After clinching the first Southeastern Conference regular season championship in program history, the Bulldogs also earned a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament and made the Sweet 16.
MSU enters this season with a new head coach Nick Zimmerman and many new players on the roster.
There are expectations the Bulldogs have for a time such as this.
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