- Anthony Tucker Out For Year With Diseased Report Card
Four for four on the freshman year checklist: Black out in an alley, get arrested, get mono, and fail classes. - Iowa Beats Wisconsin, 73-69
Guess they don’t need Tucker… - Shocker in Spartyville – Cats upset MSU 70-63
Jubilation in Evanston - Northwestern Game Recap (1/21/09)
Raymar Morgan was sick and MSU continues to struggle against zone defense. - Gophers need to rebound to rebound
Katz: But if Penn States does finish ahead of Michigan in the standings by a game or two, don’t be surprised if the Lions don’t get into the NCAA tournament. The standings aren’t the true reflection of the selection process. Michigan still has two wins over UCLA and Duke that Penn State won’t get, and if the two teams were ever compared against one another in March, the Wolverines would almost certainly have the better overall resume. - Video: Jordan Morgan in action ($)
14 point 10 rebound performance against DCC in video - January 16, 2009- The NCAA’s Black Friday
North Star on the NCAA’s poor decisions - Ex-SPN
ESPN has to let go of the Mid Majority - A very early look at who’s looking good and who needs some help
Michigan is “in the mix” along with Wisconsin, Purdue, and kinda sorta Northwestern - Morris Peterson: Mateen Cleaves was the best PG he played with (he plays with Chris Paul now. wow.)
Uhm, really? (HT: Spartans Weblog) - Granderson’s Celebrity Shoot Out – 2009
Curtis Granderson hosting a celebrity basketball tournament featuring Braylon Edwards qualifies as Michigan basketball right?
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Best game of the week: MSU losing at home to NW!
I feared NU before last’s night performance- this weekend shall be interesting.
I want to submit the fact that this team was playing its best basketball of the year when we were going 10 deep with Ant Wright and JS. I understand the hesitancy to play them both as they aren’t offensive threats but Zack Novak might be getting worn down at this point in the season, having played 35 minutes+ most games and guarding guys much bigger than him. It may be a good time to mix things up and trim down some minutes for some people. Zack Novak was the guy that came to mind.
agree with blueinflorida, we need some interior defense and Novak is not the answer. Fatigue from playing defense affects his shooting at the other end. Ant is not a scoring threat, but Shep can score in multiple ways. Shep should play 15 minutes and give Novak some rest he needs to be effective.
Whether you think Novak is tired or can’t bang, he for the most part has put up solid numbers and he hustles every night unlike others. I agree that Shep needs some minutes but Novak shouldn’t be the only one to lose minutes. It should come from LLP, manny etc. Lee also should get an increase, the team plays better when hes in there.