The Detroit News MSU's David Thomas hopes to control the backboards as the Spartans try to advance to the Final Four on Saturday when they face Arizona in Minneapolis. Back when the program was fledgling and the goals were modest, they talked about building. Eventually, they talked about contending. This is not idle chatter. Dynasties don't exist much in sports anymore.
Greatness is a fleeting concept, like loyalty and continuity.
Yet the Spartans can do something virtually unprecedented in the modern era of college basketball. So, OK, I'm admitting we're getting to an elite level. But you can be guaranteed we're not a dynasty yet. Maybe not yet. Maybe very soon.