The college basketball season is right around the corner so, of course, we have to start looking ahead to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has released a new batch of bracketology projections, and he to no surprise has the Spartans in the field of 68 teams. Lunardi currently has Michigan State listed as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region.
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Per Lunardi’s projections, Michigan State would play the winner of No. 11 seeds Virginia and Villanova in a first round matchup in St. Louis. Should the Spartans win this projected first round game, they would play the winner of No. 3 seed Tennessee and No. 14 seed Troy.
The Spartans are ranked No. 22 in the preseason Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll, and expected to again be an upper-tier Big Ten team this season. So Lunardi’s seed projection for Michigan State in this latest batch of bracketology is pretty spot on compared to other preseason resources.
Click on the post below to see the complete 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket projection from Lunardi:
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