09 Mar, 2009
Posted by: Steve In: MSU basketball
Bill Raftery didn’t seem to think so when Gus Johnson asked him during yesterday’s MSU-Purdue telecast.
But here’s how it could happen, assuming MSU wins the Big Ten Tournament and picks up two or three more wins against RPI-Top 50 competition (though none against other elite teams) in the process:
UNC wins the ACC Tournament. When the [...]
The Spartans were all business last night after sweating out a 64-59 victory over Indiana to clinch their first outright Big Ten title since 1999. That makes sense in one way: a down-to-the-wire victory over the worst Indiana team in memory isn’t exactly cause for storming the court, even if the decisive play was one [...]
This is a blog, which means I can speculate wildly with only a small connection to actual reported facts. So here goes . . .
Fact: QB Steven Threet is leaving Michigan. Speculation: This feels like a weird time to transfer. I mean, why make this decision in February, in the middle of the second semester? [...]
12 Feb, 2009
Posted by: Steve In: Lions| MSU basketball| Pistons| Red Wings| Tigers| UM basketball
Today’s High Five:
Lions: Shack Harris is officially on board. There are some other personnel tidbits here as well — Jason Hanson, for instance, isn’t going anywhere despite his free agent status.
Tigers: Tom Gage runs down Detroit’s issues heading into Spring Training.
Pistons: Drew Sharp uses the All-Star break as a chance to assess (bleakly) the state [...]
It’s the Mitten’s first ever free association column, a group of disjointed thoughts on college basketball following last night’s MSU victory over Michigan at Crisler Arena.
Michigan State seems really to have taken the Penn State and Northwestern losses to heart. Specifically, if there’s a defensive weakness to a typical Tom Izzo team, it’s on the [...]
09 Feb, 2009
Posted by: Steve In: Lions| MSU basketball| MSU football| Tigers| UM basketball
Today’s High Five:
Here’s a great interview that ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg did with Mark Dantonio about recruiting and the way the Spartans’ coach approaches “soft commitments.”
Indiana’s Devan Dumes is an apologetic and suspended thrower of elbows after the MSU-IU game over the weekend. Goran Suton is just looking out for future generations.
The Lions officially made some [...]
