Purdue wallops MSU 72-54 in a 70-possession game. StatSheet box score. After 3 of MSU’s 4 losses, I’ve downplayed the result. I’m not going to downplay tonight’s loss. MSU’s performance was extremely disappointing, both in terms of their lack of composure and their inability to take advantage of Purdue’s weaknesses. The two sets of bars [...]
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Purdue Game Recap (2/17/09)
Posted in big ten, game recap, tagged purdue on February 17, 2009 | 23 Comments »
We need a bigger basketball arena!
Posted in big ten, breslin center, general, michigan state basketball on May 27, 2008 | Comments Off
AKA They’re numbers and they’re MSU basketball-related, so I must analyze them. Despite once again selling out every home game, MSU ranked just 17th in the nation in average home attendance this season (from the page I’ve linked to, there’s a link to a Word file with all the details). This is, of course, a [...]
Back-of-the-envelope, way-too-early 2008-09 Big Ten basketball conference preview
Posted in big ten, michigan state basketball on May 8, 2008 | 9 Comments »
With the transfers of Udoh and Freeman, the dismissal of Bassett and Ellis, and the decision by Kosta Koufos to hire an agent, the conference landscape for next season appears to be relatively well settled. So–with just 8 short months to go before 2009 conference play begins–let’s take a look at how the 11 Big [...]
Monday Night Links
Posted in big ten, links, michigan state basketball on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ekpe Udoh is no longer a Wolverine. Opportunity knocks for Zach Gibson. Tony Freeman is no longer a Hawkeye. Opportunity knocks for Todd Lickliter’s son? Armon Bassett, Jamarcus Ellis, DeAndre Thomas, and Eli Holman are no longer Hoosiers. Opportunity knocks for five brand new guys. The Big Ten didn’t have a great recruiting year: In [...]
Carolina’s comin’ to D-Town
Posted in big ten, msu basketball on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 match-ups can [...]
Carolina's comin' to D-Town
Posted in big ten, msu basketball on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 match-ups can [...]
Big Ten Roundup plus . . . Why It’s OK to Really, Really Like Basketball
Posted in big ten, michigan state basketball on April 14, 2008 | 12 Comments »
In case you’re getting tired of staring at boxes of numbers . . . I missed this last week: Devin, the winner of our nontraditional bracket contest, is also the proprietor of College Basketball Chronotope, an IU basketball blog. To reward him for his prognosticating acumen (unlike traditional pools, picking all four #1 seeds didn’t [...]
Big Ten Roundup plus . . . Why It's OK to Really, Really Like Basketball
Posted in big ten, michigan state basketball on April 14, 2008 | 12 Comments »
In case you’re getting tired of staring at boxes of numbers . . . I missed this last week: Devin, the winner of our nontraditional bracket contest, is also the proprietor of College Basketball Chronotope, an IU basketball blog. To reward him for his prognosticating acumen (unlike traditional pools, picking all four #1 seeds didn’t [...]
Is there room enough for two Toms in the Big Ten?
Posted in big ten, links, michigan state basketball on April 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
As noted by Ben and TMadison in the previous comments section, reports indicate Tom Crean is the choice to become the new Indiana head coach. There are three obvious questions: Is this a good move by Crean? Paging Jim S isn’t sure this is a vertical move, as Crean is leaving an established program in [...]
Wildcat for a day
Posted in basketball, big ten, ncaa tournament on March 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What’s say, we talk about some college basketball teams not hailing from East Lansing today . . . Big Ten Roundup Tony Bennett to Bloomington? That’d be a fine move for Indiana based on what I know about Bennett. But, from a Spartan perspective, I’d rather see them go with a more up-tempo guy like [...]
