There is a #7 in the Final Four

There is a #7 in the Final Four

That's not any kind of record. Three #11 seeds have gone to the Final Four, including two in the last ten years (George Mason and VCU in 2006 and 2011 respectively.) It was just last year that the national championship pitted a #7 (victorious U Conn) against a #8 (Kentucky). Even if the Spartans go all the way, they will not get a share of the record for being the lowest-seeded team to win a national championship, because there was one winner seeded even lower than last year's U Conn team: #8 Villanova, who took it all thirty years ago by winning their final game against a Georgetown team led by Patrick Ewing.

At any rate, this year's Spartans weren't even underdogs against the #3 and #4 teams in their region in consecutive games, and had previously knocked off the #2, so they probably never should have been a #7 seed in the first place. (Their tough schedule and five OT losses made their record deceptively mediocre).

After praising MSU, let us also note that the seven guys listed as Louisville guards in the box score went a combined 10-for-38 on two-point shots. Some of that can be attributed to good D by MSU, but some of it was just poor shot selection. The Louisville team was good enough to win, but they were not necessarily smart enough, at least not today.