Michigan State-Northern Iowa Content Review and Open Thread
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 4:52 PM CDT
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PrintEDWARD JONES DOME, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
9:37(ish) P.M. (ET), FRIDAY
TV: CBS (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
We didn't do a traditional preview of this game, but we've had plenty of content on the game this week. Here's a review.
This is a deep, balanced, veteran team. But their offensive numbers don't exactly leap off the page. That's partly a function of the fact UNI plays the game of basketball at a glacially slow pace--59 possessions per game. That's good for 3rd slowest in the country. Even Wisconsin plays with (slightly) more hop in their step than these guys do.
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Most of the UNI offense runs through their post guys. Eglseder gobbles up possessions with his combination of height, bulk, and funky post moves, and Adam Koch is pretty assertive with the ball, as well. Kwadzo Ahelegbe is an oddity: A player who takes up 27% of his team's offensive possessions while he's on the floor while posting an offensive rating well below the 100 mark (89.9). Forcing him to drive the lane with the shot clock running down seems like a good strategy, as he's made just 38.7% of his 2-point attempts this season.
Farokhmanesh is, on paper at least, the only real threat to put up big scoring numbers from the outside for the Panthers. And he's done that very well thus far in NCAA Tournament play, scoring 33 points on 9-19 three-point shooting over the opening weekend. The Spartan guards will want to keep close tabs on him.
Despite the fact that UNI beat Kansas by putting up 69 points in a 62-possession game, defense has been their calling card for the most of the season. The Panthers held 14 of their 18 MVC opponents below a point per possession. Again, they bear an eerie similarity to our friends in Madison, ranking 22nd in the country in defensive rebounding percentage, allowing opponents to grab just 28.0% of their misses. Eglseder also leads the way on the defensive glass, ranking 6th in the country in defensive rebounding percentage. UNI also bears a quality that Bo Ryan teams of past years were known for: They don't foul. UNI's opponent's FTR ranks 15th nationally.
On Korie Lucious' role in the game:
Thankfully, he's refound some of his mojo in postseason play. Over the last 3 games, Lucious has scored 25 points on 7-15 three-point shooting. He hasn't dished out a lot of assists (2 in each of the 3 games), but he's turned the ball over just 5 times in 73 minutes on the court. Without Lucious' 3-point shooting heroics, MSU doesn't even get to overtime vs. Minnesota and we're in season recap mode at TOC right now.
Lucious' defense remains iffy. He still tends to lose shooters in traffic, and he's picked up 7 fouls in the last two games against the bigger guards of New Mexico State and Maryland. Against Northern Iowa, he should be able to breathe slightly easier on defense, though; the Panther guards aren't all that big and, outside of Ali Farokhmanesh, they're not big threats to score in bunches.
Talking to the UNI beat reporter:
[Andrew Logue:] Actually, I think that’s kind of their mindset already. Seriously, this team has always played with a 'What have we got to lose?' attitude. And the great equalizer in all this is that kids today play so much AAU basketball, so when you get Northern Iowa kids matched up against a Kansas or a Michigan State, they’re not in awe like they would have been 20-25 years ago. [Kwadzo] Ahelegbe and Eglseder both talked about going up against Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins in their AAU days, so they weren’t intimidated.
Both KenPom (+1 for UNI) and the Vegas line (+1 for MSU) are basically calling this game a coin flip. I think that's about right, although it masks the amount of uncertainty that exists on the Spartan side of the equation. Out of MSU's seven core players, only four of them go into game near 100% healthwise: Korie Lucious, Durrell Summers, Draymond Green, and Raymar Morgan. Green and Morgan can be counted to play with consistency (absent foul trouble). Lucious and Summers have played very well in the last two games, but have not historically been consistent performers.
I fully expect MSU's role players to make solid contributions in this game--Austin Thornton and Mike Kebler will be there defensively and Derrick Nix and Garrick Sherman will provide some quality minutes against the UNI post men--but it's ultimately going to come down to whether at least 3 of the 4 healthy core players are on their games tonight. I think you have to look at any contributions you get from Chris Allen and Delvon Roe as gravy, given their respective injury situations. Among the bench guys, a big game from Derrick Nix would be a real asset: He can make Jordan Eglseder work on the other end and help limit how much time Eglseder is on the court to create quality offensive possessions for UNI.
Absent efficient shooting from Lucious and Summers, the fallback plan will be for the unstoppable force of MSU's offensive rebounding to somehow overcome immovable object of UNI's defensive rebounding. If that happens, maybe Green and Morgan can outplay Eglseder and Koch to scrape out a Michigan State win. Mr. Gasaway gave us some reason for optimism on this point:
The Panthers’ graded out well in keeping fellow MVC foes off the boards, but Valley offenses believe in getting it right the first time, so much so that no team in the conference ranks in the top 100 nationally in offensive rebounding percentage.
