Bracket Watch: Michigan State Cracks the Field on the Back of Big Wins


Last Saturday three men’s ranked teams lost to unranked foes. The chaos that a college hoops weekend wreaks on the bracket each week is enough to drive this bracketologist up a wall, but it wouldn’t be college basketball season without upsets. Where does the field stand as we enter the final weekend of February? Sports Illustrated dives into that with its final Bracket Watch before March.  On the Bubble Welcome to the field, Michigan State. If you had told me a week ago at this time that I’d have Michigan State in my field, I wouldn’t have believed you. But the Spartans tallied three Quad 1 wins in a week, including two victories over top-10 teams. The metrics aren’t great, but it’s hard to keep out a team with five Q1 wins right now. MSU gets another opportunity Sunday at Maryland. Another story line on the bubble is the Big…

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