Basketball Blogging?

by intrpdtrvlr on Sep 16, 2009 9:17 PM CDT

First, I think TOC is doing a great job of getting going and could develop into a great site. It's already good.

That said, anyone find it slightly embarrassing that UM has an incredibly well-run, active, and in-depth basketball blog and MSU has none? Sometimes I look at UMhoops and think, "Wow, a school that just returned to the tournament has a site like this yet there doesn't seem to be enough fan support to do a blog for the in-state rival that's been to 4 recent Final Fours?" I know a lot of it can be attributed to the work of Dylan who runs it but, if nothing else, the presence of our own basketball blog would demonstrate the fanbase's enthusiasm to future recruits.

On top of that, I'm a basketball junkie and would love lots of consistent information and discussion of recruits. What's up with Adreian Payne? How is Korie Lucious' foot healing? Any rumors on how the first scrimmages are shaping up? What's the status with 2012 recruits who are already receiving attention?

There's all kinds of action by Izzo on 2011 MI SG Dwaun Anderson, including newspaper stores and blog postings, yet nothing here. Ideally, this should be one of the most informed, comprehensive Spartan athletics sites on the web. Izzo Checks Out Dwaun Anderson

Anyone willing or able to pick it up?

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Hey!

I used to be a basketball blogger!

My intention is to get back into hoops blogging mode over the next few weeks as the start of practice draws closer. Frankly, there’s just nothing to talk about right now. (I’ve been wondering about Lucious’ foot myself. I don’t think there have been any publicly-available reports on his status.) I’ve never been a big recruiting guy, though, so there is some room for someone to pick up that baton and run with it.

And we have had some basketball content up in recent weeks. It’s just been overwhelmed with the football posts of late.

P.S. For the record, that Dwaun Anderson is link is actually in my queue of thinks to include in the next links post.

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by KJ@theonlycolors on Sep 16, 2009 9:33 PM CDT reply actions

You guys are doing a great job. I never meant to suggest that there is no B-ball content. However, I’m inspired by Dylan’s near obsessive (okay, obsessive) coverage of recruiting on UMHoops. Trey Zeigler sneezes and you’ll find a link. I think it’s probably unrealistic (and maybe undesirable) to have a b-ball only blog at this point but it’d be interesting to think of a format where the different sports, including recruiting, could have a little more autonomy within the site.
So yeah, I think off-season basketball recruiting could use some more attention. As a PhD student with zero webpage skills, I have no business offering my help but I am an obsessive recruiting watcher (short of friending players on social-networking websites; I draw the line – that’s just weird). It’d be nice to see this page serve as a news gatherer from tRCMB, Scout’s free board, and good sites like Best of the Best.

But really, let me emphasize, overall, keep up the great work.

by intrpdtrvlr on Sep 16, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Well,

There are very, very few college blogs out there that can match UMHoops’ basketball recruiting coverage.

Feel free to keep the recruiting-related links/commentary coming—either as individual FanShots or as an occasional round-up in a FanPost. Shoot me an e-mail if you need any help with formatting.

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by KJ@theonlycolors on Sep 17, 2009 7:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Thanks, KJ,
I haven’t fully investigated how TOC works. As you can see, I was checking it out the other day. I like the idea of having lots of fan contributions and input, then allowing a way for the the most informative, well-written, and/or unique posts to find a way to the top. It’s a representative democratic option to tRCMB’s near anarchy.

I’ll keep contributing what I can.

by intrpdtrvlr on Sep 17, 2009 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions

I promise we haven't abandoned basketball.

There’s just not a ton going on right now. KJ has basically finished last year’s season reviews, and whatever news there is usually isn’t big enough (or really, substantial enough) for its own post. So, they usually end up in Linking Laconically.

This is also a big football week, so our coverage ratio is distorted even more than usual. Once practice starts, we’ll be all over basketball here. Pinky swear.

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by LVS on Sep 17, 2009 10:22 AM CDT reply actions