Nor will the team photos, the banner, the sight of Tom Izzo or the gleam of a championship ring. No one is impressed. Last year is last year, and nobody even remembers last week in this tournament, let alone 12 months ago. I think that's the way it's gonna be in college basketball. Everybody has good players now.
Nobody is scared.
And, at least at the start, nobody will roll over. If MSU doubted that before the jump ball Friday night, it realized it quickly enough. Of course, a No. 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed. The Spartans may be holding the crown, but there was nothing regal about Friday night. Truth is, it was more like a tomb, and I'm just talking construction.