sutomcat
No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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I thought Michigan State was unimpressive. They had a bunch of fat, physical big guys and some unremarkable guards. No play makers. Not much athletic ability or speed.
Their white guard who couldn't get open, couldn't shoot with a hand in his face and couldn't play defense. He just flopped whenever anyone came near him. Their white transfer was just a body out there. No talent.
I thought Bridges was a player of the year candidate. Seriously? He looked slow, indecisive and he couldn't shoot or drive.
They had no idea how to attack the zone and it really looked like they thought they could just throw bricks up all game long and win by getting offensive rebounds and followup scores from there. They didn't score much but a lot of their scores where 3 pointers off the backboard or shots just gotten off before a shot clock violation. I don't think they would finish in the top half of the ACC.
Props to Sidibe, who played a lot of minutes with Chukwu out and didn't kill us doing it. He got destroyed on the boards but he didn't give up a lot of points inside and gave us a chance to win.
Same to Bayer, whose block and tie up were huge plays. Impressed with his defense under tough circumstances.
Battle had a bad first half and never got in a groove shooting but he got a lot of points in the second half (16?) and carried us down the stretch when Frank fouled out. Izzo should have put heavy pressure on the ball then. Bad coaching on his part.
It was Brissett who responded when MSU had their spurt at the start of the 2nd half that threatened to blow the game open. He is getting a lot of big baskets for a true frosh, especially down the stretch of the season. He got manhandled underneath, like everyone else (for a long time it seemed like only Chukwu could get a rebound). but the kid has a lot of heart.
Frank got some really big baskets and played well defensively again.
All the timeouts and ref reviews helped the SU team get rest and hang on. Still can't believe the deflection under the basket that went off the MSU player's leg was called MSU ball. The replay clearly showed it deflect off the kid's leg. Ian Eagle needs to get his glasses checked (though I think he backed down when they showed the blown up frame with the ball on the kid's leg). Maybe we need a central office to review replays if the refs can't see things from the monitors available on the court.
Their white guard who couldn't get open, couldn't shoot with a hand in his face and couldn't play defense. He just flopped whenever anyone came near him. Their white transfer was just a body out there. No talent.
I thought Bridges was a player of the year candidate. Seriously? He looked slow, indecisive and he couldn't shoot or drive.
They had no idea how to attack the zone and it really looked like they thought they could just throw bricks up all game long and win by getting offensive rebounds and followup scores from there. They didn't score much but a lot of their scores where 3 pointers off the backboard or shots just gotten off before a shot clock violation. I don't think they would finish in the top half of the ACC.
Props to Sidibe, who played a lot of minutes with Chukwu out and didn't kill us doing it. He got destroyed on the boards but he didn't give up a lot of points inside and gave us a chance to win.
Same to Bayer, whose block and tie up were huge plays. Impressed with his defense under tough circumstances.
Battle had a bad first half and never got in a groove shooting but he got a lot of points in the second half (16?) and carried us down the stretch when Frank fouled out. Izzo should have put heavy pressure on the ball then. Bad coaching on his part.
It was Brissett who responded when MSU had their spurt at the start of the 2nd half that threatened to blow the game open. He is getting a lot of big baskets for a true frosh, especially down the stretch of the season. He got manhandled underneath, like everyone else (for a long time it seemed like only Chukwu could get a rebound). but the kid has a lot of heart.
Frank got some really big baskets and played well defensively again.
All the timeouts and ref reviews helped the SU team get rest and hang on. Still can't believe the deflection under the basket that went off the MSU player's leg was called MSU ball. The replay clearly showed it deflect off the kid's leg. Ian Eagle needs to get his glasses checked (though I think he backed down when they showed the blown up frame with the ball on the kid's leg). Maybe we need a central office to review replays if the refs can't see things from the monitors available on the court.