Preseason Musings: What's Left to Say?
theonlycolors.com 11/5/2009 — OR "Previewing the Season by Reviewing the Offseason" With just barely more than a week until the regular season basketball opener, I feel like I should be providing more in the way of preview-like substance around here.  But, frankly, after seven months of offseason basketball blogging, ...

Michigan State Basketball Preview: #3
collegehoopsnet.com 11/9/2009 —   Overall Rank: #3 Conference Rank: #1 Big Ten Conference   2008-09: 31-7, 15-3 2008-09 postseason: NCAA Coach: Tom Izzo (336-137 at Michigan State, 336-137 overall)   Michigan State was one game away from winning a National ...

MSU Green-White Basketball Scrimmage Recap
theonlycolors.com 10/26/2009 — Yay, basketball!  A sport that doesn't make us think about sharp objects!   The lineup format for the scrimmage was first team (Green) vs. second team (White).  The starting lineup for the Green team--and, therefore, the presumed opening game lineup at this point--was ...

Michigan State Basketball Preview: Izzo Hopes to Take Spartans Back to Indianapolis
midwestsportsfans.com 11/4/2009 — The last time Michigan State won a national championship was the 2000 season…in Indianapolis. Nearly a decade later, the Final Four returns to Indianapolis and the Spartans are hoping for a case of dèjà vu. Last season the Spartans almost fulfilled a dream season but fell just ...

Rockets are Good for What Ails Delvon Roe: Michigan State 75 Toledo 62
theonlycolors.com 11/21/2009 — More photos » by Al Goldis - AP The old "pass the ball to the guy whose man is already boxing him out" trick. Browse more photos » [Note: I watched this game in a somewhat ...

Preview: Michigan State Spartans vs. Grand Valley State Lakers
theonlycolors.com 11/9/2009 — More photos » by Al Goldis - AP "Calm down, folks. It's another exhibition game." Browse more photos » Your MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS vs. the GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKERS THE ...

Preseason Musings: Depth
theonlycolors.com 10/28/2009 — Depth ratio, as formulated last June : Depth Ratio = (minutes played by top two players) / (minutes played by 8th and 9th players) This ratio allows us to compare a single number across different teams and captures two key aspects of having depth: Not relying too heavily on one or two ...

340 and Counting: Michigan State 90 Valparaiso 60
theonlycolors.com 11/23/2009 — More photos » by Al Goldis - AP Record, all-time wins by head coach, Michigan State University: 340 (tie), George Melvin Heathcote and Thomas Izzo (pictured). Browse more photos »  ...

Can't Handle the Pressure: Florida 77, Michigan State 74
theonlycolors.com 11/28/2009 — More photos » by Mel Evans - AP Some personal space, please! Browse more photos » In two years of blogging about this basketball team, I'm pretty sure I've never said ...

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
theonlycolors.com 12/16/2009 — Why is it the most wonderful time of the year? Well, among other reasons, because individual tempo-free numbers are up at KenPom ! It's obviously still very early--with just 400 minutes of basketball under the belts of the 2009-10 Spartan basketball team (and only 120 of those against ...

Wolf Pack rush over Spartans — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 11/9/2009
Colin Kaepernick ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns to lead visiting Nevada to a 62-7 romp over San Jose State on Sunday night. With the nation's 118th-ranked rushing defense, the Spartans were in trouble from the start against the first-ranked ...

Michigan St. cruises in preseason finale (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News 11/10/2009
Kalin Lucas had 18 points and Draymond Green added 15 points and 11 rebounds in No. 2 Michigan State?s final exhibition game, a 76-53 victory over Grand Valley State on Monday night. The Spartans again played without Raymar Morgan, who suffered a ...

One More Victory and Sparty Goes Bowling — Bleacher Report - College Football 11/10/2009
As the college football season (sadly) concludes in less than two weeks, many programs are doing their best to differentiate themselves from everybody else.   Some are leaving starters in longer to accumulate bigger scoring margins, while some ...

SN's NCAA Tournament predictions — Latest Sporting News Articles for College Basketball 11/10/2009
Sporting News See also: SN's projected NCAA Tournament field No. 1 seeds Kansas Kentucky Michigan State West Virginia No. 2 seeds Duke North Carolina Purdue  ...

2009-10 College Basketball Preview: Awards and Tournament Predictions — Bleacher Report - College Basketball 11/10/2009
John Wall, New York Knick, 2010. Player of the Year 1) John Wall, G - Kentucky, Fr. 2) Sherron Collins, G - Kansas, Sr. 3) Luke Harangody, F - Notre Dame, Sr. 4) Kalin Lucas, G - Michigan State, Jr. 5) Cole Aldrich, C - ...