We’ve been waiting to hear (1) who MSU would play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge next season and (2) whether they’d play a nonconference game at Ford Field. Today, both questions we’re answered: They’ll play North Carolina at Ford Field on Wednesday, December 3, as part of the challenge. The full list of match-ups can [...]
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Carolina’s comin’ to D-Town
Posted in big ten, msu basketball on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Carolina's comin' to D-Town
Posted in big ten, msu basketball on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We’ve been waiting to hear (1) who MSU would play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge next season and (2) whether they’d play a nonconference game at Ford Field. Today, both questions we’re answered: They’ll play North Carolina at Ford Field on Wednesday, December 3, as part of the challenge. The full list of match-ups can [...]
Around the Big Ten
Posted in big ten, links, msu basketball on February 24, 2008 | Comments Off
Michigan 49 Illinois 43 I can only hope this week’s results will boost MSU well above the Illini in the offensive points-per-possession category for good; the two were tied at 1.01 (in conference play) before this week’s action. UMHoops says rebounding was a key and recaps Jalen Rose’s comments to the Crisler crowd. Sample: Every [...]
Penn State Game Recap (2/20/08)
Posted in game recap, msu basketball on February 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Michigan State dominates the Nittany Lions, 86-49. I picked an excellent game to take the Official Wife and Official Sons of the Spartans Weblog to. This was, of course, a home game against the second worst defensive team in the conference. But that shouldn’t detract from the fact that the Spartans played with a combination [...]
Monday Night Musings
Posted in links, msu basketball on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rankings Update Michigan State plummets from 10/9 in the AP/coaches’ polls to 19/17. Their national ranking among Big Ten teams is now consistent with their place in the conference standings: 4th. Wisconsin is 11/10. Purdue and Indiana are 14th and 15th–Purdue higher in the AP poll, Indiana higher in the coaches’ poll. Oddly, the Sagarin [...]
Always look on the bright side of life
Posted in msu basketball on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In an effort to manufacture some optimism for the rest of this season–and maintain my own mental sanity–here are the Spartans Weblog Top Ten Reasons to Feel Good About Michigan State Basketball: 10. Spring training has started. OK. That’s not basketball-related. Let’s start over. 10. Drew Neitzel is on pace to finish 2nd on the [...]
Indiana Game Recap (2/16/08)
Posted in game recap, msu basketball on February 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Well, the starting lineup thing worked, huh? With Lucas in the lineup at tip-off, MSU came out attacking the basket. Marquise Gray pulled down a couple tough defensive rebounds. And MSU built an 18-8 lead over the first 9 minutes. And then . . . IU crushed us . . . like a paper cup. [...]
A couple pre-game perspectives from Hoosier land
Posted in indiana, links, msu basketball on February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Hoosier Report expresses some of the apathy that seems to be running through IU country about the team’s on-court endeavors these days. He does provide a nice little tempo-free summary of our Spartans. As I commented on his site, though, this sentence struck me oddly: “The Spartans don’t shoot many three pointers, but prefer [...]
Are we better than we were last year?
Posted in links, msu basketball, stats analysis on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First, a few links: Izzo may start Lucas, Neitzel, Morgan, Gray, and Naymick tonight. This would be work for me. As expressed in the last game recap, Lucas needs to be on the floor from the outset of games. Could get Suton more minutes with White off the floor to grab a few offensive rebounds. [...]
Indiana Game Preview
Posted in game preview, msu basketball on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
9:00 Saturday. Assembly Hall. ESPN. Dickie V is back like a bad rash. Indiana fans will be looking to pull off something called a “stripe out”; looks complicated. The Hoosiers have, of course, been in the headlines a lot this past week–and not so much for their on-court performance. Despite the requisite no-rush-to-judgment caveats from [...]
