The Dance of Joy doesn't even begin to cover this one . . .
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 28, 2010 3:42 PM CDT
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WE'RE GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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FINAL FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
YES!
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.
With the injuries, and exhaustion...
I thought today was to be Thermopylae: the worn down team would courageously hang in there before being overrun by hoards of orange-clad volunteers.
Instead they gritted out yet another victory. Unbelievable. On to Indy!
6 Final Fours in 12 years
Thats stuff Legends are made of
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Unless...
You are the Michigan State Spartans and Tom Izzo, even Rodney Dangerfield is disgusted with the lack of respect!
“I hope Brian Elerbe is Oregon’s next coach”?
by SpartanBoiler on Mar 28, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Does he still get paid then
as a holdover from the previous guy?
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.
KL2 will have a week to recover and by then he will be an experienced 40 minute PG ;P
this tournament games have not been good for my heart conditions… but I don’t mind it.
I thought I would be happy with sweet 16 in the beginning of the tournament, and this is just overwhelming….
gogogogogoo sparties~~~~~~
by MKgreen on Mar 28, 2010 3:48 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Izzo for President
And half the team for his cabinet. As if there’s any reason to justify his greatness, it ceases to amaze me how much he can do to disrupt an opponent’s strengths on such a short time frame, with so little. Heart >>> physical, when it comes to resources.
It's going to be a good night.
Mike Kebler
is clearly the Secretary of Defense. Green for Secretary of State.
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.
Congrats, y'all
Pretty devastated right now, but it was a great game. Good luck the rest of the way, I’d like to claim that we lost to the National Champs.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 28, 2010 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank you
Very classy, sir.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 28, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
total class
+546351354843218
I’ve always love the Vol’s too, normally I would love to sing ‘Rocky Top’ with you, but I’ll have to wait until you play the Gators!
Rocky Top Talk
is one of my favorite blogs on SBnation to lurk
by kevinkinsler on Mar 28, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 28, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Tomorrow will be fun!
I flew down today, just managed to catch the 2nd half (almost changed my ticket) and tomorrow will be teaching in Chattanooga at the new VW plant. Trying to come up with a gracious opening line…..5th trip this year and I was born in Tenn, so they don’t think of me as all Yankee.
by spartanbballfan on Mar 28, 2010 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
Ray
Interviewer to Ray: The final four, what’s it mean to you?
Raymar: Everything.
bracket foolishness
I’m so pissed at myself – normally I always pick MSU to go the distance, but this year, I didn’t think there was any way we’d get thru Kansas and OSU…. little did I know we wouldn’t have to, and on top of it all, we’d do it without Lucas!
I picked WVU, Michigan State, Baylor, and Butler to the Final Four
And I’ve got MSU over WVU in the finals.
I’m waaaaay too biased, but since I’m an MSU alum, it works out well for me. Every year!
I try not to homer it too much
Doubles the gut punch when you lose. Did have us in the final last year (losing to UNC, naturally), but nowhere near it this time around.
MSU Basketball
Does not require a complete set of limbs for final four.
Summers for Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player
Summers was clearly the best player in the midwest region. Don’t go pro, please!
God I want Summers to stay
But if he has a decent final four, this may be his best chance ever to be a first rounder. If he’s got a good shot to be a top-20 pick, Izzo will be shoving him out the door.
From what I've heard
He’s a borderline second-rounder right now. With Appling coming in we can afford to lose either Kalin or Durrell, but not both.
by Pete Rossman on Mar 28, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that pre-or-post the last two weeks?
The biggest star of the tournament always seems to get bumped up twenty or thirty spots from where he should be taken. Durrell is on track to be that guy right now.
Would Lucas would even be drafted with the ruptured Achilles?
Is that pre-or-post the last two weeks?
The biggest star of the tournament always seems to get bumped up twenty or thirty spots from where he should be taken. Durrell is on track to be that guy right now.
