MSU streaks by Alcorn State 118-60 in an 81-possession game. Official box score. When your back-up point guard has 11 assists, you know it’s been a very long night for your opponent. Michigan State dominated this game in every way possible: Stats by StatSheet.com Most indicative of the way this game was played, though, are [...]
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Alcorn State Game Recap (12/13/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged alcorn state, chris allen, draymond green, kalin lucas, korie lucious, trey zeigler on December 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bradley Game Recap (12/7/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged bradley, chris allen, draymond green, kalin lucas, raymar morgan on December 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »
MSU runs by the Braves 75-59 in a 78-possession game. Official box score. The final margin was right in the range it should be against a medium-strength mid-major like Bradley. But this win felt unsatisfying for several reasons: MSU came out looking unprepared and a step slow against Bradley’s perimter-oriented offense. The Braves scored 17 [...]
North Carolina Game Recap (12/3/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, delvon roe, goran suton, kalin lucas, north carolina, raymar morgan on December 4, 2008 | 16 Comments »
The Tarheels dismantle the Spartans 98-63 in an 83-possession game. Official box score. In terms of analyzing the full 40 minutes of the game, the Statsheet “Stat of the Day” sums things up neatly: “Michigan State did not beat North Carolina at any of the 4 factors.” So let’s talk about the two halves of [...]
MSU at the Old Spice Classic: A Statistical Review
Posted in stats analysis, tagged austin thornton, chris allen, delvon roe, draymond green, durrell summers, kalin lucas, korie lucious, marquise gray, old spice classic, raymar morgan, travis walton on December 1, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Going into this weekend, I said a 2-1 record in the Old Spice Classic would be a “solid outcome.” But that was contingent on winning the opening game against Maryland–which we didn’t. Nevertheless, I don’t think we should get too despondent about MSU’s Old Spice Classic results (although yours truly was pretty despondent late Thursday [...]
Maryland Game Recap (11/27/08)
Posted in game recap, tagged chris allen, marquise gray, maryland, old spice classic, raymar morgan, travis walton on November 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
MSU falls hard to Maryland, 80-62, in roughly a 66-possession game. Unofficial box score. Angst-ridden bullets: I once called Goran Suton “MSU’s most indispensable player.” I’m disappointed to now have a data point that backs up that claim. Raymar Morgan’s proclivity to pick up cheap fouls is apparently a chronic problem. Which gives me a sense of [...]
Preseason Musings: Three-Point Shooting
Posted in predictions, tagged 3-point shooting, chris allen, durrell summers, kalin lucas on November 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
We’re now just 10 days out from the MSU basketball team’s first real game. At this point, I feel like a good sports blogger would offer up a nice, comprehensive team preview. But I also feel like I’ve said just about everything I can think of about this roster of players over the last seven [...]
Northern Michigan Game Preview
Posted in game preview, tagged chris allen, northern michigan on November 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
7:00. Wednesday. Streaming video will be here. Exhibition games get bullet-point previews: Northern is an NCAA Division II team that plays in the GLIAC. Finished 7-20 overall last season, including a 6-12 record in conference play. They lost by 20+ points in both their games against the Spartan-vanquishing Grand Valley squad. The team returns only [...]
Spartalytical on the Green-White Game
Posted in reader feedback, tagged chris allen, green-white game, kalin lucas on November 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve bumped this from the comments. Thanks to Spartalytical for taking the time to compose his thoughts on the scrimmage and share them here. Well, I did attend the Green-White game, and I’ll give my impressions of the goings on, though I’m nowhere near as witty or clever as kj. My apologies. [Editor's note: "Witty" [...]
Midnight Madness Report
Posted in links, reporting, tagged chris allen, delvon roe, draymond green, durrell summers, idong ibok, isaiah dahlman, korie lucious, midnight madness on October 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I hadn’t been to Midnight Madness for a few years and I was impressed with the program last night. They did a great job with the 70s theme (women’s players in 1970s outfits, men’s players in short shorts, VW bus for Izzo’s arrival, funny video about Izzo taking a trip across America to the 1979 [...]
Wednesday Links: We've-Got-(At-Least)-Top-20-Prestige Edition
Posted in links, tagged big ten, chris allen, drew naymick, mark hollis on July 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Drew Naymick is going to play pro ball in Poland. How do you say “blocked shot” in Polish? Chris Allen is working hard this summer, knowing he’ll need to be a more consistent scorer next season (video clip). Mark Hollis must have a really good PR guy. After the piece in the Lansing State Journal [...]
