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 [...]
Around the Big Ten
kj on Feb 24th 2008
Michigan 49 Illinois 43
I can only hope this week’s results will boost MSU well above the Illini in the offensive points-per-possession category for good; the two were tied at 1.01 (in conference play) before this week’s action. UMHoops says rebounding was a key and recaps Jalen Rose’s comments to the Crisler crowd. [...]
Penn State Game Recap (2/20/08)
kj on Feb 20th 2008
Michigan State dominates the Nittany Lions, 86-49. I picked an excellent game to take the Official Wife and Official Sons of the Spartans Weblog to.
This was, of course, a home game against the second worst defensive team in the conference. But that shouldn’t detract from the fact that the Spartans played with a combination of [...]
Monday Night Musings
kj on Feb 18th 2008
Rankings Update
Michigan State plummets from 10/9 in the AP/coaches’ polls to 19/17. Their national ranking among Big Ten teams is now consistent with their place in the conference standings: 4th. Wisconsin is 11/10. Purdue and Indiana are 14th and 15th–Purdue higher in the AP poll, Indiana higher in the coaches’ poll.
Oddly, the [...]
Always look on the bright side of life
kj on Feb 17th 2008
In an effort to manufacture some optimism for the rest of this season–and maintain my own mental sanity–here are the Spartans Weblog Top Ten Reasons to Feel Good About Michigan State Basketball:
10. Spring training has started.
OK. That’s not basketball-related. Let’s start over.
10. Drew Neitzel is on pace to finish 2nd on the all-time [...]
Indiana Game Recap (2/16/08)
kj on Feb 17th 2008
Well, the starting lineup thing worked, huh? With Lucas in the lineup at tip-off, MSU came out attacking the basket. Marquise Gray pulled down a couple tough defensive rebounds. And MSU built an 18-8 lead over the first 9 minutes.
And then . . . IU crushed us . . . like a paper cup.
From the [...]
A couple pre-game perspectives from Hoosier land
kj on Feb 16th 2008
The Hoosier Report expresses some of the apathy that seems to be running through IU country about the team’s on-court endeavors these days. He does provide a nice little tempo-free summary of our Spartans. As I commented on his site, though,
this sentence struck me oddly: “The Spartans don’t shoot many three pointers, but [...]