Michigan State entered the 2015 NCAA Tournament with 11 regular season losses and no players who were on the All-Big Ten first team. Were it not for a run to the Big Ten Conference Tournament title game, Tom Izzo’s team likely would have been on a much warmer seat Selection Sunday.
With more bad losses than quality wins on their regular season resume, a run to the Final Four had to be an afterthought for this group of Spartans.
However, in March Tom Izzo does it again, making his seventh Final Four since 1999 after beating Louisville in overtime.