Folks, we finally got what we've been asking for. A prominent bracketologist is finally coming around to showing respect for Tom Izzo and Michigan State.
For over a week now, Joe Lunardi had been the harshest bracketologist on the Spartans. He had Michigan State as a 4-seed entering last week's two-game road stretch against Purdue and Indiana, and even after beating the then-projected 2-seeded Boilermakers, he kept the Spartans on that four line.
Shortly after beating Indiana, everyone expected a nightly bracket update, and it just didn't come. Everyone kind of expected him to continue to praise Illinois and Purdue over the Spartans.