LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University's football team was honored for its Rose Bowl win on Thursday at the state Capitol, but Gov. Rick Snyder is sticking with the University of Michigan Wolverines basketball squad to win the Big Dance.

MSU football coach Mark Dantonio and 20 hand-picked members of the 2013 Rose Bowl championship team started their Capitol parade in the state Senate, where

Majority Leader Randy Richardville and Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer presented them with an honorary resolution also signed by the governor.

"I understand one thing about politics," Dantonio told lawmakers. "They run probably a little parallel with teams, is that you really can't get anywhere unless you all go together. I know that it's very, very difficult at times because there's a lot of personalities involved."

The Spartans team was expected to meet with Snyder later Thursday and also make a stop on the House floor.

The visit came just hours before Michigan State's basketball team was scheduled to meet Delaware in the second round of the NCAA tournament, and while most everyone in the Capitol was celebrating MSU's first Rose Bowl win in 26 years, March Madness was definitely in the air.

Snyder shared his basketball brackets earlier Thursday on Twitter, picking his alma mater -- the University of Michigan -- to top the Spartans in the championship round.

"Everybody's got a dream," Dantonio said with a smile when asked about the governor's pick during a media huddle in the Speaker's Library.

Democratic challenger Mark Schauer also released his brackets Thursday. Like President Barack Obama, he picked MSU to win it all.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette hasn't taken sides in the Great Lakes State sports debate. He has the Spartans and Wolverines in the Championship game, but he's asked his Twitter followers to help him choose the winner.

Jonathan Oosting is a Capitol reporter for MLive Media Group. Email him, find him on Google+ or follow him on Twitter.