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This year's team hasn't lived up to the performance of the 2009 squad, which used a tough-as-nails attitude during its run to the Final Four in Detroit.

This year's team hasn't lived up to the performance of the 2009 squad, which used a tough-as-nails attitude during its run to the Final Four in Detroit.

When Michigan State starts a season with three straight conference wins, good things usually happen to the Spartans. Similar starts in 2000 and 2009 led to Big Ten titles and Final Four appearances.

"I said quietly, 'I got to get there,'" Izzo said about reaching the Final Four when Detroit was named the site for the 2009 extravaganza.

"I said quietly, 'I got to get there,'" Izzo said about reaching the Final Four when Detroit was named the site for the 2009 extravaganza.

With its top six scorers back, Michigan State is No. 10 in the Associated Press preseason poll, and is selected to finish second in the Big Ten behind Ohio State.

"I think some of the fans think the Final Four is on our schedule. It's not," Michigan State's coach said during the Spartans' media day on Wednesday. Izzo needs to replace center Goran Suton and guard Travis Walton. MSU also loses front-court depth with the departure of center Idong Ibok and forward Marquise Gray.

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Lindy's picks Kansas, Texas, MSU and Villanova for the Final Four and says the Spartans' Kalin Lucas is the No. 1 point guard in the country.