Big Ten Basketball is underway. Our team at TSR will release our weekly Big Ten Power Rankings on Tuesday mornings. Below are the consensus rankings from our seven-voter panel. The individual voting tallies are at the bottom. RANKINGS Purdue (95 points, 3 first place votes, Best: 1st, Worst: 2nd, LW: 1) Michigan (93 points, 3 first place votes, Best: 1st, Worst: 3rd, LW: 2) Illinois … Continue reading Big Ten Power Rankings 11/16/21
**This Week in the Big Ten will be a feature that Sam will produce weekly, taking a look at the state of B1G basketball** #4 Iowa(12-2, 6-1) KenPom #3 (1st AdjO eff, 69th AdjD eff) Last week: 96-73 W at Northwestern This week: Thursday vs Indiana The Hawkeyes are now in a tie for first in the league, thanks to Minnesota’s drubbing of Michigan on … Continue reading This Week in the Big Ten (1/19)
**This Week in the Big Ten will be a feature that Sam will produce weekly, taking a look at the state of B1G basketball** #7 Michigan (10-0 Overall, 5-0 BIG) KenPom #7 (AdjO 6, AdjD 18) Last week: 82-57 W vs Minnesota, This week: Tuesday vs Wisconsin, Saturday at Minnesota Michigan takes a big step up in weight classes when it plays it’s first Kenpom … Continue reading This Week in the Big Ten (1/12)
On Tuesday night, the Spartans were back in action against Rutgers. They came out with a 68-45 win, moving their B1G record to 2-3. Our reactions from the game: NICK I was stunned to see zero Julius Marble in this game. He is a big presence, and could have provided some valuable minutes against a post threat like Myles Johnson. It’s been interesting to follow … Continue reading MSU Basketball: Reactions from a Win over Rutgers
Michigan State took to the road and fell in Minneapolis by a score of 81-56 to the Golden Gophers. The Spartans now fall to 0-3 in conference play and have sole possession of last place in the Big Ten. ZT gives his quick reactions to the defeat below: People were talking about the Northwestern loss being one of Izzo’s worst, which obviously it was not, … Continue reading MSU Basketball: Reactions to Spartans Loss to Minnesota
The Michigan State Spartans played their first ever Christmas Day basketball game, as they hosted the Wisconsin Badgers. For the first time since the Devin Harris game of 2004, the Badgers left East Lansing victorious, snapping a twelve-game losing streak at the Breslin Center. Our TSR team delivers our immediate reactions to the defeat: NICK The green/red jersey combo was a perfect idea for Christmas. … Continue reading MSU Basketball: Reactions to the Spartans’ Loss Against Wisconsin
**Each week, the TSR team will file the Mitten Report, an in-depth look at college basketball around the great state of Michigan.** MICHIGAN STATE (6-1, 0-1 B1G) The Spartans only had one game this week. On Sunday, they travelled to Evanston to start Big Ten play against the Northwestern Wildcats. Michigan State looked lethargic, playing poorly for the entirety of the contest. The Spartans lost … Continue reading Mitten Hoop Scoop (12/22)
Michigan State started B1G play on Sunday night with a road trip to Evanston to face off against Northwestern. The Spartans’ quest for a four-peat got off to a rocky start in a 79-65 defeat to the Wildcats. Boo Buie led all scorers with 30 points for Northwestern, as the Wildcats hit 10/21 shots from deep. Pete Nance (15) and Ty Berry (12) were also … Continue reading MSU Basketball: Reactions to the Spartans’ Loss at Northwestern
The Michigan State Spartans played six non-conference games this season. With a conference game against Northwestern on the horizon for Sunday, we sat down and awarded grades and reviews to each of the fifteen players on the roster, listed here in numerical order, for their play in non-conference action. #0 Aaron Henry Nick: A-; Henry has been a fantastic player so far this season. The … Continue reading MSU Basketball: Non-Conference Player Reviews
**Each week, the TSR team will file the Mitten Report, an in-depth look at college basketball around the great state of Michigan.** Michigan State (6-0) The Spartans had their Tuesday game at Virginia cancelled due to COVID. They hosted Oakland on Sunday in their lone game played, and the Spartans won 109-91. It was an impressive display of offense that saw the team shoot 51.3% … Continue reading Mitten Hoop Scoop (12/14)
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