Incredible Sparty/Syracuse Game Stats
After watching that game, I had to check the boxscore to see if the stats backed up what I had just seen. Check out these numbers:
Syracuse shot 35% for the game, was 1 of 8 from three, got out rebounded 51-30 by Sparty, and Sparty had 24 more shots at the basket than Syracuse - 66 shots for Sparty, 42 for the Orange.
And incredibly - Syracuse won.
How?
Sparty shot 21% from 3, jacking the ball 37 times and making 8. Not much better from 2 - overall shot 25% for the game. And Syracuse money on free throws - 24 of 31 as compared to 11-16 for Sparty.
Not sure I have ever seen a game like that one. And w Sparty playing in Detroit.
As Bob Ufer used to say - "I have never been so cotton picking happy!" See ya, Sparty. And Go BLUE!
You tend to have more rebound opportunities when you miss more shots...
more (good) rebound opporunities when you miss a lot of shots. That's why citing raw rebounding numbers is typically not very instructive because the team that missed more shots will usually have fewer rebounds.
This game was the opposite and was completely absurd. Michigan State rebounded 56 percent of their own misses!! That is bonkers.
Jackson - 15 minutes
Carter (WHO?!?!) 23 minutes
That's the incredible stat from that game.
Izzo wanted to keep Jackson rested for next year. I am sure he will give up his payday as an early NBA lottery pick to continue his education in East Lansing...
These "stars" die under Izzo. Players get much better under Belein.
I can only imagine the server admins at RCMB right now:
"Code zero zero zero.....destruct....zero"
"Destruct sequence is activated"
March 18th, 2018 at 11:36 PM ^
April 1989 was good too. Beating Illinois on Hash Bash Day when the Grateful Dead were in town... sigh...
tough, tough week for Tom
execution and in-game adjustments.
After watching that game you think Syracuse is in a rhythm?
MSU did not play well this year
Fixed it for you.
MSU went 3-5 against NCAA tournament teams this season.
Check out their comment thread. So good...
https://www.theonlycolors.com/2018/3/18/17136004/michigan-state-spartans-vs-syracuse-orange-2018
The worst part
I couldn’t agree more. Everyone is afraid to say it, Izzo is not that good I suppose. If not for that NBA caliber team in 2000, would he have won that? Many coaches win with sub NBA players every year. Let’s face facts.
Such a waste....
Izzo playing Ben Carter for 23 minutes was the worst coaching move of his career. He’s never winning a second national championship and the game has passed him by.
Just can’t believewe had thst bad of a shooting effort too…Belien ran circles around Izzo again with his zone as we got lazy and jacked up 40 threes
Where are all of you who kept telling me that "this team has won 12 games in a row, losing to an average Michigan team is ok"?
"Izzo will turn it on", "Bridges will attack the hoop again", etc, etc.
C’mon out and lets hear the "we just didn’t execute" excuse parade.
I don't know if he really had an "NBA caliber team" in 2000, but he did catch a huge break when #1 Cincinnati lost its best player (Kenyon Martin) to injury.
on the investigation(s)
and still couldn't find a way to win, I thought they were overrated from the get go and when all those espn "experts" picked MSU to win it I knew they were doomed.
OSU and MSU lose and we win, the world is righting itself after all!!!
And to that Sparty douche who said we are an average team, well that average team had to travel away from Detroit and still beat a way higher seeded team in Houston who sure seemed like they should have been a higher seed than a 6.
To play the middle of the zone you need to be able to make the 15 foot jumper consistently and know when you should shoot it, when you should take it to the hole and when to kick it out to a shooter. Its gotta be done quickly so that when the zone collapses to guard the paint the ball is in the shooters hand before the zone can close him out. If they stay at home you need to hit the jumper or drive if the rim protector comes at you. If you can do those thngs you eat a zone up. Probably why most teams run man to man.
McGary was perfect for that and while JJJ is a great athlete I think that is asking too much from him. So you saw a guy who hadnt played much all year playing in the middle. I dont think he did a half bad job, its a tough assignment if you dont see it often. MSU wasnt well enough coached at beating the zone to go to it consistently, or even often really. When they did they missed everything they threw up there because Carter wasnt a real threat to drive or shoot so Syracuse could stay out on the shooters and disrupt their rhythm.
And the Syracuse team Beilein beat was much better. Forget the name on the jerseys--Syracuse made the tournament through that backdoor playoff. They were supposed to be cannon fodder for the real contenders--like trendy Final Four pick Sparty.
Syracuse made 15 FGs and won that game. Too funny. State only made 17 for a total between the two of 32. For perspective A&M made 31 themselves against UNC. Ugly game to say the least.
Jay Bilas also said MSU was the best bet to win the tourney. A lot of people, for various reasons, assumed there was a great MSU team standing behind the pretty-good MSU team that actually took the court.
March 18th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
I think Dick Vitale picked them too. Just shows the ESPN talking heads go for the sexy, attention-drawing teams without regard for how they, you know, play basketball.
This Syracuse team is going to be in trouble next week. Duke has seen this defense before, already game planned for it, and can also throw a tough zone at a terrible shooting team. It's going to be ugly. And let's be honest - MSU would have been just as bad agaisnt Duke as Syracuse, but probably would have lost by 15 instead of a couple. They just aren't that good of a team, and it's telling that they were .500 against tournament teams this season.
Hope one of you guys can get some msu tweets up again. Those are just priceless and make my day.