Comments on: Illinois Game Recap (3/1/09)

By: The Top Ten Performances of the 2008-09 Season | Spartans Weblog

The Top Ten Performances of the 2008-09 Season | Spartans Weblog — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:02:48 +0000

[...] times as you wanted, but we’ll go with his extremely efficient performance in MSU’s best win of the Big Ten season. That performance included a layup Lucas created out of nothing to put MSU [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:25:17 +0000

The most exciting thing about yesterday for me (besides the title, of course), was the real return of Raymar. (And alliterative, too!) If he stays well, we can be scary-good; that we’ve acquitted ourselves so well in conference play even in spite of his absence is really remarkable. There’s also no doubt in my mind that his absence has made the rest of the team better; Delvon Roe, for instance, has improved enormously over the course of the conference season. Some of that has to do with his knee gradually healing, but much of it can be attributed to the extra minutes which have been available during Morgan’s sickness. Raymar’s numbers from yesterday may be slightly deceiving, simply because he’s such a matchup problem for Illinois, but nonetheless, 15 points in 22 minutes at this stage in his recovery is a pretty fantastic performance. Adding that kind of production to an already-stacked lineup makes me tremendously excited to see what unfolds for us over the next few weeks.

Beat IU!

By: dan

dan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:23:11 +0000

Champions! and to clinch it at Illinois, the team that has been the biggest thorn in the side of Spartans in the 01-09 period.

now Tuesday is not a day to be too confident about. Assembly Hall is still Assembly Hall, and let’s not get too confident and call out the Ghosts of Hoosiers past.

By: Bubble Notes 3/2 | UM Hoops.com

Bubble Notes 3/2 | UM Hoops.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:41:40 +0000

[...] Illinois Game Recap (3/1/09) MSU won at least a share of the Big Ten title last night [...]

By: TMadison25

TMadison25 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:08:08 +0000

My comment regarding Wilson came off the wrong way. When addressing what he sees in a school, numerous times proximity and a winning program have been mentioned by Wilson. If that is true, then Oregon shouldn’t really be in the discussion. If he was interested in helping a school reload or something, I would understand why he’d pick Oregon. All-in-all, I never meant disparage Wilson or his decision-making.

By: DP99

DP99 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:15:47 +0000

TMad, four-star wide receiver Fred Smith committed to MSU a year and a half ago even though the 4-8 team was coming off an embarrassing season with a historic embarrassment played out on national TV, and breaking in a new coach of conservative philosophy and with only 3 years HC experience. I don’t have any reasons to assume Fred Smith is not smart or has questionable priorities. Why should it be different for Wilson?

By: Mark in DC

Mark in DC — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:13:53 +0000

Definitely liked Ibok’s minutes – I thought he should have come in earlier because it was clear that Suton did not have the height to bother Tisdale’s shot. He’s limited offensively but is an asset on D and is a pretty good rebounder – not sure why he hasn’t gotten more playing time throughout the year. Walton appears to be one of our better outside shooters right now in addition to our best defender. Not sure how to get Allen going at this point, and Summers seems to be catching whatever he’s got in the shooting department unfortunately. We are going to have to find someone who can play the wing who can hit perimeter shots.

I’ve been to Assembly Hall in Chambana a couple of times and winning there against a quality Illini team is no mean feat – this is definitely a win to feel good about.

By: TMadison25

TMadison25 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:37:59 +0000

From The Register Guard

http://www.registerguard.com/c...../story.csp

“With his announcement date approaching, Wilson couldn’t stress enough that he’s undecided. Whether it’s the Big 12, the Big Ten or the Pac-10, it’s still unclear where Wilson will be playing next season.

“People constantly ask me and, honestly, I don’t know,” Wilson said. “I try to hold off so I can actually watch these teams play and see where I can see myself fitting in on each one of them. The problem is the more I watch, the tougher it gets.”

Out of the three schools, Michigan State and Oregon appear most likely.”

Where do you fit best? What does that say if he picks a team that is 8-20? He has to be taking notice of our conference championship.

By: witless chum

witless chum — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Ibok was key, he just shut Tisdale down. I hope he’ll play more important minutes though, if we face a team in the tourney with a good big man.

Big 10 champs is sweet, it’s been too long and what a way to secure it, going into one of the other top teams’ house and taking it. If they can keep this streak of good play alive and finish off the year with two wins, that’s gotta be a good thing for the tourney.

“Less than a week until the Wilson announcement! Please Oregon, make it clear that you will be going in a new direction (do hate to see anybody lose their job) and make it an easy decision.”

I don’t think Wilson really wants be Phil Knight’s dress up doll, does he?

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:45:46 +0000

I agree, good to have a team like to Spartans to root for and also for some reason I too was not worried about the outcome.

Glad to see Morgan bouncing back, I just wish the Donger had come in a little earlier. I think his best use is to defend the other teams 7-footer and he needs some minutes before the NCAAs start. Tried to express this yesterday after Suton picked up his 3rd, but server problems….

Lucas for PoY certainly gets a lot of votes, but, I think Walton is the lock – for DPoY. For an offensively limited guy he is really turning it on after a lackluster Jr. year. To me he is approaching Cleaves territory with what he brings to the team.

Less than a week until the Wilson announcement! Please Oregon, make it clear that you will be going in a new direction (do hate to see anybody lose their job) and make it an easy decision.