I’m not a Rivals subscriber, so I don’t generally look at the content posted there, even when it’s free. MootheKow posted a link to a piece on Sunday’s game written by Jim Comparoni, though, that’s a must-read. Great analysis of Louisville backing off its full-court pressure: After the first couple of minutes, Louisville didn’t come [...]
Archive for March, 2009
A link worth highlighting
Posted in links on March 31, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Coffee Talk: Enjoying the Ride
Posted in coffee talk, stats analysis, tagged ncaa tournament on March 30, 2009 | 20 Comments »
It’s now been 30 hours since MSU punched its ticket to the Final Four. And the buzz still hasn’t worn off. Just over 115 hours remain until the team takes the floor in Detroit against the Huskies. So we’ve got plenty of time to break down that match-up. For now, let’s step back and savor [...]
Explain this to me like I'm six years old
Posted in rant on March 30, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Someone explain this to me: The capacity at Ford Field for the Final Four will be 72,000. MSU’s allotment is only 3,250 tickets–plus 400 for students. Add those two numbers together, multiply by four, and you get 14,600 tickets going to fans of the four schools playing this weekend. The number of tickets sold to [...]
Monday Night Links
Posted in links on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
MSU’s Zone Offense Wears Out Louisville Did MSU’s patience on offense lead to Louisville impatience on the other end of the floor? Bracket Breakdown: Green Day Mr. Gasaway on yesterday’s results. His Rightful Place: Goran Suton Leads the Spartans More MSU-related content from BP. Breaking down UConn’s Hasheem Thabeet Fighting With a Vim on the [...]
Louisville Game Recap (3/29/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged draymond green, durrell summers, goran suton, louisville, ncaa tournament on March 30, 2009 | 15 Comments »
MSU dismantles Louisville 64-52 in a 56-possession game to advance to the Final Four. StatSheet box score. After a performance as thoroughly impressive as this one, it’s hard to know where to start. So let’s start with what each of the eight guys who played double-digit minutes today contributed: Goran Suton: 19 points on 3-5 [...]
Live from Indianapolis . . .
Posted in goofy video on March 29, 2009 | 13 Comments »
. . . WE’RE GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR!!!! Who had Goran Suton in the pool for Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player? Game recap late tonight. Until then: Dance, my friends.
MSU-Louisville Open Thread
Posted in open thread, tagged louisville, ncaa tournament on March 29, 2009 | 76 Comments »
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. –Kris Kristofferson When the season began, MSU was ranked sixth and seventh in the two major polls. With Friday night’s win, they’ve proved beyond a doubt that those rankings were justified. If this team loses tomorrow, they will have no reason to hang their heads. Rather, [...]
Louisville Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged louisville, ncaa tournament on March 28, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Sunday, 2:20. Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. CBS. First thing: Six Elite Eights in 11 years. It’s good to be a Spartan. Now to Louisville: This is a very, very good team. They come into tomorrow’s game riding a 13-game winning streak, having won both the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles. There’s a [...]
Kansas Game Recap (3/27/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged goran suton, kalin lucas, kansas, ncaa tournament on March 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
The Spartans claw their way past the Jayhawks 67-62 in a 66-possession game. StatSheet box score. It’s 1:49 in the a.m. as I begin this game recap. So what I write below may or may not be coherent. Further, from my seat in section 242 of Lucas Oil Stadium, this game much more as an [...]
An impressive list
Posted in commentary, tagged tom izzo on March 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
SpartanDan did the follow-up work. Coaches who have made the Final Four with (at least) three different completely distinct rosters of active players: – John Wooden (UCLA ‘62, ‘67, ‘71, ‘75) – Dean Smith (UNC ‘67, ‘72, ‘77, ‘81, ‘91, ‘95) – Mike Krzyzewski* (Duke ‘86, ‘90, ‘94, ‘99, ‘04) – Denny Crum (Louisville ‘72, [...]
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