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Preseason Musings (and Coffee Talk): Expectations

kj on Nov 12th 2008

Wednesday Links

Goran Suton’s knee is “a concern”; Lucas’s ankle should be good to go.
Tom Izzo on the two new guys (video). Big men who “want to play.”
Kalin Lucas is not a preseason Bob Cousy nominee. Outrage!  Trevon Hughes is the Big Ten’s representative.
Big surprise: Wisconsin signs a big man who can shoot the 3 and [...]

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Preseason Musings: Hazarding a Bold Prediction

kj on Nov 11th 2008

Tuesday Links

The Big Ten Geeks run down MSU’s nonconference schedule. Doing my work for me!
Seth Davis like us more than Luke Winn and Grant Wahl do. MSU is #12 in SI’s preseason rankings; Davis has us at #5.
College Hoopsnet has the Spartans at #7 nationally and #1 in the Big Ten. Props for mentioning Austin [...]

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Preseason Musings: Three-Point Shooting

kj on Nov 6th 2008

We’re now just 10 days out from the MSU basketball team’s first real game.  At this point, I feel like a good sports blogger would offer up a nice, comprehensive team preview.  But I also feel like I’ve said just about everything I can think of about this roster of players over the last seven [...]

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