Re: 2017/18 Hoops Thread - Unfinished Business.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-10-03, 15:52

Clarett's Folly wrote:
“I don’t have individual goals,” he said, “because I know that individual goals will come with team accomplishment.”

This dude...

That's like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-10-03, 16:34

Floyd Robertson wrote:
Clarett's Folly wrote:

This dude...

That's like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

Is that anything like a duck, wrapped in a chicken, wrapped in a turkey?

by Guest 2017-10-10, 12:04

SI's Player of the Year Projections: The 2017-18 Season's Top 10 Candidates

TIER 1: THE FAVORITES

1. Miles Bridges, Michigan State

The basics: 6' 7", 225 pounds, combo forward, sophomore
Projected raw statistics: 17.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.8 apg
Projected advanced statistics: 114.1 offensive rating, 26% usage

When Bridges elected last spring to return to East Lansing for his sophomore season, he at once reshuffled 2017 NBA draft lottery boards and put Michigan State on the short list of 2018 Final Four contenders. After making good on the expectations surrounding his status as the nation’s No. 10 recruit last season, Bridges will be the centerpiece of a stellar sophomore class (along with guard Cassius Winston, wing Joshua Langford and center Nick Ward) capable of bringing Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo his second national title. He scores efficiently from both sides of the arc, rebounds his position well and should appear on SportsCenter’s Top 10 at least a few times for a jaw-dropping dunk or a forceful rejection. The narrative allure of Bridges’s choice to buck the one-and-done path will help his cause.

by **InTenSity** 2017-10-10, 12:42

I'm so excited for BBall this year. I have one of those calm feelings I get sometimes when you just feel everything is going to work out for teh good guys.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-10-10, 14:17

InTenSity wrote:I'm so excited for BBall this year. I have one of those calm feelings I get sometimes when you just feel everything is going to work out for teh good guys.

Ain't nothin promised to nobody, so I'm going to sit back and enjoy the ride, hoping things end up the way we want them to.

by Guest 2017-10-12, 11:14

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Niyo: Another ‘lightning strike’ hits MSU with Jaren Jackson

Jackson has added nearly 20 pounds to bulk up to what he feels is an ideal weight — in the 240-245 range — for his freshman year. That’ll suit him well once the regular season starts next month and Jackson, with a stretch-four skill set and a 7-foot-4 wingspan, is called on to do a little bit of everything, whether it’s spacing the floor or crashing the boards.

“I’m confident in my ability to do a lot of different things,” Jackson said. “Whatever Coach wants, I got it.”

He’s got plenty of company, too. This might be Izzo’s most talented team. It’s also one of the biggest, so Jackson’s newfound strength is getting tested daily in practice against the likes of Nick Ward, Gavin Schilling and fellow freshman Xavier Tillman. And when he doesn’t measure up, or when he gets caught floating on the perimeter too much — “I’m 6-11 and sometimes that slips my mind for a second, surprisingly,” he said — he hears about it from Izzo and the rest of the coaching staff.

by Guest 2017-10-12, 11:28

Irrational exuberance.....

Couch: This is Tom Izzo's most gifted Michigan State basketball team, without question

The 1999 and 2000 teams had good talent, great veteran guards and phenomenal hunger and leadership. They didn’t have Bridges or Jackson. The 2005 Final Four team wasn’t in this class in terms of talent. Nor was the ’09 group. Same for the 2010 team, though that was one of Izzo’s best shots at a second national title because it was a weak Final Four that year.

The 2015 team, which made an improbable run through the East Region …

“This team right now would blow that team out of the water,” said redshirt junior Kenny Goins, a freshman on that team. “I’ve got mad respect for Travis Trice, Branden Dawson, Denzel Valentine, Bryn Forbes, all of those guys, Matt Costello. We had talent on that team. But to look around where we are now compared to how we were October of my freshman year, it’s night and day difference.”

by Guest 2017-10-14, 11:46

MSU bigs will battle 'for their lives’ in rotation

With Carter and Schilling both healthy and the arrival of freshmen 6-11 Jaren Jackson Jr. and 6-8 Xavier Tillman as well as 6-11 sophomore transfer Braden Burke, the practice intensity has picked up as each knows they have to prove they belong on the floor come game time.

“We go a lot harder,” Ward said. “It makes everybody better at the end of the day. We have seven, eight bigs, so this is going to make us better at the end of the day and makes us go harder. It’s a lot more competitive. It’s a lot harder to score. A lot more rebounds. Everything’s much more intense because of the number of bigs we have.”

by Guest 2017-10-17, 18:36

Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 5m5 minutes ago
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Tom Izzo: Jaren Jackson Jr. is potentially the best freshman I've ever had at Michigan State. STORY @FanRagSports:

NEWSTom Izzo | Jaren Jackson Jr potentially the best freshman I’ve had

by MattyFresh 2017-10-17, 18:40

LooseGoose wrote:Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 5m5 minutes ago
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Tom Izzo: Jaren Jackson Jr. is potentially the best freshman I've ever had at Michigan State. STORY @FanRagSports:

NEWSTom Izzo | Jaren Jackson Jr potentially the best freshman I’ve had

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by Guest 2017-10-17, 18:45

by Guest 2017-10-19, 13:08

MSU hoops No. 2 in coaches poll; UM, Oakland get votes

The stakes might just have been raised in the Michigan State men’s basketball team’s showdown with Duke next month.

