Michigan State snuck into the NCAA tournament last season as a No. 9 seed, and, historically, a spot on the No. 9 or 10 line has represented the absolute floor for how “low” (ha) this program can get under Tom Izzo. Improvement would be the safe prediction for 2017-18 even if we didn’t know anything else.But what we do know about this particular group of Spartans is so striking that there’s a case to be made for them as the No. 1 team in the nation.
Source: ESPN