Monday Night Links: Delvon on the Mend
kj on Aug 25th 2008
Delvon Roe could be cleared to start playing basketball in the next couple weeks according to FoxSports.com’s Jeff Goodman. If his knees are ready to go, you certainly have to like what he’ll bring to the table:
In the last nine months, Roe has focused on improving the three areas he and others considered weaknesses.
He’s added [...]
Izzo versus Big Ten opponents
kj on Jul 22nd 2008
Well, the unanimous conclusion of this blog’s readers is that Wisconsin is our main rival. And I can’t argue with that conclusion. Chalk this week’s Coffee Talk question up as non-debate-inducing.
The one caveat readers offered about Wisconsin being our biggest rival is the one-sidedness of the rivalry in recent years. Wisconsin has beaten MSU in [...]
Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk
kj on Jul 20th 2008
Drew Neitzel’s numbers in the Timberwolves’ final two summer league games:
Saturday: 6 points on 3-9 shooting, zero assists, and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes of an 81-67 loss.
Sunday: 14 points on 6-11 shooting, 3 assists, and 1 turnover in 18 minutes of a 111-91 win.
At least Neitzel finished with a strong showing. In a story [...]
Have we always turned the ball over this much?
kj on Jul 17th 2008
Thursday Links
Good news for those of us that will be driving down to the MSU-UNC game at Ford Field after work on Wednesday, December 3: The start time is 9:15, so we’ll have extra time to get down there. The game will be broadcast on ESPN. The other top-notch match-up is Duke-Purdue. That game will [...]
Post-Holiday Links
kj on Jul 6th 2008
Travis Walton and Durrell Summers are tearing it up in the Moneyball Pro-Am League, according to a Rivals.com report from last week. They’re the only two current Spartans to have participated in games to date. I don’t have enough context to say exactly how positive an indicator a 42-point performance in a summer league game [...]
Measuring Depth
kj on Jun 11th 2008
In my post looking back at the MSU basketball roster over the last 13 years, I asserted that depth is a key component for a Tom Izzo-coached team to be successful. This is, of course, not an original conclusion. The Artist Formerly Known as the Big Ten Wonk (TAFKATBTW) in a November 2006 [...]
Izzo-Era Reunion Guest List
kj on Jun 3rd 2008
With the techie stuff taken care of, let’s move on to some historical analysis of the MSU basketball program. To start, I thought we should refresh our memories regarding all the guys who’ve donned the green and white under Tom Izzo. By my count, there have been at least 40 scholarship players brought [...]