For Northern Iowa, watch out for Lucas O`Rear--the Panthers' 6'6", 255-pound glue guy. I didn't mention him in my initial UNI rundown, but he does a lot of things efficiently for Ben Jacobson. He pulls down rebounds on both ends (11.6/18.6 rebounding percentages), handles the ball well (15.5 TO%), and scores efficiently around the basket (55.9 2pt%).
This is your open thread for the evening (assuming we don't get a flood of comments for the first set of games--which would be fine).
Here's your game video:
And, here's the link to a larger video player: Launch Player.
Go Green!
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First comment!
I’ll be joining the conversation tonight and am looking forward to the game.
KJ, I (think I) saw you the other night at the airport and I meant to find you and shake your hand. But I evidently got carried away by my swooning and picture-taking of the team.
It's going to be a good night.
That was (probably) me
Basketball player swooning definitely beats basketball blogger hand shaking.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Sign that TOC has really arrived
People claiming “first”/“second” comments.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 5:39 PM CDT reply actions
Sign that TOC has really arrived...
I post semi-regularly in the comments section.. I’m a lurker at heart!
That's because you go back to the days when
being a lurker didn’t work because there weren’t any other comments to read. :)
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
This place is happening.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Harris to announce NBA departure on Monday?
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 5:51 PM CDT reply actions
And Horford committed...
was he someone that MSU was interested in at all? Or was he like a plan B/C type player?
I don't think they were recruiting him
We have a lot of big men committed for the next few years.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Good question
Leaning OSU. Big Ten loyalty + Tennessee’s press scares me.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Ohio State - no question...
If for no other reason than Mark Titus seems like a good guy - and best I can tell Turner is too.
Agree with the BT promotion
But conference-foe-familiarity scares me too.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
True
So hopefully our ‘new team’ combined with the fact that OSU should have spent much more time prepping for TN than their Sunday opponent sets us up better than TN.
Let’s hope no one’s thinking about Sunday at this point, however.
You think Painter would talk to Izzo about his preparating for TN earlier this season?
Alright, seriously, no one think about Sunday.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
(Except it’s hard when we’re watching the game we’d play the winner of.)
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Preparating?
I must be anxious for 9:37 (approx.).
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably been said already
but OSU couldn’t maintain a press against MSU with their short rotation.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Paradoxically,
OSU playing this well makes me start to root for Tennessee.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I tend to root for whoever looks lousiest
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Great start for Ohio State...
not so impressed with Tennessee’s defense so far.
Mark Titus
Tweeting from his hotel room due to flu/vomiting.
http://twitter.com/clubtrillion
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:17 PM CDT reply actions
“Among the bench guys, a big game from Derrick Nix would be a real asset: He can make Jordan Eglseder work on the other end and help limit how much time Eglseder is on the court to create quality offensive possessions for UNI”
From whart ive been reading and watching UNI really likes to match up by D. So we may go the other. Play Nix and Sherman less so they play Eglseder less. Everything UNI does is from a D standpoint first. I really think they are gonna let Izzo dictate who plays
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Calling everything against Tenn
Pearl likes like a strawberry
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
OK they are calling ever foul on both teams
Refs want a game of tennis not bball
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Occasional tightly-called game is part of college basketball
OSU’s lack of depth was going to be an issue at some point.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions
There is tightly called....
then there are games like this wear they blow a whistle if your uniform brushes up against the opposing player. I hate watching games like this… stops any/all flow the game may have had.
On the bright side...
means these particular whistle happy refs aren’t doing the MSU/UNI game …
78 points so far
and not a lot of it from the stripe. I’d say this game still has pretty good flow.
As I type this 81 points
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.
Other sign TOC has arrived
Linked on front page of CBSSports.com right now.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:30 PM CDT reply actions
Bags Fly Free
First the first time
Ok times 2-6
Annoying as hell times 7-539
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Funny the first time**
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
+1
Doesn’t it seem like SW Airlines is just wasting its money at this point?
Or is pounding your message into the audience’s minds worth it, even it it annoys them at the time?
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Get your bag, it's on.
What?
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Magic is in the house
Per State News Twitter feed.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:36 PM CDT reply actions
http://www.freep.com/article/20100326/BLOG05/100326049/1064/SPORTS16/Expect-Magic-tonight-in-St.-Louis
A few former Spartan athletes and Tom Izzo’s best friend will be in attendance. According to athletics director Mark Hollis’ Twitter feed (he’s MSUAD), here are some of the names expected to be in the stands tonight.
