Michigan State’s season ended in the Elite Eight with a 70-64 loss to No. 1 seed Auburn on Sunday. It was a season that surpassed all expectations at its beginning, but one in which its

ATLANTA – Michigan State’s first loss of the season came in Atlanta. Four months later, its NCAA Tournament push ended on the same floor. The No. 2 seed Spartans fell behind by 15 points early and never fully closed the gap while falling to top overall seed Auburn 70-64 at State Farm Arena Sunday night in the Elite Eight.

Free Press sports writer Chris Solari breaks down Sunday's Elite Eight matchup in Atlanta between No. 2-seed Michigan State and 1-seed Auburn.

Twenty-five years after his lone national title, Tom Izzo has come up short of a second. Michigan State fell behind by 15 points in the opening minutes and never could fight all the way back.

Auburn is attempting to make it a clean sweep of 1-seeds reaching the Final Four, while Michigan State is trying to get there for the first time since 2019

The final two bids to the Final Four will be awarded Sunday in a pair of seismic Elite Eight clashes as the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament winds to a close. Up first will be No. 1 seed Houston taking on No.

Jason Richardson played on Tom Izzo's Michigan State national championship team in 2000 March Madness. Jase Richardson, his son, stars in 2025.

Are Nick Sanders and Barry Sanders related? Here's what you need to know ahead of Sunday's Michigan State basketball's Elite Eight game: