NCAA Tournament March Madness

#13 Michigan St

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Projected seed: 4

Michigan State’s placement is logical because the resume pairs headline neutral wins over Kentucky and North Carolina and solid true road victories at Washington and Oregon with a defense that has been the team’s calling card, yet that body of work is tempered by damaging road setbacks at Nebraska and Wisconsin and by tough home losses to Duke and Michigan that leave questions about consistency. The Spartans have collected quality home wins over Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois and USC that show they can beat quality competition in front of their crowd and those victories cushion the tougher losses, and the slate still offers meaningful opportunities — home dates with UCLA and Ohio State and road tests at Purdue and at Michigan — where a couple of strong results would validate their standing or a stumble could drop them back.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Colgate213W80-69
11/8Arkansas18W69-66
11/13San Jose St256W79-60
11/18(N)Kentucky27W83-66
11/21Detroit257W84-56
11/25(N)East Carolina261W89-56
11/27(N)North Carolina28W74-58
12/2Iowa24W71-52
12/6Duke3L66-60
12/13@Penn St124W76-72
12/16Toledo160W92-69
12/20(N)Oakland137W79-70
12/29Cornell144W114-97
1/2@Nebraska11L58-56
1/5USC50W80-51
1/8Northwestern70W76-66
1/13Indiana35W81-60
1/17@Washington47W80-63
1/20@Oregon100W68-52
1/24Maryland127W91-48
1/27@Rutgers161W88-79
1/30Michigan1L83-71
2/4@Minnesota80L76-73
2/7Illinois6W85-82
2/13@Wisconsin29L92-71
2/17UCLA4180%
2/22Ohio St4080%
2/26@Purdue831%
3/1@Indiana3557%
3/5Rutgers16198%
3/8@Michigan117%