Favorite Spartans of all time bracket round one: Mateen Cleaves region

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5. Charlie Bell vs. 12. Trae Waynes

The youngest of the Flintstones, Charlie Bell was the defensive anchor of three straight Final Four teams, including the 2000 national championship squad. He was the do-it-all Swiss Army Knife, able to get a bucket, grab a big rebound, and/or lock down an opposing team’s best player. Bell was an invaluable member of the best run of MSU hoops in school history.

He takes on the second half of the “No Fly Zone” cornerbacks. Trae Waynes went from an unheralded recruit to one of the top lockdown corners in all of college football. He was named to a handful of All-American lists his senior season and helped MSU to a 24-3 record in his two years as a starter. He was drafted 11th overall in the 2015 draft, the highest any MSU corner has been drafted in the modern era (since 1967).

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