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Michigan State Basketball: 5 biggest overreactions before 2018 NCAA Tournament

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - DECEMBER 3: Nick Ward #44 of the Michigan State Spartans reacts during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Breslin Center on December 3, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - DECEMBER 3: Nick Ward #44 of the Michigan State Spartans reacts during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Breslin Center on December 3, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – NOVEMBER 14: Wendell Carter Jr #34 of the Duke Blue Devils is fouled by Jaren Jackson Jr. #2 of the Michigan State Spartans during the State Farm Champions Classic at the United Center on November 14, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Duke defeated Michigan State 88-81. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – NOVEMBER 14: Wendell Carter Jr #34 of the Duke Blue Devils is fouled by Jaren Jackson Jr. #2 of the Michigan State Spartans during the State Farm Champions Classic at the United Center on November 14, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Duke defeated Michigan State 88-81. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

1. Michigan State is doomed in Duke’s region

Michigan State has no chance to make it past the Sweet 16. If you’re guilty of using this phrase, raise your hand. Now that everyone’s hand is raised, including mine, let’s take a breath and think about the potential matchup with the Blue Devils.

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Is Duke the most talented team in the NCAA Tournament? More than likely. Are the Blue Devils unbeatable? Not at all. Can Michigan State overcome Duke’s dominance in the series and pull off the ‘upset’? You bet.

If there was ever a time when Miles Bridges and the Spartans wanted revenge on a team that has had their number, it’s this year in an NCAA Tournament field that is extremely wide open. There are a number of experts and fans who believe that the winner of the Duke-MSU game will play for a national title.

Tom Izzo isn’t in the Hall of Fame for nothing and you can bet he would use a week of preparation to drill any and every tendency the Blue Devils have into the brains of his players.

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Moreover, the Spartans have already played this team once on the year and it went back and forth until the final buzzer sounded. Duke is good, but Michigan State has the talent to match.

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