A little over a year ago, Duke dismantled Michigan State in the 2015 Final Four, 81-61. The game was never really close, but the Spartans made a vow to get back to the promised land and make the Final Four once again in 2015-16.
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Michigan State did all it could to earn a one-seed, going 29-5 in the regular season, but was handed a No. 2 seed, surprisingly, and wound up being upset in the first round by 15th-seeded Middle Tennessee State.
Duke didn’t have much better luck, losing to Oregon in the Sweet 16.