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The Spartans prevail over the Hawkeyes, 66-52.
Hard as it may to believe after Iowa’s 10-minute field goal drought to start the game, the Hawkeyes actually had a higher shooting percentage for the game than MSU did: 46.5% vs. 39.1%.  The three Spartan point guards struggled to score in this game, making just 9 of 28 [...]

Friday Night Links
Kelvin Sampson is done at IU–with $750,000 to help ease his pain. Speculation for the IU job turns to Bennett, Miller, Brownell (?), Few, and Matta. Don’t see the Matta thing happening; he’s got everything he needs to build a consistent top-10 program in Columbus.
Mike Kebler can shoot the rock, reportedly.
A [...]

Following last night’s win, MSU now stands at 7-0 at home in conference play vs. just 2-4 on the road. That’s a 4.5 game difference in home and away performance. The next biggest spread in home-vs.-away records is Ohio State’s at just 2.5 games (5-1 at home; 3-4 on the road).
And this is [...]

Michigan State dominates the Nittany Lions, 86-49.  I picked an excellent game to take the Official Wife and Official Sons of the Spartans Weblog to.
This was, of course, a home game against the second worst defensive team in the conference.  But that shouldn’t detract from the fact that the Spartans played with a combination of [...]

Fellow tempo-free adherent Happy Valley Hoops has the game preview from a Penn State perspective.  He says Jamelle Cornley is playing hurt, which should help MSU on the boards, and thinks turnovers are the key.  Of course, we know that turnovers are ALWAYS the key for our Spartans.
Speaking of which, Ken Pomeroy asserts that, as [...]

A few noteworthy items before we get to the game preview.
Ford Field Still a Possibility?
Joe Rexrode lays out the possibility that MSU could still play at Ford Field in the regional semifinals/finals. He notes this would be a function of going in as a low seed, though, and therefore having a reduced shot [...]

Who better to talk to a basketball team about playing creative, attacking basketball than Mr. Earvin Johnson?  Magic was in the house today!
“He just talked about getting our passion and our confidence back and playing like we did early on in the season,” senior guard Drew Netizel said seconds after emerging from the meeting. “That’s [...]