The No. 2 seed Spartans (28-6) will play No. 10 New Mexico (27-7) on Sunday (time TBD) at Rocket Arena in Cleveland with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. The Lobos are coached by Richard Pitino, now in his fourth season after spending eight years at Minnesota as a Big Ten rival.

Michigan State, New Mexico men's basketball teams expect 'a high level of physicality' in second-round March Madness game in Cleveland.

It took Michigan State 30 minutes to wake up against Bryant on Friday night, but Tom Izzo knows his team can't afford to wait so long against New Mexico

Two of the nation's best fast-break offenses meet Sunday when 2-seed Michigan State basketball and 10-seed New Mexico for a spot in the Sweet 16.

It's survive and advance season and both the Michigan Wolverines and Texas A&M Aggies both did just that in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament. Now in the Round of 32, the winner would get a chance to move onto Atlanta to play in the Sweet 16.

Texas A&M men's basketball lost to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in a nationally televised game on Saturday in Ball Arena.