Chris Allen is out for the Texas game: As Joe Rexrode notes, it would have been nice to have him back as Texas apparently plays a lot of zone. On the other hand, he’d probably be pretty rusty. Mr. Rexrode also has some scheduling morsels: MSU will play Texas the next three seasons. Kansas will [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Thursday Night Links
Posted in basketball, links, msu on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
San Jose State Game Recap (12/19/07)
Posted in basketball, game recap, msu on December 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The Spartans defeat the mini-Spartans in a rout: 85-45. I had the chance to watch this one in person–and it was the kind of game you want to see your team play against a patsy. MSU built a 15-point half time lead and didn’t let up–outscoring San Jose State by 25 in the second half. [...]
San Jose State Game Preview
Posted in basketball, game preview, msu on December 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It’s the Spartans versus the Spartans (sort of like Ditka vs. Mini-Ditka?). MSU hosts San Jose State Wednesday night at 8:00. The game is on the Big Ten Network. The LSJ says Chris Allen will miss the game due to the bone bruise in his foot and is “questionable” for Saturday’s game vs. Texas. San [...]
State of the Conference: PPWS
Posted in basketball, big ten, stats analysis on December 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
With conference play approaching, let’s take a quick look at who’s scoring the ball efficiently across the Big Ten. We’ll use points per weighted shot (PPWS), which measures how many points a player is scoring compared to the number of shots he’s taking–both from the field and from the line. PPWS = PTS / (FGA [...]
Sunday Links
Posted in basketball, links, msu on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Free Press profile of Kalin Lucas: Nickname is “too easy.” Struck by tragedy as a 5-year old. Worth a read. Izzo Post-Game Press Conference: He comments that they had some “strange lineups” out there last night. Some times I think he does this on purpose to keep MSU margin of victory down. If I recall [...]
IPFW Game Recap (12/15/07)
Posted in basketball, big ten, game recap, msu on December 15, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The Spartans defeat the Mastadons 79-57. I only caught this one on radio–and missed the first 10 minutes or so–but it sounds like MSU broke fast out of the gates. They built a 36-17 lead with 7 minutes left in the first half. But IPFW used a 17-5 run to close within 4 with five [...]
Pregame Reading
Posted in basketball, drew neitzel, msu on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dave Dye discusses Neitzel’s lowered offensive output, as we did the other day. Neitzel himself makes a good point about something he contributes that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet: “I don’t think I’ve lived up to the expectations as much as I could,” Neitzel said. “But at the same time, teams are playing [...]
IPFW Game Preview
Posted in basketball, game preview, msu on December 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Saturday. 5:30. Breslin Center. Indana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. ESPNU. IPFW comes in at 4-4. But two of those wins are against non-Division 1 teams, including Michigan’s own Marygrove College. They do come in on a three-game winning streak: Marygrove, Southern Utah, and Missouri-Kansas City. IPFW opened the season by losing 83-55 to Wisconsin in [...]
Bonus Game Recap
Posted in basketball, game recap, msu, stats analysis, wolverines on December 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Since MSU didn’t play a game mid-week, I thought I’d take a quick look at last night’s intra-state tilt between Michigan and Oakland. [Insert snarky joke about playing for bragging rights as the second best college basketball team in Michigan here.] You’ll recall this is the same Oakland team that took MSU down to the [...]
Breaking Down Neitzel's Numbers
Posted in basketball, drew neitzel, msu, stats analysis on December 12, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Through the first nine games of the season, Drew Neitzel is averaging 14.2 points per game–down 3.9 points per game from last season. This is a substantial decline: 21.5%. I thought I’d take a look at what might be responsible for the decline and if we can expect his scoring average to go back up [...]
