#15 Middle Tennessee vs #2 Michigan State
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The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders became the eighth 15-seed to win when they beat the 2-seed Michigan State Spartans 90-81. The Spartans were a big favorite, with over 20 percent of ESPN.com's brackets picking them to win. Betting odds had the Blue Raiders as a 17-point dog, so the win was a surprise.
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Everybody I know was telling us Michigan State was going to beat us, But I thought they could do it. Michigan State is just the name of a school, just like MTSU.
Allesia Lindsey
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MSU's loss to Middle Tennessee ranked college basketball's third-biggest upset of decade
It's a game that most Michigan State fans would still like to forget. But Michigan State's 2016 NCAA Tournament upset loss to Middle Tennessee State continues to live on in college basketball lore.
NCAA
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Middle Tennessee State's win over Michigan State is the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history
Heading into Friday afternoon, the major topic of discussion surrounding the Michigan State Spartans was their status as a No. 2 seed who also happened to be one of the two top favorites to win the 2016 national championship.
SB Nation
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MTSU stuns with win against Michigan State: 'We took down Goliath'
For a glorious two hours at Scottrade Center, however, a team nobody expected to last very long just kept going and going, all the way to a 90-81 victory against Michigan State that will debated for years as arguably the most stunning result this tournament has ever seen.
USA Today
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How Middle Tennessee's shocking upset of Michigan State ranks in NCAA tournament history
Middle Tennessee State shocked the world. The Blue Raiders sent the No. 2 seed Michigan State Spartans home in a 90-81 upset win. Almost nobody saw this coming. In ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, just six perfect brackets remain. Out of 13.02 million brackets, 22.3 percent had Michigan State winning the title.
For The Win
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Michigan State loses to No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee State, and all bets are off
If the first five months of the college basketball had convinced you anything is possible this year, the 21st and most inconceivable game of the NCAA tournament must have. Michigan State, more reliable in March than John McClane on Christmas, never even led against Middle Tennessee State in a shocking, 90-81 loss Friday afternoon in St. Louis. The Spartans became the eighth No. 2 seed to lose in the first round since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and certainly the most unpredictable.
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