Big Ten Tournament Day Two Open Thread
by LVS on Mar 12, 2010 1:49 PM CST
in Michigan State Spartans Basketball
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[Bumped to the top of the page to keep the discussion going. The Minnesota preview is below. --LVS.]
A little late on the posting here, but we'll go with it. Today's games (all times EST):
- #1 Ohio State vs. #8 Michigan (ESPN, noon)
- #4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Illinois (ESPN, 25 minutes after OSU-UM is over -- probably about 2:30)
- #2 Purdue vs. #7 Northwestern (BTN, 6:30)
- #3 Michigan State vs. #6 Minnesota (BTN, 25 minutes after Purdue-NU is over -- probably about 9:00)
Objectively, the most interesting game here is probably the Wisconsin-Illinois rematch, as Illinois is fighting for their tournament life. (As SpartanDan pointed out, the championship week results from across the country so far have probably improved Illinois' chances.) Your Spartans have the late game, and a preview will be going up shortly.
Until then, enjoy a great Friday of basketball, and talk about it here.
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OSU up 35-25 at the half
Finish the half on a 25-6 run. Michigan just cannot sustain any momentum.
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Michigan coming back a bit?
Go Wolverines. Michigan doesn’t scare me at all; Ohio State, um, does.
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Michigan
is teasing me. They keep getting close and then disappearing.
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MICHIGAN UP 2
OSU with the ball and last possession!
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Harris!
They are a dangerous team when it they can put it all together.
by intrpdtrvlr on Mar 12, 2010 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
Manny with the clutch dagger
Reminiscent of Lucas’s shot against them
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ESPN gametracker vs ESPN 360
their gametracker is always a little bit ahead of the video feed on 360, so I’m always torn… sneak a peek at the gametracker, or be patient and watch it happen
Holy cow!
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How do you not guard the man inbounding the ball!
Have to make them work for it.
by intrpdtrvlr on Mar 12, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
heartbreaking loss
To end a heartbreaking season for michigan
by Milton58 on Mar 12, 2010 12:57 PM CST via mobile reply actions
God hates Michigan
Seriously.
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Beilein
is going to get annihilated for the lack of coherent defense on that last play.
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no defense
I’d feel bad for UM (not really, but in theory) if their defense on that last play had not been utterly incompetent. How you allow Turner to get the ball so easily, dribble so close to the basket and get basically an uncontested shot is really rec league defense.
I didn't want to be overly harsh
But the “rec league” rings true. It was one of those situations where you feel like the average basketball fan could have come up with a better plan in that situation than Beilein did.
I would understand
Considering everything they had to play for, how hard they worked against the Big Ten’s No. 1 seed, and how they lost, I can’t imagine how it feels.
Biggest kick in the pants is that I picked UM to pull the upset in my bracket. Jerks.
If I had to re-do my picks
I might be inclined to take Illinois here. McCamey should be fired up given the way the last game went, and Illinois has so much more at stake here.
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Took UW
would like Illinois. Would be nice to see them make the toruney
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Illinois eFG is 70.0% at the half
Wisconsin only at 22.7%. Illinois really should be leading by more, but I’ll take it.
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Also:
First, in case you didn’t see, the Minnesota preview is up now. Second, if you’re a twitter-er, you should follow KJ, who is tweeting nuggets of wisdom from his perch at Conseco Fieldhouse. He’s @theonlycolors. And if you’re interested in hearing my thoughts from my living room (ha), I’m @LVSatTOC.
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And me!
Also look for @PeteAtTOC, who is posting from his iPod in Chicago currently. Looks like I missed a heck of a buzzer beater driving down.
by Pete Rossman on Mar 12, 2010 2:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Man...
when Tisdale decides to show up he’s a hell of a player. He just goes into spurts where he can’t miss and hits nothing but net on every shot.
surprised...
I definitely didn’t see this one coming. Figured Wisconsin would upset a tired OSU tomorrow.
Bracket Update
2 brackets with 7 points (msufan23, Pete Rossman)
6 brackets with 6 points
8 brackets with 5 points
24 brackets with 4 points
10 brackets with 3 points
1 bracket with 2 points
NW up on Purdue midway through the half, 17-8
5 for 5 on threes, 0 for 4 inside the arc.
Hockey about ready to start
If you can’t watch on TV, you can listen on www.spartansportsnetwork.com (that’s what I’m doing).
