"But if Michigan would have won, Trey Burke would have been God" - Nix

Good Lord. Is life as a Spartan THAT miserable? They just blew us out of the gym and Nix is whining like a 6 year old.

Boo hoo.

Sparty doesn't seem to understand that it does the Lil Bro thing to itself. They find ways to whine and bitch about everything when it comes to Michigan. Grow up, man. You beat your archrival by 20+ points. Is that not good enough for you?

Is not the first nor will it be the last time Nix says something stupid

Little brother sounds a little mad. Why do you think you earned that name Nix?

I think he has a little bit of a point in general. MSU was not playing well at the beginning of the season and the media has been slow to pick up on the fact that they are playing pretty well right now. The Miami loss looks a lot better. Wins @WI, Kansas, OSU and over us is pretty impressive. 

But he didn't do himself any favors with that absurd Oladipo vs. Dawson comparison. Let's see Oladipo is making 67% of his 2P shots and 52% of his 3s. Meanwhile Dawson has made 57% of his 2s and has yet to make a 3 this season. Oladipa gets to the line a lot more (46 FT rate vs 33 for Dawson) and shots 75% there vs. 55% by Dawson. Oladipo's assist rate is about 50% higher than Dawon's. Dawson has a slightly higher DReb rate, Oladipo a hair better at ORebs. Dawson with a few more blocks and Oladipo with a few more steals. Both with a lot of turnovers. Overall though they are not in the same ballpark. Oladipo is #1 in the country in Total Shooting and Dawson is #361. Dawson's a solid player but Oladipo has been insanely efficient offensively and is worthy of national player of the year consideration. 

Maybe future recruits/students will see this and realize that's just life as Sparty...and go somewhere else

I always thought of this as Sparty in a nutshell:

Maybe it's because not a lot of people outside of the state of Michigan care about you and MSU Nix? Miami is playing as well as anyone right now and you're not hearing a lot. I doubt the appetite for Miami hoops is large outside of southern Florida (probably not even in Florida as well). Indiana, Duke, and Michigan, have national fanbases. You're going to hear about them when they make noise. Kentucky is having a down year but you still hear about them. Sucks to suck Sparty.

Wow, just totally sums up joining their ranks.  Pitiful.

State and Izzo are reeling. Izzo knows that he is losing his grip on Michigan. For over 10 years everyone has talked about Michigan state in Michigan, note I didn't say the country. I hate MSU but can look at things objectively. Even when they are making final four after final four I don't think people around the country perceives them as a powerhouse. I don't think a recruit outside the Midwest gets an MSU offer and is really wowed. Tom Izzo IMO is struggling recruiting. He doesn't have anyone signed for next year. He has had a lot of recruiting misses IMO. Costello has a lot of developing (I'm actually happy he didn't pick us and we got mcgary) and I'm extremely happy we didn't get Byrd. Gauna is a wasted scholarship, Valentine is nothing special, etc. Michigan this year, the entire country is talking about us. We have a buzz around the country and in the state. People outside of EL just aren't talkin about he Spartans and they're a pretty good team.

Thank you for the motivation Nix. Now this team has something to play hard for.

Hey fat boy nix, now you know what it feels like to be a state player. You are right where you belong. Below Michigan.

That statement reads like Nix wants more ass-kissing from the media. Someone should let ESPN know that he isn't happy with the highlight coverage of MSU basketball, or how the draft board is being handled.

And Nix will likely find out just how different Oladipo and Dawson are on Tuesday. 

Is Nix the fat one that waddles down the court?

I'm sure that if somehow UM would have won, Nix would have gone all Leveon Bell and claim the officials were to blame in every loss they've had.

Ok Nix, you are fat. Probably the fattest player in the conference. Your work ethic and self control are obviously lacking. However, I do think you have elite level man boobs, so you've got that going for you. Stop being so fat and maybe people would care about you and your team.

Would you like some cheese with that whine Nix? No... I said cheese, not cheesy poofs.

State guys just can't help themselves.

Hah he's delusional if he thinks Dawson is as good as Home Depot. Dawson can't hit a shot from more than 6 feet from the rim and his defense is nothing compared to Victor, that is such a ridiculous comparison.

I'm starting to think someone like Kork Coupons told him to start talking about Michigan if he wanted to be considered a true Staee Spartan.

Because Mateen Cleeves was truly the most talented basketball player of the past twenty years.

To the victor...

They are Sparty and nobody cares.  Are they good...absolutely.  But their team is boring, bruising, unsexy to watch.  It's because you are little brother and nobody cares to watch the usual Izzo team out of shit hole East Lansing.

2 decently skilled guards chucking up shots for their oversized gumpy front line to elbow and grind to get offensive rebounds.  Not to mention their brutal hacking defense.  Absolutely effective in college basketball, it works and they win.  It's Wisconsin with enough talent to execute a fast break.

 

If Sparty hadn't started the year relatively slow, the talk surrounding their team would be much different.  I don't know why they're complaining now.  They're playing well and are poised to make a run in March. 

They hate "little brother" and yet take every opportunity to act like one.

You chose to be a Sparty so deal with it. Doctors, lawyers, and business professionals make more than cashiers. You made your bed, now sleep in it.

Derrick Nix: 4-Star, top 100 recruit having a "career" year as a senior averaging 9.4 ppg and and 6.3 rpg.

Adreian Payne: 5-Star, top 25 recruit having a "career" year averaging 9.3 ppg and 6.7 rpg.

Yes, you are VASTLY underrated.

I really like this becuase it shows that Sparty's inferiority complex has finally expanded to include the basketball team.  Ever since the "troubles" at Michigan, Sparty has been able to claim superiority over Michigan.  They have been the benefit of a media that loves to overrate them at every opportunity.

Now that Michigan has a legitimate program again, the MSU basketball team isn't getting nearly the hype that they have in previous years.  

I love it when an inferiority complex comes together.