MSU-Purdue Open Thread
Posted by kj on Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Two Spartan warriors at the scene of their greatest triumph.
Mrs. SW and I will be at the Breslin Center to wish Messrs. Walton, Gray, Ibok, and (especially) Suton farewell. Enjoy the game and GO STATE!
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Jasonon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:07 am 1No matter the feelings about what Gray could have been, I’m glad to see him start!
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:07 am 2Well, that was an ugly start. Give up a putback dunk then throw the ball away immediately.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:10 am 3And we have our first Hightower sighting. I thought I recognized his “blow the whistle 20 times” technique.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:15 am 4Looks like there’s a lid on both baskets. We can’t get a tip to fall, and Purdue’s been missing the open looks they’ve had.
Jasonon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:22 am 5Travis!!
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:25 am 6You’re joking, Hightower. Morgan gets mauled on the shot, no foul.
Sparty Basketballon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:35 am 7Two things so far:
1) Like the first game, we aren’t converting our offensive rebounds.
2) Purdue is not a good offensive rebounding team, but they are getting a lot of them right now.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:40 am 8Surprised Roe didn’t get called for a charge. We all know that’s Hightower’s favorite call.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:44 am 9Where was the foul there? There was hardly any contact!
(I know, ranting about the refs is boring … but sometimes it needs to be said. And I can’t see what’s going on at the moment because of a severe weather update on CBS.)
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:48 am 10This has the feel of that Wisconsin game a couple years ago. Neither team seems able to put together a run of any sort.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:56 am 11Good play by Green to hack Johnson. All he does is dunk, so we should make him work for it.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 11:59 am 12Down 2 at the half. Our free throw problems have mainly been Gray and Roe, so that’s not a huge concern. We just have to start converting on our offensive rebounds.
Sparty Basketballon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:09 pm 13Word.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:20 pm 14Missed the first three minutes of the half due to tornado warnings being issued west and northwest of here, but it sounds like good news that we’ve managed to force Purdue to take a timeout already.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:31 pm 15Nice swat by Roe. YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:33 pm 16Roe looks like he’s trying to take over now. Biggest lead of the game.
Andrewon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:38 pm 17Why is it so difficult to throw a lob pass in front of the backboard? It has been a problem all season.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:39 pm 18I think part of the problem is that we keep insisting on going for alley-oops when we’re closely guarded. It doesn’t work so well when you have to worry about getting the ball around the defender and still put it on the money for an easy dunk.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:44 pm 19Wow, that was lucky. Not only did they miss a blatant travel by Walton (not quite a Duke moonwalk, but close), but Purdue couldn’t stay in bounds when picking off the bad pass.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:51 pm 20Defense has been in total lockdown mode all half. Four points allowed in the first 14 minutes of the half.
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 12:55 pm 21How many fouls on MSU is that in the last ten seconds? Five? Hightower has apparently decided this game isn’t interesting enough yet.
MooTheKowon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:01 pm 22Refs are awesome.
mkon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:02 pm 23All of a sudden, the lead has been reduced to 6 points. Purdue will drive to basket for getting foul. This is not over….
Without Suton, rebounding will suffer. Get a good position and grab that rebound!!!!!!!!!!!
mkon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:06 pm 24stupid pass, morgan
spartan08on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:06 pm 25THey just switched over to the Missouri Valley game…are you freaking kidding me?
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:07 pm 26And now CBS decides to cut away for the MVC championship pregame. Not even tip-off. I don’t think anyone’s going to care if they miss a couple minutes of that one, not even people 45 miles from ISU.
mkon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:15 pm 27here in texas, it’s still on.
spartan08on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:17 pm 28Are the seniors still in?
TMadison25on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:17 pm 29ibok just kissed the S.
Benon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:20 pm 30Wow. We won the conference by FOUR games.
TMadison25on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:24 pm 31Who wins the tiebreaker between Michigan and Minnesota?
MooTheKowon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:25 pm 32Great year… fantastic way to send out the seniors today.
mkon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:28 pm 33Every senior had a chance to kiss the “S” (well, twice for ibok). Walton had a long real smooch, and I could feel his love for “S”. Well done, seniors!!!!
SpartanDanon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:45 pm 34TMad: Big Ten tourney scenarios are as follows:
Minnesota is locked into the 8-9 game (I think they’re the 8 seed unless Wisconsin wins and OSU loses), and will play the loser of OSU-NW.
Michigan gets the 6 if exactly one of Wisconsin and OSU wins; they get the 7 if either both win or both lose.
Wisconsin gets the 4 with a win, 5 if they lose and OSU loses, 7 if they lose and OSU wins.
NW gets the 6 with a win and Wisconsin loss, 7 with a win and Wisconsin win, 9 with a loss.
OSU gets the 4 or 5 with a win, 8 or 9 with a loss.
PSU gets the 4 if both Wisconsin and OSU lose, 5 if one wins, 6 if both win.
DP99on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:47 pm 35Loved that last traveling call on Lucas. Incredible.
I feel alive!!!
TMadison25on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:48 pm 36Wow… Very impressive breakdown, SpartanDan. Thanks.
Looks like a game against Minnesota/Northwestern is most likely for us on Friday, right?
A lot on the line for OSU today.
TMadison25on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:50 pm 37Oh… and Jamil’s announcement in 40 minutes… Fingers are crossed!
Steve Oon 08 Mar 2009 at 1:51 pm 38Great win, although the fact that it became a free throw shooting contest down the stretch took some of the game out of it. Generally speaking, it seems to me that in other elite conferences, officials don’t inject themselves into the game. I also don’t ever hear of individual officials’ names nearly as much. And In my opinion, that’s a great thing. Teams are allowed the time to develop a rhythm and make the game much more enjoyable to watch, while for the most part still allowing the great defense to be recognized.
But I may just be negatively biased against Eddie and TV Ted and the rest of them.
Anyway, Another top 50 win, great season, and much excitement in the coming weeks. And years to come for that matter. Speaking of years to come, any word on Jamil Wilson?
red_cedaron 08 Mar 2009 at 2:14 pm 39Congratulations to the Michigan State Spartans! I love this team and I see great things for you in the postseason. What a fun time to be a Spartan! Extra special thanks to the seniors.
Steve Oon 08 Mar 2009 at 2:39 pm 40Answering my own question, the buzz @ Rivals says Wilson has selected MSU! (No link, since I don’t have a membership)
Benon 08 Mar 2009 at 2:48 pm 41Yeah, apparently Wilson is going to Oregon. Bleh.
MooTheKowon 08 Mar 2009 at 2:50 pm 42Bummer.. kid gets to go disappear into obscurity ala that kid from Detroit … and probably end up playing for a coach he’s never met before.
Think World-Wide Wes played a hand in it this time too?
Benon 08 Mar 2009 at 2:52 pm 43Yeah, Malik Hairston. Oh well, good luck to Jamil. He would have been stellar in (our) Green and White.
Steve Oon 08 Mar 2009 at 2:54 pm 44Oops. Apparently read some ill informed posts, and just hoped it was true. It appears Nike is still a strong pull even when Oregon is in the middle of some tough times competitively.
But – Spartans still big 10 champs, and I didn’t even have to use my AK, so Today was a good day.
rook34on 08 Mar 2009 at 2:54 pm 45Wilson to Oregon. Good luck Jamil.
SpartyAlumon 08 Mar 2009 at 4:02 pm 46gr8 game and got a bit emotional watching the seniors depart.
Way to leave MSU..Big ten Champions!!