2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Rankings (Nov. 24) MSU up to #5/6 in the polls with UCLA’s loss. Early signing period conference breakdown Rivals ranks MSU’s 2009 class (Garrick Sherman/Derrick Nix) #6 in the conference. Indiana/Illinois/Minnesota ranked in top 25 nationally. (Hat tip: UMHoops) Big Ten Announces 2008 Football All-Conference Teams And Individual Honors Javon Ringer, [...]
Archive for November, 2008
A Weak Excuse for Monday Night Links
Posted in links, rankings update on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Suton to miss Old Spice Classic?
Posted in news, tagged goran suton, injuries on November 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Joe Rexrode is reporting that Goran Suton may have to sit out the Old Spice Classic due to lingering knee problems. Suton will certainly be limited in terms of minutes, and arthroscopic surgery is a possibility, which would mean 2-3 weeks of missed time. This would be (is) a major blow to MSU’s advantage over [...]
A disappointing day of football
Posted in game recap, tagged football, penn state on November 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At 11:00 Eastern Time, the total margin of victory in the three games on ABC in Michigan today is 110 points. And two other Big Ten teams each won by 50+ points today (Purdue and Iowa). The only drama for Big Ten football fans today was watching Wisconsin clinch a winning record by taking advantage [...]
It's Morrill Act Melee Day!
Posted in football discussion, tagged postage stamp on November 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Go (Michigan) State!
MSU-Penn State Combo Meal: Links, Graphical Preview, and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, game preview, links, tagged football, penn state on November 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Basketball Links MAUI 2010 FIELD We’re going to Hawaii in two years. Ford Field bid for Final Four denied There won’t be another Final Four in Detroit until at least 2017. FanHouse NCAA Hoops BlogPoll: No. 9, Purdue Boilermakers T-Mill of Off the Tracks previews the Purdue basketball season for FanHouse. Football Links A room [...]
Giving "pushing the tempo" a whole new meaning
Posted in news on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
College Fast Break notes that Texas Tech beat Division II team East Central University 167-116 last night. That scoreline is somewhat less impressive when you consider the game featured a whopping 118 possessions for each team. On the other hand, just getting the ball up and down the court that many times is no small [...]
Upset at the Garden
Posted in news, tagged wolverines on November 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Michigan pulled off the first upset of a highly-ranked team this season, knocking off #4 UCLA 55-52 last night at Madison Square Garden. I went to bed at halftime, but from what I saw, the 1-3-1 zone looks a lot more effective this year. The box score confirms this, as Michigan forced UCLA into turning [...]
IPFW Game Recap (11/19/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged delvon roe, ipfw, jamil wilson, kalin lucas, raymar morgan on November 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Spartans slide by the Mastadons 70-59 in a 62-possession game. (PPP: 1.13-0.95) Bad News: MSU trailed a mediocre Summit League team with less than 11 minutes left in the game. Good News: Raymar Morgan came up big in crunch time of a road game, scoring 8 points in a 13-0 MSU run to take [...]
SI's Grant Wahl Dishes it Up
Posted in interview, tagged grant wahl on November 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated released its annual college basketball preview edition. In conjunction with the release of the preview issue, one of SI’s senior basketball writers, Grant Wahl, was kind enough to allow we to interview him about the upcoming season. Of all the sports writers in the universe, Mr. Wahl is the one [...]
IPFW Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged ipfw on November 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
7:00, Wednesday. Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana. No TV coverage. This game was scheduled in Fort Wayne as a favor by Tom Izzo to former IU player and now-IPFW head coach Dane Fife. MSU has played and beaten IPFW in East Lansing in each of the last three seasons. Last season, the Spartans won 79-57. [...]
