Chris Beard and the Rebels will square off against the Spartans in the Peach State on Friday, Elite Eight berth on the line.

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The bad: 2-seeds have lost three of the four most recent Sweet 16 games against non-3-seeds, including two last year (with 2-seed Marquette falling to 11-seed N.C. State and 2-seed Arizona falling to 6-seed Clemson).