Sunday’s heartbreaker between Michigan State and Duke in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament reminded me of previous tournament matchups between the two programs, at least in stretches.
There were moments that the Spartans had a response for every response from Duke, the sequence of three-straight made threes-pointers from MSU being one of the most significant.
But it wasn’t just senior forward Gabe Brown and senior center Marcus Bingham Jr. (scoring 18 and 16 points, respectively) having arguably their career-best performances that reinforces Tom Izzo’s postgame claim.
There were moments that sophomore point guard A.