The title of this post is my meager way of thanking Mr. Kaltz for supplying the nifty new banner at the top of the blog on a pro bono basis. Hopefully, some future employer/potential date/creepy stalker will Google his name and be suitably impressed by his graphical work. Thanks a bunch, Zach. The Pantheon of [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Neitzel feeds himself to Wolves
Posted in links, tagged drew neitzel on June 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Drew Neitzel will play for the Timberwolves’ summer league team next month in hopes of making the Minnesota roster. I’m not up to speed on the nuances of the NBA contract system, but I assume the fact he hasn’t actually signed a free-agent contract with the team isn’t a positive sign for whether the Wolves [...]
Neitzel goes undrafted
Posted in links, tagged drew neitzel, nba draft on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For anyone who hasn’t taken the time to scour the draft list from last night, Drew Neitzel went undrafted. As noted by Joe Rexrode (and previously asserted here), this may be for the best, as Neitzel will be able to find the best fit for an NBA team to try out for over the summer. [...]
Special Edition NBA Draft Day Graph plus Coffee Talk
Posted in coffee talk, links, tagged nba draft on June 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Thursday Morning Links Drew Neitzel has worked out for nine NBA teams. MSU is currently #1 on Keith Appling’s list. Tom Izzo gets interrogated by 8-year olds. Special Edition NBA Draft Day Graph College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com MSU players drafted during the Tom Izzo era: 2000: Cleaves (1st round; 14th pick), Peterson (1; 21) [...]
Around the Big Ten: Slim-Pickings-in-June Edition
Posted in links, tagged big ten on June 25, 2008 | Comments Off
Most of our Big Ten blogging brethren are devoting all their attention to that sport with the oblong ball these days, but there have been a few interesting basketball-related posts: Black Heart Gold Pants posted a nice rundown of Iowa’s basketball roster for next season. My take after reading the post: Iowa will have players [...]
A couple Drew Neitzel links
Posted in links, tagged drew neitzel on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The NBA draft is Thursday night. Based on this interview with NBA.com from last week, after working out for the Timberwolves, Drew Neitzel hopes to be drafted somewhere in the low 40s. Minnesota has the 31st and 34rd picks, so maybe there’s a slight chance Neizel goes early in the second round–or the Wolves are [...]
Twelve more inches to get the extra point
Posted in stats analysis, tagged 3-point line on June 23, 2008 | Comments Off
SI.com’s Luke Winn has a good piece up looking at the probable impacts of the longer three-point line next season. The line is being moved back a foot–from 19’9″ to 20’9″. I thought we’d take a moment to speculate on how the rule change is likely to impact our Spartans. The simplest way to look [...]
Rebounding During the Izzo Era
Posted in stats analysis, tagged msu basketball history, rebounding on June 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
A Couple Links The Comcast-Big Ten Network deal is official. Programming will begin on expanded basic cable on August 15. Comcast will have the option to move the channel to its digital basic package (not a digital sports tier) next year. I’ve already got a digital box (doesn’t everyone have to get one next year [...]
MSU in the Pre-Preseason Rankings
Posted in links, tagged preseason rankings on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Now that the NBA early-entry decisions have all been finalized, the national college hoops experts are updating their preliminary top 25 rankings: ESPN.com’s Andy Katz has MSU at #11. Foxsports.com’s Jeff Goodman has MSU at #2. Our own Joe Rexrode has MSU at #4. All three experts have North Carolina #1. After that, there’s no [...]
Titanic Tarheel Talent
Posted in michigan state basketball, tagged north carolina, schedule on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
SI.com’s Luke Winn has a breakdown of the winners and losers from offseason developments, with NBA early-entry decisions having been finalized yesterday. The biggest winner, of course, is North Carolina, which returns all three guys who had been looking at the NBA draft plus player of the year Tyler Hansborough (who didn’t even explore the [...]
