Minnesota Game Recap/Ohio State Open Thread Combo Meal
kj on Mar 13th 2009
Minnesota Game Recap
MSU advances past Minnesota 64-56 in a 64-possession game. StatSheet box score.
Having digested 5 full hours of basketball since the game ended (we bolted at halftime of the last game), all I can give you is a graph:
NCAA Basketball Stats
And some bullets:
Disappointingly small rebounding advantage and a negative turnover differential. Three-point shooting (41.7% [...]
BTT Open Thread: MSU-Minnesota
kj on Mar 12th 2009
Friday Noon. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. ESPN.
Here’s the place for those you who can be in front of a TV tomorrow afternoon to keep those of you stuck at a desk updated on how the game’s progressing.
The Gophers advanced out of the first round by beating Northwestern 66-53. The Daily Gopher says the keys were Lawrence [...]
Minnesota Game Recap (2/4/09)
kj on Feb 5th 2009
The Spartans bury the Gophers 76-47 in a 65-possession game. StatSheet box score.
A very impressive start to the new home-court winning streak, to say the least. MSU did everything we thought they needed to do, and they did it in abundance:
Knocked down perimeters shots (7-12 on 3-pointers).
Controlled both the offensive and defensive glass (42-26 overall [...]
MSU-Minnesota Open Thread
kj on Feb 4th 2009
Is this Marquise’s night to shine?
A friend invited me to the game tonight. So the rest of you will have to pick up the slack.
Enjoy the game and GO GREEN!
Pregame Reading
Spartans’ Roe is mean & green
One tough dude.
Gophers face Spartans for a share of first place
From the Barn says MSU by 1.
Game Thread: Minnesota at [...]
Minnesota Game Preview
kj on Feb 3rd 2009
Thursday Night Links
Cheap, Easy, and Obsolete
“I really have no basis for this, but remembering past seasons when Michigan St. would shock everyone with a 1 seed with 7 losses, I can definitely still see a scenario where the Spartans earn a top overall seed. If the Spartans can win the Big Ten regular season [...]
Minnesota Game Recap (12/31/08)
kj on Dec 31st 2008
The Spartans grind out a 70-58 victory against the Gophers in a 61-possession game. Unofficial box score.
MSU’s performance today deserves that oft-used moniker of “workmanlike.” Outside of a brief Gopher spurt to close MSU’s lead to one point going into halftime, the Spartans played with intensity for 40 minutes, slowly building a lead that eventually [...]
Minnesota Game Preview
kj on Dec 30th 2008
A Terrific Tip-Off
You couldn’t have asked for a better game to start the conference season than Illinois’ 71-67 overtime win over Purdue tonight (in roughly a 76-possession game). This was an extremely hard fought game that went back and forth throughout, featured multiple moments of drama late in the game, and provided 5 minutes of [...]