Anatomy of a Basketball Possession Super sweet flowchart. (Hat tip: UMHoops.) A Tough Decision Why Mike Kebler didn’t get to play in the national championship game. Big Ten in 2010 Beware Purdue. It’s never too early to predict the 2009-2010 Big Ten basketball standings The Daily Gopher agrees re: Purdue. KANSAS DUO RETURNING TO SCHOOL; [...]
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Friday Morning Links
Posted in links, tagged baseball, mike kebler on April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Post-Tournament Links
Posted in links, tagged chris allen, injuries, korie lucious on April 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Lucious, Allen break bones Talk about a game going as badly as it possibly could have. On a positive note, my sense is that a broken bone doesn’t involve major rehab. (Hat tip: MooTheKow.) Spartans can find motivation in loss to Tar Heels Draymond Green: Leader. (Hat tip: Jason.) 2009-10 Insanely Too Early Rankings Consensus: [...]
Pregame Reading
Posted in links on April 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Is destiny enough to win a national title? Luke Winn with some behind-the-scenes stuff. MSU’s video coordinator got a policy escort back to the hotel after the UConn game. King of the quick turnaround More on MSU’s top-of-the-line video system. Crashing the Dance: Irony The graphs say we’ve actually been better on offense and UNC’s [...]
Championship Game Eve Links
Posted in coffee talk, links on April 5, 2009 | 17 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
I [heart] Tom Izzo
Posted in links, tagged big ten, tom izzo on April 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Don’t mess with the Big Ten: If you’re a great defensive team, you aren’t going to score as many points just because you don’t have as many possessions, because it’s going to take– if you’re a great defensive team and a great offensive team, you still only get so many shots, you’re only going to [...]
A link worth highlighting
Posted in links on March 31, 2009 | 13 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
More previewing not done by me
Posted in links, tagged kansas on March 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Big Ten Geeks: The Jayhawks are the best rebounding team the Spartans have faced since, well, the Jayhawks. When the two teams met in East Lansing on January 10, however, Michigan State dominated the glass and managed a sparkling 15.7 TO% in the easy win. If the Spartans make those two things happen again on [...]
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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