Jason Richardson played on Tom Izzo's Michigan State national championship team in 2000 March Madness. Jase Richardson, his son, stars in 2025.

Fast forward a few years and Jason Anthoney Richardson II, or Jase, was born Oct. 16, 2005, in Berkeley, Calif., early in his father‘s fifth season with the Warriors. For all the attention drawn by his name, it has always been Jackie who, in fact, built the ballplayer.

In an NCAA Tournament bout between the South Region’s two best teams on Sunday, No. 1-seeded Auburn took down Michigan State by double digits, effectively endin