Links galore plus bonus BCS rant
kj on Apr 30th 2008
The Old Spice Classic has announced the addition of Georgetown to their 2008 field. Rexrode notes this means MSU could potentially end up playing up to six teams from Fox Sport’s preliminary preseason top 20 in the nonconference season.
Donovan Kirk is off the board; he’s verbally committed to Miami of Florida. UMHoops [...]
The Scoop on Jamil Wilson
kj on Apr 26th 2008
Interesting article on Jamil Wilson by scout.com’s Sam Webb in Thursday’s Detroit News. Wilson is a 6′7″ forward from Racine, Wisconsin who is likely Izzo’s #1 target for the remaining one or two slots in MSU’s 2009 recruiting class.
As previously speculated, Wilson confirms that Crean taking the IU job led Izzo to recruit Wilson more [...]
Thursday Links
kj on Apr 24th 2008
The Chicago Sun-Times has a couple articles up on the Izzo-Bulls story: This one say he’s too short/sensitive. More constructively, this one provides some details on his contract:
Chances are Izzo is interested in causing enough nervousness among Michigan State officials that they come up with more money to keep him. According to a USA Today [...]
Bulls looking at Izzo?
kj on Apr 23rd 2008
You can thank TMadison’s comment to the previous post for this morning jolt: Yahoo is reporting that Izzo may be under consideration for the open Bulls coaching spot. I don’t want to blow this out of proportion, but since Izzo himself has commented–and doesn’t rule it out–I thought it was worth passing along. [...]
Another recruiting post
kj on Apr 21st 2008
It’s a streak, baby!
Joe Rexrode is reporting that junior big man Derrick Nix of Detroit Pershing has verbally committed to MSU. And at 6′9″, 275 pounds, he’s definitely a BIG man. Scout.com has him as a three-star prospect, for whatever that’s worth. The Free Press says he played very well this past [...]
Unloading my minimal knowledge about recruiting
kj on Apr 17th 2008
You’ve probably noticed at this point that I don’t have much to say about recruiting. This results from some combination of (1) a personal outlook that tends to focus on the present and (2) a lack of patience to wade through all the message board chatter on recruiting. But with the late signing [...]
Carolina’s comin’ to D-Town
kj on Apr 15th 2008
We’ve been waiting to hear (1) who MSU would play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge next season and (2) whether they’d play a nonconference game at Ford Field. Today, both questions we’re answered: They’ll play North Carolina at Ford Field on Wednesday, December 3, as part of the challenge. The full list of [...]
