North Carolina obliterates Michigan State 89-72 in a 76-possession game. StatSheet box score. This four-factor graph does not tell the story: NCAA Basketball Stats The turnover differential obviously shows up loud and clear, but the other bars understate the degree to which the Tar Heels outplayed us. Statistically speaking, this game was played in two [...]
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National Championship Game Recap (4/6/09)
Posted in game recap, site news, tagged final four, goran suton, ncaa tournament, north carolina on April 7, 2009 | 16 Comments »
UConn Game Recap (4/4/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged connecticut, final four, kalin lucas, korie lucious, ncaa tournament, raymar morgan on April 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The Spartans run, not walk, past the Huskies 82-73 in a 74-possession game. StatSheet box score. At this point, it’s hard to find more words to describe how well this team is playing. This game was almost a carbon copy of the Louisville game in terms of scoring flow: It was back and forth in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
USC Game Recap (3/22/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged ncaa tournament, travis walton, usc on March 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
The Spartans battle past the Trojans 74-69 in a 69-possession game. StatSheet box score. It’s a cliche’ to say that a player “willed” his team to victory. But, if ever that cliche’ was true, it was today. Here’s a breakdown of the 74 points MSU scored today: 24 points on free throws. 18 points on [...]
Robert Morris Game Recap (3/20/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged draymond green, goran suton, ncaa tournament, raymar morgan, robert morris on March 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Spartans bounce the Colonials 77-62 in a 65-possession game. StatSheet box score. The Kenpom prediction was a scoreline of 73-60, so the game result was in line with statistical expectations. Robert Morris kept things close early by knocking down some 3-pointers, but eventually MSU’s size and athleticism were too much for the Colonials to [...]
Ohio State Game Recap (3/14/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged korie lucious, ohio state on March 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The Spartans bow out to the Buckeyes 82-70 in a 69-possession game. StatSheet box score. Your bar graph: NCAA Basketball Stats Your bullets: The difference in 2-point shooting percentages was fairly narrow, so the big differential in the eFG% bar was driven almost entirely by 3-point shooting. They hit 9 of 16 from beyond the [...]
Minnesota Game Recap/Ohio State Open Thread Combo Meal
Posted in game recap, open thread, tagged big ten tournament, chris allen, draymond green, marquise gray, minnesota, ohio state on March 13, 2009 | 53 Comments »
Minnesota Game Recap MSU advances past Minnesota 64-56 in a 64-possession game. StatSheet box score. Having digested 5 full hours of basketball since the game ended (we bolted at halftime of the last game), all I can give you is a graph: NCAA Basketball Stats And some bullets: Disappointingly small rebounding advantage and a negative [...]
Purdue Game Recap (3/8/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged delvon roe, jamil wilson, kalin lucas, purdue on March 8, 2009 | 7 Comments »
MSU guts out their 15th conference win 62-51 in a 68-possession. StatSheet box score. Raise your hand if you had us winning the conference by FOUR games: TEAM CONFERENCE OVERALL Michigan State 15-3 25-5 Illinois 11-7 23-8 Purdue 11-7 22-9 Ohio State 10-8 20-9 Penn State 10-8 21-10 Wisconsin 10-8 19-11 Minnesota 9-9 21-9 Michigan [...]
Indiana Game Recap (3/3/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged indiana, raymar morgan on March 3, 2009 | 23 Comments »
The Spartans dodge a bullet and win an outright title, all in same night. 64-59 MSU in a 60-possession game. StatSheet box score. Weird game: Stats by StatSheet.com Indiana kept the rebounding battle close, both teams turned the ball over with regularity, and sloppy defense led to a lot of free throw attempts. Thankfully, our [...]
