Request: The Floor Slapping Sequence

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March 4th, 2013 at 12:57 AM
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G.W. Mclintock
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Request: The Floor Slapping Sequence
In reading through the post game thread and the snowflakes thread, a few requests (including my own) for the sequential Sparty floor slap and the subsequent Burkian floor slap were made.
I was wondering if anyone had come across that in gif or video.

From Nix: "We did it a lot my freshman year, but we do it more this year than any year I've been here," Nix said. "We did it more this year because that's what we pride ourselves on. "Not saying that other (Spartans) teams didn't, but when it's time to sit down, that's what time it is. It's just a discipline thing. It's a feel that everybody else on the court does. Once it's time to slap the floor, they knew we're about to sit down."

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March 4th, 2013 at 1:11 AM | I feel like Burke was mocking (Score:5 Normal)
UMxWolverines
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I feel like Burke was mocking msu doing it. They looked like a bunch of idiots doing it all of a sudden. 

"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"

March 4th, 2013 at 1:17 AM | I thought so too (Score:5 Normal)
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And right in front of their bench. It appeared Beilein was "discussing" that with Trey on that timeout.

March 4th, 2013 at 1:32 AM | He was. Three of them did it (Score:5 Normal)
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He was. Three of them did it in sequence. It was awesome trolling of a ridiculous thing.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

March 4th, 2013 at 4:24 AM | All Of The Slapping (Score:5 Normal)
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March 4th, 2013 at 9:04 AM | Thanks (Score:1)
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Appreciated

March 4th, 2013 at 9:56 AM | Good God Trey Burke was so hype... (Score:1)
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The first time he slaps the floor and I can still feel it. He even gets back up and walks towards the Michigan PG like "GAME ON, BITCH!"

...also I saw the 3 Michigan players do it, but I didn't notice that one was Robinson. That's pretty big because he's the last person you'd expect to do this (Stauskas #1 by a long shot).

Anyway, I'd love to get a zoom on Burke's first slap and reaction.

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March 4th, 2013 at 1:36 PM | The problem with all this is (Score:2)
DY
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The problem with all this is after that timeout, State promptly cut down our 8-point lead and tied the game. If you're going to slap the floor, you actually have to play the defense. The much better response is just scoring in their face after they do the floor slap.

March 4th, 2013 at 2:24 PM | Except Stauskas is exactly the type (Score:1)
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to be involved with those kind of theatrics and I love it! I'm Baaaaack!

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March 4th, 2013 at 10:04 AM | Nix's reason is bullshit... (Score:1)
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We sit down and play defense after we slap the floor?

Ugh...you stood RIGHT back up and watched Burke blow past you.

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March 4th, 2013 at 10:32 AM | Missed Morgan's floor slap (Score:1)
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this cut is great, but it missed my favorite Michigan floor slap - right after the 5 sparty sequence slaps, Trey makes the layup and you can clearly see Jordan Morgan slap the floor from his "pick" position...

GO BLUE!

March 4th, 2013 at 1:20 PM | Boo. That misses my favorite (Score:2)
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Boo. That misses my favorite part of the floor-slapping sequence: Burke getting a layup after all the Spartans slapped the floor, and then Morgan slapping the floor after it went in.

(Nothing against you. I know you just embedded the BTN highlights, so someone else editted that part out. So boo them.)

March 4th, 2013 at 3:14 PM | Young team (Score:2)
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but Michigan "gets it".  A bit more subtle but Trey still tells sparty to GTFOMC ala Darius Morris.

March 4th, 2013 at 1:14 AM | Best Part (Score:5 Normal)
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All 5 MSU players slapped the floor and Burke beats his man and gets a layup. Then MSU turns the ball over and leads to a GR3 dunk. So much for solid defense. 

March 4th, 2013 at 1:22 AM | It's towards the end of this (Score:4 Normal)
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It's towards the end of this video, his subtler version of "get the fuck off my court":

 

March 4th, 2013 at 1:37 AM | Is the MSU floor slapping in (Score:2)
julesh
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Is the MSU floor slapping in there? I found the Burke one (at about 4:07), but I haven't found the MSU one yet.

March 4th, 2013 at 1:42 AM | No. Neither is in that video. (Score:5 Normal)
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No. Neither is in that video. Msu did like a 5 man floor slap. Then trey did 2 or 3 right in front of izzo. It was glorious.

March 4th, 2013 at 1:23 AM | All of this floor slapping=defensive intensity... (Score:3 Normal)
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brings up a question in my mind. Do we win this game if Stauskas is on the floor late instead of Caris???

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March 4th, 2013 at 1:26 AM | depends if he is in the game (Score:4 Normal)
switch26
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depends if he is in the game does he make two or three, 3 pointers?

March 4th, 2013 at 2:37 AM | Hate to say it, but I don't (Score:5 Normal)
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Hate to say it, but I don't think so. It's something I was thinking about all game.



I think this game really exposed Nik as our main defensive weakness (along with the hedges of non-Morgan big men). Nik gets beat too often off the dribble and forces other guys to help, leading to a lot of our defensive breakdowns. State definitely didn't have as many open looks (especially in half court) as our opponents have had in the last month or so.



I think LeVert needs to get some more minutes, which will hopefully lead to his offense becoming a bit more refined and maybe it will give Stauskas some fresher legs as well.

March 4th, 2013 at 5:31 AM | You may be right, but I would (Score:2 Normal)
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You may be right, but I would venture to guess that Stauskas would have hit a few threes as well. He wouldn't have been guarding Harris or Appling, so any points he gave up in this game probably would have been eclipsed by his offense.

