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All the latest rally info

On two rallies, a pep and a send-off....

MSU pep rally update

MSU will not have a pep rally on Saturday at Comerica Park, after all. There will be one pep rally, on Friday at the Somerset Inn in Troy, from 5:30-7 p.m. The address is 2601 W. Big Beaver Road.

Hey Joe! Live chat (3/31 archive)

If you missed the Hey Joe! Live blog session at 2 p.m. today click replay and check out the conversation about the Spartans, Izzo and the future of Green and White basketball.

Required reading

With MSU taking on UConn next, here's the recent investigative report detailing some pretty significant recruiting issues surrounding Jim Calhoun's program. If you haven't read it already, take a few minutes. It's extremely well done. And you'll be hearing a lot about all this in the next few days.

The morning after

Here's our gamer, column on the man who is officially above the law in the state of Michigan, sidebar on this team's leader, and notebook with a look at the Detroit kid who changed the Louisville game in the second half.

Insert "Magic" reference here

Just before MSU took the floor Sunday, Kalin Lucas looked into the crowd and noticed Earvin "Magic" Johnson standing there. “I saw him," Lucas said. "I just told the fellas, ‘Hey, let’s get stops on defense, let’s play Michigan State basketball. We’re gonna win this game.’”

Greet the team

For those in the Lansing area: The Spartans will arrive at Breslin Center at 10 tonight to celebrate with fans. You can enter in the tunnel on the south side of the arena. Now it's off to write, and there's a lot to write. This victory -- and season, and team -- rank high on MSU's all-time lists.

Home game for the Cards

Just surveyed the crowd and it looks like 25,000-plus Louisville fans and maybe 5,000 MSU fans. This was already a daunting assignment. The Spartans are really going to have to be mentally strong to survive Louisville runs and take care of the ball. Enjoy the game.

Morgan's nose broken, and other quick hits

Delvon Roe came down for a rebound and connected with roommate Raymar Morgan's face. "I saw blood on Raymar," Roe recalled Saturday of a moment early in the second half of Friday's win over Kansas, "and I was like, 'Oops.'

What champions do

This may be it for Michigan State, this stirring victory that looked very improbable late in the first half, and unlikely at best with three minutes left. Louisville looked like the Lakers tonight.