Let me come right out and say it. I was wrong. I predicted a Marquette win. I predicted it in my bracket. I said it to people in my office. I said it to friends. I even said it to an um fan earlier today. Well, being wrong has rarely felt so good.
But if I am going to continue being honest, Michigan State had me thinking they were going to lose well into the second half. It wasn’t until just over the 8-minute mark, after Hauser and Walker sunk four FTs in the aftermath of the Marquette flagrant foul to give MSU a 6-point lead, that I started to believe.