{"id":12714,"date":"2024-01-24T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T23:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=12714"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T21:26:44","slug":"michigan-state-basketball-opportunities-for-resume-building-wins-are-dwindling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=12714","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State basketball: Opportunities for resume-building wins are dwindling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan State basketball is trying to build its resume before the NCAA Tournament but opportunities are dwindling.<\/h2>\n

Some people will tell you that Michigan State basketball<\/a> might not make the NCAA Tournament this season. As of today, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a threat of missing out, but obviously that can change quickly. Regardless of where you stand in that debate, we all can agree that MSU needs to add some more high quality wins to its resume.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that\u2019s going to be difficult to do.<\/p>\n

The Big Ten is a little down this season. There are a couple of really good teams, a couple of above average teams, and then a lot of really bad teams. That makes it tough for a team like Michigan State which needs some high-quality wins added to its resume, because there really aren\u2019t that many opportunities left on the schedule.<\/p>\n

The NET rankings are something the NCAA Tournament selection committee looks at when selecting and seeding teams. Within those rankings are Quad 1 games that are those games when you play the best teams in the country according to the NET rankings. Quad 1 games are the ones every team needs to take advantage of. Typically, MSU has a lot of these opportunities during the Big Ten season, but that isn\u2019t the case this year.<\/p>\n

Remaining resume-building Quad 1 games<\/h3>\n

As it stands today, Michigan State only has three more Quad 1 games on the schedule. Those games are:<\/p>\n