spartannation.com —
March is definitely different. The College game is filled with different matchups, different venues, and different stakes. While a team might have been able to get away with a little sloppiness earlier in the year, there’s little room for error when you’re in the final games of a Conference race or Tournament play. In March, the finer points of the game end up examined under the powerful microscope of elimination.
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mlive.com —
The eve of Michigan State's opening game in the Big Ten tournament serves as a stark reminder that arguably the most dominant program in college basketball over the Past decade remains consistently hobbled by one painful thorn.
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detnews.com —
With the fifth-highest NCAA Tournament winning percentage among active coaches, Tom Izzo sounds ready to take on more challenges. Michigan State's 14-year head coach made his case this week for tournament expansion, a complex issue expected to be a hot topic nationally this month.
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
Tom Izzo is in his office, talking about how the season almost fell apart. First, his freshman wing made a game-winning shot against Wisconsin, but officials decided it came after the buzzer. "A good call," Izzo admits. "But the replay the next day (showed) there should have been another second on the clock," Izzo said. "If I woulda ..."
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msuspartans.com —
Michigan State enters the 2010 Big Ten Tournament as the No. 3 seed, having captured a share of the regular season championship. The Spartans will play the winner of the Minnesota/Penn State game on Friday night.
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basketballprospectus.com —
Basketball Prospectus previews the Big Ten Tournament. KenPom's system thinks the fourth-seeded Badgers have the best chance of anyone to cut down the nets in Indianapolis. That's not surprising, really, but what is kind of a shocker is the relatively weak showing of Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans, which Pomeroy sees as closer to the middle of the pack than to top dog's status.
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