Michigan State Basketball March Madness Projections, Bracketology: February 17

Now that the quest for Tom Izzo to become the most victorious coach of Big Ten in history is over, microHigan state Basketball can turn its attention to what awaits us.

The continuation of a championship of the 11th regular season conference for his legendary coach. And, a month of selection on Sunday, extending the record for the NCAA record tournament at 27 consecutive appearances.

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The 13th place Spartans divided a pair of matches last week which could have an impact on their sowing potential, a brutal defeat for Indiana which was their first at home this season and an exciting victory at the ‘Illinois to compensate for it and increase their profile.

But the road to March Madness only intensifies from here, with two consecutive short -term games that stand out Saturday victory against the Illini. The second place MSU (20-5, 11-3) has a pair of critical games for its NCAA profile and the Big Ten title race, welcoming third place n ° 14 purdue at 7 p.m. Tuesday and going to the League and N ° 12 Michigan Friday evening.

There are a certain number of criteria that the selection committee examines in order to make its assessment in addition to subjective assessments such as the “test of the eyeball”. Among them:

Save: The overall team record, the conference record and the non-conference record

Calendar strength: The strength of the teams against which the team made

Tête-à-tête results: The results of the games between the teams are compared

Conference championships: The number of conference championships has won

Common opponents: The results of the games against common opponents

Net adjusted efficiency (net): A measure of the overall performance of a team during the regular season

Team value index: A component focused on the results of the net that classifies the teams according to who they beat and where they played

Notation percentage index (RPI): A computer program that calculates the percentage of a team victories, the success of the opponents and the strength of the calendar of adversaries

Each week, in the future, the free press will come back over the previous week of the Spartans and will assess how their curriculum vitae has changed and hides in competition.

Michigan State basketball results last week

February 11: 71-67 home defeat at Indiana – The Spartans ran to a 12 -point lead, to collapse in the middle of the game while the Hoosiers took the lead for good and increased to nine before resisting the late return of MSU to go to a point in the last minute. A postage of a 3-point season continued, the Spartans going 4 for 23 in depth while they struggled against zone 2-3 of Indiana in the Halfcourt and could not go out in transition against HOOSIER zone area.

February 16: 79-65 Victory on the road to Illinois – Izzo has broken equality with Bob Knight for the greatest number of victories in the history of Big Ten in a dramatic way, rallying to an early deficit of 16 points and holding the unlinted illini in the last 8 minutes to close On a 15-0 race. Jaxon Kohler Played the game of his life, marking in the post, the mid -range and the exterior to finish with a 23 -point career summit with six of 10 rebounds on offensive boards. He had 4 for 5 to 3 points, just the third Spartan to strike as much in a match this season, and went 9 for 13 in total.

Net classification: n ° 21 (started last week n ° 19)

All classification Through Sunday matches.

Record Quad 1: 5-4

Record Quad 2: 4-1

Record Quad 3: 6-0

Record Quad 4: 5-0

Kenpom classification: n ° 17 (started last week n ° 17)

All classification Through Sunday matches.

Offensive efficiency: N ° 27

Defensive efficiency: N ° 13

Crochetology projections

USA Today: 3 seeds in the East region: Newark (from February 14).

ESPN: 4 seeds in the southern region: Atlanta (from February 14)

CBS: 4 seeds in the Midwest region: Indianapolis (from February 17)

Fox Sports: 5 seeds in the East region: Newark (from February 14)

On3: 6 seeds in the southern region: Atlanta (from February 16)

Bracketmatrix.com: 5 seeds (from February 16)

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