As regular readers have no doubt deduced, I don’t know much about recruiting (sing this to the tune of “Don’t Know Much About History” by Herman’s Hermits). Prior to the creation of this blog, I paid almost no attention to it. I don’t subscribe to Rivals or Scout. And I find the whole notion of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Coffee Talk: The MSU basketball recruiting outlook
Posted in coffee talk, tagged jamil wilson, recruiting, roger franklin on August 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
ESPN.com: "NCAA says it can't avoid beer, fantasy sports"*
Posted in humor, tagged attempted joke on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Funny, that’s exactly how I feel! *Technical note: I removed the word “ads” after “beer” in the headline to make the joke funnier. See, even when I try my hand at a tongue-in-cheek blog post, I have to provide a technical note. This is why I mostly stick to very nonhumorous statistical graphs. Serious commentary: [...]
MSU historical trends: Field goal shooting
Posted in stats analysis, tagged field goal shooting, msu basketball history on August 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m finally picking back up on our series on Michigan State’s statistical trends over the last 12 years. I’m going to try to make these a little simpler going forward, so that the prospects of doing each post aren’t so daunting (and hence procrastination-inducing). Today we’ll look at MSU’s field goal shooting percentages. (The last [...]
Give the guys in Bristol some credit
Posted in links, tagged big ten, football on August 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In the midst of ESPN.com’s non-step preseason college football coverage (led by their new Big Ten blogger, Adam Rittenberg), they’ve found the time to compile a quality preseason round-up for the 2008-09 Big Ten basketball season. Highlights: Michigan State is picked to finish second behind Purdue. MSU has the second highest returning scorer in the [...]
Keith Appling Commits
Posted in news, tagged keith appling, recruiting on August 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Scout.com is reporting that Keith Appling committed to Michigan State ($) in a meeting with the MSU coaches this morning. (Note: I’m not a Scout, or Rivals, subscriber.) Appling is Izzo’s first verbal commitment for the class of 2010. What I know about Appling: Somewhere between 6’1″ and 6’3″, 170/175 pounds. Rated a 4-star recruit [...]
Thursday Links plus Coffee Talk
Posted in coffee talk, links, tagged capitalists pigs, retired numbers, trey zeigler on August 7, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Site News of the Capitalist Pig Variety: I’ve added a permanent “Bookstore” link at the top of the blog. The page contains links to a variety of college-basketball related books/DVDs plus other sports-related books I’ve read and enjoyed. Check it out. Trey Zeigler is the focus of an article by Sam Webb in the Detroit [...]
Delvon Roe update: You can exhale now
Posted in news, tagged delvon roe, injuries on August 5, 2008 | Comments Off
Sounds like the surgery went as well as could have been hoped for: After Roe developed swelling in his left knee last week, the MSU medical staff scheduled him to have exploratory surgery. During Tuesday’s operation performed by Dr. Mike Shingles, small particles of cartilage were cleaned out of the knee, according to a news [...]
Breaking news of the bad kind
Posted in news, tagged delvon roe, injuries on August 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Per the Free Press, Delvon Roe has to undergo knee surgery again: Incoming Michigan State freshman forward Delvon Roe is scheduled to undergo surgery today to eliminate swelling on his left knee. The surgery was scheduled after the swelling was noticed over the summer, but no ligaments were believed to be torn. The good news [...]
Two more scheduling notes
Posted in news, tagged schedule on August 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Texas and IPFW have both released their schedules, so we now have dates/times for all the major nonconference games MSU is slated to play. Here’s the updated list: Wednesday, November 19 (7:00): At Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Friday-Sunday, November 27-30 (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU): Old Spice Classic in Orlando (MSU will open against Maryland at 7:00 on [...]
Sunday Night Links: Drew is a Dragon
Posted in links, tagged bundesliga, dion sims, drew neitzel on August 3, 2008 | Comments Off
Drew Neitzel has signed with the Artlund Dragons of Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga (I’m a casual international soccer fan–which I know sounds like any oxymoron. Anyway, I love saying the word “Bundesliga.” Bundesliga. Bundesliga. Bundesliga.) Apparently, the move was made to ensure some guaranteed money and playing time in a competitive league, as European teams tend [...]
