On Friday evening in our nation's capital, two storied programs will meet in the Sweet 16 for the right to advance to the Regional Final on Sunday. The No. 3-seeded Michigan State Spartans will tangle with the No. 2-seeded UConn Huskies. Sunday will mark the third all-time NCAA Tournament meeting between the Spartans and Huskies. In 2009, Tom Izzo and company defeated UConn in the national semifinal game at Ford Field. It was the only loss that UConn coaching legend Jim Calhoun ever suffered in his three trips to the Final Four. Five years later, UConn exacted revenge on Michigan State as the No. 7-seeded Huskies overcame a nine-point second-half deficit to upset the Spartans in the 2014 Regional Final. A little over a week later, UConn hosted the National Championship trophy. UConn is currently a narrow 1.5-point favorite against MSU, which is just barely below the historical average of a two-point spread in No. 2 versus No. 3 seed games in the NCAA Tournament. Based on this sprea...