9:00 Thursday. Evanston. ESPN2. Northwestern comes in winless (0-5) in conference play. The Michigan State and Northwestern tempo-free profiles are a study in contrasts: MSU leads the nation in offensive rebounding %. Northwestern is dead last (341st) in the nation in offensive rebounding % and ranks in the bottom 20 in defensive rebounding %. MSU [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Northwestern Game Preview
Posted in game preview, msu basketball on January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Close but no cigar
Posted in basketball, big ten, wolverines on January 22, 2008 | Comments Off
Our friends from Ann Arbor did everything they could to do us a solid (as the kids say), nearly upsetting Wisconsin in Madison. They fell just short, losing 64-61. The Wolverines played with an intensity rarely seen from the Maize and Blue in recent years–particularly on the boards. They pulled down 19 offensive rebounds in [...]
Tuesday Night Links
Posted in links, msu basketball, wolverines on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Be sure to check out bterp’s rundown of the Minnesota game. Bterp is, in ascending order of importance, the following: 3) The Official Brother of the Brother-in-Law of the Spartans Weblog. 2) A DirecTV subscriber–so he actually, you know, watches all the games. 1) Someone who knows something about playing basketball–as opposed to someone who knows [...]
Ode to Goran Suton
Posted in goran suton, msu basketball, stats analysis on January 21, 2008 | 13 Comments »
During his first two seasons on the court as a Spartan, Goran Suton’s play was often a source of great consternation for MSU fans. He’d show glimpses of great basketball skill on one possession but then make a boneheaded error on the next. My summation of his play was, “At any given moment, he either [...]
Updated Rankings
Posted in big ten, msu basketball on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MSU moves up one spot to #10 in both the AP and coaches’ polls. IU is #7/8. Wisconsin is now right behind MSU at #11. With Ohio State’s two losses this week, once again no other Big Ten team even received an honorable mention vote in either poll. [irrational musings] In an alternate universe where [...]
BTN MSU-Minnesota Highlights
Posted in msu basketball on January 21, 2008 | Comments Off
AKA The Drew Neitzel Three-Point Show: BTN Video Highlights
Minnesota Game Recap (1/20/08)
Posted in game recap, msu basketball on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Spartans escape Williams Arena with a 78-73 win. Only caught pieces of this game on the radio, so straight to the box score: 18 turnovers for MSU in a 69-possession game (26.1%). Not terrible given how good the Gophers have been at forcing turnovers. But from what I heard on the radio, it sounds like [...]
Pregame Reading
Posted in big ten, links, msu basketball on January 20, 2008 | Comments Off
Game previews from a Gopher perspective: From the Barn says both coaches have their jobs cut out for them: Izzo in getting MSU to play well on the road; Smith in getting the Gophers to bounce back from the disappointment of the loss to IU. He thinks we’ll know within the first five minutes whether [...]
Minnesota Game Preview
Posted in game preview, msu basketball on January 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
4:00 Sunday. Williams Arena. Big Ten Network. I won’t do the traditional rundown here as we just played these guys two weeks ago. And I won’t talk about that game because I was lounging by the pool and didn’t see it. And, come to think of it, I won’t be watching this game due to [...]
Splitting up the PT
Posted in msu basketball on January 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Commenter Ryan posted the following the other day: One thing I think I’ve been seeing in games that I haven’t seen talked about anywhere is that it seems like Walton is playing far, far worse than I’ve ever seen him. He’s never been great with the ball, but I’ve seen a lot of ridiculous turnovers [...]
