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Spartans, Cardinals clash to settle East Region
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Louisvilles Montrezl Harrell drives past North Carolina States Ralston Turner (22) and Abdul-Malik Abu during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA mens college basketball tournament Friday in Syracuse, N.Y. - photo by AP Photo
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Tom Izzo and Rick Pitino are Final Four regulars, and one of them will be back this year even though both of their teams were counted out weeks ago.Seventh-seeded Michigan State and fourth-seeded Louisville meet today to settle the NCAA Tournament’s most-busted bracket.“Sure as hell fitting for me, and I’m sure for him,” Izzo said Saturday. “I think we both kind of came through similar kind of years and in different ways.”The two coaches have three national championships, 15 Final Four appearances and 98 tournament wins between them. Both have had to reinvent their teams’ in mid-stream this season.The Spartans (26-11), the tournament’s lowest remaining seed, lost three of their top leading scorers from last season.