Posted in basketball, ncaa tournament on March 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I figured out why they had to raise the floor three feet in order to put the basketball floor in the center of Ford Field . . .
. . . because if they hadn’t, I would have been watching 10 floating heads bob around the court for two hours yesterday. This photo was [...]
Posted in general, michigan state basketball on March 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
It’s been four months and eight days since this blog sprung into being. During that time:
I’ve put up 176 posts (1.26 per day on a tempo-free basis!)
You’ve left 656 comments
There’ve been over 34,000 hits on the blog
Readership has increased steadily throughout the season–beyond what I could have reasonably expected going into this.
Cannot . . [...]
Posted in michigan state basketball on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Courtesy of Dan:
TMadison25 146, 2 teams left (UCLA, UNC)
Kurt 139, 1 (UCLA)
Devin 138, 3 (all but UNC)
Dr Huxtable 135, 2 (Kansas, UCLA)
kj 125, 1 (Kansas)
spartanproducer 124, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
GBBound 112, 3 (all but Memphis)
Dave 105, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
wifeofaspartan 96, 4
Dan 96, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
Erik J 95, 4
Hoopraker 93, 4
NorthernSparty 75, 0
The three people with all [...]
Posted in basketball, big ten, ncaa tournament on March 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What’s say, we talk about some college basketball teams not hailing from East Lansing today . . .
Big Ten Roundup
Tony Bennett to Bloomington? That’d be a fine move for Indiana based on what I know about Bennett. But, from a Spartan perspective, I’d rather see them go with a more up-tempo guy [...]
Posted in game recap, michigan state basketball, ncaa tournament on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
. . . when your team goes on a 17-0 run and the needle on the odds-of-winning-the-game meter barely budges from zero.
The stats for the full game don’t have a lot of meaning in a game like this one, so I’m not going to a do a full breakdown. It’s how the game started [...]
Posted in links, michigan state basketball on March 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Joe Rexrode has a great bunch of notes and observations about things in Houston up on his blog. As TMadison noted in the comments section, Gray’s toe has improved but he tweaked his knee in practice. Hopefully, he’s good to go to give us at least a few minutes, pull down some defensive [...]
Posted in coffee talk, michigan state basketball on March 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
It’s time once again for America’s fastest-growing basketball blog sensation: Coffee Talk.
This week’s question is pretty straightforward: Now that we’ve dissected the Memphis Tiger basketball team every way I know how to, what do you think the keys are to a Spartan victory Friday night?
To spur discussion, here’s an excellent scouting report on the Tigers [...]
Posted in goran suton, michigan state basketball, stats analysis on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Anyone notice how much love Goran Suton is getting in the media this week?
Suton responds after being main target of Izzo’s ire (LSJ)
MSU’s Suton is blossoming at last (Detroit News)
MSU’s Suton playing with passion (Mlive)
From the Mlive article:
What coach Tom Izzo told the group 24 hours before playing Wisconsin, while important, was nonetheless unremarkable.
For some [...]
Posted in michigan state basketball on March 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Friday night, 9:57 pm (or shortly thereafter). Reliant Stadium, Houston. CBS.
Since we’ve already spent the last few days looking at Memphis, I’m going to stick mainly to the numbers tonight.
Memphis comes in at 35-1 on the season, the only loss being to Tennessee by a score of 66-62 on February 13. The [...]
Posted in basketball, big ten on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a third Big Ten team still alive in postseason play. Eleven Warriors has a preview of Ohio State’s NIT quarterfinal match-up tonight (9:00, ESPN2) against in-state rival Dayton. Apparently, Dayton coach Brian Gregory wasn’t allowed to get any help from his former boss in preparing for the Buckeyes. Note also Gregory’s moxie [...]
