Believe it or not, Michigan State was not that close to the cut line for making the NCAA Tournament.
Entering Sunday, many bracketologists felt Michigan State would be one of the last teams to make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. However, when the seed list was revealed, it turned out the Spartans were safely in the field of 68.
Michigan State ended up as the No. 33 overall team which comes out as the top No. 9 seed. The Spartans will face the No. 32 overall seed Mississippi State in their first round matchup on Thursday.
Check out the complete seed list breakdown in the tweet below:
For bookmarking purposes, here's the full 1-68 true seed list from the committee for 2024:
1. UConn
2. Houston
3. Purdue
4. North Carolina
5. Tennessee
6. Arizona
7. Marquette
8. Iowa State
9. Baylor
10. Creighton
11. Kentucky
12. Illinois
13. Duke
14. Kansas
15. Auburn
16.…— Bauertology (@Bauertology) March 17, 2024
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