1. Draymond Green vs. 16. Tum Tum Nairn

Our number one seed in this region is of course Draymond Green. There’s not much that needs to be said here other than Green won just about every award a player can win in college, went to two Final Fours, a national title game, won some Big Ten titles, and has his number retired at MSU. Then he went on to a meager NBA career where so far he has won a Defensive Player of the Year, been on the NBA All-Defense team five times, been twice All-NBA, been an All-Star and, oh yeah, won three NBA titles with the Golden State Warriors. He also donated a boatload of money to the school for new facilities and always sends gifts to the basketball team and is a constant and loud cheerleader for MSU. That stuff doesn’t even factor in how much people gravitated to him at MSU, the leader he was, how much he hated Michigan . . . the list goes on forever. Draymond Green is an easy No. 1 seed.

He takes on Tum Tum Nairn. Tum was one of the best leaders in the history of MSU basketball, and that is saying a lot. Find a single person that doesn’t have glowing things to say about Nairn as a person, teammate, and leader. I dare you. Go do it now and I’ll see you never because it’s not happening. No, his offensive game never came around, but he still found a way to be a hugely important player on some great MSU teams in spite of that. He was one of Izzo’s favorites and is already back as an assistant coach for the basketball team.

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