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SPORTS

Sweet Survival

Tom Izzo remembers the first Sweet16 he ever went to as a head coach, in 1998 after his team beat Princeton.Capping off a two-win weekend in Spokane, Wash., Izzo and the MSU men’s basketball team beat another Ivy League school to reach Izzo’s 12th Sweet 16 in 17 years.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Column: Spartans' resiliency key to Harvard victory

SPOKANE, Wash. — What hurts now pays off in the long run.Many Spartans might have had their heart stop during MSU’s 80-73 show-stopping win against Harvard Saturday night, but it’s exactly what the doctor ordered.At times in the second half, the Spartans looked like they wanted to get beat, hanging their heads and playing down to Harvard’s level.