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: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chris allen’
Post-Tournament Links
Posted in links, tagged chris allen, injuries, korie lucious on April 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Coffee Talk: Who Plays on the Wing?
Posted in coffee talk, stats analysis, tagged chris allen, durrell summers, korie lucious on March 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Going into NCAA Tournament play, our starting lineup looks like it may finally be completely healthy. Kalin Lucas, Travis Walton, Raymar Morgan, Delvon Roe, and Goran Suton should all be able to play 25-30 minutes per game at near 100%. (Roe is perhaps the exception to this statement, but he’s certainly as ready to contribute [...]
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 [...]
Indiana Game Recap (2/7/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, draymond green, ed hightower on February 7, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Izzo over Crean 75-47 in a 69-possession game. StatSheet box score. The mind of Ed Hightower is an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Due to the generosity of a professional acquaintance, I sat in the second row behind the scorer’s table today. So I had an up-close view of the “nuts” incident. If you have [...]
Saturday Morning Links
Posted in links, tagged chris allen, russell byrd, tom izzo on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MSU’s Izzo: Pick up the purpose 100 three-point makes for Chris Allen after every practice. For whatever reason, he’s never really looked like a Respert/Neitzel-like shooter to me in terms of consistency. Green Lenses Takes Izzo and the Pistons Under the Microscope Spartan Nation takes Tom Izzo to task for Wednesday’s loss. Agree they didn’t [...]
Northwestern Game Recap (1/21/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, goran suton, kalin lucas, northwestern on January 21, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The Wildcats stun the Spartans 70-63 in a 63-possession game. StatSheet box score. The Spartan fan half of my brain is pretty mad about this one. We lost to Northwestern, of all teams, to end a 28-game home court winning streak and ruin a perfect conference record. And we did it by completely losing our [...]
Illinois Game Recap (1/17/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, illinois, marquise gray, morris peterson, travis walton on January 17, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Michigan State pushes past Illinois 63-57 in a 66-possession game. Statsheet box score. First things first: It was great to be there for the Morris Peterson jersey retirement ceremony. Nine years ago, my wife and I sat/stood in the second row of the student section and watched that man do amazing things en route to [...]
Oakland Game Recap (12/27/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, goran suton, oakland, raymar morgan on December 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Spartans knock out the Grizzlies 82-66 in a 65-possession game. Official box score. For once, I got the keys to the game right: rebounding and 3-point shooting. MSU out-rebounded Oakland at both ends of the court and knocked down 11 of 20 three-point attempts (55.0%), resulting in the four-factor graph below: Stats by StatSheet.com [...]
Pregame Reading
Posted in links, tagged chris allen, tom izzo on December 17, 2008 | Comments Off
Love for The Citadel, Izzo Background on The Citadel from the parent of a cadet. Time to appreciate the grooviness of Izzo Mrs. Izzo: “I don’t know that he’s done with what he wants to do at Michigan State.” (Hat tip: Chris) Allen no longer a defensive liability for Spartans Glad we took care of [...]
Monday Night Links: The Return of Goran Draws Nigh
Posted in links, news, rankings update, stats analysis, tagged 3-point shooting, chris allen, durrell summers, goran suton, injuries on December 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Rankings Update MSU slid a bit to #19/22 in the polls. Apparently, the voters weren’t impressed by the 118 points against Alcorn State. We’re up to #28 in the Sagarin ratings, but still down at #39 under the Kenpom version. The Return of Goran Draws Nigh Goran Suton practiced today, and his knee was reportedly [...]
