Your Full Guide Of The Final Four
There were a few upsets, some close games and breakout performances, but not the usual wow factor we expect in the early rounds. Once the bracket hit the Elite Eight, the madness returned to March.
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There were a few upsets, some close games and breakout performances, but not the usual wow factor we expect in the early rounds. Once the bracket hit the Elite Eight, the madness returned to March.
Dick Bennett's fingerprints will be all over this year's NCAA Tournament. The former longtime coach has ties to three of the four coaches in Minneapolis this week, one by blood.
Cassius Winston put Michigan State on his shoulders and carried the Spartans into the Final Four.
Cassius Winston scored 26 points and second-seeded Michigan State held off Bradley 76-65 on Thursday in the opening round of the East Region.
A Look Around The Big Ten
If there's a weakness for these Michigan Wolverines to be worried about, it's lurking behind the 3-point line.
Xavier Tillman got off to a shaky start, filling in for Nick Ward in the starting lineup for No. 10 Michigan State.
Jim Harbaugh is taking Michigan's football team to South Africa in May.
Michigan State forward Nick Ward had surgery on his broken left hand and is expected to be out of for at least a few weeks.
A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans vs Illinois Fighting Illini
Michigan Wolverines vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Coming off their worst game of the season, No. 7 Michigan did almost everything right to give coach John Beilein a school record-setting win on his 66th birthday.
Ohio State Buckeyes vs Michigan Wolverines
"He just competes," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "He's relentless in his desire to win."
Michigan State Spartans vs Purdue Boilermakers
Ryan Cline scored 17 points and Eastern overcame his season-long free throw troubles by making six straight down the stretch to help the Boilermakers fend off a frantic late charge and hang on for a 73-63 upset Sunday over the sixth-ranked Spartans.
Michigan State Spartans vs Iowa Hawkeyes
But sixth-ranked Michigan State had the necessary toughness, blowing past the upstart Hawkeyes in a vintage Tom Izzo performance on the road.
A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten:
No matchup engendered skepticism of Iowa quite like its 90-68 loss at Michigan State in early December.
Aaron Henry made the most of his opportunity to play in place of injured starter Joshua Langford.
The upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference
Tom Izzo wasn't impressed. The Spartans built a big lead early and dominated at times in the paint in their 71-56 win on Sunday. From Izzo's standpoint, that's all they did well and that won't be enough for the Spartans to be the team they want to be.
Zavier Simpson is Michigan's gritty point guard, and Jon Teske is the 7-foot-1 center. Together, they anchor the Wolverines' stellar defense.
