From unranked, with a washed-up leader, to a chic pick to get to the Final Four led by a national Coach of the Year semifinalist. Funny how quickly things can change. It has been a wild five months for Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball.

After wins over Purdue, Maryland and Wisconsin to capture the Big Ten Tournament title, Michigan was rewarded by the selection committee with a No. 5 seed. ... In the South Region in the same pod as No. 1 overall seed Auburn. ...

The University of Michigan women’s basketball team punched their ticket to the tournament as a No. 6 seed, but they’ll have to wait until Wednesday to find out their upcoming March Madness opponent. The Wolverines will face the winner of Iowa State and Princeton, who will square-off on Wednesday in South Bend, Indiana.