January 8th, 2021 at 9:22 PM ^
Nice - plus hockey shellacked msu 9-0!!
January 8th, 2021 at 9:44 PM ^
And Wrestling beat Rutgers!
January 9th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
Anyone know how to get a replay of the Walker vs Poznanski match?
January 8th, 2021 at 9:22 PM ^
Gah!! Lost it by *this* much...
January 8th, 2021 at 9:23 PM ^
You hate to see it.
January 8th, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
Yes, I hate LOVE to see it.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:23 PM ^
Boilers shoot 3-24 from 3 and still win. Dickinson should have a field day against MSU
January 9th, 2021 at 8:04 AM ^
January 8th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
Up 3 with 10 seconds to go. Ya hate to see it
January 8th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
Lets GO!
January 8th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
How??? Thought they were surely going to win. lolol
January 8th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
The best part was when they played the MSU fight song as they were walking off the court. I had a hearty laugh and enjoyed that thoroughly.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Yeah, that was some well-timed comedy.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:37 PM ^
YOU MISSED YOUR STOP
January 8th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
Feels a little bit like Christmas day every time these putzes lose a game.
January 8th, 2021 at 10:48 PM ^
There was more than one present under the tree:
1) Sparty slowly dissipating a 16 point lead in the second half, while a marginally competent Purdue bumbles its way to make it close in the last 4 minutes
2) Sparty going double digit minutes without a field goal
3) As noted above, Purdue scores 6 points in the last 10 seconds to win and suck the life out of Sparty.
...and my favorite present...
4) watch Izzo unravel over the course of the second half. His team played like shit and nothing he did could change it.
This basketball season is the inverse of the football season. I love it.
January 9th, 2021 at 9:19 AM ^
What was different this time is that Izzo blamed himself (correctly) for the loss for the failure to use the same personnel in the second half that shut down Trevion Williams in the first half.
Very un-Izzo like to not blame the players.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Sparty nooooo!
Up 3 with 11 seconds left, they commit a stupid foul. Purdue hits 2 free throws. Then they turn it over on the inbounds, then foul again. Purdue hits one, then misses. Purdue’s giant stickboy grabs the rebound, then there is a jump ball. Possession arrow to Purdue, down one. Beautiful inbounds play, Trevion hits a short jumper with 4 seconds left. Sparty misses a runner at the buzzer. Glorious.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:33 PM ^
ThE ReFs ScReWeD uS iN tHe SeCoNd HaLf!!!!!!
(just don’t look at the 15 minutes without a FG)
in all reality idk how Izzo isn’t putting someone else out there to stop Williams. He just let hauser get abused.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:42 PM ^
FYS!
January 8th, 2021 at 9:45 PM ^
FYS!
Edit - one for hockey and one for basketball!
January 8th, 2021 at 10:05 PM ^
This is the kind of double post that does not demand an apology!
January 8th, 2021 at 11:14 PM ^
Check your math again, sparky.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Not only lost but gave up 5 pts in 11 seconds which included a missed FT to lose by 1.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Love to see it, but wow, those out of bounds calls where the defender slaps it out of the offensive player's hand but it technically touches the offensive player last are bullshit
January 8th, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
So nice to see Sparty lose a game that way. It’s happened to us enough times.
Having Hunter and Franz as inbounds options has made our in-bounding stress free this year. Just lob it in to the 7’1” tree or the 6’10” guy with Gumby arms.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:30 PM ^
Purdue defender never touched the ball.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:34 PM ^
Are you sure? Izzo had about the best view in the building.
January 8th, 2021 at 11:17 PM ^
How so? Was he underneath it?
January 8th, 2021 at 9:35 PM ^
I couldn't agree more, njvictor. It's probably the worst change in officiating since they've started using replay.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:26 PM ^
After watching Rutgers and Purdue struggle to score at Breslin this week, I’m starting to wonder if MSU might actually be good on defense. Fortunately, they still suck on offense.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:29 PM ^
Good d or not, they won’t have an answer for Dickinson. He should go off against them
January 8th, 2021 at 9:42 PM ^
I have no doubt about that. Their only answer to him scoring is to double hard immediately. If we make a reasonable percentage of 3s, we should win comfortably.
