MICHIGAN STATE 70, NEW MEXICO STATE 67: AFTERGLOW THREAD
by LVS on Mar 19, 2010 9:11 PM CDT
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Truly a game of two halves, as Your Spartans dominated the first twenty minutes and then were blitzed by scorching-hot Aggie shooting in the second frame. Somehow (read: great play down the stretch by Raymar Morgan, key points from Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers, and improved defense), we ended up with the victory . . . barely. It may have come at some cost, though: Chris Allen appeared to re-injure his foot, and it wouldn't be a surprise to not have his services for the rest of the way -- however long that may be
In any event, we survived and advanced, as they say, though the thousands of mini-heart attacks along the way weren't exactly fun. Next up: Maryland or Houston, on Sunday. Until then, here's your celebration-ish thread, and it doubles as open thread for tonight's remaining games. GO STATE!
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Please be ok Allen
pretty pretty please
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
+1
But I don’t have a good feeling about this.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 19, 2010 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, at least we averted that disaster.
Great D the last few minutes.
Exhibited some good old fashioned toughness. We didn’t want to go home.
Maybe Jud has some sort of magical healing potion at his house for Chris.
PP-TPW
Survive and advance.
Hooray Big Ten. Let’s do it again Sunday. Hope everyone on MSU turns out uninjured.
P.S. (points sheepishly to the score you wrote and notes the margin is right but…)
by Beavis Beefcake on Mar 19, 2010 9:18 PM CDT reply actions
Ha, oops.
Brainfried after four days of Las Vegas and two hours of . . . that.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
Jud, via Boylen
Jim Boylen was part of a panel on the CBS College Sports network last night. He said that Jud always said that to go deep in the tournament you have to win one you don’t deserve. Hopefully, this was ours.
On another subject
Watching Vermont get beat down…. MoJo looks a lot bigger and taller than when he was at State….
Izzo: Allen tweaked ankle but he doesnt
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
think it is serious... Will know for sure tomorrow
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
In my opinion
Allen looked like he cramped up more than anything else, meaning he should be fine foe Sunday.
Just my two cents.
who would we rather play?
Houston or Maryland? tight, back & forth game.
Houston...
seems smaller teams can come out and play great one game but having trouble putting together a weekend.
Lane violaton call being overblown
MSU would still have been up 2. Officials were a failure in this game.
Let's take a deep breath and look at some facts
New Mexico State did not have a field goal between the 8:35 and 0:22 marks of the second half
NMSU took two shots in the final 6 seconds and missed them both
The lane violation DID occur, and could be clearly seen on replay
So calling the violation that did occur was what cost NMSU the game? Yeah, the NCAA conspiracy in favor of the major conferences extends this deep. Give me an effing break.
No kidding about the lane violation
People are acting like that never happens, but I see at least a half dozen every year.
I'm pretty sure MSU had one go against them quite recently
I think it was against Minnesota in the BTT.
As a basketball fan, I’m not wild about the call, but 1) it was correct, and 2) it hardly decided the game. I think a worse decision was not looking at video to see if more time should have been after the out-of-bounds at the end of the game. But the referees didn’t hand us this game. Not remotely.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
And finally
Just watched the replay analysis on ESPN. The call was made before Morgan released the ball. Agree that NMSU should have had .6 seconds to shoot, though.
I'm not so sure
Reaction time is not instantaneous, and they don’t usually review the clock unless it’s obvious that it ran and shouldn’t have (which wasn’t the case here). That’s an inconsistency that maybe ought to be fixed – a “correct” stoppage of the clock is usually 0.2-0.3 seconds slower than what they’ll put up if they do go to the monitor.
Yeah, but they've been reviewing those kinds of plays routinely during the conference tournaments
and the early parts of this tournament. They’ve got replay available. Might as well use it.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
Brando really slurping Vasquez.
The guy’s a clown. Good player, but he’s damn lucky someone hasn’t sucker punched him in four years.
Wow...
nice shot at the end of the half.. hope houston wins by 1 :-)
I've been messing with this since this afternoon...
…ever since I saw it on deadspin. I want to have little Gus Johnson exclamations punctuate my everyday life. Make a good point in an argument with a colleague: “Puuurrrreeeee!” Parallel park into a small spot on the first try: “And buries it!” Finish the NYT’s Sunday crossword: “Here comes the pain!” Yep, that’s what I want.
by RobbingGormanThomas on Mar 19, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
On a next year note...
Looks like Payne’s squad survived and advanced too. He’s the only recruit still playing this season. Hopefully the others are at the gym shooting free throws on a Friday night.
Play 40
He returned shortly thereafter, in noticeable pain, when junior guard Chris Allen went down himself with an ankle injury. Allen did not return but both he and Lucas said after the game they would be ready for Sunday.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 19, 2010 11:19 PM CDT reply actions
Can't help but think
That both are trying to tough it out. Still very worried.
by TMadison25 on Mar 20, 2010 12:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
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