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Michigan v. MSU Postgame Thread (discussion)
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:23 PM
#1
Michigan v. MSU Postgame Thread (discussion)
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:24 PM
#2
I'm posting this in each postgame thread. I don't care.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:35 PM
#3
In the OP's defense...
There are 126 posts here besides yours as I write this one, so somebody must care.
March 3rd, 2013 at 9:37 PM
#4
Considering it's Tater, I don't know why I waste my time, but...
You're misinterpreting my comment. At the time of posting that picture, there were about 7 post game threads. The "I don't care" portion was in regards to the fact that I posted it in every single thread regardless of the redundancy of the gif.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:25 PM
#5
I love
It when I'm wrong! Go Blue. Two words...Trey. Burke.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:25 PM
#6
Stauskas - was he injured?
Stauskas - was he injured?
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:27 PM
#7
He got 12 stitches on his face
He only played in the first few minutes before he was cut.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:18 PM
#8
There's your problem right
There's your problem right there. Stiches are an ineffecient way to heal wounds. The team doctor's should've known to just rub some dirt on it, he'd be back out there in minutes.
~Herm
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:49 PM
#9
Brian Regan
Get some leaves!
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:47 PM
#10
Elbow to the eye...12
Elbow to the eye...12 sticthes...he came back to the bench at the end of the first half, not sure if he was on the bench for the second half
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:55 PM
#11
He was not on the bench for
He was not on the bench for the second half
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:26 PM
#12
Go Ohio beat the hoosiers?
Go Ohio beat the hoosiers?
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:30 PM
#13
That's not out of the question
It would give us a shot at a split of the crown. But I have a sneaky feeling IU is gonna come out a little motivated to win it on their home court.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:36 PM
#14
Fucking Penn St.
Ugh...makes that loss hurt that much more. We were controlling our own destiny. Now we need Ohio to help us...AGAIN (first time was them beating State at home).
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:42 PM
#15
yuck
who spit in your cereal?
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:46 PM
#16
You did.
I don't think there's anyone on this board that's not equally as pissed about PSU as they are happy about MSU. It's call being a fan and the harsh reality of sports.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:38 PM
#17
I'm not pissed
If the alternative was beating PSU and losing to evil Sparty, I'll take what happened this year every time.
It's basketball; shit happens.
March 3rd, 2013 at 10:47 PM
#18
I get your point...but...
That analogy/scenario makes no sense.
Who would take a road win over the worst team in the conference over a victory at home vs. a hated rival and top 10 team in the country?
So that wasn't the alternative as you put it, of course you'll take what happened, we all would.
I'd take that win over any of our losses for that matter, including the loss @ IU. Beating a rival and a top 10 team just means so much more IMO.
March 4th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
#19
I get your point...but...
That analogy/scenario makes no sense.
Who would take a road win over the worst team in the conference over a victory at home vs. a hated rival and top 10 team in the country?
So that wasn't the alternative as you put it, of course you'll take what happened, we all would.
I'd take that win over any of our losses for that matter, including the loss @ IU. Beating a rival and a top 10 team just means so much more IMO.
You're still a moron and it still doesn't make sense. No one in their right mind would take a PSU win over MSU.
March 3rd, 2013 at 10:01 PM
#20
nope.
sorry you are a pessimist...
I tend to focus on the good.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:38 PM
#23
title share
Would then result in a four way sharing of the big ten championship when we beat Indiana. Has that ever happened before?
edit: It happened in 1926 (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Purdue).
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:27 PM
#26
Ugly as hell but sweet at the same time.
That was ugly as hell but a much needed win. I never thought I would see Michigan win a game, let alone against a top 10 team, without making a single 3-point shot. The best thing that I saw was fight and defensive intensity. Michigan played defense with intensity for 40 minutes. Sparty played awful on offense but so did we. Our defensive intensity kept us in and allowed us to pull it out. Now, we just need to put some offense and defense together to get it going in the right direction next week. Go Blue!!!!
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:43 PM
#27
Wow, we didn't make a 3?!
Didn't know that.
That said, this could be a good thing. To beat a team like this when we don't play well, I take that as a glass half full type thing.
I thought we executed an offense (in stretches) better today than we have in a loooong time. Just multiple guys touching the ball, back cuts, etc. We did a much better job of running motion rather than relying 100% on Burke creating.
March 4th, 2013 at 10:13 AM
#28
Wow, we didn't make a 3?!
Didn't know that. That said, this could be a good thing. To beat a team like this when we don't play well, I take that as a glass half full type thing. I thought we executed an offense (in stretches) better today than we have in a loooong time. Just multiple guys touching the ball, back cuts, etc. We did a much better job of running motion rather than relying 100% on Burke creating.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:44 PM
#29
Exactly!
Well said. Feels like we outslowed them but got it done.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:53 PM
#30
Sparty offense
There are a pretty bad offensive team. Tons of talent, but poor PG play kills them.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:12 PM
#31
12 stitches and he sat out.
12 stitches and he sat out.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:27 PM
#32
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssss!!!!!
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:27 PM
#33
Wins game despite being
Wins game despite being O-fer from 3 pt range. Most pts in paint MSU has allowed all year. No part of that makes sense but WOOOOO
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:27 PM
#34
Wondering people's thoughts
Wondering people's thoughts on letting MSU back in the game at the end. How much of it was the refs fault?
