8. Steve Smith vs. 9. Julian Peterson

You know what? I take back everything I just said about Shannon Brown. The seeding is fine. When Steve Smith is an 8 and Julian Peterson is a 9, that just means the depth in this tournament is ridiculous and some people are going to be seeded way lower than they should be. We’ve got a damn American athletic hero in Ryan Miller seeded 11th!

Steve Smith–one of the greats . . . Prolific scorer . . . Former all-time leading scorer at MSU . . . Fourth all time in scoring in Big Ten history . . . Just a flat walking bucket . . . but his teams didn’t have enough success is the knock. He got to the Sweet 16 once and made the tournament only twice. That certainly wasn’t his fault, but it hampers the legacy and how he is remembered.

As for Peterson; MSU only got half of his career! He played ball at community college before transferring to MSU for his junior and senior years. He had 25 sacks and 48 tackles for a loss in just 23 games. His numbers are gaudy and absurd. The football team was really good his senior year, but they hadn’t been too good in a while and Tom Izzo was cooking up the first of three straight Final Fours on the basketball side, so Peterson’s accomplishments probably got a little overshadowed. That dude could flat out play though.

[polldaddy poll=10521524]