Michigan guard Tre Donaldson (3), Danny Wolf (1), Rubin Jones (15), Vladislav Goldin (50) and Nimari Burnett (4) huddle against Wisconsin during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) AP

Breaking down Friday’s South Region first-round game between No. 2 seed Michigan State and No. 15 seed Bryant: Records: No. 6 Michigan State (27-6, 17-3 Big Ten); Bryant (23-11, 14-2 America East Conference).

The Tritons were playing Division II ball just five years ago, when the pandemic shut down its tournament and may have kept his team from winning a national championship. The school began the transition to Division I the following year,

Instead, the No. 6-seeded Jayhawks wilted in an 88-77 loss at T-Mobile Center. A prime example came when Kansas trailed by five with 4:06 left. Kansas turned the ball over on two straight possessions and eventually lost another winnable game.

This weekend will see some of the most exciting action in NCAA basketball, with finals for the Big 12, SEC, and Big Ten conferences. In the Big 12 semifinals, BYU suffered a bruising loss at the hands of Houston,