Michigan State is back in the NCAA Tournament.
Thanks to a late push in the final two weeks of the regular season when the Spartans won five of their final seven games, including three over top-five teams, Michigan State earned a bid to the tournament for the 23rd straight season.
No. 11 seed Michigan State will take on UCLA (17-9) in a play-in game on Thursday. Time and site — all games will be played in the state of Indiana — have yet to be determined.
Michigan State (15-12) now has the second-longest active tournament streak after Duke’s ended this season following 24 straight years.