What a Weekend for Spartan BasketBall…

65 – 54 Thrashing of Pitt… The Spartans Rule, they worked as a TEAM, They played like SPARTANS !!!  Most thought Pitt would be too much for the Spartans…  But not the Faithfull..

It was a Tremendous Game !  Lucas, Neitzel, Suton were Studs. Shooting for 19, 21 and 14 points, Total between the 3 guys 54 points… Drew was 5 for 8 from 3 point land… Suton, the SPARTYMSU player of the game,  had 14 points and 9 Rebounds… Izzo went deep into the Bench, 10 players saw action. Idong had 13 rough minutes and 3 offensive rebounds, Travis played 23 minutes and had 4 rebounds…  Other Big Guy, Mr. PhD Candidate, the RedHeaded White Guy:  Naymick  7 Rebounds....

Everyone that hit the Hardwood Saturday Night played with Heart, Focus and Passion.  'Quise’s 5 minute contribution was stellar the way he defended Young !!

The concern is the 15 turnovers… This has been an issue all year and cannot be an issue against Memphis, since we all expect to be in the Elite 8 after this Friday’s Game….

How about One of Our Biggest Fans: Dicky V…
“ My Friends I told you that I thought Michigan State would beat Pittsburgh. I’m Telling you now, the party is over for Memphis. Michigan State is physical, they’re tough…I’m telling you  they go right now to the Elite Eight”

Right On Dicky V !!


How about a little Izzo Man crush….

2007 – 2008 is Izzo’s  13th year as Spartan Head Coach. Of those years, the last 11 straight he has gone to the NCAA tourney. Of those 11,  7 years (or  64% of the time, including this year) He has gone to the Sweet 16 or Higher… He has been to the Great 8 (5) times,  Final 4 (4) times, and NCCA Champs in 2000. And this season will only add to his record…!!!

Any Spartan player that has stayed (4) years has made it to a Final 4 Appearance…

Izzo is the Best Coach in the State of Michigan, and Arguably the Best in the Nation…

Other important Facts…
By winning percentage, our Big TEN leads all conferences with multiple entries in the Tournament….
Big Ten (4 teams Started the NCAA Tourney, 2 on to Sweet 16 play; Record of Games played: 5-2 )

Pac-10 (6, 3 left; 6-3)
Big East (8, 3 left; 10-5) Can you say Over Rated ??
Big 12 (6, 2 left; 7-4)
Atlantic Coast (4, 1 left; 4-3) Another  Overrated Conferences…
Atlantic 10 (3, 1 left; 3-3);
Southeastern (6, 1 left; 4-5) Still Another  Overrated Conference…
Sun Belt (2, 1 left; 2-1)
West Coast (3, 0 left; 1-3)
Mountain West (2, 0 left; 1-2).

On to Houston to Take on Memphis…. This Friday Night, March 28......

Sparty ON !!!

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