Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press / LSJ MSU beat writer Chris Solari break down the Spartans' 63-45 win over the Tar Heels Sunday night at the PK80 championship in Portland, Oregon. Graham Couch / Lansing State Journal
PORTLAND, Ore. – Miles Bridges doesn’t see Michigan State’s college basketball world in terms of Indiana, Purdue, Illinois and Wisconsin. In the blue-chipper community he comes from, the Big Ten hierarchy isn’t all that relevant. Players like Bridges don’t go to those schools.
So, to him, Sunday night’s 63-45 MSU win over North Carolina in one of the PK80 championship games was a monumental step for a group that, in his eyes, hadn’t done anything yet.