Postgame thread of exhausted, relieved, undefeated celebration

by KJ@theonlycolors on Jan 26, 2010 8:10 PM CST in Michigan State Spartans Basketball Comment 19 comments

Too wiped out to do the dance of joy.

Yes, that was a foul on the final play. No, it never gets called.

Kalin Lucas has supercooled blood running through his veins.

More later. 8-0.

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NO CALL

Harris pushed off there, no foul. He also missed a shot that close to the hoop.

Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

by Seer on Jan 26, 2010 8:12 PM CST reply actions

Summers grabbed him really early in the play, interfered with his ability to get to the ball cleanly. If I was UM fan, I’d be pretty mad. It was so blatant, you almost had to call it. I know that’s not a popular opinion around here but I can’t really begrudge UM fans any hostility.

by intrpdtrvlr on Jan 26, 2010 9:42 PM CST up reply actions

Hmm..

I thought on the replay it also looked like Sims pushed off Summers too didn’t he? I thought it was a good no call given the circumstances. Also – only seems fair given how many other blown calls there were in the game.. would be silly to blame one missed no-call for the loss if you’re a UM fan… how about when Lucious had his bicep held — had one ref correctly call a foul only to have the other ref run over from across the court and overturn it and call it a travel instead.

by MooTheKow on Jan 26, 2010 9:45 PM CST up reply actions

Or

How about Manny ninja kicking Lucas. Ok so that one actually did look accidental, but it makes you pine for a dangerous play penalty when your guy is kicked in the head doesn’t it?

Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

by Seer on Jan 26, 2010 9:47 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, it's not an outrageous no call by any means

Don’t want to give that impression. It’s murky enough that MSU fans don’t have to feel guilty but UM fans don’t have to be pleased. On top of that, though, you really can’t blame the loss on that play. From reading some UM messageboards, there’s a lot of fans more upset with the team putting themselves in that situation than the no-call.

by intrpdtrvlr on Jan 26, 2010 10:00 PM CST up reply actions

It’s murky enough that MSU fans don’t have to feel guilty but UM fans don’t have to be pleased.

Great way of describing it.

by TMadison25 on Jan 26, 2010 11:24 PM CST up reply actions

Raymar Morgan has looked like a superhuman version of himself the last two games

Let’s hope it never stops.

by cwel87 on Jan 26, 2010 8:14 PM CST reply actions

Does this quote seem relevant now?

“It’s like playing your little brother in basketball on the driveway…”

Ahahahahaha!

Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

by Seer on Jan 26, 2010 8:15 PM CST reply actions

cool hand lucas...

…comes through the way the big ten player of the year should.

par/sub par game I’d say with 12(5-14, 2-5, 0-2)pts 3 assists 2 boards, 2 to’s on 35% ish shooting but when you need your best player to make a play, he did.

by The Baron Von Tito on Jan 26, 2010 8:20 PM CST reply actions

Mateen had many games like that

by Chris in Kzoo on Jan 26, 2010 8:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Summers

10 rebounds. 10 points. 5 assists.
I’ll take it.

luttez pour les seuls couleurs, vert et blanc

by vert_et_blanc on Jan 26, 2010 8:29 PM CST reply actions

didn't even notice he had that kinda game

3 offensive rebounds to boot too…i had thought he had a rough game not hitting any of those (wide open) threes and for that matter, lucious/summers/allen combine for 0-7 from 3.

Though I can’t complain

by The Baron Von Tito on Jan 26, 2010 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

I think mid-range is his game

Actually, he can finish at the rim to but teams tend to try to keep him from getting there. He clearly doesn’t have a consistent shot from 3 point land, but with his elevation I think he could get quality looks from 10 feet. He should drive stop and pop more often.

by TheCrestedHelm on Jan 27, 2010 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

also some kudos

Have to give some to herzog for his 1.5 seconds of action..made for a tougher pass for douglass to make?

by The Baron Von Tito on Jan 26, 2010 8:39 PM CST reply actions

Talent and Potential

It’s all there. My hope is that in the stretch run we can put together some 40 minute games where we maximize both.

by donaldo on Jan 26, 2010 8:40 PM CST reply actions

Rebounding and shooting made up for the awful turnover margin

Summers, Morgan, and Green combined for the same number of rebounds as Michigan’s entire team. (Yes, that’s mildly misleading as Michigan missed a million more shots than we did – they shot terribly and had a huge positive turnover margin. But despite having 10 fewer opportunities for offensive rebounds than they did, we ended up with more of them.)

by SpartanDan on Jan 26, 2010 8:59 PM CST reply actions

You should feel lucky to have won

because technically speaking Jalen Rose took the floor for Michigan tonight.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Jan 26, 2010 11:24 PM CST reply actions

Doesn't that mean Michigan should forfeit?

by intrpdtrvlr on Jan 27, 2010 6:58 AM CST up reply actions

I don't want to hear any crap about a no-call.

Michigan had multiple chances to put us down 5-6 points. Instead of taking the ball to the basket, their post player jacked an airball three that opened the door for the win.

They could have had us down 10 at half but kept shooting threes.

Whatever. We will see them at Breslin. At the rate they’re going, they’ll need the win to be NIT eligible.

by rook34 on Jan 26, 2010 11:34 PM CST reply actions