Michigan State can beat anyone, and it certainly can beat anyone in its corner of the NCAA bracket.
That hasn’t always been true. It wasn’t last spring, if you consider the corner that included Duke.
That’s the news Spartan fans should take from Selection Sunday. There is no “Duke.”
There is, however, a Virginia.
The Midwest region’s No.1 seed — Michigan State is the No.2 — and the team the Spartans knocked from the NCAA tournament the last two seasons. It’s not easy to keep beating the same team when the season is on the line.