I do want to see Chaundee get more minutes against them to shut down Henry. Their only hope of making it a ballgame is if he goes off.
We should win by 20 at home and by 8-10 at Breslin.
January 8th, 2021 at 11:41 PM ^
They will play like their life depends on it against Michigan. It’s a rivalry game. It’ll be fairly close games both times.
January 9th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
When MSU has something to play for, they give a good fight. When their season isn't going well, they fold badly against Michigan. This is their weakest team mentally since the Bridges-JJJ team. It could get ugly
January 9th, 2021 at 12:22 AM ^
They have one player--Henry--who would get more than 10 minutes per game if you put him on our team.
January 9th, 2021 at 2:25 AM ^
The few games I have seen, Langford has looked pretty good. I haven’t checked his stats but it seems like he hits 3-4 shots and then they stop giving him the ball. ??♂️
January 8th, 2021 at 9:34 PM ^
I was thinking that too, I think they do a good job of staying in front of people, but I also think both Rutgers and Purdue played uncharacteristically horribly in these two games. Large parts of both games I feel I watched Rutgers/Purdue not making attempts to get into sets, wasting 12-15 seconds of multiple shot clocks just moving the ball between 3 guys on the wing, holding it for a half second and faking an entry pass, then passing back to the point. At least 3 different times we saw Purdue take the ball and reset with 15 seconds on the shot clock, and 14 seconds later they are throwing up a prayer because they never moved the ball. I think Michigan State will have trouble with teams like Michigan who have the ability to play through the post as well as attack the lane in various ways, at different speeds and angles. The reason Michigan is so fun to watch this season is because up to now they have been great at playing through the post, attacking close outs, and are a threat with most guys from 3. Everyone moves well without the ball and they share the ball well. They are truly complete on the offensive end, save for maybe someone who can run iso and get you a bucket, but we have Hunter for that anyway.
January 9th, 2021 at 10:45 AM ^
Run stoyanovic off the the 3 pt line and pack the paint to limit William's. Purdue ain't scoring.
January 9th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
I think they are active defensively but it seems like in this game they struggled to keep it going. Purdue scored 39 points in the second half and MSU had no answer for Williams. From what I've gathered they don't have a lot of depth to their defense, so if guys like Kithier or Hauser get on the court for long stretches the defense really takes a dive.
January 9th, 2021 at 12:14 AM ^
Purdue shot horribly, fumbled the ball away repeatedly, even Williams missed some easy looks. It didn't seems like Purdue was setting any picks at all, hard to tell what kind of action they were trying to run. Rutgers also looked horrible on offense. I really don't think MSU is all that good on defense...and for sure they stink on offense.
MSU has to travel to Iowa next...even though Iowa doesn't defend much, it is difficult to imagine that Sparty will be able to score enough to hang close. Ditto against us.
January 9th, 2021 at 8:17 AM ^
MSU-Mich is still four weeks away. Both teams will continue to evolve, especially State since they’re searching for answers. Bingham has gradually been playing more (last night notwithstanding); against us, he figures to play a lot to challenge Dickinson.
We still haven’t seen what happens if Dickinson gets two early fouls. Given the deference Izzo gets from refs and how hard at times he works them, it’s easy to imagine two early whistles changing the shape of the game.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:27 PM ^
Bingham is bad tho. Like, Freshman-outside-the-top-150 bad. Dickinson will feast.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
Phenomenal end to the game. Purdue looked like shit for about 60-75% of that game. MSU couldn’t get out of their own way, 0 FG for like 13 min in the second half. Deserved loss
January 8th, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
Little Izzy's press conference will be pure gold.
January 8th, 2021 at 9:48 PM ^
Tiny Tom ???
January 8th, 2021 at 9:28 PM ^
Poor little sparty lol you hate to see it! Bang Me!
January 8th, 2021 at 9:29 PM ^
Tough way to lose.........HAHAHAHAHAHA
January 8th, 2021 at 9:30 PM ^
Dickenson should have a field day in the paint! GO BLUE!