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[Spartanmack]

uofm drops 2nd in a row at home to md - worst case Spartans are B1G co-champs for 2025

 

[Spartanmack]

Why are Fidler and Cooper getting so much time at this point? No one is in foul trouble…

 

[Spartanmack]

Getting out-rebounded and outscored in the paint by iowa and shooting 43% from the foul line. They look like absolute shit.

 

[Spartanmack]

My fifth grade daughter can play better defense than Fidler.

 

[gotime909]

Outright champs!!! I'm not a fan of Cooper or Fidler either, but them getting minutes is likely a big part of why this team is so fresh in the 2nd half this season. 61 pts tonight in the 2nd half is insane.

 

[Spartanmack]

Never in doubt. Agreed they have to get minutes but tonight seemed like too many for both. Had my dart league tonight so I couldn’t watch as closely for big chunks but Zapalla, Kohler and Carr weren’t in foul trouble. Seems like Zapala barely played - did he get hurt?

Edit: and I actually like Cooper a lot more lately - he’s just not as reliable as Kohler for offense and rebounds. But he moves pretty well without the ball, sets screens and has success with the pick-and-roll. I dread watching him post up though.

Fidler is like Dr, Jekyll & Mr. Hyde but way too much Mr. Hyde.

 

[Spartanmack]

I stand corrected. Fidler played 14 minutes which is below his season average but a bit above his average for the last 6 games - although there’s a lot of variance in his minutes over that stretch w/ a low of 9 and high of 20.

Cooper played below his average on the season. And Kohler was about 4 minutes above his average - his minutes have been a bit volatile lately as well but not like Fidlers. Zapala got less than half his usual minutes.

It’s reassuring to play that poorly for 25 minutes and still win kinda easily. I’m just concerned if they do that against dook or auburn, they’ll be down 30, not 10. Although I don’t think Auburn knows what it’s like to play against a team that plays defense

 

[Spartanmack]

Not to crap too heavily on Iowa, but this was pretty funny. Checking Draft Kings live lines, when we were coming back but still down 10 late in the 1h, the moneyline bet for MSU to win the game was -120. I was expecting it to be at least +180, but Draft Kings knew we were probably going to win the game even when Iowa seemed to have complete control.

 

[gotime909]

Up about 25 and Izzo tries the worst lineup of the season with Cooper, Booker, Carr and Fidler all on the court. Good lord that was an ugly 5 minutes lol

 

[gotime909]

Easy senior day win for the Spartans. Gotta be rough for UM fans this year. OSU wins the football natty and then we take Hockey and Basketball conference titles.

 

[gotime909]

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Izzo let Tre kiss the logo post-game for standing up to the 2 ignorant scum thugs

 

[Spartanmack]

Total domination today, 7 straight wins, outright conference champs, team is hitting 3s at an acceptable rate. Gaining momentum when they need it. Funny that two weeks ago uofm was the darling of the B1G - odds on favorite to win the conference, highest ratings in kenpom, etc. I think we were ranked lower than Purdue and maybe wisco by them not too long ago

We still have the problem of the slow starts - today was nice but it’s more of an outlier for now.

I wonder if this last month would have been as good if we hadn’t lost 3 out of 4 heading into it. In my mind it was a needed wake up call although I probably would like to have the IU game back to add undefeated at home to the resume.

 

[byco42]

Congratulations to the MSU basketball team on a well-earned B1G Championship.

 

[Spartanmack]

With Omaha making the tournament for the first time and likely as a 15 or 16 seed, it would be kind of amusing if the NCAA paired them against MSU in the first round to have Fidler play against his old teammates.

Edit: fun fact, Omaha loses their leading scorer and they go from 6th place to Summit League season and tournament champs.

 

[Spartanmack]

Spartan columnist Graham Couch picking Oregon today because they've been playing their best basketball since losing to MSU and it took "a great second half by MSU and a herculean effort from Jase Richardson for the Spartans to beat Oregon at home in early February". - I guess Grahammy doesn't realize MSU has the same win streak beating 5 ranked teams to Oregon's 1 and they won that game by 12 in February without Fears.

 

[gotime909]

Up 3 nearing half with Jace playing his worst half of ball since getting to msu. Shows you how deep this team is.

 

[gotime909]

Izzo sits jace for awhile and chats him up on the bench. He comes in and immediately hits a 3 to put us up 8. Izzo has been great this year.

 

[gotime909]

Up 10 at half.

 

[Spartanmack]

Up 3 nearing half with Jace playing his worst half of ball since getting to msu. Shows you how deep this team is.

and he's really not playing that poorly, making good passes, smart plays, and creating shots, they're just not going down.

So far we've blown multiple fast break opportunities, have a few miscues inside like when Fears foolishly tried to ally-oop to Kohler (must have thought it was Cooper). Combine that with a couple dumb turnovers and poor FT shooting and it was definitely not a great half offensively yet we're still up 10.

Defense looks great despite Oregon shooting 57% - 9 turnovers, ZERO offensive rebounds for the ducks on only 4 fouls. Spartans doublign them up on rebounds 18-9 w/ 7 offensive boards.

Go green!

 

[gotime909]

I'm just hoping they make it out without injuries. Seems like they are locked in as a 2 seed regardless what happens in this tournament. Which is isnane that they won their conference by 3 games and if they win this tourney too not getting a 1 seed seems criminal.

Those NET ratings they use are a complete joke. Gonzaga being ahead of us is laughable