Who was Michael Robinson of Michigan State University men's basketball?

Answer 1

Mike Robinson won back-to-back Big Ten scoring titles in 1972 and '73. Robinson averaged 24.2 points per game, more than any Spartan except one-year sensation Ralph Simpson and 3.0 more than the Big Ten's all-time scoring king, Shawn Respert. To put it another way, if freshmen had been eligible in 1970-71, his first year on campus, and he'd played as many games as another quiet contributor, Charlie Bell, Robinson would've had roughly 900 points more than any player in conference history. Not bad for a kid whose high school coach, Robert Smith at Detroit Northeastern, said, "You won't be able to play Big Ten Basketball. You're just too little. You might get a few minutes off the bench. But you should look at Ferris or Wayne State."