Linking Laconically is Getting a Little Stir-Crazy
by LVS on Mar 31, 2010 8:19 PM CDT
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Note: there are about a million and a half "OMG IZZO'S TEH GR8EST EVAH" stories on the internets at the moment, approximately a million of which you've already read. So, we'll skip them (well, most of them) for now. And, onto the links:
- Peek behind the scenes with Michigan State's Izzo - NCAA - SI.com
Two days inside the Berkowitz building. New reconnaissance: Izzo loves Utz cheese (cheez?) balls. And, Miss Lippy's car . . . is green! - Spartans’ Video Crew, Unseen but Invaluable to Izzo - NYTimes.com
"[Student manager Jordan] Ott and his team hope to use the experience to land their dream jobs in basketball. Twenty-two former managers have gone on to work in the N.B.A. and with other college programs based on their experience at Michigan State." . .. like Tom Izzo, former graduate assistant under Jud. - Pius grad Lucious has stepped up for Michigan State - JSOnline
Michigan State's Raymar Morgan: Not a superstar, but former McKinley standout is a winner for the Spartans | cleveland.com
Fluffy "the local boy's done good!" stories. The Raymar story gets into the "has his career been a disappointment?" issue. At this point, if anyone still thinks that, well, they haven't been paying attention. - Latest Izzo job rumor: Lowly N.J. Nets are after him | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Yeah, no. - Team breakdown: Michigan St. - Beyond the Arc - msnbc.com
The Ballin is a Habit guys say that "statistically" we "might be the worst Final Four team ever." Except that they're talking about combined margin of victory in the first four rounds, so that's statistical in only the vaguest sense. - Gordon Hayward stuck going to math class - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
Because like most student-athletes, he'll be going pro in something other than sports. Except, uh, he won't. - Basketball Prospectus | Unfiltered
"Butler stands out not because they use this tempo-free stuff but because their head coach has stated publicly and repeatedly that he uses this stuff. Moreover, Stevens all but shrugs as he says it: Why would you not use accurate information on your opponent? You will see that shrug more and more often as basketball people in Stevens’ age cohort ascend to head coaching positions. Accurate information is simply what they’re used to now." If they weren't, you know, the enemy, they'd be pretty easy to root for.
- The Audacity of Hoops: Similarity Preview: Michigan State Vs. Butler
Statistics show that Butler has the advantage on offense and defense -- but a slight one. - Allyssa DeHaan Selected as MSU's Fifth All-American
Honorable mention. Congratulations to one of the best ever to put on Green and White. - Report: Oregon offers job to Minnesota's Tubby Smith | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Tubby Smith says he hasn't received Oregon offer - Sporting News staff reports - College Basketball - Sporting News
DEVELOPING . . . [flashing siren] - MSU’s Oren Wilson gets 21-day jail term, doesn't want to transfer | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
"Oren’s first choice would be to stay at Michigan State and be on the football team in the fall," [Wilson's attorney] Abood said. "He’s the type of guy who would be wanted in the trenches when MSU plays Michigan." To me, that sounds more like lawyer-speak than anything else. I'd be surprised--and fairly disappointed, to be honest--if Wilson returns. - Spartans' Nichol catching on fast at WR - Big Ten Blog - ESPN
More football coverage after basketball's finished. Promise. - The Sixth Option
Tim Bograkos blogs! - Who’s Hot? MSU’s Mike Peplowski Now COO In Lansing – LostLettermen.com
Now the Chief Operating Officer of the Boji Group, which owns the former Michigan National Tower (the tallest building in Lansing, where I interned many years ago). Fun fact: we almost named this blog "The Big Peplowski," which would have been awesome. - Depth Ratio and Bill Self - Rock Chalk Talk
SBNation brethren RCT use a KJ-created statistic! - Analysis - St. John’s Hires Lavin as Coach - News Analysis - NYTimes.com
Our loss: Lavin was one of the better color guys who regularly did Big Ten games.
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A few quick responses
First, Tim Bograkos probably has the greatest blog title ever. “The Big Peplowski” would have been second.
Second, if I hear much more about how much Stevens values tempo-free stats I’m going to start wondering who KJ will be rooting for on Saturday. I hope Green is thicker than tempo. :p
The NYT article is a nice one
Focusing just on the ‘tape’ guys – the army of assistants who edit game film. This is one of the less obvious aspects of the program that makes it so strong.
Peplowski was really tall
I always felt really tiny whenever he got in the elevator with me (we lived in the same dorm) and I’m 6’3"…..
I'm 6'6" with a fairly burly build
and I lived in Case Hall, where lots of the football players live. On Friday nights in the fall, people on the elevator would say to me, “good luck tomorrow.” I would always think, "yeah, I’ll cheer really hard . . . "
PP-TPW.
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Haven't read any of the stories yet,
but I have to say the Billy Madison reference is perfect. Overall, that is very underused quote from the movie.
Moving on, I’ve been wondering during our run how useful the tempo-free numbers are right now. Before I get run off this site, think about how different our team has looked over the past two weeks. I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember seeing all those three pointers going up (and half of them made) by Summers during the Big Ten season. As a former engineer I love data more than normal people, but the team I’ve been watching seems to be quite different than the one that won the Big Ten a month ago. Obviously, Kalin’s injury has played a role, but it was the same with last year’s team too. A comparison of our Big Ten and tournament numbers would be very telling.
Was thinking this morning about doing something along those lines
We’ll see if I get to it. Otherwise, [cough] FanPost [cough].
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 1, 2010 7:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Scary section from that first link
“How many Butler games do we have in the computer,’’ Izzo asks.
“Seven,’’ Ott says. "You said you wanted losses, but they haven’t lost since Dec. 22.’’
Izzo nods his head.
“I don’t think we can go back that far,’’ he replies.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 1, 2010 10:13 AM CDT reply actions
Two Words:
Horizon League. Damn near guarantee that if this MSU team were in the Horizon league they would have a very long win streak as well.
Butler also beat Ohio State (by 8)
Northwestern, Xavier, and UCLA. They got beat by 4 NCAA tourney teams, and, oddly, UAB (who did make it to the NIT third round before falling to UNC). So they played, and beat, some good teams.
But yeah, your point is well-taken: the only other decent team in that league this year is Wright State (Pomeroy #67), which is about where Michigan ended up, for comparison’s sake.
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