The View from Row 30, Riser Section 30 of Ford Field
kj on Mar 31st 2008
So I figured out why they had to raise the floor three feet in order to put the basketball floor in the center of Ford Field . . .
. . . because if they hadn’t, I would have been watching 10 floating heads bob around the court for two hours yesterday. This photo was [...]
Wildcat for a day
kj on Mar 29th 2008
What’s say, we talk about some college basketball teams not hailing from East Lansing today . . .
Big Ten Roundup
Tony Bennett to Bloomington? That’d be a fine move for Indiana based on what I know about Bennett. But, from a Spartan perspective, I’d rather see them go with a more up-tempo guy [...]
You know it’s a bad night . . .
kj on Mar 28th 2008
. . . when your team goes on a 17-0 run and the needle on the odds-of-winning-the-game meter barely budges from zero.
The stats for the full game don’t have a lot of meaning in a game like this one, so I’m not going to a do a full breakdown. It’s how the game started [...]
The Big Ten and the ACC
kj on Mar 25th 2008
We interrupt Memphis week to bring you this dispatch from the larger world of college basketball: Yet Another Basketball Blog notes the following:
With two teams still alive, the Big Ten has already matched the number of NCAA Tournament wins (5) we’d expect based on their tournament seeds.
For the second consecutive year, the ACC has sent [...]
Sweetness!
kj on Mar 23rd 2008
On to the Sweet Sixteen. Michigan State knocks out Pittsburgh, 65-54. Unofficial box score.
Early on, it looked like MSU might come out on the wrong side of some early fouls. Morgan and Naymick both picked up two fouls and had to sit out the rest of the first half. But Neitzel’s [...]
Pittsburgh Game Preview
kj on Mar 21st 2008
9:10 pm, Saturday. Pepsi Center, Denver. CBS.
Pittsburgh comes in at 27-9 on the season. They finished 10-8 in Big East regular season play, but won the conference tournament championship, beating Cincinnatti, Louisville, Marquette, and Georgetown along the way. That’s an impressive four-game sweep. Their best win on the season was [...]
Big Ten Round-Up
kj on Mar 21st 2008
Wisconsin pulled away from Cal State Fullerton to to win 71-56. The Badgers used their size advantage to dominate on the glass on both ends of the court. 18 for 38 on offensive rebounding chances (47.4%). 32 for 39 on defensive rebounding opportunities (82.1%). Uncharacteristically, the Badgers turned it over 17 [...]
