BUFFALO, N.Y. — I don’t know if Michigan State is good enough to conquer what’s ahead next week. But the Spartans played like a team Saturday determined to make a go of it.
If MSU shoots like that, if Coen Carr plays like that, if Jeremy Fears continues to break assist records like that — this time the MSU NCAA tournament assist mark held previously by some guy named Magic — and if MSU defends like that, they’ll have a chance.
All of it was too much for 6-seed Louisville on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. After taking the lead early, MSU led wire to wire, but never comfortably, in a 77-69 win that sends the Spartans to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years, “where this program belongs,” as Tom Izzo said afterward.
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