Hurricanes Eliminated in First Round of NCAA Tournament

Following the early train wreck, something clicked inside the Spartans. He came in second in steals per game behind Cassius Winston.

After falling behind 10-0, Michigan State ran the Hurricanes off the floor in Tulsa to advance to the second round by the score of 78-58. Michigan (No. 32), Minnesota (No. 34), Penn State (No. 36) and Indiana (No. 40) are also in the top 50 of the NCAA attendance rankings. That will be one of several key factors in the team’s next game against the Kansas Jayhawks.

Comparing what the second half turned into, the sluggish start to the first half proved to be an anomaly. The Hurricanes made seven of their first 12 shots to open the 12 point lead. “But we grind it out and make it happen. And then we just handled business”. But us having the season that we had, we’re battle tested. The Cowboys won 10 of 11 games from January 21 through February 25.

MI comes in as the higher seed at No. 7.

Guard Miles Bridges added 18 and guard Joshua Langford had 13. By the end of the contest, anyone who wore a MSU uniform to the game had checked in. “. We just couldn’t stop them”. They don’t do that. It’s disappointing to lose, certainly, but it’s more disappointing that we didn’t play the kind of defense that we’d been playing for most of the season. Enter Rhode Island, a team that thrives on defense, and is stocked full of shot-blocking bigs that can make any team uncomfortable. More than just ball protection, the Spartans began intelligently passing to create easy buckets. Izzo was an assistant at MSU and Bill Self at Kansas for that matchup. The Spartans are often a good rebounding team under coach Tom Izzo, but this year they aren’t almost as powerful on the boards. So, is that going to be an everyday happening?

“But you know, obviously Scott Skiles and company”. They’d have to win four games in four days – a tall order, which is why no team seeded that low has ever done it. “I can’t think of anybody who didn’t play well”.

“It’s win or go home man”, junior guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. said.

Making an astonishing 11 three-pointers in the second half, it appeared that all was settled as the game narrowed down.

Michigan, meanwhile, emerges as the hot team that nobody should be happy to have to play right now.

Another fan has a close encounter with the coach.

James Sanchez had the lone goal for the Wolverines (13-19-3) and Zach Nagelvoort also made 30 saves. But the Spartans can’t afford to get off to a rough start against a team as talented as Kansas.

This time, the Spartans flipped the script.

The Jayhawks were coming off a shockingly early exit from the Big 12 tournament after getting upset by TCU.

“The only thing I’m happy about is I get to work another night”, he said. So I’m sure that they’ll, I don’t even want to use the word ‘recover’. In the second half, the freshman class continued to showcase their talent, Bridges posting a highlight reel putback dunk.

“This will be the fourth team that at one time or another was ranked No. 1 in the country”, Izzo said.