What Michigan State Must Do To Win

The Spartans have had a great tournament, but to keep it going they must shoot more consistently, both beyond the arc and inside the paint. This tournament they have shot 45.6% of FG's and 40.6% of their 3-pointers. If Michigan State can improve their shooting percentage then that will be a huge help to them. The Spartans must get more rebounds to win, in other words do not let Gordon Hayward close to the basket because he will get numerous of rebounds, both on offense and defense. With Kalin Lucas gone it will have to be Michigan State's, Raymar Morgan, to step up and improve his 48.5% of his FG's to make up for that huge loss. If he does this then it could possibly seal the deal for Michigan State. But they will still have to play their best basketball of the whole season to beat these tough Butler Bulldogs.

The Final Four is now FINAL with Michigan St. and Duke's win

It was an exciting game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Tennessee Volunteers. With 11.2 seconds left on the clock and the score 69-69 there was a lot of pressure on Scotty Hopson to make one free throw to give Tennessee the lead, unfortunately, he could not make it happen. The Spartans then got the ball and went all the way down the court and got fouled with 1.8 seconds to go. Raymar Morgan had to make at least one free throw to put his team on top and he did just that. With 1.6 seconds left the Senior Vol, J.P. Prince, throws up a prayer and comes up just shy of the basket. A key player was the Spartans Durrell Summers with 8-10 FG and 4-6 from beyond the arc and he ended the game with 21 points to help Michigan State get into the Final Four for the second year in a row. In the second game today, Duke's Kyle Singler did not have one of his better games but Nolan Smith stepped up to the plate and earned 29 points in their 78-71 win over Baylor. The Blue Devils earn their first Final Four appearance since 2004. The Final Four will be #2 West Virginia vs #1 Duke and #5 Michigan State vs the #5 Butler Bulldogs. The Final Four games will occur on April 3rd in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Kansas State just got BUTLERED

BUTLERED: v. to get pretty much slapped in the face by the Butler Basketball Team...a.k.a Kansas State. Today was a great day for the Bulldogs and their fans, they knocked the #2 seed out of the tournament and are going to be in the Final Four for the first time in school history. This was the perfect time to shine for Shelvin Mack and Gordon Hayward. Mack had 16 points with 7 rebound while Hayward had 22 points with 9 rebounds. Kansas State's top two scorers, Pullen and Clemente, had a combined 32 points while their last game against Xavier they together put 53 points up on the board. All I CAN SAY IS PULLEN IT IS TIME TO SHAVE THE BEARD! Another mind blower was West Virginia upsetting the Wildcats of Kentucky. West Virginia was in control of the game the whole time with their 10-23 three-pointers to Kentucky's 4-32 three-pointers. Neither team shot well in the paint West Virginia was 38.5% and Kentucky was 34.3%, their worst this whole year. But the Mountaineers pulled it off and are heading to the Final Four for the first time since 1959. Well, with only six teams left the National Championship is still up for grabs.

Another EXHILARATING day in the month of March

WOW!!! Many people thought that March Madness could not get any more crazy but it just did. From the Volunteers upsetting the Buckeyes or Baylor working St. Mary's it was all incredible. The University of Tennessee has never made it to the Elite Eight until today. The Vols had some behind the scene problems that was predicted to hurt their team but that might be just the opposite of what it did to the team. On the first day of 2010, four Tennessee basketball players were arrested for possession of drugs and weapons, Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams, and Melvin Goins were eventually kicked off the team. Tyler Smith came back to Tennessee for his senior year instead of entering into the NBA Draft, but then his dreams of being in the NBA were crushed when he made that horrible decision. It seems like that ordeal has made this team better and closer than ever. Tennessee was not the only great game on Friday, Baylor took St. Mary's to town with a halftime score of 17-46 in favor of the Bears. They let up a little bit, but still beat the Gaels 72-49. Baylor will have to get past Duke in the South Region Finals to make it to the Final Four.

Scores:

Northern Iowa: 52
Michigan State: 59

Tennessee: 76
Ohio State: 73

Duke: 70
Purdue: 57

Baylor: 72
St. Mary's: 49

The VERY SWEET Sixteen in Salt Lake City

Late Thursday night the quiet city of Salt Lake was not so quiet anymore when March Madness came around. Two games were played, Syracuse vs Butler and Kansas St. vs Xavier. Both of these games were big thrillers!!! Syracuse, the #1 seed in the West Region, lost to #5 seeded Butler in an intense matchup. With Arinze Onuaku unable to play for the Orangemen, this game went down to the wire. Syracuse was down by 10 at the break and took their first lead at 40-39 and started to increase that lead until the Bulldogs went on a 11-0 run to help them win the game 63-59. This will be the first time that the Butler Bulldogs have made it to the Elite Eight in School History. After that thriller, there was another amazing matchup between #2 Kansas St. and #6 Xavier. The Wildcats were up by as much as 15 at the start of the game, but the sharp shooting Musketeers caught up and the game was tied. Kansas St. was up by three with 4.0 seconds left in overtime until Jordan Crawford hits an unbelievable three to send it into double overtime but Kansas St. took charge after that and won 101-96. The Elite Eight game in Salt Lake City will be the Kansas St. Wildcats vs the Butler Bulldogs on Saturday.