Michigan State basketball Sweet 16 draw brings all the coaching love
There will be a lot of praise among peers this week when Michigan State basketball heads to the Sweet 16 in Washington.
Consider it a Sweet 16 reunion of sorts for Tom Izzo. Up first for Michigan State basketball , a rematch with Dan Hurley’s Connecticut team that handed the Spartans first loss of the season (even though it didn’t count). Get through that, and either the omnipresent Duke Blue Devils or Izzo’s close friend Rick Pitino and his St.
John’s Red Storm await. The East regional of the NCAA Tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington will feel like the basketball equivalent of K Street with the coaches’ schmoozing and gushing over one another. And Izzo will have plenty of familiarity with the others vying for the East's spot in the Final Four.
The 3-seed Spartans head to Izzo’s 17th Sweet 16 and will face 2-seed UConn on Friday, March 27 (9:45 p. m. , CBS).
The winner will advance to Sunday’s Elite Eight against either 1-seed Duke or 5-seed St. John’s. Almost presciently on March 16, the day after the bracket was revealed, Izzo said he felt MSU’s region was “maybe the best” in the entire NCAA field.
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