"Steve Mariucci, Terry Donnelly, Magic Johnson, Mike Weaver, Clifton Ryan, Pat Shurmur, Pat Morris, and Billy Devaney are at game Friday."
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
A couple things
1 – why is that coverage map yellow everywhere but the upper midwest? Would people in San Francisco rather watch Duke than one of the remaining Cinderellas?
2 – Why is the NCAA even considering messing with the nation’s best annual sporting event by expanding the field?
People do hate Duke nationwide
but yeah, that doesn’t make a lot of sense
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Mar 26, 2010 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
OT: bud light ad w/ T Pain
always makes me think of Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
While we're griping about commericals
I’m tired of the smug, dimpled, smarmy State Farm guy.
It's going to be a good night.
Back to the news of Manny going pro
It probably has to do with the impending NBA lockout. Juniors will be urged to go pro this year if they have any chance of being drafted, That’s why I believe Lucas may not be coming back
Not going to happen...
nobody going to draft Lucas without knowing how well he’s going to recover from the ruptured achilles tendon. I don’t think he was projected to go very high if he left early even when he was healthy.
I don't follow much in the NBA
Could someone explain the lockout and how it would affect draftees?
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Well there are a couple of other important factors for Manny also
1. He doesnt get along with #Line much
2.He stock can only go down. He hasnt learned to shot go left yet. So chances are its not gonna happen in year 4. Also teams would key in on him like crazy. He would get doubled almost all year.
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
The only way he can go up
is by showcasing himself amongst essentially ZERO remaining supporting cast next year.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Gametracker says
Tennessee has 11 off rebounds but only 3 second chance points.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:55 PM CDT reply actions
Have to feel pretty good if your Thad Matta right now
Up 3 despite having one of your starters on the bench for 12+ minutes.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 6:57 PM CDT reply actions
So at what time should I order Pizza for our game
Assuming it takes um 20 min to make. I only live about 5 min away. Want to miss as little OSU game and MSU pregame as possible
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Depends which side you want to err
Make sure you don’t miss ours: 5 min left in OSU-Tenn.
Make sure you don’t miss the end of OSU: 2 min left (unless it’s close enough that you’re worried about OT, then wait until it’s over).
Anyone with DVR...
Rewind to about 2:15 left in the half and watch #15 from st. mary’s play ‘defense’. He may have just shown up Greg Paulus for most phantom flop ever.
That's Cinderella's carriage turning into a pumpkin
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm really surprised.
St. Mary’s looked pretty solid before tonight. Not overwhelming, but solid.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
So anyone have any cloths or other things they always wear when MSU plays or for big games??
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I'm wearing
the same shirt I had on for both games last weekend….
I went that route last year. Id wear a jersey till they lost then switch to a new one.
For me ive got this old Green and White “cat in the hat” hat I always were along with a one strand of green beads and one of white with a green rabbits foot on the end on the white ones.
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
My wife obliged by painting her 20 nails green
And those of my three year-old.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Hope your kids a girl :P
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
She is.
They wanted to paint mine, and while I considered it to support the team (said in Putty-voice), I declined.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions
"Gotta support the team"
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
WE'RE THE DEVILLLLLLLS!!!
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Wish my face looked that badass when I paint it up for MSU games
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Green "game day socks" have been on all day
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
State Basketball Shirt
While I couldn’t catch the Spartans when I was out of the country the last month, I wore my trusty shirt to keep the mojo going. So glad they are still standing now that I’m back. The shirt has danced with leatherback turtles and is ready to dance with the Spartans tonight.
I'm in my PJs already
But maybe I should dig an MSU T shirt out of the laundry – they’re all dirty right now but as I’m watching at home I guess no one will be offended (at least no one in a position to disown me over it).
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 26, 2010 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Go dig.
You owe it to the team.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Lucious/Summers/Morgan/Roe/Nix
Posted starting lineup per State News. No surprise.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:34 PM CDT reply actions
MMOD
Great news for those of us with MMOD…The game is actually synced. (CBS dumped Baylor-St. Mary’s in my zone.) Historically MMOD was anywhere from 45-90 seconds behind, but not tonight. This means I can go to Gus on WJR.com for my Spartan knowledge. Or not.
So used to Turner at this point
He’s got 24 and it doesn’t feel like he’s having a big game.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:40 PM CDT reply actions
One Cinderellas
has seen midnight come. Lets hope its two
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
No-non Turner Buckeye has scored in second half
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:45 PM CDT reply actions
or played a single posession of defense....
or rebounded the ball… true story.
Never mind
Tweet I read is obsolete now.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, and they're winning
This is the ugliest game I think I’ve ever watched, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the play. They can’t let more than 5 seconds pass without blowing a whistle.
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 26, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fowd29dOyh0
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Can we mortals embed videos like the admins?
