Michigan State Basketball was expected to have a down year in 2015-16 following a Final Four run and losing guys like Travis Trice and Branden Dawson. However, the Spartans had arguably their best regular season under Tom Izzo, going 29-5 before a loss to No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee State in the first round.
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Still, though, no one saw that successful of a season coming and the early tourney loss overshadowed it all.
The year everyone was looking forward to was the 2016-17 campaign, and that’s due, in large part, to the recruiting class coming in.