The Spartans are No. 2 in the preseason coaches poll, released Thursday, trailing only the top-ranked Blue Devils. Michigan State and Duke meet Nov. 14 in the Champions Classic in Chicago, potentially setting up a showdown between No. 1 and No. 2.

Michigan and Oakland are unranked, but both received votes in the poll, collecting 13 and 19 points, respectively.

by **Death Roe** 2017-10-19, 13:13

Oakland received more votes than UM? Wow. Michigan Basketball is back.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-10-20, 16:28

Holy crap. Nice.

https://twitter.com/JRoseWXYZ/status/921470019007021056

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 16:30

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Holy crap. Nice.

https://twitter.com/JRoseWXYZ/status/921470019007021056

Holy crap, I am maybe in this video Shocked

edit: pretty cool place, I definitely recommend a walk through when anyone comes into EL, funniest thing to me while I was there was looking at Paul Davis looking at a giant picture of himself on the wall. It was kind of like watching Arnold Palmer make an Arnold Palmer but not as cool

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-10-20, 18:38

Kinda ironic Gilbert there with that scumbag trying to bring Izzo to the cavs

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-10-20, 21:24

Weird thing - not sure if this is just a thing they will change later but right now we have 2 January in conference games (IU and Wisconsin) scheduled for Friday nights. There is rarely if ever Friday night major conference hoops games. As a degenerate gambler who has placed way too many wagers on the Iona Gaels, I know this to be fact. Something change this year?

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-10-20, 21:27

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Weird thing - not sure if this is just a thing they will change later but right now we have 2 January in conference games (IU and Wisconsin) scheduled for Friday nights. There is rarely if ever Friday night major conference hoops games. As a degenerate gambler who has placed way too many wagers on the Iona Gaels, I know this to be fact. Something change this year?

As a fellow degenerate, I’d have to agree with you.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 21:32

Al Martin on the mic at midnight madness again 2017/18 Hoops Thread - Unfinished Business. - Page 11 2599972566

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-10-20, 21:39

MattyFresh wrote:Al Martin on the mic at midnight madness again

Who?

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 21:41

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
MattyFresh wrote:Al Martin on the mic at midnight madness again

Who?

probably the lowest level of local MSU media celebrity but he does have attributes.

http://wkar.org/people/al-martin#stream/0

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-10-20, 21:41

Matty can you periscope this shit? I'd like to watch it.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 21:57

swillmattyfresh

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 21:58

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Matty can you periscope this shit? I'd like to watch it.

twitter

swillmattyfresh

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 22:02

anyone? says 0 viewers

by Guest 2017-10-20, 22:05

MattyFresh wrote:anyone? says 0 viewers

So your ratings suck.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 22:06

LooseGoose wrote:
MattyFresh wrote:anyone? says 0 viewers

So your ratings suck.

I am up to 1, I think its WBH, he's my target audience.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 22:07

https://www.pscp.tv/SwillMattyFresh/1kvKpkNpAOXxE

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-10-20, 22:09

I watched your shit for a minute matty but then I left cause honestly midnight madness isn’t really my jam but I’ll watch again someday.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 22:11

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I watched your shit for a minute matty but then I left cause honestly midnight madness isn’t really my jam but I’ll watch again someday.

just as long as you can find me 2017/18 Hoops Thread - Unfinished Business. - Page 11 969504605

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 22:13

alright back to 0, I am cutting it short for now

by **Tim Wakefield** 2017-10-20, 22:34

I just followed tSwill on twitter. I expect a follow back

by **Turtleneck** 2017-10-20, 22:36

LooseGoose wrote:MSU hoops No. 2 in coaches poll; UM, Oakland get votes

The stakes might just have been raised in the Michigan State men’s basketball team’s showdown with Duke next month.

The Spartans are No. 2 in the preseason coaches poll, released Thursday, trailing only the top-ranked Blue Devils. Michigan State and Duke meet Nov. 14 in the Champions Classic in Chicago, potentially setting up a showdown between No. 1 and No. 2.

Michigan and Oakland are unranked, but both received votes in the poll, collecting 13 and 19 points, respectively.

Is this real information or is it fake?

by Guest 2017-10-20, 22:38

Turtleneck wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:MSU hoops No. 2 in coaches poll; UM, Oakland get votes

Is this real information or is it fake?

It would take minimal intelligence to determine that.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-10-20, 22:43

LooseGoose wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

Is this real information or is it fake?

It would take minimal intelligence to determine that.

Considering you cannot discern real from fake information, should you be commenting on the intelligence of others? Or can you discern, but choose to pass along fake information anyway? Honestly, I'm rooting for the former rather than the latter.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-10-20, 23:06

On skype with my director. :(

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-10-20, 23:13

I'm on now Matty, where you at.

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 23:18

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I'm on now Matty, where you at.

2017/18 Hoops Thread - Unfinished Business. - Page 11 276803595

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 23:20

https://www.pscp.tv/SwillMattyFresh/1yoKMMNrmwjKQ

by MattyFresh 2017-10-20, 23:34

j^3..............

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