The man does it all!

We're the 4 seed (lowest) in the East by the USCHO projection; first-round matchup with Mass-Lowell, with Union and BC in the other half of the region.

Big series this weekend with Michigan - at Munn tonight (7:35 ET, BTN), Joe Louis tomorrow (same time, Fox Sports Detroit). They've been on a major roll since the GLI, aided by Jon Merrill's return from a coach-imposed suspension and some great play from Shawn Hunwick in net. Chris Brown, their second-leading scorer, will be out tonight due to picking up a game DQ for fighting last weekend against Miami.

Despite being a matchup of the teams at #3 and #7 in the conference standings, we actually have the two best goal differentials in conference play (Michigan +19, MSU +8; Ferris and Western, the conference leaders, are both at +7). A sweep could vault us up as high as second place; a split probably keeps us in the bracket for next week.

Dylan and Kevin at UMHoops have done some outstanding film study posts on Sunday's game. In addition to the link above, see here and here.

It's all top-notch analysis, but the post on defending the ball screen is particularly deserving of your time. Limiting Burke's scoring opportunities was arguably the single biggest difference for MSU compared to the game in Ann Arbor.

2 former Spartans won the Super Bowl last night, but for a former favorite son, that will be the 2nd biggest thing to happen to him on Sunday.

Make sure you also check out the photo gallery.

WHO??!!?! Greg Jones!

On a side note, was that Johnny Spirit in the background after the Super Bowl?

And here is his highlight reel.

http://youtu.be/D1v4LD1vE00

(Edit: Late-night results moved us down a spot.)

Good way to recover from Ferris sweeping us last weekend. Tied for 7th in the CCHA with Lake State, but Ferris is only two games ahead of us in first place. Next up: Michigan (home Friday, Joe Louis on Saturday) - and their game with Miami tonight featured a late brawl that earned Chris Brown a game DQ (automatic one-game suspension, so he'll be out Friday).

Looks like Kalin Lucas was released from Olympiakos on Jan 26 as they picked up Acie Law.

I looked for info on Durrell Summers but couldn't find anything. It appears he's no longer in the NBDL so I'm not sure if he's overseas somewhere.

Say what you want about chemistry, but I always liked watching both of these guys play and hope they find their way into the NBA.

Gary Harris is top 10 of course. Kaminski being the 2nd highest ranked MSU recruit speaks to how irrelevant high school play is to the rankings.
B1G well represented. The conference will be the best for years to come if all of these kids pan out.

Vote for Draymond Green to win the Lowes Senior Class Award. With MSU bringing home both the Football and Basketball awards!

The MSU Athletic Department has released artist's conceptions of the proposed new audio and video systems to be installed in Spartan Stadium. These include a large, presumably HD video board in the south end zone that will have stats on it, and two smaller video boards in the corners of the north (river side) endzone. Also in the north end zone will be what's called a "Video Fascia," or video ribbon.

The proposed upgrades were approved in the fall by the board of trustees, and are said to cost $8mm, which will be entirely funded by the athletic department. So we should all send a huge Thank You to the Izzos & Magic Johnson, each of whom made a $1mm gift to the athletic department this fall.

Also, I couldn't find the tweet, but I remember for a fact that Greg Ianni (walk-on Anthony's dad, and Hollis's Assistant AD at MSU) tweeted over the summer about these upgrades, saying something along the lines of them being "revolutionary." Props to whomever can find that tweet.