Former Orchard Lake St. Mary's freshman Mateen Cleaves Jr. explains his transfer and receiving an 'unbelievable' offer from Michigan State basketball.

Former Michigan State basketball player and Phoenix Suns/Mercury owner Mat Ishbia has received a lot of criticism in recent months. For one, the Suns have plumm ...

Mateen Cleaves Jr., a 6-4 sophomore, transferred to Dream City Christian School in Scottsdale, Arizona after freshman year at ...

Mateen Cleaves Jr., son of the former All-American point guard by the same name, was offered a scholarship by the Spartans ...

Mateen Cleaves Sr. is a Spartans legend. He helped lead Michigan State to the 2000 national title. Cleaves Sr. was also a two ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State men’s basketball has offered a scholarship to class of 2028 guard Mateen Cleaves ...

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo comes off a memorable 2024-25 season in which he got to coach the son of one of the first stars he ever had as a head coach. A qua ...

He’s not an All-Star guard or someone casual NBA fans might recall, but Mateen Cleaves is highly regarded in the basketball community. Post-retirement, the former first-round Draft pick built a ...

Now, with the addition of Mateen Cleaves—Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2000 and a central figure in MSU’s title team—the Suns further embed Michigan State’s culture and values into ...

Michigan State has had plenty of outstanding players in their basketball history. One thing is true for each of those players: they are Spartans through and through.

More than 150 student-athletes from 20 area schools listened to Cleaves' 26-minute motivational speech to kick off the leadership mentoring day at the Genesys Athletic Club on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

FLINT, Mich. -- Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves has been arraigned on sexual assault charges. Cleaves appeared at a Flint courthouse Wednesday, a day after he was charged with ...