No one wanted to see it, but when the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday evening, Michigan State showed up as the No. 2 seed in the South Region — Duke’s region.
Mike Krzyzewski has had Tom Izzo’s number over the course of his career, but that shouldn’t affect the Spartans at all until the second weekend — assuming the Spartans can finally make it out of the first weekend for the first time since 2014-15.
Michigan State drew Bradley in the first round as the No. 15 seed with a potential matchup with Minnesota or Louisville in the second round.