State&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine was named &lt;em&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/em&gt;\u2019s National Player of the Year earlier this month.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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