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Travis Trice suited up for Michigan State from 2011 through 2015 after verbally committing to the Spartans on August 4, 2010, despite receiving offers from Butler, Creighton, Dayton, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, and Richmond, and he formally signed with the program during the November 2010 signing period.

On October 30, 2011, Trice made his debut for Michigan State in a exhibition game against Ferris State University, a Division II school in the field of basketball, and the guard recorded 7 points and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes.

Trice made his first official appearance with the team on November 11, 2011, in a Carrier Classic showdown vs North Carolina, and he played 20 minutes but went 1-of-8 from the field to finish with 4 points in that opener.

As a freshman in 2011-12, he appeared in 32 games and averaged 17.2 minutes, 4.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists while shooting .381 from the field and .405 on 3-pointers, leading Big Ten freshmen in 3-point percentage, while his season included a 20-point game against Central Connecticut State on December 7 and additional double-figure outings versus Texas Southern (11 points) and Iowa (10 points).

In 2012-13, Trice played 27 games (18.6 minutes per game) and averaged 4.8 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists while shooting .320 from the floor and roughly 40% from three-point range, but his season was interrupted by two separate concussion absences, and he still produced multiple double-figure games including 12 points against Purdue (January 5) and 12 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (December 5) while recording a career-high six steals against Wisconsin on March 7.

During his junior season in 2013-14, Trice appeared in 36 games and made eight starts, lifting his production to 7.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while shooting .420 overall and .434 from three-point range, which matched the year he shot 43.4 percent on 3-pointers, third best in the Big 10, and he posted a season-high 19 points in the NCAA Tournament second round against Delaware by going 7-of-8 from the field while also scoring 17 points against Iowa on March 6.

As a senior in 2014-15, Trice Jr, enjoyed a breakout season as Michigan State’s Team MVP (team vote) and a Third Team All-Big Ten honoree, leading the Spartans in scoring at 15.3 points per game while dishing out team-high 197 assists (5.1 per game) and ranking among the Big Ten’s assist-to-turnover leaders, and he also reached 1,000 career points in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Ohio State to become the 47th player in Michigan State history to hit that mark.

That senior campaign included a career-high 27 points at Nebraska (with 23 in the second half) and another 27-point night on Senior Night vs Purdue, plus other notable highs such as 26 points vs Maryland, 25 points vs Navy in the season opener, and back-to-back NCAA Tournament statement games with 23 points vs Virginia (including 13 straight in the first half) and 24 points in the Sweet 16 win over Oklahoma, and after Michigan State defeated the Louisville Cardinals in the Elite Eight (an overtime win in which he had 17 points and five assists), Trice was named East Region Most Outstanding Player as the Spartans advanced to the 2015 Final Four.

Across four seasons at Michigan State (2011-12 to 2014-15), Trice played in 134 games with 41 starts and finished with 1,135 career points, helped his class compile a 112–38 record, and ranked among the program’s long-range volume leaders by tying for fifth in Michigan State career 3-pointers made (202) while also finishing fifth in career 3-point attempts (512).

AWARDS

BSN Most Valuable Player (2024)
- PLK Most Valuable Player (2022)
- PLK champion (2022)
- PLK Finals MVP (2022)
- All-PLK Team (2022)
- Third-team All-Big Ten (2015)