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 [...]
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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 »
Pregame Reading
Posted in links, tagged jamil wilson, morris peterson on January 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Peterson turned himself into an MSU legend I had forgotten he had a redshirt year. MoPete’s top five Izzo: “OK, fine. But if you hit the tuba player with that pass, I’m going to kill you.” Mateen Cleaves on The Huge Show: Kalin Lucas doing a ‘great’ job running Spartans Haven’t had a chance to [...]
Illinois Game Preview
Posted in coffee talk, game preview, links, tagged illinois, morris peterson on January 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Last Night’s Dueling 14-Point Comebacks The Comeback Minnesota comes back from 14 down to force the game to OT and beat Wisconsin. 29 points on 16 FG attempts for Lawrence Westbrook. Escape from Evanston Purdue takes advantage of missed free throws to mount their comeback from 14 down and nip Northwestern. I’d wager we won’t [...]
Rankings Update
Posted in links, rankings update, tagged dion sims, kalin lucas, morris peterson on January 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Rankings Upate AP: #7 Coaches: #10 Sagarin: #10 Kenpom: #23 RPI: #4 Bracketology: #3 seed The RPI is really digging us at this point. I assume that’s a function of (1) nine of our fifteen opponents having double digit wins and (2) only six of the 15 games having been played at home. That win [...]
Pregame Links
Posted in links, rankings update, tagged morris peterson on January 6, 2009 | Comments Off
2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Rankings (Jan. 5) MSU up to #8/12. Big Ten beating up on itself; only three teams in top 25. Bracketology #3 seed. MSU hopes to honor MoPete #42 may hit the Breslin rafters Saturday. Morgan: “I’m done with that” Details on next season’s nonconference schedule from Joe Rexrode. Glad we’ve got [...]
More Media Day Notes
Posted in links, tagged delvon roe, goran suton, isaiah dahlman, kalin lucas, marquise gray, morris peterson, uniforms on October 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
MSU has to get to Ford Field (in April) to keep the every-Izzo-player’s-been-to-a-Final-Four streak alive. Kalin Lucas: “I feel this is my team now,” Lucas said. “Last year it was more of me coming in as the new guy. I know what I’m talking about now. “We want to run more this season, our main [...]
