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Article: Michigan State's successful season may bring high expectations in '98-99
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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EAST LANSING, Mich. Michigan State may have ended the season on
a losing note. But the Spartans and coach Tom Izzo likely will be
viewed as winners when the 1997-98 results are reviewed.
Picked to finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten going into
the season, Michigan State tied for the conference's regular-season
championship, advanced to the NCAA regional semifinals and had the
Big Ten player and coach of the year.
The Spartans finished 22-8 and were ranked 16th in the nation in
the final Associated Press poll. Even though they were overpowered
73-58 by North Carolina on Thursday, the loss couldn't rub the luster
off the season.
``I think it was a great year,'' Izzo said before the ...