Following the Spartans’ victory over the Golden Eagles, CBS sports college basketball reporter Matt Norlander pointed out this was Izzo’s 16th career victory as the lower seed in the NCAA Tournament — which is a tournament record. He also has now taken a team seeded No. 5 or worse to the Sweet 16 six times — which is also a record.
Source: Spartans Wire
“It’s incredible and exciting knowing that we literally grew up 25 miles apart,” Whitens told News 10. “It was just cool knowing like the same history of where we came from and just having that kind of connection right off the bat.”
Source: WILX