The No. 6 seeded Ole Miss Rebels are Sweet 16 bound with a date against Tom Izzo and the No. 2 seeded Michigan State Spartans locked in for Friday at 6:09 p.m.

Junior point guard Tre Holloman, along with Kohler, was a freshman during Michigan State’s last Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2023. While the overtime loss to Kansas State still stings in the back of fans’ minds, Holloman is using that experience to lead his team as a captain two seasons later.

Tom Izzo continues to use his deep bench in a variety of ways as Michigan State basketball moves into the Sweet 16. But the rotation is one fewer now.

The Athletic has live coverage of the Men’s Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament games Tom Izzo has become an archetype in men’s college basketball. An old-school coach in a changing sport. A relic of an increasingly bygone era,