EAST LANSING - Miles Bridges first used the magic words publicly last April, when sat in front of the Sparty statue on campus and announced he was returning for his sophomore year.
"I want to win a national championship," Bridges said.
The ensuing 10 months have been spent under the microscope of being one of the most talented teams in college basketball. There have been the ups, like winning 13 straight games to take the Big Ten regular season title outright and winning the PK80 title in Portland back in November. There have been a few downs as well, most notably being swept by in-state rival Michigan in two games, the latter of which in the Big Ten tournament.