The Spartans battle past the Trojans 74-69 in a 69-possession game. StatSheet box score. It’s a cliche’ to say that a player “willed” his team to victory. But, if ever that cliche’ was true, it was today. Here’s a breakdown of the 74 points MSU scored today: 24 points on free throws. 18 points on [...]
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USC Game Recap (3/22/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged ncaa tournament, travis walton, usc on March 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
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 [...]
Wednesday Night Links
Posted in links, tagged hockey, travis walton on March 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Missouri’s J.T. Tiller captains the 10th-annual All-Glue team Travis Walton becomes the first Spartan to make Seth Davis’ All-Glue Team. (How did Alan Anderson never make it?) Tom Izzo to shave his head after NCAA tournament File under “good decision” (to wait). Would Morgan have been capable of slam 4 months ago? The State News [...]
Illinois Game Recap (3/1/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged idong ibok, illinois, kalin lucas, travis walton on March 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The Spartans vanquish the Illini 74-66 in a 71-possession game. StatSheet box score. I don’t know what it is about this team, but I just can’t get as tense as I’m used to getting late in close games. Even when Illinois pulled back even seven minutes to go, I had a strange sense of calm [...]
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 [...]
Michigan Game Recap (2/10/09)
Posted in game recap, tagged delvon roe, draymond green, travis walton, wolverines on February 11, 2009 | 19 Comments »
The Spartans battle past the Wolverines 54-42 in a 55-possession game. StatSheet box score. This is not the bar graph we were expecting: Stats by StatSheet.com They turned the ball over more than we did. And we barely outrebounded them. In the end, it came down to creating scoring opportunities. We converted 2 more field [...]
Travis Walton by the Numbers
Posted in stats analysis, tagged travis walton on January 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to do a post on Travis Walton’s defense for a while. Joe Rexrode’s excellent blog entry on Walton finally pushed me to do it. Here’s (some of) what Rexrode had to say: And Travis Walton, once again, turned it. If you’ve watched Iowa much this year, you know that Jake Kelly’s playmaking [...]
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 [...]
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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