St. Louis — They walked off the court in a daze, as if they didn’t know where to go or what to do. It was a walk they never dreamed they’d have to take.
The Spartans were supposed to win it all, according to many. And they didn’t even win one, a shock they won’t easily shake, or explain. The very thing Tom Izzo has long relished — the sweet, sweaty pressure of March Madness — swallowed Michigan State whole, in perhaps one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.
It’s impossible to explain, unless you saw the game, and then you get it.