Miles Bridges played the best game of his college career Friday night in an arena 90 minutes from where he grew up. Because of that, Michigan State beat Bucknell, 82-78, to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
MSU's sophomore forward was relaxed and aggressive. A combination his coach, Tom Izzo, had been waiting to see all season.
Whatever Bridges found in himself in the nearly two-week after the Big Ten tournament, he's got to squeeze it. He'll need it if the Spartans want to get on a run.
And yet, this isn't why he came back.