MSU basketball beats Louisville to reach the Sweet 16 | video analysis Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari discuss MSU’s NCAA tournament win over Louisville. BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s not like the Sweet 16 is new to Tom Izzo. He’s made it this far 17 times in 28 straight NCAA tournaments. But this is the round that starts to really stir his soul. You can hear when he talks. He’s still got some of that 1998 excitement in him, like he just knocked off Princeton and a shot at a blue blood awaits. This time it’ll be Connecticut or UCLA next Friday in Washington, D.C. These days, Michigan State’s program is as revered as just about any. In part,...
