The Men's NCAA Tournament continues on Friday with the Sweet 16, and the No. 2 seed Michigan State will face the No. 6 seed Ole Miss for a spot in the Elite Eight. Will it be the Rebels or the Spartans that advance?

Live coverage of the NCAA Tournament as Michigan State battles Ole Miss and Kentucky meets Tennessee in the Sweet 16

The Spartans rallied in the second half to beat Mississippi and earn their first trip to the Elite Eight trip since 2019.

Jase Richardson scores 24 points and the second-seeded Spartans surge past the Rebels in the second half for a 73-70 victory and a spot in the South Region title game.

A look at Michigan State's game against Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 – including matchup analysis, how to watch, the betting line and a prediction.

Just 16 teams remaining standing in the NCAA Tournament, as that number will get cut in half by Friday night. The next round of action tips off Thursday with fo

Madness continued with the Sweet 16 on Thursday night! Alabama kicked the night off with a record-breaking performance. The second-seeded Crimson Tide made 25 3-point shots to set the NCAA Tournament record in a 113-88 win over sixth-seeded BYU.

Continuing our mining of results by seed in the NCAA tournament, we have good news and bad news for 2-seed Michigan State basketball, which faces 6-seed Mississippi at 7:09 p.m. Friday in the Sweet 16 of March Madness in Atlanta.

NCAA Tournament is down to 16 teams, and the Sweet 16 begins on Thursday with four games. No. 6 seed BYU faces No. Alabama in the first game of the night, followed by No. 4 Maryland against No. 1 Florida.

The Michigan State men's basketball team is headed to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I tournament after defeating Ole Miss 73-70 in Atlanta on Friday. Freshman guard Jase Richardson scored 20 points on just eight shot attempts. He hit 4-of-6 threes, 2-of-2 twos and 4-of-6 free throws while adding six rebounds.

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo got emotional in a postgame interview with CBS' Tracy Wolfson after the Spartans' Sweet 16 win. Here's more:

Jace Richardson scored 24 points and Michigan State surged past Mississippi in the second half for a 73-70 victory on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

It was a hard fought battle between the Spartans and Rebels, and Ole Miss gave everything the Spartans could handle. In the end, though, Michigan State's team persevered and willed themselves to a victory,

Izzo, in his 16th Sweet 16, earned his 59th NCAA Tournament win, breaking a tie with Jim Boeheim of Syracuse for fourth all-time.

The Michigan State Spartans will be playing for a berth in the Final Four, defeating Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 on Friday night