EAST LANSING -- Fittingly, Florida's visit to Michigan State on Saturday will be accompanied by a visit from MSU's 2000 national championship team.
Basketball coach Tom Izzo said he expects most of that team to be on hand for the 6 p.m. game between the Spartans and Gators (ESPN2). MSU beat Florida, 89-76, for the 2000 national title in Indianapolis, wrapping up Izzo's fifth season as head coach.
"Those are the guys that built my part of this great tradition here," Izzo said of MSU's success in athletics that includes the football team winning the Big Ten title and making the College Football Playoff.