There’s a third Big Ten team still alive in postseason play. Eleven Warriors has a preview of Ohio State’s NIT quarterfinal match-up tonight (9:00, ESPN2) against in-state rival Dayton. Apparently, Dayton coach Brian Gregory wasn’t allowed to get any help from his former boss in preparing for the Buckeyes. Note also Gregory’s moxie in talking [...]
Archive for March, 2008
In case you're in NCAA basketball viewing withdrawal
Posted in basketball, big ten on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In case you’re in NCAA basketball viewing withdrawal
Posted in basketball, big ten on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a third Big Ten team still alive in postseason play. Eleven Warriors has a preview of Ohio State’s NIT quarterfinal match-up tonight (9:00, ESPN2) against in-state rival Dayton. Apparently, Dayton coach Brian Gregory wasn’t allowed to get any help from his former boss in preparing for the Buckeyes. Note also Gregory’s moxie in talking [...]
Picking up the pace
Posted in michigan state basketball, stats analysis on March 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Today’s mandatory story for MSU beat writers was about the Spartans’ willingness to play at the faster pace Memphis tends to play at: Joe Rexrode: Slow, Slogging Spartans [facetious headline] Steve Grinzcel: Spartans Want to Run with Memphis Dave Dye: Izzo says MSU won’t tailor game [slow the game down] to counter Memphis From the [...]
The Big Ten and the ACC
Posted in big ten, michigan state basketball, ncaa tournament on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We interrupt Memphis week to bring you this dispatch from the larger world of college basketball: Yet Another Basketball Blog notes the following: With two teams still alive, the Big Ten has already matched the number of NCAA Tournament wins (5) we’d expect based on their tournament seeds. For the second consecutive year, the ACC [...]
Study Session: The Dribble-Drive Motion Offense
Posted in links, michigan state basketball on March 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
First, some required reading: Grant Wahl’s February SI piece on the dribble-drive motion (DDM) offense. Fascinating stuff, both from an X’s and O’s viewpoint and getting a behind-the-scenes look at how basketball coaches share innovations. Apparently, Calipari got the idea for the DDM offense from a juco coach from California named Vance Walberg. The basic [...]
Bracket Contest Update
Posted in ncaa tournament contest on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Results through the first weekend: TMadison25 120 / 8 teams remaining Kurt 117 / 10 Dr Huxtable 106 / 7 Devin 104 / 12 kj 103 / 5 spartanproducer 95 / 8 Dave 81 / 6 Dan 77 / 8 GBBound 76 / 9 NorthernSparty 67 / 5 wifeofaspartan 63 / 9 Hoopraker 63 / [...]
Memphis it is
Posted in michigan state basketball on March 23, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Memphis squeezes by Mississippi State, 77-74. The Tigers will take on our Spartans at 9:57 pm, Friday night. Thanks to the the early blowout in the mandatory Packer/Nantz/UNC game, we got to see most of the Tigers-Bulldogs contest. Joey Dorsey led the way for the Tigers with 13 points on 6-8 shooting and 12 rebounds. [...]
Sweetness!
Posted in game recap, michigan state basketball, ncaa tournament on March 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On to the Sweet Sixteen. Michigan State knocks out Pittsburgh, 65-54. Unofficial box score. Early on, it looked like MSU might come out on the wrong side of some early fouls. Morgan and Naymick both picked up two fouls and had to sit out the rest of the first half. But Neitzel’s 3-point shooting and [...]
Halftime Thoughts
Posted in michigan state basketball on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Special edition halftime thoughts: Good to see Neitzel so aggressive. All his 3-point makes were contested. Suton is also playing pretty aggressively and needs to keep it up in the second half. He passed off a couple times when he should have gone toward the hoop. Walton has been a complete liability on offense. Lucas’ [...]
Inside the Hall recaps IU’s loss to Arkansas last night. From what I saw, the Hoosiers played with a bit more intensity–at least on offense–than they’ve shown since Sampson was shown the door. They got the ball more consistently to D.J. White, who finished with 22 points and 9 rebounds. But Gordon continued to struggle, [...]
