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Northwestern Game Recap (1/21/09)

kj on Jan 21st 2009

The Wildcats stun the Spartans 70-63 in a 63-possession game.  StatSheet box score.
The Spartan fan half of my brain is pretty mad about this one.  We lost to Northwestern, of all teams, to end a 28-game home court winning streak and ruin a perfect conference record.  And we did it by completely losing our composure [...]

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MSU-Northwestern Open Thread

kj on Jan 21st 2009

This is our first live-chatting endeavor.  For now, we’ll just use the commenting system.
I don’t think I really need to do this, but just to be sure, here are the dual commenting guidelines:
1. No profanity.
2. Be civil.
Alright, raise your hand if you’re here.  Yesterday I picked Chris Allen as tonight’s breakout player.  Which player are [...]

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Northwestern Game Preview

kj on Jan 20th 2009

Live Chat Tomorrow Night
“Live chat” is probably overselling it, but I am encouraging people to check in during tomorrow night’s game.  I’ll post an open thread and we’ll just use the commenting system to share our thoughts.
My desktop computer and TV are in separate rooms and I don’t have wireless internet yet, so I’ll probably [...]

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Northwestern Game Recap (1/3/09)

kj on Jan 4th 2009

OR”How to recap a game you didn’t actually watch.”
1. Embed a graph
Stats by StatSheet.com

Offensive rebounding carries the day again.
2. Cite some statistics from the box score

Raymar Morgan leads the way with 22 points on 13 FG attempts and 13 rebounds.  Five turnovers, though.
Nine-for-16 three-point shooting for MSU, with Allen, Lucas, Morgan. and Summers all contributing [...]

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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 [...]

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Sucked in by the vortex of winning

kj on Oct 11th 2008

I’ve noticed that my football-related posts tend to be much more pessimistic in tone than my basketball posts.  I’m not sure why that is.  The obvious explanation is that the MSU football team has a long history of disappointing us after getting our hopes up.  I think it also has something to do with the [...]

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MSU-Northwestern Links and Discussion Thread

kj on Oct 9th 2008

With Northwestern on its bye last weekend, the prolific Lake the Posts has been even more prolific than normal in producing MSU-vs.-Northwestern content:

A primer on the recent series between the two teams. Summary: Mucho scoring.
Assorted tidbits on the two teams. Depressing tidbit: Northwestern has 3 more Big Ten wins than MSU does since 2003.
A comparison [...]

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