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I think so, but I haven't figured out how to embed pictures yet
so I can’t help you
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 26, 2010 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
If you click on the picture-looking icon
you then enter a URL of where your picture is.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, the thing with the tree
Right-click on the image wherever it is on the web and click “copy image location.”
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I understand in concept
but why doesn’t that post the whole web-page you are embedding rather than just the picture?
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 26, 2010 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
You need to paste just the image location in, not the address of the page it's on
Should end in “.jpg”
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you can in a FanPost
I don’t think anyone can in the comments.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
So...
Is Matta just an absolutely awful in-game coach? Tennessee seems to be running that same play and getting uncontested layup/dunk after uncontested layup/dunk every time down the court and Ohio State not doing a thing to try to stop it.
Multiple big men who can pass
Against OSU’s 4-guard lineup is tough to compensate for.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Not that I think Matta is a great in-game coach
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
:rimshot:
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Tweet from Joey Novak of State News
There might be more UNI fans here than MSU/Tenn and OSU combined. And no one besides Spartans will cheer for MSU tonight.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 7:59 PM CDT reply actions
The whole country's against us
Even NPR had a story on UNI this week and how special their run thus far has been. I can’t argue, and would love to see them continue to disrupt things, if only we weren’t one of those things.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
The downside of living in Texas
Baylor handing out a beatdown on the order of seniors-versus-kindergarteners-in-dodgeball, Tennessee-OSU close, and CBS decides to stick with Baylor. Can’t really blame them, but boy does it suck for every non-Baylor fan in town.
yeah, here in Dallas
and i’d rather watch post-game stuff than this game
by kevinkinsler on Mar 26, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Turner for the lead
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Not looking great for the bucks
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Guess im rooting for OT since I want OSU to win
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
+1
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Would OT and an OSU win be a good thing?
Tired legs on a short rotation?
It's going to be a good night.
I’ll take Izzo on short rest against a non-Big Ten team.
by SpartanBoiler on Mar 26, 2010 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Things just got complicated...
I have to teach in Chattanooga next week.
by spartanbballfan on Mar 26, 2010 8:10 PM CDT reply actions
werid play off to get pizza
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Yeah, downside of "Give it to Turner and have him make a play" strategy
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
He just seemed to be forcing something that was in no way there
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Reply showed plenty of time to push it to the open man
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That "block" didn't look very clean to me.
Well, if we beat UNI we get to wear white again. Kind of odd to get to the elite eight and get to wear white in three of four games as a 5 seed.
I'd like to see us wear green from here forward, actually
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Dunno.
I figured the ‘home’ team always had a choice.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
First contact was all hand on ball
You wouldn’t get that call earlier in game on desperation shot with shot clock running out.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
It was clean on the replay. Any contact was from Tuner trying to draw a foul.
by SpartanBoiler on Mar 26, 2010 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't think that was clean either
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.
So 2 Big 12, 2 SEC in the elite eight.
Who would have thought it would be KSU and Baylor when the season started?
Well
I did pick both of them
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.
You picked Baylor and KSU to be in the Elite Eight before the season started?
I can understand if you had them once the bracket came out…but before the season?
Anyone else sick to their stomach
with how this bracket has opened up in light of all our injuries? Sure, it betters our chances now, but we’d he huge favorites at full strength to go to a second straight FF with all that’s transpired.
It's going to be a good night.
I wasn't
But I am now that you mention it.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 26, 2010 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
MSU warming up in background
Anybody see Allen?
by spartanbballfan on Mar 26, 2010 8:27 PM CDT reply actions
The left half of the bracket, I thought I had figured out
0 for 4 on Elite Eight there. (Had Kansas-OSU and Syracuse-Xavier.)
3 for 4 for me
I went with Wisconsin for the upset. Broke one of my cardinal rules: Expect nothing from Wisconsin unless everybody around them goes down.
+1
The one with the best a priori chance just went down.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Lets go Spartans!!!!
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Lav did too.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
But he also picked OSU.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Seth Davis picking us = bad
He picked us to win lose four times in a row last year. Changed his mind for the title game.
Can we get a new thread for MSU game
This one is getting long
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
How did Baylor get a 3 seed with an 11-5 Big 12 record...
The only non-con win was Xavier? They lost to CU, TAMU, KSU (2x) and Texas.
I wondered the same thing
during the selection show, but that stat about being the only college team to not be beaten by more than seven points, or something similar, keeps coming up.
It's going to be a good night.
by Spartalytical on Mar 26, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Good question
Though nowhere near as good a question as “How did Nova get a 2 seed” or “How did Georgetown get a 3 seed” or “How did Notre Dame get a 6 seed”. Which might explain why it wasn’t asked.
Fresh thread
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