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:30 PM
#35
84%
When Burke missed the layup to go 12 I got a sinking feeling. Then ther refs went haywire for 2 minutes and it was a game. When they got a 3 pt play out of Costello's 1 ft airball, I thought we were doomed.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:38 PM
#36
Same here. I liked him
Same here. I liked him taking the shot but when he somehow missed it I had some bad premonitions. Possible 12 point lead then got widdled down to 3 and then tied eventually.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:09 PM
#37
Methinks an oop to Robinson
would have been the easier play. But I still expected Trey to make the dipsy-doo.
March 3rd, 2013 at 9:17 PM
#38
Hate to be spelling Nazi but
You just dealt a body blow to my soul. Widdled?!?!?!? The word you've heard in conversation but never seen in print is 'whittled.'
March 4th, 2013 at 3:39 AM
#39
Thanks. I know this is
Thanks. I know this is redundant and probably unbelieveable (considering that gem above) but I'm a bit of a grammar/spelling nazi myself. Earlier when I typed that post I was going to go back and figure out how to actually spell that (in the heat of the moment I drew a blank on how to spell the damn word, it happens*), and edit the post. I forgot.
*For example I tried to spell Cincinnati a few months back and literally had no idea how it was actually spelled, ya know, all those n's, c's, and t's.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:34 PM
#40
Yeah, maybe I am just being a
Yeah, maybe I am just being a party pooper, but my joy over winning is being seriously tempered by letting them get back in the game at the end. I think it was a mix of taking our foot of the accelerator, the refs, and making some bad decisions. I am happy we won obviously, but I am having a hard time getting over being pissed the f*** off that we let them back into the game at the end. I wish we could just really step on a good teams throat when given the chance instead of squeeking by like this.
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:40 PM
#41
OK
Actually,. "Rather be on BA," you ARE being a party pooper. Please report to the restroom on the concourse...
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:32 PM
#42
Missed layup was deflating
Make your layup and you're up 12 points with 4:30 to go and the crowd going bonkers.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:32 PM
#43
Probably 95% our fault,
Probably 95% our fault, really. I didn't like some of the calls, but our sloppy play put us in that position to almost gag the game away.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:37 PM
#44
^
Yup. We shot ourselves silly in the last few minutes. The lane violation on the free throw amidst a five-point MSU play would've loomed huge if we lost. Some sloppy ball handling. Missed FT's. Defensive rebounding.
Energetic defense made up for the other sloppy mistakes, though. That's the kind of defensive intensity I'd like to see carry through for the rest of the season.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:35 PM
#45
Sparty knows how to fight
Sparty knows how to fight hard. They do deserve a little credit for going hard the whole time.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:41 PM
#46
Who cares. Let's beat the
Who cares. Let's beat the Hoosiers and win this conference.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:44 PM
#47
They've got to lose first...
We're 2 games back.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:57 PM
#48
Not sure why this is relevant?
They come in our building...slapping our floor...and lost.
Why do I need to be gracious towards them?
I'm not saying we need to be all "fuck Sparty" and sore winners...but why can't we talk about OUR team and not give a shit about how hard the other team played?
March 3rd, 2013 at 8:33 PM
#49
Yep.
They played hard, but still lost.
Get the fuck off our court, Sparty.
March 3rd, 2013 at 7:42 PM
#50
Glad you brought this up...
I know I wasn't the only one down and ready to say "well Trey, you lost this one for us...I'm not going to yell, kick, scream because you've won MANY more for us...but this one is on you."
He was making terrible decisions with the ball. He missed a wide open Hardaway in the corner, he should've given the ball up to GRIII on a fast break, he tried to spin in the lane in a double team, he committed a terrible foul 28 feet from the basket. It was a horrifying 3-4 minutes.
Then out of nowhere...he flipped the switch and was just as good as he was bad for that small stretch.
In the end, that's what we're going to get. I just hope he learns to trust his teammates more. If he's got the ball in his hands, it's his decision to make. Make the right/smart one.
He has every right to get upset if we go down the floor and he never touches the ball and we take a bad shot. But there's nothing wrong with HIM making the decision for someone else to shoot.
I hope he learns from this game because we're going to need a total team effort if we're going to make this Final 4 run. I still believe.
As bad as that stretch was, we still have Trey Burke and no one else does. Advantage...us.
March 4th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
#51
Glad you brought this up...
I know I wasn't the only one down and ready to say "well Trey, you lost this one for us...I'm not going to yell, kick, scream because you've won MANY more for us...but this one is on you."
He was making terrible decisions with the ball. He missed a wide open Hardaway in the corner, he should've given the ball up to GRIII on a fast break, he tried to spin in the lane in a double team, he committed a terrible foul 28 feet from the basket. It was a horrifying 3-4 minutes.
Then out of nowhere...he flipped the switch and was just as good as he was bad for that small stretch.
In the end, that's what we're going to get. I just hope he learns to trust his teammates more. If he's got the ball in his hands, it's his decision to make. Make the right/smart one.
He has every right to get upset if we go down the floor and he never touches the ball and we take a bad shot. But there's nothing wrong with HIM making the decision for someone else to shoot.
I hope he learns from this game because we're going to need a total team effort if we're going to make this Final 4 run. I still believe.
As bad as that stretch was, we still have Trey Burke and no one else does. Advantage...us.
