How about Sparty!!??!!??

Could it be that the conference who was so INFERIOR to the Big East and the ACC could win both the NIT and the NCAA championships?

I love it! How are those crappy ESPN announcers gonna live with themselves?

but they match up very, very well with either Villanova or UNC.

In comparing the key matchups Suton is more dynamic than Tyler and Lucas is just as good as Lawson….as far as villanova: Raymar can D-up DC and Reynolds doesn’t compare to any MSU guard.

Villanova has no post play…MSU does.

UNC plays weak basketball….MSU doesn’t.

GO SPARTANS

I agree that on paper UNC is the most talented basketball team.

But, in my opinion, MSU is the most gritty basketball team left. And, when it comes to a championship, defense tends to win…and, with all due respect to UNC’s offensive talent, they are not comparable to MSU defensively.

For the rest of this week the media will be talking about how great it would be if Tyler Hansborough ended his college career with a championship…I think that might irritate MSU just a tad.

In the end, toughness wins…and MSU is tougher than UNC. And, Izzo is a better and tougher coach than Roy Williams. Hopefully, the basketball gods agree with the previous presumption.

You also must keep in mind that villanova is much, much smaller than MSU…not to mention less disciplined. The championship will be much more physical.

Izzo gets his kids to play harder and tougher than Roy every year. Izzo demands toughness when Roy demands one thing out of his kids: to push the ball.

UNC is a cute offensive team…MSU is a tough, gritty team…that is the reflection of their coaches. This is the case every flippin’ year.

In their career’s Roy has won with superior talent when Izzo has won with teams that were average in terms of talent, but played pissed-off basketball. The only times Roy gets pissed is when a reporter after the game asks a stupid question or when his running and gunning style of play isn’t working (ala the final four game against Kansas in 2008)

Izzo, much like Jim Calhoun, makes Roy look like a weakling as a coach. But, in the end, maybe talent will win on Monday. If that is the case, fine. But, Izzo is the coach that represents what is right in basketball, not Roy Williams.

note: If Roy had any toughness he would have stayed at Kansas and overcome his criticism rather than selling his team out for a “fresh” start. If he did stay at Kansas maybe, then, JR Giddens would have won a championship along with his teammates…If I were JR Giddens, I would hate Roy Williams. Then again, they probably wouldn’t have won a championship with Roy. Indeed, if I recall correctly, Roy’s former team and former recruits kicked his ass in the final four one year ago without JR Giddens…that game was wonderfully comical.

From the day the bracket was announced, UNC was the only team that scared me. Anyone else, there’s not a huge talent gap and Izzo’s superior coaching would make it no worse than a toss-up. But UNC has bad matchups for us all over the court. They’re not unbeatable, and I don’t think you’ll see anything like the beating we took in December … but it’s going to take MSU’s absolute best game to win.

I’m going ti go with NC by 12 points.

but if I was to put money on this one, it’s definitely on UNC. Really I just hope for a close game tonight that is exciting to watch. I am not expecting a repeat of last year, but that would be sweet if it was (with MSU winning in OT).