Catching Up
kj on Jan 11th 2009
MSU-Kansas Thoughts
To pay my blogging penance, I watched the full game on videotape this afternoon. Here’s the rest of the game recap:
Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the current nine-game winning streak is how everyone in the playing rotation seems to be finding their respective roles. Eleven players played significant minutes yesterday, and all of [...]
Coffee Talk: Jumping-the-Gun-on-the-Big-Ten-Race Edition
kj on Jan 7th 2009
You’ve probably all read by now that the last time MSU started a conference season 3-0 we not only won the Big Ten championship, we also went on to win the national championship. It’s far too premature to talk about the latter, but let’s go ahead and talk about the former.
With Purdue’s loss in Happy [...]
Northwestern Game Preview
kj on Jan 2nd 2009
Site News
The toils of blogging once again having worn me down physically, mentally, and spiritually, I am retreating to warmer climates tomorrow for a seven-day stay. I do plan to blog more regularly while on vacation than I have in the past, but content intensity will likely be down through next Saturday.
The Conference Schedule
After seemingly [...]
Big Ten Conference Season Preview, Tempo-Free-Aerial-Style
kj on Dec 30th 2008
Now that this blog is over a year old, we can establish traditions simply by doing exactly what we did the previous year. And, last year, I previewed the Big Ten conference season by producing a tempo-free aerial based on the 11 Big Ten teams’ nonconference efficiency ratings. To review:
Offensive efficiency is points scored per [...]
Monday Night Rankings Update
kj on Dec 29th 2008
Rankings Update
Well, look at that: We’re a top-ten team again. According to the writers, at least. The coaches have us at #15. The bad news is that I’m not convinced we really are a top-ten team at this point. The good news is that the 9-2 nonconference mark (with the Kansas game pending) is good [...]
Monday Night Musings: How long can we push the tempo?
kj on Dec 22nd 2008
Monday Night Links
How to Think About the (Not So) New Three-Point Line
TAFKATBTW has a second cyber-residence.
Big 10 Efficiency Rankings of 2008, Courtesy of Football Outsiders
FO’s numbers say the MSU football team was, wait for it, a more efficiency passing team than running team this season. Unfortunately, that may say more about the running game [...]
Is “Pre-Conference Season All-Conference Team” an oxymoron?
kj on Dec 21st 2008
Even if it is, I love compiling all-Big Ten teams. This is mostly stats-based as I haven’t seen a lot of Big Ten games outside of MSU’s games to date. I’ve included scoring average plus a few tempo-free goodies for each player.
Pre-Conference Season All-Big Ten Team
Talor Battle (PSU): 19.4 pts/game, 42.9% 3pt%, 32.6% assist rate, [...]