The Detroit News. No. 1 in the South. Michigan State will have no tickets available for sale to the public or students for its first two games in the NCAA Tournament. Those will be reserved for the players' and coaches' families and friends, the school's traveling party and top donors. An MSU official said that 8,000-10,000 tickets are available through the regional host.
State has the blueprint, the same one it used last year.
Now, we could sit here and tell you all sorts of scary stories about Alabama State, except that there aren't any. This is MSU's third straight No. 1 seed, and a top seed never has lost to a No. 16. After that game Friday, the potholes start appearing, including a possible second-round matchup with California, led by Ben Braun, former Eastern Michigan coach. It's our goal, and it's a legitimate goal. Unfortunately, there are a lot of teams that stand in the way.