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Michigan State vs. Bucknell in NCAA tournament: Live blog tonight

Michigan State basketball opens its NCAA tournament vs. Bucknell on Friday (7:10 p.m., CBS) in Detroit in the Midwest Region.

The No. 3 seed Spartans haven't played since March 3, a span of 13 days.

The No. 14 seed Bison won the Patriot League championship over Colgate, 83-54, on March 7. Bucknell has won 18 of its past 19 games.

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Special Free Press writer Josh Mansour will be running the chat, and we're pulling in tweets from Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, our reporters at Little Caesars Arena.