 

Lavert was solid, though. Especially for a true freshman who came in way under the radar.

March 4th, 2013 at 11:07 AM | One problem (Score:1)
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Stauskas started the game defending Harris. There's no reason to think that wasn't a large part of the game plan.

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March 4th, 2013 at 7:44 AM | I think Stauskas getting (Score:2 Normal)
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I think Stauskas getting pegged as our big weakness defensively is not really fair. He leads us in +/- average and has been in the positive in every game except for @OSU and @MSU

In comparison Lavert in 20 games played has been in the negetive 5 times and zero 3 times

March 4th, 2013 at 9:27 AM | You're not really comparing (Score:3 Normal)
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You're not really comparing apples to apples by looking at straight +/-. Lavert's minutes come more when the other backups are in so his +/- is probably a bit deflated and Stauskas' inflated b/c he plays with all the starters more. Besides, none of us needs this stat to see all the times Stauskas has gotten beaten too easily or failed to rotate quickly to help.

March 4th, 2013 at 9:56 AM | You'll get no where.... (Score:1)
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.....thinking about "what ifs." Be happy that we have solid depth.  If you tell me before the game that Stauskus leaves with an injury after only 4 minutes of game time and that Morgan fouls out with 3 minutes remaining, I wonder how the hell we keep the game close, much less win.

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March 4th, 2013 at 1:35 AM | That Hardaway to GRIII alley (Score:5 Normal)
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That Hardaway to GRIII alley oop was awesome.

March 4th, 2013 at 2:02 AM | I would like (Score:5 Normal)
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to know what Izzo said to Hardaway when it looked like Hardaway went over to listen to Izzo and Appling.

 

Michigan got in their heads a little, unfortunately it may have lit the fire for their comeback in the last 4 minutes.

March 4th, 2013 at 2:06 AM | I'm sure it was something (Score:5 Normal)
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I'm sure it was something like, "get away, i'm talking to Keith."

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March 4th, 2013 at 2:10 AM | Izzo was asked about this in (Score:4 Normal)
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Izzo was asked about this in the post game video on UMHoops.com. He started to answer then just said "he's a good player...a good kid" about Hardaway.

March 4th, 2013 at 6:23 AM | People on Twitter are saying (Score:2 Normal)
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People on Twitter are saying Hardaway was trying to listen in on what Izzo was telling Appling, and Izzo basically told Hardaway to go away/stop trying to eavesdrop.

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March 4th, 2013 at 11:09 AM | Video? (Score:0 Overrated)
March 4th, 2013 at 2:08 AM | On BTN's B1G and Beyond (Score:3 Normal)
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On BTN's B1G and Beyond tonight they highlighted both floor slap moments.

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March 4th, 2013 at 2:33 AM | I'll take the win, but let's (Score:1 Normal)
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I'll take the win, but let's also remember we almost choked this game away by allowing a 10 pt lead to be cut to 3 in 90 seconds. Burke saved the day on a great steal, that probably had a little to do with Appling not being secure and Burke/coaches noticing a tendency in film/play. The win feels great, but I'm still nervous about the tournament.

March 4th, 2013 at 7:15 AM | That's not something you see (Score:2)
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That's not something you see on film. Mainly Burke taking advantage of Appling's ineptness.

March 4th, 2013 at 3:26 AM | http://btn.com/2013/03/03/tra (Score:5 Normal)
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http://btn.com/2013/03/03/track-today-no-10-michigan-state-at-no-4-michigan/

First video below the pictures.  Start at 1:10.

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March 4th, 2013 at 4:16 AM | nice (Score:1 Redundant)
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nice

March 4th, 2013 at 7:37 AM | Once it's time to (Score:4 Normal)
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"Once it's time to slap the floor, they knew we're about to sit down."

That's funny, my dog likes to spin in a circle twice before he sits down. I didn't realize he meant he was about to defend the shit out of me.

March 4th, 2013 at 7:41 AM | Sparty should not steal (Score:1)
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Sparty should not steal things from Duke.  I've met Duke (recalling something like a Duke 24-0 opening on UM at Cameron a decade ago) and Sparty you are no Duke.

March 4th, 2013 at 9:54 AM | Free time (Score:2 Interesting)
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If anyone has enough free time to splice MSU's clapping to the Miley Cyrus Boom boom clap, boomdee claptee clap song. Then our clapping to Queen's "We Will Rock You." That would be great.  Disclaimer: I have 3 girls and thus am in the know of the Miley Cyrus song.

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March 4th, 2013 at 10:28 AM | Why can't (Score:2 Normal)
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we all just get along?

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March 4th, 2013 at 10:35 AM | Gif version? (Score:2)
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for those of us with blocked video streaming at our offices, is this in Gif format yet somewhere? Or do I just have to wait for Ace to make OFAAT?  There should be a ton of great stuff for that this week.

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March 4th, 2013 at 11:11 AM | dave revsine is priceless.. (Score:1)
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"Channeling their inner Steve Wojchiehowski (sic), the FLOOR SLAP. . ."  love it. . .

March 4th, 2013 at 12:11 PM | It reminds me of when (Score:2)
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It reminds me of when Spartans hold up the 4 fingers for the 4th quarter during that winning streak we had over them, as if they actually would finish in the 4th.

Touchdown Michigan!

March 4th, 2013 at 3:25 PM | Adreian Payne (Score:2)
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Gives a piss poor floor slap which allows his man to alley oop on the next possession.

Sparty really needs to practice this drill this week.  It's a glaring weak spot and will expose them come tourney time.

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