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Michigan State Basketball: Why Spartans would’ve won 2020 NCAA Tournament

By Ryan Kay

EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 25: Xavier Tillman #23 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates with Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans late in the second half of the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Breslin Center on February 25, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 25: Xavier Tillman #23 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates with Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans late in the second half of the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Breslin Center on February 25, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – APRIL 06: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – APRIL 06: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

College Basketball Simulated Tournament and experts predict Michigan State would have won it all

FiveThirtyEight.com with their mock tournament announced that in their tournament the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans defeated No. 1 Kansas with a very close a 1-point victory in their tournament simulation to win the 2020 national championship. Had the Spartans had won this year’s tournament and had it not been canceled, it would have been the program’s third national championship. However, they were not the only media outlet to predict a national championship for Michigan State.

ESPN and bracketologist Joe Lunardi simulated the 2020 NCAA Championship and he had Michigan State in his NCAA tournament simulation had Michigan State defeat Florida State by a final score of 68-63. Lunardi is not the most accurate bracketologists but easily the most famous one as he ESPN’s bracketologist.

Other college basketball sites predicted Michigan State winning the 2020 National Championship as well. For example, Mlive.com’s mock NCAA tournament that was simulated bu ncaagamesim.com, it had an Oklahoma vs. Michigan State final. Michigan State never trailed in an 85-60 win in the simulated national championship game.

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Regardless of computer simulations and college experts with their predictions, there are many reasons why Michigan State would have won the 2020 NCAA tournament.

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