Into the second half now, and not much has changed. Gonzaga is hanging around, though it just doesn't seem possible they can hold on for twelve more minutes. Their best player is a German guy who is 5-14 from the field. Michigan State appears to be getting killed on the boards, but in reality they're out-rebounding the Zags by four. As I write this, they take their first lead, but Gonzaga comes right back. Sacre! Bouldin! German Guy!
Furthermore, as a Gopher fan, I'm scared to even mention his name, but future NBA superstar Durrell Summers has eleven rebounds so far. ELEVEN! No one else on the team has more than five, and Michigan State's two crappy centers have four between them. Summers also had a super-athletic play where he blocked a dunk and got a jump ball called.
On the other hand, he (like everyone on MSU, apparently) cannot figure out how to get his feet behind the three-point line. This team leads the world in twenty-foot two-pointers.
Still, Summers: You can work on that in the pros. Please leave early. We are scared of you.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that Tennessee played UT-Asheville today. At one point in the first half, they led 47-6. The final was 124-49. Does it make me kind of a sadistic person that I think I would have enjoyed watching that?
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plus, as you were posting this, the dunk-and-one over sacre. PRO SCOUTS LOVE IT!
ReplyDeletethe officiating in this game has been just godawful. was that a clean block that got called as a foul on morgan? yes. was there no way that was goaltending on sacre? clearly. i mean, i love kalin lucas, but those were terrible shots, and it wasn't even close to the cylinder.
ReplyDeletereally, has Izzo let them know that the 3-point line is more than just a suggestion, I can't agree with aaron more on this one
ReplyDeleteThat goaltend call looked unbelievable live, but the above-the-rim replay made it look like the ball could possibly have been in the cylinder.
ReplyDeleteStill, the block/charge call is just something that no ref really understands.
Though I was happy to see the no-call on the jump-into-the-defender call at the end of the first half. We have to decide as a country that we are not going to bail out shooters in that situation.
and, as you post that, Summers jumps into a player and gets the basket and the call
ReplyDeletedelvon roe: 5 fouls, 0 points. i think when horses perform that bad in racing, you put them down. i will give him this one game to play this shitty. if he keeps it up, i will retract my love for delvon roe (draymond green, you're still awesome).
ReplyDeletewait, did i just compare one of our black players to a horse? most racist thing on this blog...
aaron, i like that we've watched enough college basketball together that you and i are on the same page as to how to get rid of dominating big men: drive to the basket, force them to defend you, and get them in foul trouble. it's so fundamental, and yet teams don't do it nearly enough. MSU has done a decent job of it, but goddamn does gonzaga have a lot of big men. we've gotten 2 out of the game, and they just keep bringing in more. also, summers is putting on a damn clinic. i would have his babies, no homo.
ReplyDeleteMichigan St. wins, and now for Adam's second favorite thing...Dicky V!!!!!
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