Michigan State is taking their loss to Butler hard, but they are already looking forward to next year.

To their credit, the Michigan State Spartans are not satisfied just to have made the 2010 Final Four, and are planning to use their loss to Butler as motivation in 2011 (katchop)

It leaves us to work harder,” sophomore Draymond Green said. “We have to go back and take a look in the mirror, realize who we are, how to do the things right that you need to do to win a championship. I mean, I just take this as a learning experience. It’s going to make us work that much harder to get here and finish the deal.”

They might have finished it this year with a full deck.

Point guard Kalin Lucas ruptured the Achilles’ tendon in his left foot in the second round of the NCAA tournament and missed the rest of the run to the Final Four. He was the Big Ten’s player of the year in 2009, when he led the Spartans to the national championship game.

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