UConn vs Michigan State live updates: Prediction, time, how to watch Sweet 16 game
Dan Hurley and Tom Izzo bring UConn and Michigan State into an exciting Sweet 16 game that should feature plenty of intensity. Predictions, how to watch.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The East Region is the gift that keeps on giving . Michigan State and UConn should have a high-intensity feel driven by two of the top coaches and defenses remaining in the tournament. Friday's Sweet 16 game just might not be aesthetically pleasing.
According to KenPom, the UConn defense ranks 11th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency and the Spartans rank 13th. And both offenses look to get into transition but will focus on frontcourt play in the halfcourt set, with the Huskies led by Tarris Reed Jr. and Alex Karaban and Michigan State centered on Jaxon Kohler, Carson Cooper and high-flying forward Coen Carr .
These programs aren't foreign to March success. The Spartans are in the Sweet 16 for the third time in four seasons and 17th in the past 28 years under Tom Izzo . The Huskies are back in the Sweet 16 after winning back-to-back national titles in 2023, '24.
"I'm just excited," Huskies coach Dan Hurley said Thursday. "I feel like it's an honorable game for UConn, Michigan State. It's a great crazy Sweet 16 game.
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