Monday night, 9:21. Ford Field, Detroit. CBS. This has become a routine for me now: Overanalyzing the statistical profiles of #1 seeds we’re about to play and convincing myself we’re massive underdogs. I’m going to try to keep this preview short, to avoid that danger (and because I need to get some sleep tonight). The [...]
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National Championship Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged final four, ncaa tournament, north carolina on April 6, 2009 | 24 Comments »
UConn Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged connecticut, final four, ncaa tournament on April 1, 2009 | 22 Comments »
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 [...]
MSU-Kansas Open Thread
Posted in game preview, tagged kansas, ncaa tournament on March 27, 2009 | 102 Comments »
I’m hitting the road for Indy shortly. Here’s your open thread to converse before, during, and after tonight’s game. I may or may not post a game recap tonight after the game; if I don’t, I’ll get the post up in the morning. Discussion-inducing links: A KenPom Preview: Michigan State Interesting to get the tempo-free-analysis [...]
Kansas Game Preview: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Edition
Posted in game preview, tagged kansas on March 25, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Friday night, approximately 9:37 p.m. Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. CBS. Unfortunately, professional responsibilities are going to preclude me from doing my own preview of the game. Instead, I’m going to point you toward a couple other preview and then let you take it from there. First, Mr. Gasaway’s capsule on the game: There is not [...]
USC Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged ncaa tournament, usc on March 21, 2009 | 11 Comments »
5:00 Sunday. The Metrodome, Minneapolis. CBS. USC comes into the game with a record of 22-12. They finished the Pac 10 regular season with a conference record of just 9-9, with 6 losses in their final 9 games, but bounced back to beat Cal, UCLA, and Arizona State en route to winning the conference tournament [...]
Robert Morris Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged ncaa tournament, robert morris on March 17, 2009 | 13 Comments »
9:50 Friday night. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis. CBS. First, some fun facts: Robert Morris’ mascot is the Colonials. That’s appropriate, as the university is named after Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was nicknamed the “Financier of the Revolution.” RMU is located in Moon Township, near Pittsburgh. It was [...]
Purdue Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged purdue on March 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Noon Sunday. The Breslin Center. CBS. I hope this won’t be interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm about Sunday’s game, but I’m going to have to phone this game preview in due to birthday-related festivities for the Official Oldest Son of the Spartans Weblog that commenced earlier this evening and will extent into tomorrow evening. [...]
Indiana Game Preview
Posted in commentary, game preview, rankings update, tagged big ten, indiana, tom izzo on March 2, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Rankings Update AP: #8 (up from #9) Coaches: #8 (up from #9) Blogpoll: #8 (up from #9) Sagarin: #6 (up from #7) Kenpom: #12 (steady from last week) RPI: #4 (up from #5) Bracketology: #2 seed (up from #3 seed) Crashing the Dance: #2 seed (steady from last week) Question (that I do not know [...]
To Ibok or not to Ibok?
Posted in commentary, game preview, links, tagged idong ibok on April 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Thursday Night Links Final Four: The Ultimate Viewers’ Guide Mr. Gasaway says to watch out for Kemba Walker. The Walton method Travis Walton is watching tape right now. Learning process: Thabeet tries to keep blocks in bounds Thabeet says he and Stanley Robinson will rotate on Suton. Herzog doing his best Thabeet impression Nice to [...]
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