MSU basketball moves up in latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection from ESPN

We have a long way to go before the NCAA Tournament is here but that doesn’t mean we can’t start to look ahead.

Joe Lunardi of ESPN has already begun to release his famous “Bracketology” NCAA Tournament projections, and to no surprise Michigan State is in the field of 68. The Spartans are one of eight teams Lunardi currently has dancing this upcoming March.

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Check out which Big Ten teams Lunardi has listed in his latest batch of “Bracketology” below:

Illinois

Seed / Region: No. 5 in West Region

First Round Opponent: No. 12 Sam Houston State

Indiana

Seed / Region: No. 4 in Midwest Region

First Round Opponent: No. 13 Yale

Iowa

Seed / Region: No. 7 in South Region

First Round Opponent: No. 10 Texas Tech

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Maryland

Seed / Region: No. 5 in East Region

First Round Opponent: No. 12 Iona

Ohio State

Seed / Region: No. 6 in East Region

First Round Opponent: No. 11 Charleston

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Purdue

Seed / Region: No. 1 in South Region

First Round Opponent: No. 16 Cleveland State / No. 16 Wagner

Wisconsin

Seed / Region: No. 7 in Midwest Region

First Round Opponent: No. 10 TCU

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Michigan State

Seed / Region: No. 10 in West Region

First Round Opponent: No. 7 Miami (FL)

Just outside NCAA Tournament

First Four Out:

Penn State

Rutgers

Next Four Out:

Michigan

Click here to see the complete NCAA Tournament bracket projection from Lunardi

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