Would Lucas would even be drafted with the ruptured Achilles?
After the first, but before the second
I don’t know how it’ll alter the talk. I just hope both Kalin and Durrell stay for one more year.
by Pete Rossman on Mar 28, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't imagine Kalin will leave
With no workouts and a rehabbed Achilles, I can’t imagine anyone would even draft him.
Summers departure would open up a scholarship for Zeigler
Right? I still want him to stay.
Day-Day
Too awesome to be “Dancing Bear”. I humbly submit “Sex Panther”.
60% of the time
He rebounds it every time.
by Pete Rossman on Mar 28, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
2005 all over again
Lose the first BTT game on poor free throw shooting, then tear through the regional. Let’s hope the comparison ends there and we can switch over to, say, the last time the Final Four was in Indy.
One big difference
In 2005, there were two utterly dominant teams in the Final Four. Is there anyone this time around you think we don’t have a puncher’s chance at beating? I don’t.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
I've felt like it was anyone's tournament since last night.
Really, I could have seen Butler, MSU, Tennessee, Duke, Baylor, or West Virginia as National Champions. I’d still say that of the four.
Agreed.
Although it should be noted that we led at the half against UNC ’05 before the Sean May Elbow Show took over.
Just showed a shot on espn news
of the team lifting Kalin Lucas up to take down the remains of the net.
MSU press conference about to start
link to the NCAA.com feed:
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=175779
you’ll have to scroll down in the list to find it.
the link is to yesterday's press conference
can’t find the link to today’s
Been awhile since I have been on here, but...
WOOOOOOO GO SPARTANS WOOOOO FINAL FOUR AGAIN WOOOOO SEX ME SOME LOVIN!!!
Stolen from RCMB
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.
One of the biggest ironies of today
Adam Hoge, who writes a Wisconsin blog called Bucky’s 5th Quarter for SBNation, will be going to Las Vegas as part of the Last Fan Standing contest because he was assigned MSU.
Now may he never speak ill of Izzo again.
Congrats
Way to rep the Big Ten! You guys deserve it. I think many Purdue fans, like me, were huge Mich st fans after Lucas went down. Now go get that trophy!
WOO
Now please beat Duke (I don’t trust Huggins). I hate those guys.
"BSD. LSD. Coincidence? Probably." - PurpleMonkeyDishwasher
All Midwest Tourny Team
Tenn – Wayne Chism
Tenn – JP Prince
OSU – Evan Turner
MSU – Draymond Green
MSU – Durrell Summers
MVP – Durrell Summers
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
JP Prince...
I salute you… enjoy your all-midwest honors from home next week.
Have to admit, I'd've picked Tennessee
But thrilled to see what MSU did. What an accomplishment.
Perhaps this other classic dance video more accurately captures the rollercoaster you’ve had throughout this year. A victory like this deserves more than one video.
by Beavis Beefcake on Mar 28, 2010 7:04 PM CDT reply actions
Streaming video of welcome home at Breslin.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 28, 2010 7:32 PM CDT reply actions
I think there's just that webpage
Video supposed to go live in 10-15 minutes here. Waiting for team to arrive from airport.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 28, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Timmy Bo has been making annoucements over the stream
But for awhile you heard just background chatter. I was hoping no one had a Biden moment.
cute article! But...
it really indicates that sports outcomes are not really throws of the dice. Yes, we can identify the frequency with which 1 seeds, 2 seeds, and so on make the Final Four, but each of those teams that made it had its own story – and each that didn’t, as well. Tom Izzo is clearly one of the greatest tournament coaches of all time – maybe the best, and the odds of an Izzo team making the Final Four are far better than that of any particular equally-seeded team. Why? Now, that’s the really interesting question!
Vol fan here
Congrats to the Spartans. You guys played well and deserved to win a great game. Tom Izzo is a great coach, maybe the best in the country. Good luck in the Final Four.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
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