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Michigan

Not even close

I'm not sure ESPN even knows that MSU exists

Are you joking or were you being serious? MSU Basketball is viewed as a blue blood program around the nation. Hell, some of our "journalists" here don't even think we're the best team in the state...

You see all of the analysts on CBS pick Mizzou to get to the Final Four and then on ESPN they were saying that Mizzou has an easy path to New Orleans

I rest my case

I moved back to Michigan as an adult, along with Florida and Mpls. I also have close friends and family scattered around the country. Nationally is the correct answer. Izzo and MSU are respected and feared big time. Michigan is too split by the bias of the media and the unbearable Walverines.

within Michigan for basketball for sure

nationally everyone recognizes us and knows that we are good

but within Michigan, like us or not, people know the actual stats because they are impossible to ignore

More respect nationally....it is of Biblical proportions:

"Neither a prophet nor a collegiate basketball head coach shall receive honor in their home state." John 2:88.

This. That. And the Other

I was down in D.C. the other night.... wearing a spartan sweatshirt.. multiple people "damn I love that coach of yours and that draymond green is a boss"

dunno tpain: ALL 4 DOUCHEBAGS on the skip bayliss show or whatever the fuck it's called this morning picked mighty MISSOURI to roll into the final four: never said a word about MSU.......however, all the big boys like Bilas picked us for the finals last night......overall, I"d say we are VERY respected nationally: in Michigan, SCummers get in the way

Anyone else think these topics were all brought up on 1130 when they were posted as well?

Nationally for sure. All the delusional um fans that don't recognize MSU as an elite program are at least mostly concentrated in Michigan. Izzo alone is nationally recognized and gets a good amount of positive PR.

Nationally. I've heard numerous national personalities in the past few weeks "say beware of Izzo in March" and similar. In Michigan we get Caputo's (an alum no less) column, Carty's column from 2003, Rob Parker's rantings when he worked for the News, etc. If someone at ESPN had tried to make the argument that Caputo did, they would've been laughed at on national tv.