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Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo likes his team’s chances of making a third-straight NCAA Final Four, but he knows it will — as always — take a little luck to reach it in 2011.

The Michigan State-Duke showcase game will be the last to tip-off in the 2010 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Spartans and the national champion Blue Devils, half of this past spring‘s Final Four, will play in Durham, N.C., at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1.

here is your monday piece on the spartans heading to the final four and the big win in st. louis on sunday…. also, more msu and final four stuff with duke and west virginia…. fran mccaffery the new head coach at iowa, michigan losing in double OT in hockey last night for a trip to the frozen four at ford field…. rainouts in the southeast and a bit about gene simmons family jewels again… man, i dig that show.

Michigan State's recruiting class for 2010 is one of the best, according to ESPN, and with back-to-back Final Four appearances the outlook for 2011 and beyond is promising.

Michigan State's recruiting class for 2010 is one of the best, according to ESPN, and with back-to-back Final Four appearances the outlook for 2011 and beyond is promising.

Can Duke regain its throne as kings of college basketball? Or will upstart West Virginia take advantage of its first Final Four appearance since 1959?

Wooden, who turns 100 in October, agreed to a phone interview with The Detroit News to get his take on the Final Four. He declined to give a prediction for the Butler-MSU game.

Butler fans came out in droves Friday afternoon to support the surprise Final Four participant. An estimated crowd of more than 30,000 attended a 50-minute team practice at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Indianapolis — There are lots of reasons Michigan State is here, preparing to face Butler in the Final Four Saturday night. But if there's one big factor for the Spartans to advance, it's on the smallest player out there — Korie Lucious.

One skilled coach, in 15 years, has turned MSU into a national power so accustomed to excellence that State can make a Final Four when it seemingly has no business being there.