Also here:
http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-hockey/sched/msu-m-hockey-sched.html
Current game should pop up on the right. Click on “gametracker.”
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That one's probably better
I’m not sure the other auto-updates.
Sounds like Michigan fans have taken over Munn
The Wolverines have had the run of play so far, but no score yet.
Not surprising about lots of Michigan fans
The students are on break, and Munn crowds are usually pretty quiet anyway.
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Pipe shot for Tropp
Almost gave us the lead.
One oddity in Michigan's power play
They excel at killing their own power plays by taking a penalty early on. And they just did it.
The good news:
We came back from down 3-0 once already against Michigan this year. (The bad news: we then lost 5-4 after taking a 4-3 lead.)
Michigan power play
Gazley called for holding.
Cancelled out
1:01 of 4-on-4 time, then we’ll have a 59-second PP.
Not going to happen.
Instead, we’ll give Michigan a power play to start the second.
Back to back and-1's for Purdue to start the second half.
They take the lead.
12-2 run for Purdue
But Kramer just went to the bench with his fourth foul, 13 minutes left.
That is not how we wanted to start
Kampfer makes it 4-0. And just to hammer home the point that Munn has been invaded, the horn sounded as though we’d scored.
The analyst for the radio crew is way too excitable
If it even looks like we might get a scoring chance, he yells into the mike loud enough to wake the dead.
MSU power play coming
Kneeing called on Llewellyn. We really need a goal on this one.
Power play over
No goal, no really good chances, may not have even been a shot.
Barring a miracle tonight, yes.
This has been nothing short of calamitous.
The leeway Kramer gets from the officials is mystifying.
I know he has 4 fouls, Purdue fans. But he should have 10. The kid fouls on every single play.
by rook34 on Mar 12, 2010 7:10 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Ugh
Stupid Spring Break, Munn should be full of angry semi-intoxicated MSU students right now
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Goaltender interference called on Michigan
Another power play chance, and they may be lucky it’s not a fiver from the description of it on the radio.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Deflected around quite a bit, but it’s in the back of the net. Being reviewed, though.
Goal stands on review
Sounds like it hit two or three guys on the way in.
Another power play coming
Treais called for a high stick, 4:25 left in the period. Cash in here and at least things will be interesting in the third.
Cancel that
Slash called on Tropp, though it broke up a rush the other way. 4-on-4.
And that's it
5-1. Palmisano came out to clear the puck and apparently didn’t get enough of it.
Win the next 2
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End of the second
It will be nothing short of a miracle of we come back to win this. Let’s just hope we got all the ugly out of the way tonight and play much, much better Saturday and Sunday.
Dear Michigan Hating God, who art in Heaven
We pray to thee that we shall rip out Michigan’s collective heart tonight in the third period. Or if that be against thine holy will, that we shall have faith that we shall beat them in the next two consecutive games.
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Also NU loses
They got hosed down the stretch imo. Shurna was hammered on a three attempt with 25 seconds left. Right after Purdue commits a clear travel but gets away with it. Those refs were awful, lost control of that game. Hopefully Purdue is beat up and we get by Minnesota with out too much banging.
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The reffing was awful both ways.
It heavily favored NU in the first half and favored us in the second. I’m just sick of bad reffing in general.
Hoops bubble notes
Ole Miss lost to Tennessee, Rhode Island beat St. Louis handily, VT lost to Miami, Dayton and Xavier tied with two minutes to go, GT leads Maryland by two midway through the second half, Miss St up 15 on Florida early in the second.
That doesn't exactly qualify as "bubble notes"
“Potential first-round opponent for a high seed” notes, perhaps.
Awh, gotcha.
Just getting excited to see my (distant) second love the Ohio Bobcats beat Miami. I’m looking forward to their auto-bid bursting someone’s bubble.
Around the CCHA
Northern whomping Alaska, which isn’t that much of a surprise – Alaska always seems to have a hard time in the first game of a road series (jet lag or something). Miami in a tight one with OSU, up 3-2. Ferris is beating UNO 2-0.
Getting outshot 25-10
Giving up way too many good chances on breakaways and such, and we’re missing the net too many times when we do have a good opportunity.
Jarosz in net for the third period.
Are we staying here for game talk or will there be a new thread?
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2-on-1 rush for MSU defended well
Didn’t even get a shot off.
Power play coming
Interference on Llewellyn.
Nothing doing.
A couple of shots blocked, another one wide, but nothing that found the goalie, much less the net.
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