GO BIG GREEN! Step up and deliver the knockout blow to the Dukies, as 95% of the country is asking us to do!!!
This is an opportunity for another "program" statement. OK, Tom Izzo has built an elite program... but one need this Michigan State has NOT completed is a defeat of Duke repeatedly, and repeatedly in an arena to take a step to the Promised Land. This is the opportunity. Michigan State can permanently stamp itself as the elite of the elite.
GO SPARTANS, BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF THE DEVILS! God, I hate Duke.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Watch the video below. I've seen it 10 times now.
The ES is in Boston right now, so haven't been able to post actively but HOLY SHIT with today's game. The barn-burner of the whole tournament, with Michigan State victorious! Korie Lucious bails out the Spartans with a buzzer beating three. Gorgeous play... that last 30 seconds of the game were stunning, exactly what you hope to see out of basketball. No timeouts. Not stoppage in play. Just guys laying it out on the floor. That Velazquez (?) kid from Maryland was a stud. But, Raymar Morgan (17 pts, 9 reb, 2 asts) played the best game of his career, just a BEAST. Durrell Summers (26 pts, 4 rebs) picked one helluva day to be sharp-shooting, going 6-of-7 behind the arc and 10-14 overall. MSU shot 55% to Maryland's 44%, and hit 11-14 free throws. We outrebounded the Terps 35-21. But, the 18 turnovers (6 for MD) nearly did us in. But we won. Jesus it feels good... EVERYONE here in Boston is talking about the Spartan game, just an amazing performance.
THIS IS THE GREATEST NCAA TOURNAMENT IN HISTORY, and Michigan State is IN IT. Stunner after stunner after stunner. UNI is a great team; they kicked Kansas' ass up and down the court all game long. St. Mary's Australian National Team just smoked Villanova;
Kalin Lucas is done, likely for the year, with a torn achilles. That sucks. But, you know what, its tourney time and kids step up. And, we need to be on our best game to play an extremely good Northern Iowa team. This ain't Kansas folks... UNI is better. That team, especially that big ugly white Irishman with the red pork chops, they are extremely good -- a top 10 team. MSU will need to play its best to win.
I'm crying watching the kids rush the court, and Izzo hugging Lucas. Brings a freaking tear to the eye, it is gorgeous.
But, to the victors go the spoils. WE WON!!! Izzo iz a genius come tourney time and they've done it again! The 9th Sweet 16 in the past 11-12 years? That's just ridiculously consistently great. Congrats.
Tipoff vs. UNI: 9:40 pm on Friday. See you at the Peanut Barrel for what aims to be another wild continuation of the greatest weekend in basketball history. Wow.
