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hk mossy wrote:I remember quite vividly the Michigan State game against Syracuse in our 2000 Championship run. I was in Vegas at the time and we were down by like 7 or 8 at half and I was not feeling very good. We came out in the 2nd half and just went nuts. I also won a nice little sum on that game. I remember it was also like a home game being played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is less than a hour from East Lansing.
Yeah, State's coach Tom Izzo, usually has that team ready to go come tourney time, they play a tough early season schedule and usually take some lumps but are also usually the stronger for it. Boeheim leans the other way, and schedules cupcakes for the first 10 or 12 games and I think that sometimes bites us in the ass. Of course when you are playing in arguably the best conference every year I guess you have to get the win total up one way or another.