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by KJ@theonlycolors on Nov 9, 2009 6:59 PM CST in Michigan State Spartans News Roundup

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas is No. 1 player to watch -- Sporting News | MSU Spartans - - MLive.com
Grinczel: "Michigan State's championship teams have two transcendent players. . . I pretty much know what I'm going to see in Lucas; the No. 1 player I'm going to watch is Raymar Morgan."
College basketball is back ... with a whimper - Seth Davis - SI.com
Did Delvon Roe lie to ~~Dean Smith~~ Roy Williams?
2010 NCAA tournament bracket prediction - CBK News - FOX Sports on MSN
Goodman predicts we'll be a #1 seed but lose in the round of 16. (Recall that he picked us to beat UNC in the championship game this time last year. So close.)
Rush The Court " Blog Archive " RTC Conference Primers: #1 – Big Ten
Projected Big Ten standings look about right; might bump NW up a couple wins and IU and Iowa down a win each.
Big Ten Geeks: Fun with Rosters!
MSU is the third most homegrown team in the conference.
State of the Blog: Year Three | UM Hoops.com
Dylan and I both got our starts as basketball bloggers two years ago. So we're like blogging brothers--of exactly the same age.
Basketball Prospectus | Unfiltered
Get your preseason book from Mr. Gasaway et al.

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No way...

….Roe lied to Dean Smith. Roy Williams might be another matter.

by witless chum on Nov 10, 2009 2:51 PM CST reply actions

Ah, yes

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Nov 10, 2009 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

Is a slimy piece of crap. He brings a young kid onto his campus and does everything in his power to wow him and get him all excited/emotional. Not surprisingly – he proceeds to make a decision on the spot based purely on the emotion and excitement. To publicly call him out and basically proclaim him a liar because a 16 (or 17) year old kid had the common sense to then sit down and actually discuss things with his family and make a decision on what they all thought was best for him is absolutely bush league.

by MooTheKow on Nov 10, 2009 9:07 PM CST reply actions

Why make it so specific?

A lot of coaches will say kids lie to them. I’m sure more happens on top of what Moo mentions above. Why mention Michigan State in specific? First, it narrows down the number kids (to possibly one) who doesn’t have the advantage of an autobiography to defend himself. Second, it makes it seem like something must have gone down for MSU to then sway the kid/family, implicit not something not as honorable as a middle-aged millionaire and a 16-17 year old high schooler trying to agree on terms face to face.

Of course, I didn’t read the book, so maybe there is context. Not just saying it because of this, but I always disliked that smarmy such-n-such.

by DP99 on Nov 11, 2009 2:51 PM CST up reply actions