SpartyMSU Weekly Big Ten Votes are in.....End of the Pre-Season...




The Pre-Season is OVER…!!!  (A couple meaning less games to go.. ..)

Now comes the Big Ten Conference Play.. The Conference is clearly divided into 3 groups…

1) They're the ones that will get the 1 – 6 seeds in the Big Dance, and will beat each other up all season Long…  The Spartans, Badgers, and Hoosiers….

2) The Teams that will make a run for the Dance, could challenge the Top 3 Big Ten Teams: The Buckeyes, Illini, Minny, and the BoilerMakers. If we squint hard enough, the selection committee migh choose a couple of them….

3) The next group has the NIT as a wet dream…. Penn State, WildCats, Iowa, and Meeechigan… These guys are the Definition of Suck… Maybe Next year fellas...  Oakland University Golden Grizzlies is better than these guys.. By a long shot...

To finish out the Pre-Season… The top 3 teams were not afraid to play tough schedules, and win… Except the Hoosiers who only played Top 20 Team Xavier.. they spent the rest of the time beating up on Mid Majors… With the talent they have, why would they puss out and not schedule the big boys.. ??? Afraid ???

Spartans and the Badgers both beat Highly Ranked Texas away from their Home courts.. IMPRESSIVE !

All top 3 teams are loaded with talent, and bench scoring… The Spartans have some Super Freshman who have made a quick and clean transition into Big Ten play and who are working smoothly with their upperclassmen on the team,…..  Hoosiers have a seasoned Bench, they have a balanced team of 5 Seniors and 5 Freshmen… Wisky is a team of 5 Srs., 5 Freshmen 2 Sophs and a few Jrs… They will only improve as the season goes on as well… The Big Ten Championship will be between these 2 of these 3 teams…

Ohio State and Minnesota are the only ones who have a shot at the Top…. Though they are decidedly better than the other second and third tier teams.. They might not have enough this year to try to challenge the Big Boys… Even without Oden, Thad has the Buckeyes ready for the Big Ten.. Tubby has Coleman scoring 15 points per game.. but they are a little weak on the boards…

The end of the Season is a Meat Grinder for the Spartans…  In the last 7 games they play Indiana twice, at Wisconsin, at Ohio State, and at Illinnois.. Now.. that’s a Toughie… Need more Shots and Beer for this time of the Season...

The rest of the teams… They will pad the stat sheets of the guys above… Maybe win a couple.. Maybe just suck...

The Best Games to watch for this season are:
Wed 01/02/08 Penn State @ Northwestern: Game of Losers.. Fun to Watch...
Thu 01/10/08 Illinois @ Wisconsin: Lets see how good Illini might or Might not be...
Sun 01/20/08 Michigan State @ Minnesota: Spartans meet up with Tubby in the Barn..
Sun 01/27/08 Michigan @ Michigan State: this will be an Ass Whipp'in on the Wolver-weenies...
Thu 01/31/08 Indiana @ Wisconsin: Great test for the Hoosiers...
Tue 02/05/08 Michigan @ Ohio State: scUm got Ass kicked in Football.. Now in BBall too…
Wed 02/13/08 Wisconsin @ Indiana: This will be a highlight reel game..
Tue 02/19/08 Northwestern @ Iowa: Whos a suckier team..? Maybe Meeechigan..
Sat 02/23/08 Wisconsin @ Ohio State: Lets see what Thad has up his Sleeve..
Watch any of the Spartan's last 7 games.. all will be good Contests...

Fun to watch the Season develop.. Follow the Big Ten Weekly Rankings at http://Blog.SpartyMSU.com

Sparty On !!!