The NCAA men's Final Four is not too far in the future. Check out the early odds for the national semifinals, set to begin on April 5.

To get to Atlanta for the NCAA's second weekend, and then San Antonio in April, MSU needs to show the resolve it has all season and find an extra gear to reach the potential Izzo believes the Spartans have. The goal: To reach a ceiling they hope will result in his second national title.

It's a March Madness, and among the many, many traditions beside filling out a bracket and watching wall-to-wall games in the first two rounds is ESPN's Jay Bilas picking the result of every game in the men's NCAA tournament.