" title="Spartans Weblog">Spartans Weblog

A blog about Michigan State basketball and tempo-free statistics

Archive for May, 2008

Sunday Night Links and the Return of Coffee Talk

kj on May 11th 2008

Our friend Devin (of College Basketball Chronotope) provides a couple useful links:

2008 Big Ten player efficiency ratings: Goran Suton ranked as the 4th most efficient player in the conference on a per-minute basis.
A preliminary 2009 Big Ten power poll: His rundown of the 11 conference teams has a lot more meat on the bones than [...]

Read Full Post »

Back-of-the-envelope, way-too-early 2008-09 Big Ten basketball conference preview

kj on May 8th 2008

With the transfers of Udoh and Freeman, the dismissal of Bassett and Ellis, and the decision by Kosta Koufos to hire an agent, the conference landscape for next season appears to be relatively well settled. So–with just 8 short months to go before 2009 conference play begins–let’s take a look at how the 11 [...]

Read Full Post »

Monday Night Links

kj on May 5th 2008

Ekpe Udoh is no longer a Wolverine. Opportunity knocks for Zach Gibson.
Tony Freeman is no longer a Hawkeye. Opportunity knocks for Todd Lickliter’s son?
Armon Bassett, Jamarcus Ellis, DeAndre Thomas, and Eli Holman are no longer Hoosiers. Opportunity knocks for five brand new guys.
The Big Ten didn’t have a great recruiting year:
In the [...]

Read Full Post »

Season Review: Non-Lucas Freshmen Edition

kj on May 4th 2008

With all the recruiting talk and football-related ranting around here, we’ve got a serious case of mission creep. Time to get back to what this blog has been known for over its long, storied, five-month existence: statistical analysis. Previously, we had been taking a look back at each Spartan player’s statistical performance [...]

Read Full Post »

« Prev