Even before Michigan State's first game of the season, coach Tom Izzo gathered his players and spelled out their goal.
"Ford Field," he wrote on a dry-erase board.
That part of the Motown mission is now complete.
The Spartans gave the Final Four a hometown feel, stopping overall No. 1 seed Louisville 64-52 Sunday to win the Midwest Regional.
Goran Suton had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Spartans (30-6) played the pace game to perfection and reached their fifth Final Four in 11 years - the most trips of any team in the nation during that span.
Only 90 miles from their campus in East Lansing, the Spartans will play Connecticut on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. A crowd of 72,000, the largest ever for college basketball's signature event, is expected for each game.
"Detroit, here we come," said Izzo, a Michigan native. "I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to that."
