Here’s the third episode of our four-part “Ranking the Sweet 16″ series.  In this post, we’ll cover the 8-5 teams and we’ll wrap up with who we think are the four best teams left in the tournament on Thursday before the games start. We start with…

8. Michigan State Spartans

Seed: No. 5, Midwest Region

How’d They Get Here?: Defeated No. 12 New Mexico St. 70-67, Defeated No. 4 Maryland 85-83

Outlook: To put it simply, the outlook is extremely bleak for Sparty.  They’re the George Costanza of the NCAA Tournament: they’re enigmatic, they’re underachievers, ...

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