The last DVD goes out the door
kj on Apr 9th 2009
Amidst all the excitement of MSU’s tournament run, I haven’t been posting updates on our NCAA Tournament contest. Here are the final standings, courtesy of the incomparable SpartanDan:
1. Seer 151
2. DP99 137
3. Alex 122
4. Mark in Chicago 113
5. Chris 112 (tiebreaker: 74 possessions)
6. rook34 112 (68)
7. SpartanDan 110
8. gbbound 107
9. Jackson22 106
10. TMadison25 104
11. dougieb [...]
Pick your 16
kj on Mar 16th 2009
First: Congratulations to Zack for winning the BTT bracket contest. Zack was one of two entrants to correctly name Purdue as the champion (Chris was the other). Send me your mailing address and I’ll mail you your DVD, Sir. Also, thanks to SpartanDan for serving as official score keeper.
I have one more DVD to give [...]
The Second Annual and World’s Only (As Far As We Know) Big Ten Tournament Bracket Contest
kj on Mar 9th 2009
The BTT bracket is now set. Why wait to make predictions about a bunch of teams you know almost nothing about (Robert Morris? Stephen F. Austin? Binghamton?) when you can make predictions right now about the 11 teams you’ve been watching nonstop for the past 10 weeks?
Same rules as last year:
To submit an entry in [...]
Passing on the freebies
kj on Feb 21st 2009
Running this blog hasn’t done a lot for my pocketbook. But it has created some small perks–like getting a few freebies in the mail. A couple weeks ago, I received several copies of the new DVD, The Greatest Stories of Michigan State Basketball (affiliate link), which is being released in conjunction with the 30th [...]
And the winner is . . .
kj on Oct 23rd 2008
. . . Nick, whose Mat Ishbia Day story captured the hearts of Spartans Weblog readers everywhere (after first capturing the heart of Mrs. Spartans Weblog). Nick’s “Best Day as a Spartan Story” took home 19 of the 43 votes cast by readers.
Congratulations to Nick on winning a free copy of College Basketball Prospectus 2008-09. [...]
The best of the best days as a Spartan
kj on Oct 21st 2008
Thanks to all of you who took the time to share about your best day as a Spartan. It was a fun way to learn a little bit more about each other.
Now we get down to brass tacks. There’s a data-saturated tome at stake.
Mrs. Spartans Weblog has dutifully made her selections as to the best [...]
What was your best day as a Spartan?
kj on Oct 14th 2008
This blog tends to be built around a lot of numbers and analytical whatnot. But, at the heart of it, I’m just a fan. And, I think, that’s what draws people like us together: a devotion to a cause, be it something as irrational as five guys in green tank tops playing a game against [...]