Heels, Spartans playing for school of the ’00s Just to add to the pressure. First thoughts on the Tarheels Short rest may give us an advantage? Izzo Is a Master of the Quick Turnaround 14-2 in the second games of NCAA Tournament weekends. Lucas-Lawson, Walton-Ellington Makes sense to me. Not sure either Lucas or Wlaton [...]
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Championship Game Eve Links
Posted in coffee talk, links on April 5, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Final Four Eve Links
Posted in coffee talk, links on April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Suton’s Final Four trip a miracle On the front page of ESPN.com at the moment. Don’t dismiss Spartans; they’re redefining elite Fun fact: Since 1999, MSU has been to more Final Fours than the entire SEC or Pac 10. Heathcote and Johnson To Be Inducted Into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame I’m going to [...]
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 [...]
Coffee Talk: Who Plays on the Wing?
Posted in coffee talk, stats analysis, tagged chris allen, durrell summers, korie lucious on March 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Going into NCAA Tournament play, our starting lineup looks like it may finally be completely healthy. Kalin Lucas, Travis Walton, Raymar Morgan, Delvon Roe, and Goran Suton should all be able to play 25-30 minutes per game at near 100%. (Roe is perhaps the exception to this statement, but he’s certainly as ready to contribute [...]
Monday Night Links and Coffee Talk
Posted in coffee talk, links on March 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The plan is to post a Robert Morris preview tomorrow night. For now, here’s what other people are talking about as we head into the first week of the Big Dance–plus a question for us to talk about. College Basketball BlogPoll breakdown, Week “6″ MSU is #7. I live a numb existence. Previewing the Pods: [...]
Coffee Talk: The Seniors
Posted in coffee talk, tagged goran suton, idong ibok, marquise gray, travis walton on March 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Sunday is Senior Day. Here’s your discussion question: What the first word that pops into your head when you hear the name of each of four seniors? My (alliterative) answers are below. Goran Suton Improvement. Suton’s key tempo-free numbers for the four years he was an active player: Stat 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 OffRtg 95.0 [...]
Coffee Talk: MSU's Mount Rushmore
Posted in coffee talk, tagged brad vanpelt, duffy daugherty, magic johnson, msu basketball history, msu football history, tom izzo on February 19, 2009 | 36 Comments »
ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg has been doing a cool feature: naming the four historical figures who would fill a Mount Rushmore for each of the 11 Big Ten football programs. (Apparently, this is part of a wider ESPN “Sports Nation” thing.) He hasn’t gotten to MSU yet, so I thought we’d beat him to the punch [...]
Michigan Game Preview: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Edition
Posted in coffee talk, game preview, tagged wolverines on February 9, 2009 | 24 Comments »
7:00 Tuesday. Crisler Arena. ESPN. A lot of ground has all ready been covered in the Q&As posted here and on Dylan’s site. So I am going to take a different approach to this game preview. And by “different,” I mean “less time/effort-intensive on my part.” I’ve posted the tempo-free data for the two teams [...]
To panic or not to panic?
Posted in coffee talk, commentary, links on January 22, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Thursday Night Links Northwestern Scored the Night’s Biggest Upset TAFKATBTW. Shocker in Spartyville – Cats upset MSU 70-63 Lake the Posts says biggest Northwestern win since 1994. Just Play Ball Dylan on the Wolverines’ recent struggles. What’s the Point? Eleven Warriors on the Buckeyes’ limited point guard options. Don’t go buying dancing shoes just yet… [...]
The Top Ten Performances of the 2008-09 Season
Posted in coffee talk, commentary, tagged delvon roe, durrell summers, goran suton, kalin lucas, raymar morgan, travis walton on April 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve decided not to post any commentary of a forward-looking nature until we get over to the new site. For now, let’s revel in the season that has been. One of the things that made this season so special was the number of guys who stepped up at various times during the season to get [...]
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