Will Michigan State play the title game?

NCAA Tournament: Final Four

When: Saturday.

Or: US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis.

TV: CBS (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson).

Game 1: Virginie c. Auburn, 6:09 pm

Game 2: Michigan State against Texas Tech, 40 minutes after the first match.

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Shawn Windsor

MSU 63, Texas Tech 60: The Red Raiders are perhaps the best defense in the country, but the Spartans have a microprocessor in the field to solve it. Cassius Winston leads MSU … to a tight last-minute game and a win.

Virginia 71, Auburn 68: Auburn is a beautiful story. I think. But they did not play the role of a defense like Virginia during their passage in North Carolina and Kentucky.

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Jeff Seidel

MSU 66, Texas Tech 61: Texas Tech has an excellent defense but MSU will win this old-fashioned game – with twists and turns. Texas Tech will have a hard time trapping Cassius Winston and the Spartans will be able to hit the ball inside and get it out quickly, finding the shooters open.

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Virginia 59, Auburn 57: The struggles of Kyle Guy are over and he will illuminate the dashboard. Virginia has an elite defense and is fantastic at defending the 3-point line, which is not good news for Auburn. In addition, it seems simply poetic for Virginia to become the only seed number 1 to be eliminated by a seed No. 16 in 2018 and then end up in the league game next season.

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Chris Solari

MSU 66, Texas Tech 60: It will take some time for the Spartans to resolve the Red Raider's "unmediated" defense at the start. But Tom Izzo and MSU have done their best to make and make adjustments at half-time, and these will give him a chance to win a national title on Monday.

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Virginia 71, Auburn 66: Kyle Guy got his game up at the right time and the Cavaliers 'defense took advantage of Chuma Okeke's injury to silence the Tigers' remaining tandem, Bryce Brown and Jared Harper. There is only one game remaining for the Spartans, who are Virginia kryptonite in the same way that Duke was at the MSU until Sunday's Elite Eight team win.

Nick Baumgardner

MSU 69, Texas Tech 66: This match should be fascinating. But what could put Michigan State above is his own defense, anchored by Xavier Tillman. The Red Raiders are subject to offensive drought and MSU can really defend themselves. They may be the two best teams in the Final Four. Expect a good one, with MSU advancing slowly.

Virginia 72, Auburn 68: If Auburn realizes a 3, it will become really interesting because the pace will accelerate and Virginia could support. Virginia is the best team, but maybe not as much as some people think.

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