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Michigan State basketball: 5 bold predictions for 2022-23 season

By Connor Muldowney

Michigan State's A.J. Hoggard celebrates after a play against Purdue during the second half on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.220226 Msu Purdue 229a
Michigan State's A.J. Hoggard celebrates after a play against Purdue during the second half on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.220226 Msu Purdue 229a /
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EAST LANSING, MI – MARCH 06: Tyson Walker #2 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates after hitting a three point shot against the Maryland Terrapins at Breslin Center on March 6, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – MARCH 06: Tyson Walker #2 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates after hitting a three point shot against the Maryland Terrapins at Breslin Center on March 6, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

1. Michigan State basketball makes the Sweet 16

As cherry-picky as it is for rival fans to use the “Michigan State has made the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament just once since 2015,” it’s also very true and disappointing.

Michigan State made the Final Four just a few years ago in Cassius Winston’s junior year and that ended a few-year streak of missing out on the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The year after, the tourney got canceled due to COVID-19, then they lost to UCLA in the First Four in 2020-21, and narrowly lost to Duke in the Round of 32 in 2021-22.

I think this is the year we finally see Michigan State shut the doubters up with a Sweet 16 run even with a team that isn’t ranked to start the year and doesn’t have a ton of depth.

Michigan State is going to earn a 6-seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament after finishing in the top three in the Big Ten standings and making the semifinals of the conference tourney and the Spartans will beat the No. 11 seed and then upset the No. 3 seed in the second round.

This is going to set this team up for a huge 2023-24 season.

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