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Here's what Michigan State's Tom Izzo said about showdown with Duke

LSJ columnist Graham Couch, Freep beat writer Chris Solari and Freep columnist Shawn Windsor break down MSU's Sweet 16 win Graham Couch and Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, Lansing State Journal

WASHINGTON — Tom Izzo will be coaching for a spot in his eighth Final Four on Sunday.

And all No. 2 seed Michigan State must do is beat No 1 overall seed Duke in the East Region final at Capital One Arena.

“It doesn't get any better than this,” Izzo said during his news conference on Saturday. “I think this has been a year when players teach you more than you teach them, as resilient as they have been and kind of what they've gone through.