Tum Tum Nairn Jr.’s memories of Michigan State’s 1999-2000 team are artificial.
They were planted in his consciousness while watching endless hours of video from the Spartans’ single-minded run to the school’s second national championship and first under head coach Tom Izzo.
That doesn’t make the images of Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, A.J. Granger, Andre Hutson & Co. any less real for Nairn, who was a 5-year-old growing up in The Bahamas when the Flintstones were writing their page in history.
In fact, they’re fresher than most.