Posted in links, msu basketball on December 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Just did a quick check on bbstate.com ($): MSU’s 31 assists vs. UWGB are tied for the 7th best performance in college basketball this season. And all the teams ahead of or tied with them scored more points than MSU’s 93–so it was an amazing passing performance relative to scoring output.
Izzo video clip: “I want [...]
Posted in game preview, msu basketball on December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
4:00 Saturday. Breslin Center. The Phoenix of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Big Ten Network.
This game interrupts a 13-day period between the Texas game last Saturday and the first conference game vs. Minnesota a week from tomorrow. Eight of the 11 Big Ten teams start conference play next Wednesday/Thursday.
UW-Green Bay [...]
Posted in big ten, general, links, msu basketball on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Due to various leisure-related activities, I’ll be posting game previews–but not game recaps–for the next three MSU games. I’ll put up a UW-Green Bay preview later tonight, but will then depart the blogosphere until next Tuesday or Wednesday. I’ll try to get a couple posts up late next week, including a conference preview of some [...]
Posted in football, msu on December 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Just as the MSU basketball team seems to be turning the corner on holding on to the ball, the MSU football team takes a swan dive in the opposite direction. After turning the ball over only 13 times in 12 regular season games, the Spartans of the gridiron handed it over five times tonight in [...]
Posted in basketball, msu, stats analysis on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So we all remember how unbelievably bad our Spartans were at holding on to the ball last season. They gave the ball up on 26.0% of offensive possessions in conference play–worst among any major conference team in either 2006 or 2007. This deficiency was the one thing that held MSU back from being [...]
Posted in basketball, big ten, links, msu on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Jay Bilas on MSU and Izzo:
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo loves to say that players play, but tough players win. Well, coaches coach, but prepared coaches win, too. While so many coaches do a great job of preparing their teams, it is futile to try to suggest that one guy is the best. But it [...]
Posted in basketball, links, msu on December 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The MSNBC Beyond the Arc blog asserts that MSU has vindicated itself from the Grand Valley loss with the Texas win and is now a clear national title contender (along with UCLA and Texas, with whom MSU is now caught in an infinite transitive property-defying superiority loop).
I’ve broken my self-imposed holiday blogging moratorium to post this, [...]
Posted in basketball, game recap, msu on December 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
MSU beats Texas 78-72 in a game that was not as close as the score would indicate. I just wrapped up watching the game on DVR (it’s midnight) so I’m going to go rapid-fire bullet-style on the recap. Box score here.
I was surprised when I pulled up the box score and calculated this was only [...]
Posted in basketball, big ten, links, msu on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
ESPN.com’s Andy Glockner points out Texas’ newfound offensive balance and maintained proficiency with Kevin Durant out of the equation, using tempo-free stats to make his case. Sound familiar?
I’m told Burnt Orange Nation will have a game preview up later and it may include a reference to my game preview. So check that out [...]
Posted in basketball, game preview, msu on December 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
6:30 Saturday. The Palace of Auburn Hills. ESPN2.
The Longhorns are undefeated at 10-0. They are ranked #4 in the AP poll and #5 in the coaches’ poll. Arguably, they should be ranked even higher, given that that they have two of the most impressive victories in all of college basketball this [...]
