Posts Tagged ‘Michigan State Spartans’

College Basketball Is Closer Than You Think

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Today’s date is September 17, 2009, and in exactly two months, November 17, 2009, something greater than you or I happens:
College basketball returns.
Naturally, ESPN will be all over it, offering 24-hours of coverage. The idea alone, even if Kentucky is not on the WWL’s opening day schedule, is enough to make one [...]

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North Carolina Shines

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

And just as easily as it began, college basketball closed the book on another season with the crowning of North Carolina as National Champions, doing so in dominant fashion. By now, you’ve been recapped enough — Side note: is it just coincidence Stuart Scott was on-hand to recap the game as ESPN’s late-night [...]

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Final Dance: Michigan State and North Carolina

Monday, April 6th, 2009

There’s a basketball game of some note on tonight. The college basketball National Championship. You might have heard of it. After one of the more underwhelming Final Four Saturdays in recent memory — sorry, even with Michigan State’s “upset” of UConn, there just wasn’t a great deal of compelling basketball coming through [...]

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The Final Four Rocks Detroit

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

TGIFFF. Or, Thank God it’s Final Four Friday, either/or would work. The best in the land of college basketball descend on Detroit tomorrow to decide who’s going to the National Championship game on Monday. The first game is Michigan State versus Connecticut, with North Carolina/Villanova closing us out.
So. Who [...]

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Thank God It’s Saturday – Texas and Missouri

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Texas and Mizzou headline a great weekend of college football as Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin head down to Austin in an attempt to knock the high-riding Longhorns down a peg or two. While Texas is coming off that huge win against Oklahoma, the Tigers are trying to recover from their surprising defeat at [...]

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Dancin’ At The Sweet 16: Memphis – Michigan State

Friday, March 28th, 2008

These are going to be a little shorter than yesterday but it’s the thought that counts.
Our Call
For some reason, everybody seems to be on the Michigan State bandwagon, especially for this game. There’s no denying the effectiveness of Tom Izzo in the tournament, but sometimes, your opponent is just better than you. That’s [...]

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