Sure, call it a homer pick. Call it a blind leap of faith. What I call it is a prediction based on education, a hypothesis based on research, per se.

Michigan State beats UCONN.

It doesn’t have quite the ring as “Dewey Defeats Truman”, but it’s close. While that may seem a little dramatic, really the only shot that pretty much anyone gave the Spartans for defeating the dominating Huskies was due to the fact that they were playing 90 miles from home. But in the end, it didn’t take a last second shot or home crowd surge for MSU to take the game–nope, it was classic Tom Izzo, dissecting the Huskies piece by piece, frustration by frustration, and it was such a team effort that I am sure many left going “wow, I didn’t realize…”

Of course you didn’t. Why would you? The media has basically showered the Big East and ACC with accolades since day 1 of the season, and the Big Ten once again was labeled as the ugly stepsister that was brought to the dance just to make fun of.

Who’s laughing now, guys? Your mighty mighty Big East not only is NOT going to win the championship, they aren’t even going to have a team in the final. And the ugly stepsister suddenly is a step away from grabbing the crown from Miss America….so what do you think now?

Haters will again cling to home advantage, say the refs called a bad game, say the Spartans got lucky.

You know what I say?

I told you so.