You can bet Tom Izzo was thinking about the lack of Sweet 16s in the past three years heading into Saturday night’s game against Minnesota, but Michigan State didn’t show any signs of tightness, smacking the Golden Gophers, 70-50.
With the win, the Spartans advance to play No. 3 seed LSU on Friday night with a chance to make the Elite Eight for the first since since that 2014-15 season when they also reached the Final Four.
The Spartans dominated from the opening whistle and after taking an 11-2 lead in the first few minutes, it never got closer than that.