MSU-Michigan Open Thread
Posted by kj on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
I want YOU to make good use of the open thread.
My finely-honed blogger instincts tell me tonight’s game has more potential for emotion/disagreement in the open thread than has existed for previous games.
Since I won’t be around to supervise, I would ask everyone involved to abide by two simple rules:
1. No profanity. (The man in the photo’s example notwithstanding.)
2. Be civil. (Disagreement is fine, but stick to the facts.)
Beyond that, have fun. Game recap may or may not be up late tonight, depending on my postgame activities. Otherwise, I’ll get the recap up some time tomorrow.
Oh, and GO GREEN! BEAT MICHIGAN!
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Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 6:28 pm 1Very little discussion at work today regarding tonight’s big game.
Jumpin' Johnny Gon 10 Feb 2009 at 6:35 pm 2All this hand wringing is making me laugh. The Wolvos are one of the worst shooting teams in the country. Put our usual defense on them and watch as they throw up everything but the kitchen sink. You can’t win with ‘hoping it goes in’ from the outside.
Take it to them inside!
This is gonna be fun!
go green
Chrison 10 Feb 2009 at 6:58 pm 3Dylan must be trying to make me look bad, Morgan is dressed…
http://noise.typepad.com/hey_j.....btful.html
Chrison 10 Feb 2009 at 6:59 pm 4I think my comment was blocked. Joe Rexrode is reporting that Morgan is dressed (and not in a suit)
Chrison 10 Feb 2009 at 7:02 pm 5Great, Hightower officiating and Musberger announcing. At least we have Lavin.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:18 pm 6come on.. how come no fouls have been called when msu’s going for layups!!!
and sims pushing and grabbing a rebound, and no foul?
Adamon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:19 pm 7JohnnyG, did you see the UConn game? Are you watching the game right now?
The Wolvos play well.
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:20 pm 8MSU has to start grabbing those defensive boards.
MooTheKowon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:20 pm 9This is going to be a very frustrating game to watch. First game of the year that I think reffing will be a serious factor. Some awwwwful no-calls when MSU is goin to the hoop tonight so far and some really ticky-tacky calls on MSU on the other end. Frustrating. MSU Needs to just start playing better to overcome that… not gonna finish this game with a W otherwise.
Saltwateron 10 Feb 2009 at 7:20 pm 10Brent Musberger’s life is better for having spent just 15 minutes with Stu Douglas. Jesus…
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:22 pm 11finally, hightower is calling a foul for roe!
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:23 pm 12I like Roe’s newfound offensive assertiveness. Hope he keeps it up. A second post scoring option would be great to have.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:25 pm 13Roe again! That’s at least 6 already.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:27 pm 14SUUUUMERRRS!!!!
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:28 pm 15High flying summers!!!!!
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:28 pm 16Walton’s freakin’ owning Harris.
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:29 pm 17State needs to continue to mix it up, collapsing that 1-3-1 and dumping it to Roe or Suton on the baseline, then back outside. So far, it’s looking decent.
Adamon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:30 pm 18Durrell jumped like fifteen feet. Dang.
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:31 pm 19I didn’t think he was going to reach it.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:32 pm 20please, no more turnovers…
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:34 pm 21come on, allen… after a missed 3, offensive foul… you can do better…
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:38 pm 22We need to start scoring. We’re looking good on D but so far the O has been kind of lackluster.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:46 pm 23green… after missing a layup, and intentional foul?
Was hightower apologizing(?) to suton for not calling dume’s foul at the indiana game???
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:49 pm 24Ugly, but we’ll take it.
MooTheKowon 10 Feb 2009 at 7:51 pm 25Better up 8 than down 8 that’s for sure.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:04 pm 26Indeed, in a game like this 8 points is like 16.
Spartalyticalon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:05 pm 27I like how the “Moments of the Game” montage was a bunch of shots of sweatshirts, pregame chest-thumping, and then Summers flying for that ally-oop.
Jumpin' Johnny Gon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:09 pm 28Ah, excuse me but the Spartans would bury UConn. Overrated east team who played sloppy against the Wolvos.
This is fun b’cth slapping these schlubs.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:10 pm 29hightower, what the …?
hightower, see the video!!!!!!!!!!!1
Jasonon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:11 pm 30Hightower man-love to his fellow ref
spartan08on 10 Feb 2009 at 8:12 pm 31GOD I HATE HIGHTOWER
Adamon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:13 pm 32Hightower shows his true colors once again.
kingma10on 10 Feb 2009 at 8:18 pm 33Spartans will beat UM with their best player Hightower
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:18 pm 34um… we need walton.
smooth shots by lucas!!!
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:20 pm 35At this rate I don’t think U of M will hit 30. Not that we’re an offensive juggernaut, but Lucas seems to be heating up a little bit.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:24 pm 36I spoke too soon. I blame that third foul on Walton – if he were in there they wouldn’t be on this run.
Adamon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:37 pm 37How about Hightower not blowing the whistle when Kalin got hammered? I mean, no one else blew the whistle either but…Hightower is a butt.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:38 pm 38now with walton back, let’s do some solid defense and hopefully make time for some shots?
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:44 pm 39not good…don’t just stand.. .run around!!
yes!!! huge shot by lucas!!!
Heathon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:53 pm 40It’s funny – this is like a recruiting dream for us. Harris and Sims would be such superior players if they were at MSU.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:58 pm 41I hope this is the last time we see the 1-3-1 this year. Despite the win it’s clear we still haven’t figured it out.
Adamon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:00 pm 42Three games in a row where the opponents don’t break 50. Whatever we’re doing on defense, I like it.
Zekeon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:00 pm 43I declare this a satisfactory victory- a defensive explosion, just like everybody thought. Haha.
Mark in DCon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:00 pm 44On the plus side we still haven’t lost on the road. I’ll take it.
Benon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:02 pm 45Delvon had a great game tonight, but for me, the player of the game is Travis Walton. He completely neutralized Manny Harris.
I said to all my friends today that if we came out of Ann Arbor with a win, we’d go on to win the conference. Amazing effort, fitting result. Well done, boys.
mkon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:05 pm 46What an exciting win despite a very very slow paced game! Player of the game seems to be Lucas who made timely shots almost every time UM got closer and closer. Roe was also sensational. However, Allen was still struggling: defense was not impressive and ball-handling was also shaky.
Hope Morgan gets much better by the time when msu plays at purdue.
Good win!!!
still…. will hightower be at our next game also?
Jumpin' Johnny Gon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:14 pm 47This was a good win for the Green & White.
We are now 10-2 in the league and 20-4 total.
Nice way to begin the quest for the Final Four.
Bring it IZZO!
Ryan (collegefastbreak)on 10 Feb 2009 at 9:33 pm 48As a Michigan fan, I’m miffed. But as a MSU fan when they don’t play Michigan or Oakland, I have to say that was a dominating performance, clean up the silly turnovers and this team is lethal 1-10.
Mark in Chicagoon 10 Feb 2009 at 9:33 pm 49Chris Allen is a black hole right now. His game should be catch-and-shoot and forget putting the ball on the floor. Only bad things happen when he does.
TMadison25on 10 Feb 2009 at 11:53 pm 50Finally… TMadison25’s favorite Spartan (Roe) comes through with a huge game.