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MSU basketball: Are high expectations too high? Or just right?

Sometimes when you get bored, you argue with yourself.

Unless that’s just me. If that’s the case, please just play along.

I’m sure you’ve caught wind by now, but every expert and their brother likes the Spartans this year. I mean, a lot.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t have MSU penciled in their Final Four. People are equating Miles Bridges returning to a shoo-in for Big Ten champs and a top seed in the big dance.

But are the national championship-or-bust, best-team-since-2000 expectations too high? I’ve wrestled with this internally, and here I am to put you fine people in the midst of this fight.