North Carolina obliterates Michigan State 89-72 in a 76-possession game. StatSheet box score. This four-factor graph does not tell the story: NCAA Basketball Stats The turnover differential obviously shows up loud and clear, but the other bars understate the degree to which the Tar Heels outplayed us. Statistically speaking, this game was played in two [...]
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National Championship Game Recap (4/6/09)
Posted in game recap, site news, tagged final four, goran suton, ncaa tournament, north carolina on April 7, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Louisville Game Recap (3/29/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged draymond green, durrell summers, goran suton, louisville, ncaa tournament on March 30, 2009 | 15 Comments »
MSU dismantles Louisville 64-52 in a 56-possession game to advance to the Final Four. StatSheet box score. After a performance as thoroughly impressive as this one, it’s hard to know where to start. So let’s start with what each of the eight guys who played double-digit minutes today contributed: Goran Suton: 19 points on 3-5 [...]
Kansas Game Recap (3/27/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged goran suton, kalin lucas, kansas, ncaa tournament on March 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
The Spartans claw their way past the Jayhawks 67-62 in a 66-possession game. StatSheet box score. It’s 1:49 in the a.m. as I begin this game recap. So what I write below may or may not be coherent. Further, from my seat in section 242 of Lucas Oil Stadium, this game much more as an [...]
Robert Morris Game Recap (3/20/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged draymond green, goran suton, ncaa tournament, raymar morgan, robert morris on March 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Spartans bounce the Colonials 77-62 in a 65-possession game. StatSheet box score. The Kenpom prediction was a scoreline of 73-60, so the game result was in line with statistical expectations. Robert Morris kept things close early by knocking down some 3-pointers, but eventually MSU’s size and athleticism were too much for the Colonials to [...]
Coffee Talk: The Seniors
Posted in coffee talk, tagged goran suton, idong ibok, marquise gray, travis walton on March 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Sunday is Senior Day. Here’s your discussion question: What the first word that pops into your head when you hear the name of each of four seniors? My (alliterative) answers are below. Goran Suton Improvement. Suton’s key tempo-free numbers for the four years he was an active player: Stat 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 OffRtg 95.0 [...]
Your blogger's dream come true
Posted in humor, tagged goran suton on March 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Goran Suton is on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated: Sadly, Mrs. SW says I can’t frame a copy of the magazine and put it up over the fireplace. P.S. Presumably, this can’t jinx us, as the top eight teams in the country all have a player on the cover. Either that or you [...]
Wisconsin Game Recap (2/22/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged goran suton, kalin lucas, travis walton, wisconsin on February 22, 2009 | 21 Comments »
The Spartans stick it to the Badgers 60-51 in a 59-possessions game. StatSheet box score. Let’s start with what still worries me after this game: Three-point shooting. MSU made just 2 of 9 attempts from beyond the arc, with both makes coming in the final minutes of the game. That’s our fourth straight game with [...]
Statistical comparison of the read-into-it-what-you-want variety
Posted in stats analysis, tagged goran suton, raymar morgan on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MSU in games in which Goran Suton or Raymar Morgan have been out/limited: 8-4 record Offensive efficiency of 105.0 Defensive efficiency of 96.3 MSU in games in which Goran Suton and Raymar Morgan have both been at/near full strength: 12-0 record Offensive efficiency of 118.4 Defensive efficiency of 93.8 The schedule for the second set [...]
Monday Night Musings: Conference-Midseason-Review Edition
Posted in links, rankings update, stats analysis, tagged big ten, goran suton, jajuan johnson, kalin lucas, lawrence westbrook, talor battle on February 2, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Rankings Update AP: #13 (down from #9) Coaches: #14 (down from #9) Sagarin: #11 (down from #8) Kenpom: #21 (steady from last week) RPI: #5 (steady from last week) Bracketology: #3 seed (down from #3 seed) Crashing the Dance: #3 seed Purdue is ranked one spot ahead of us in both the human polls, reflecting [...]
The Top Ten Performances of the 2008-09 Season
Posted in coffee talk, commentary, tagged delvon roe, durrell summers, goran suton, kalin lucas, raymar morgan, travis walton on April 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve decided not to post any commentary of a forward-looking nature until we get over to the new site. For now, let’s revel in the season that has been. One of the things that made this season so special was the number of guys who stepped up at various times during the season to get [...]
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