Illinois Game Recap (1/17/08)
kj on Jan 17th 2009
Michigan State pushes past Illinois 63-57 in a 66-possession game. Statsheet box score.
First things first: It was great to be there for the Morris Peterson jersey retirement ceremony. Nine years ago, my wife and I sat/stood in the second row of the student section and watched that man do amazing things en route to a [...]
Pregame Reading
kj on Jan 17th 2009
Peterson turned himself into an MSU legend
I had forgotten he had a redshirt year.
MoPete’s top five
Izzo: “OK, fine. But if you hit the tuba player with that pass, I’m going to kill you.”
Mateen Cleaves on The Huge Show: Kalin Lucas doing a ‘great’ job running Spartans
Haven’t had a chance to listen to this.
Illini Flying Under [...]
Illinois Game Preview
kj on Jan 16th 2009
Last Night’s Dueling 14-Point Comebacks
The Comeback
Minnesota comes back from 14 down to force the game to OT and beat Wisconsin. 29 points on 16 FG attempts for Lawrence Westbrook.
Escape from Evanston
Purdue takes advantage of missed free throws to mount their comeback from 14 down and nip Northwestern. I’d wager we won’t see another win in [...]
Rankings Update
kj on Jan 12th 2009
Rankings Upate
AP: #7
Coaches: #10
Sagarin: #10
Kenpom: #23
RPI: #4
Bracketology: #3 seed
The RPI is really digging us at this point. I assume that’s a function of (1) nine of our fifteen opponents having double digit wins and (2) only six of the 15 games having been played at home. That win in the second round of the Old [...]
Pregame Links
kj on Jan 6th 2009
2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Rankings (Jan. 5)
MSU up to #8/12. Big Ten beating up on itself; only three teams in top 25.
Bracketology
#3 seed.
MSU hopes to honor MoPete
#42 may hit the Breslin rafters Saturday.
Morgan: “I’m done with that”
Details on next season’s nonconference schedule from Joe Rexrode. Glad we’ve got two more years of games vs. Texas; [...]
More Media Day Notes
kj on Oct 16th 2008
MSU has to get to Ford Field (in April) to keep the every-Izzo-player’s-been-to-a-Final-Four streak alive.
Kalin Lucas:
“I feel this is my team now,” Lucas said. “Last year it was more of me coming in as the new guy. I know what I’m talking about now.
“We want to run more this season, our main thing is to [...]