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A note from amidst the mothballs

To avoid paying any more monthly server costs, I’ve moved the SW archives back over to the free WordPress platform.  I think the only major loss is the Java-based StatSheet charts.  Other than that, everything should be here for your browsing pleasure.  If anyone finds any other major glitches, shoot me an e-mail. For fresh [...]

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SI.com’s Luke Winn has a breakdown of the winners and losers from offseason developments, with NBA early-entry decisions having been finalized yesterday. The biggest winner, of course, is North Carolina, which returns all three guys who had been looking at the NBA draft plus player of the year Tyler Hansborough (who didn’t even explore the [...]

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Izzo is reportedly in the hunt for 6’7″ shooting guard Russell Byrd out of Fort Wayne (a 2010 recruit), as is John Beilein. Byrd’s father indicates Iowa is currently the leader, though. This quote from Mr. Byrd is enlightening regarding Izzo’s plans for the next two recruiting classes: “They said they had three scholarships for [...]

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With the Tigers’ odds of contending for a playoff spot rapidly dwindling to naught, the five months until the 2008-09 MSU basketball season begins are looking even longer to me than they otherwise would. Nonetheless, let’s look ahead to how the team fits together, at least on paper. I’ve now provided my thoughts on all [...]

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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 [...]

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This is the last in the series of posts looking at each returning scholarship player’s performance this past season. And we’ve saved the most enigmatic Spartan for last: Marquise Gray. Gray came into the program in 2004 as a 5-star recruit expected to use his off-the-charts athleticism to become a major star. Needless to say, [...]

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Much-maligned Detroit Country Day center DaShonte Riley has committed to Georgetown. Riley plummeted to #111 in Rival’s latest ranking of 2009 prospects. Nix is #108. Sherman is #130. As previously indicated, I’m not a recruiting expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like Izzo needs a wing player in the 2009 class [...]

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Much-maligned Detroit Country Day center DaShonte Riley has committed to Georgetown. Riley plummeted to #111 in Rival’s latest ranking of 2009 prospects. Nix is #108. Sherman is #130. As previously indicated, I’m not a recruiting expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like Izzo needs a wing player in the 2009 class [...]

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A Couple Links The MSU-Texas game will be played in Houston on December 20, per Joe Rexrode. Leave it to John Schneider to get to the bottom of the “Thank you, Tom” billboard mystery. They were put up by a Mr. Paul Covert, owner of Smart Office Systems. (Quite the missed opportunity for the LSJ: [...]

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Our friend Devin (of College Basketball Chronotope) provides a couple useful links: 2008 Big Ten player efficiency ratings: Goran Suton ranked as the 4th most efficient player in the conference on a per-minute basis. A preliminary 2009 Big Ten power poll: His rundown of the 11 conference teams has a lot more meat on the [...]

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