IPFW Game Recap (11/19/08)
kj on Nov 20th 2008
The Spartans slide by the Mastadons 70-59 in a 62-possession game. (PPP: 1.13-0.95)
Bad News: MSU trailed a mediocre Summit League team with less than 11 minutes left in the game.
Good News: Raymar Morgan came up big in crunch time of a road game, scoring 8 points in a 13-0 MSU run to take a double-digit [...]
Jamil Wilson Update
kj on Nov 13th 2008
Obviously, Jamil Wilson didn’t sign with anybody yesterday. Here’s what his high school basketball coach said:
“He is still looking into his final four schools, which are Michigan State, Marquette, Texas and Oregon,” said Jason Treutelaar, Wilson’s high school coach. “He is thinking about signing early, but that is not 100 percent. He still has to [...]
Signing Day
kj on Nov 12th 2008
Today is the start of the early signing period for 2009 basketball recruits. Presumably, Garrick Sherman and Derrick Nix will sign the dotted line to come play for Tom Izzo today.
The bigger question is what happens with Jamil Wilson. Scout.com reports the following:
First topic of discussion is Jamil Wilson. There’s a lot of moving and [...]
Thursday Links: Dispatches from Fantasy Camp
kj on Oct 9th 2008
The MSU beat guys all participated in Tom Izzo’s second annual practice day for media types yesterday:
Steve Grinzcel wants to know why anyone would need to learn how to dribble two basketballs at once.
Eric Lacy reports that Delvon Roe is “ahead of schedule” in recovering from his two knee surgeries. Also, he’s definitely a true [...]
Complete details released for 2008-09 basketball schedule
kj on Sep 15th 2008
Michigan State has now released all the details on start times and TV coverage for the 2008-2009 basketball schedule.
Tidbits and nuggets:
The two exhibition games will be broadcast at BigTenNetwork.com (as opposed to on the TV network itself).
It appears the game at IPFW will be the only game not televised.
The Oakland game at the Palace will [...]
Coffee Talk: The MSU basketball recruiting outlook
kj on Aug 14th 2008
As regular readers have no doubt deduced, I don’t know much about recruiting (sing this to the tune of “Don’t Know Much About History” by Herman’s Hermits). Prior to the creation of this blog, I paid almost no attention to it. I don’t subscribe to Rivals or Scout. And I find the whole notion of [...]
The Scoop on Jamil Wilson
kj on Apr 26th 2008
Interesting article on Jamil Wilson by scout.com’s Sam Webb in Thursday’s Detroit News. Wilson is a 6′7″ forward from Racine, Wisconsin who is likely Izzo’s #1 target for the remaining one or two slots in MSU’s 2009 recruiting class.
As previously speculated, Wilson confirms that Crean taking the IU job led Izzo to recruit Wilson more [...]