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MSU BRACKETOLOGY: Why Spartans are STILL looking at a two seed; Teams MSU wants to AVOID

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Ross says his CBS prediction will either make him look like a savant or a clown.

1. Locked On Spartans focuses on Michigan State’s Selection Sunday position and whether the Spartans stay on the two line after losses to UCLA and in the Big Ten tournament. 2. Ross Jackson is the host, and he uses BracketMatrix, Joe Linardi, Joe Cook-Sugar, Bracket Dom, Bluegrass Brackets, Hoops HD, Glaze, and Mine of Mike Borman to judge where MSU sits. 3. The episode asks whether Michigan State is still a two seed and what teams the Spartans should hope to avoid in the bracket. 4. Jackson says 111 BracketMatrix entries were updated on March 14, and Michigan State averaged as the last two seed behind UConn, Houston, and Iowa State. 5. He notes that 24 of those 111 brackets had Michigan State as a three seed, and one bracket had the Spartans as a four seed. 6. He says every updated bracketologist in the top 15 of BracketMatrix who had posted still placed Michigan State on the two line. 7. Jackson compares Michigan State’s NET ranking, strength of schedule, quad-one and quad-two records, and head-to-head results with Purdue and Illinois. 8. He says Michigan State is 11th in the NET, while Purdue and Illinois sit above MSU in that metric. 9. He argues that Michigan State’s stronger schedule and better results against quad-one and quad-two opponents support the two-seed case. 10. He also says the committee has to weigh Michigan State’s recent defensive drop to 16th nationally and the close Rutgers win on senior night. 11. Jackson says the NCAA sent a late-February memo about fewer charter aircraft and the need for “extreme flexibility” during the first weekend of the tournament. 12. He uses that memo to argue that Michigan State, as the last two seed, should go into Arizona’s region out west. 13. He predicts Siena as Michigan State’s 15-seed opponent and says Siena is just under 300 miles from Buffalo. 14. He says BracketMatrix currently has Siena as a 15 seed, with some brackets listing Siena as a 16, and he expects the NCAA to keep that pod regional. 15. Jackson then names Kentucky, St. Mary’s, Miami, Florida, and UCLA as possible seven-seed opponents, while also mentioning Clemson as a team that could move up from the eight line. 16. He flags NC State, Texas A&M, Santa Clara, and UCF on the 10 line, and he says NC State feels like a potential Trey Holloman reunion. 17. The tone is anxious and conversational, with Jackson repeatedly talking through scenarios, percentages, and bracket math in a rapid live-reaction style. 18. The format mixes prediction, résumé analysis, and sponsor reads, and Jackson repeatedly says he will keep updating the bracket discussion on YouTube and in a live show. 19. People who follow Michigan State basketball and care about bracketology would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want polished interviews or a short, spoiler-free recap may skip it.

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