Purdue Game Recap (2/17/09)
kj on Feb 17th 2009
Purdue wallops MSU 72-54 in a 70-possession game. StatSheet box score.
After 3 of MSU’s 4 losses, I’ve downplayed the result. I’m not going to downplay tonight’s loss. MSU’s performance was extremely disappointing, both in terms of their lack of composure and their inability to take advantage of Purdue’s weaknesses. The two sets of bars on [...]
We need a bigger basketball arena!
kj on May 27th 2008
AKA They’re numbers and they’re MSU basketball-related, so I must analyze them.
Despite once again selling out every home game, MSU ranked just 17th in the nation in average home attendance this season (from the page I’ve linked to, there’s a link to a Word file with all the details). This is, of course, a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Carolina’s comin’ to D-Town
kj on Apr 15th 2008
We’ve been waiting to hear (1) who MSU would play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge next season and (2) whether they’d play a nonconference game at Ford Field. Today, both questions we’re answered: They’ll play North Carolina at Ford Field on Wednesday, December 3, as part of the challenge. The full list of [...]
Big Ten Roundup plus . . . Why It’s OK to Really, Really Like Basketball
kj on Apr 14th 2008
In case you’re getting tired of staring at boxes of numbers . . .
I missed this last week: Devin, the winner of our nontraditional bracket contest, is also the proprietor of College Basketball Chronotope, an IU basketball blog. To reward him for his prognosticating acumen (unlike traditional pools, picking all four #1 seeds didn’t [...]
Is there room enough for two Toms in the Big Ten?
kj on Apr 1st 2008
As noted by Ben and TMadison in the previous comments section, reports indicate Tom Crean is the choice to become the new Indiana head coach. There are three obvious questions:
Is this a good move by Crean? Paging Jim S isn’t sure this is a vertical move, as Crean is leaving an established [...]