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Saturday Morning Links

MSU-Penn State Tickets Available For Sunday
Just upper bench seats left at this point.
Game 22: Michigan at Purdue Preview
1:00 today on CBS.
MSU might have best recruiting class in state
I like the sound of that.
Michigan State’s In-State Recruiting Domination: What It Means For The Big 10
The Rivalry, Esq. breaks it down.

Penn State Game Preview
Noon Sunday.  [...]

I’ve been meaning to do a post on Travis Walton’s defense for a while.  Joe Rexrode’s excellent blog entry on Walton finally pushed me to do it.  Here’s (some of) what Rexrode had to say:
And Travis Walton, once again, turned it. If you’ve watched Iowa much this year, you know that Jake Kelly’s playmaking drives [...]

MSU beats down Iowa 71-56 in a 62-possession game (a regular track meet by Hawkeye standards).  StatSheet box score.
This one played out according to plan–MSU’s plan, that is.  We dominated on the boards (although that edge faded some in the second half), forced Iowa to take a lot of tough 3-point shots (8/26=30.8%), and manged [...]

I’ve made a couple minor site upgrades:

Added an Archives page, with collapsible listsings of posts by month.
Added user-enabled editing of comments.  You now have five minutes after you make a comment to go back and edit it.  This is intended for those obvious typos/errors you notice immediately after you click “Submit Comment.”

OK, let’s get the [...]

Iowa men’s basketball: Bum ankle rules Tate out against Spartans
Definitely an uphill fight for the Hawkeyes on the boards tonight.
Iowa Hawkeyes basketball: Shared-scoring league leaders host Spartans
Excellent use of the word “plethora.”
#24 Minnesota vs. #20 Illinois: Gophers hope to end “Krushing” streak like its 1999.
Tonight’s 9:00 game.
Tubby Smith says he’s not leaving Gophers despite rumors
Good [...]

7:00 Thursday.  Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City.  ESPN.
Iowa enters this game with a conference record of 2-5.  The two victories were both at home: a 5-point win over Indiana and an overtime win over Wisconsin.  They have played a couple good teams close on the road, though: Ohio State (3 points) and Penn State (4 points).
Here’s [...]

MSU’s Morgan hampered by illness
The virus that won’t die.
Did (N)U Know?
Lake the Posts: “The last time Michigan State lost to both North Carolina and Northwestern in the same season the Spartans won the national championship.”
Taking Time Out
Mark Titus on MSU’s roster of unusual first names (among other things).
Tale of the tape: Michigan State
Excellent Ed [...]