UM men to open NCAA Tournament play against Michigan State

They’ve turned it around and made a good story out of it.

That run, of course, came in 2000 when the “Flintstones” led Michigan State to the national championship.

The Spartans will face the #8 Miami Hurricanes in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday while the Wolverines will take on the #10 Oklahoma State Cowboys in Indianapolis, Ind. on Friday. I’m just ready to get out there. “With Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Mo-Pete (Morris Peterson) … that was the most memorable for me because they were from my hometown”.

Although they started the season with many questions after losing Angel Rodriguez, Sheldon McClellan and Tonye Jekiri from the Sweet 16 team, the Canes slowly but surely worked their way into the national conversation with signature home wins over then-No. He can carry this team to the Final Four.

Miami’s calling card is their defense, and that is something that will, hopefully, travel with them during the NCAA tournament. During this stretch of games, the Wolverines also avenge their loss to IL, wearing blue jerseys at home in response to Morgan’s comments. The Spartans fell on a last second shot to Arizona, who received a two seed, and were handled easily by Kentucky who also received a two seed.

“I haven’t heard from anybody so far”, Bridges said, “but I’m sure I’ll hear from Draymond (Green), Denzel (Valentine) and Gary (Harris)”. In general, I’m proud of this team for what they accomplished.

You can not talk Michigan State’s 2016-17 season without mentioning Miles Bridges, which I already have, but they relied heavily on his production as a freshman.

“I still don’t even think we have played our best basketball yet, that’s the best part about it”, Reed said.

“Louisville is a risky team with the potential to play until near the end of the month”, CBS commentator Clark Kellogg said.

Jacksonville State is 6-0 against the spread in neutral site games, 6-2 against the spread as an underdog by greater the 13 points, and 4-1 against the spread against a team with a winning record. The victor of that game would play Sunday against No. -1 seed Kansas or No. 16-seed NC Central/UC Davis.

The appearance is the third under Head Coach Jim Larrañaga, in his six seasons with the Hurricanes. We’ve been very hard to score on. It was the only other place other than East Lansing in his college coaching career. Their unexpected run continues with wins over Minnesota and Wisconsin to capture the program’s second Big Ten Tournament championship and first since the inaugural event in 1998. Only Kansas, with 28 straight appearances, North Carolina (27) and Duke (22) have enjoyed longer strings of tournament bids, and only Kansas (28) and Duke (22) have longer active streaks. Wayne Blackshear was phenomenal in the game, but Mangok Mathiang’s missed free throw sent the game to overtime where the Spartans’ Bryn Forbes was hot from 3 to advance Tom Izzo’s squad to the 2015 Final Four. Heading into Big Ten competition the Spartans record was at 8-5. Any leftover tickets would be available to the public on Tuesday.