Posted on Fri, Mar 26, 2010 : 4:20 p.m.
Michigan State familiar with Cinderella in NCAA basketball tournament; plus more links
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, left, talks with Korie Lucious during a practice session for the NCAA Midwest Regional college basketball tournament Thursday, March 25, 2010, in St. Louis.
AP photo
Michigan State has put the glass slipper on the unlikely belle of the NCAA ball before, so as Northern Iowa entered the Sweet Sixteen this week, the Spartans had a template from which to draw.
David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press provides this trip down memory lane from MSU's loss to George Mason four years ago and previews the Spartans' matchup against this year's Cinderella.
Meanwhile, Kalin Lucas is not yet ready to rule out a jump to the NBA despite his Achilles' rupture, according to Joe Rexrode of the Lansing State Journal.
Here's more NCAA tournament links:
FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES
SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES
- This is Cinderella's year, says Jay Mariotti of Fanhouse.com.
- Turner, Diebler lead Ohio State past Georgia Tech and into the Sweet Sixteen.
- Syracuse is healthy and looks like a title contender again. Stewart Mandel, SI.com.
- Day 4 of the Wall Street Journal's NCAA tournament diary.
- Spartans stun Terps at buzzer, ESPN.com.
- Cornell continues its run, ravages Bagers, SI.com.
SATURDAY EVENING UPDATES
- No one credits elder statesman Patrick Patterson with Kentucky’s resurgence, which is just fine by him writes John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune.
- Northern Iowa didn't want to just shut down Sherron Collins, they wanted to shut him up writes Sean Keeler of the Des Moines Register.
- One Kansas team came through Saturday, as Kansas State booked its first trip to the Sweet 16 in since 1988.
- The Huskies' blowout of New Mexico has Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times asking, why not Washington?
- Before Butler could get good, it had to get tough writes SI.com's Ann Killion.
- Omar Samhan warned Villanova to double team him or 'they'd get 30' writes Andy Glockner of SI.com...the Wildcats should have listened.
- Of the 4.8 million to submit brackets to ESPN.com, guess how many picked NIU?
- CBSSports.com columnist Mike Freeman doesn't know what to think of Tennessee.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES
- Villanova's struggles continued as St. Mary's improved its all-time NCAA tournament record to 4-0.
- Omar Samhan's 32 points in St. Mary's win may have helped his draft stock, but it hurt his mother's bracket.
- Butler did it, defeating Murray St. and advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time in four years.
- Healthcare may be a work in progress, but President Obama's bracket is about as good as it gets.
- It's not just blue chippers enjoying the spotlight at the NCAA tourney, writes Hannah Karp of the Wall Street Journal.
- Forget Thursday's upsets, Pat Forde has the both favored Kansas squads in tonight's matchups.Â
- FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES
- Minnesota can't keep up with Xavier and bows out.Â
- After slow start, John Beilein's former team blows out Morgan State.
- No. 12 seed Cornell dominates Temple, 78-65.
- St. John's fires Norm Roberts after NIT exit.
- No disrespect, but New Mexico State isn't conceding game to Spartans.
- Purdue finds its way to win over Siena, despite missing Robbie Hummel.
EVENING UPDATES- SI.com has a nice presentation of the biggest first-round upsets in NCAA tournament history.
- Syracuse will be without Arinze Onuaku in Friday's first-round game against Vermont. ESPN.com.
- Butler keeps winning streak intact, knocks out UTEP. The Associated Press.
- Jimmer Fredette scores 37 in double-overtime win over Florida. The Associated Press.
- Saint Mary's beats Richmond, earns 1st tournament win since 1959. The Associated Press.
- Georgetown falls to Ohio, 97-83
- Day 1 wrapup from FoxNews.com
- New Mexico struggles, holds off Montana
AFTERNOON UPDATES- Villanova had officiating help in escaping from the clutches of a major upset. Chris Chase, Yahoo.com.
- No. 13 Murray State pulls off the upset of the day, beating Vandy. The Associated Press.
- Former Michigan players Anthony Wright, C.J. Lee and David Merritt joined AnnArbor.com during Michael Rothstein's live chat of the NCAA Tournament. Here's the recap.
- BYU uses 3-pointers to knock out Florida in double-overtime. ESPN.com.
Comments
TXteacher
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 : 8:41 a.m.
Where is your coverage of the MSU game over Tenn? Sour grapes, Annarbor.com! @Voiceofreason-you had it backwards-MSU wins and UM hockey gags again! I know that's probably what you meant to write. Victory for MSU!
Dave66
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 : 3:44 p.m.
MSU! Final Four, Baby! All you sour grapers with your puerile predictions can cut yourselves a big, steaming slice of humble pie. :)
Jaxon5
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 : 3:30 p.m.
Watching MSU vs Tenn and down the stretch, Tenn far too strong for MSU. Superior athletes in better shape. Tenn will win.
Jaxon5
Sat, Mar 27, 2010 : 10:19 p.m.
With WVA upsetting Kentucky and posting yet another great basketball season after their coach left for UM, there is something else going on at WVA. Apparently, it's not only the head coach that makes them successful. And it's also no coincidence that the WVA football team has had remarkable success after its coach left for UM. There are clearly other success factors at work there.
Dave66
Sat, Mar 27, 2010 : 9:17 a.m.
"If you spend all your time looking back over your shoulder, you'll keep bumping into things." -- ME That used to be my impression of the average Michigan fan. No longer. To look back, you need to be in the lead. That certainly isn't the case now, is it? While it's possible that MSU will go all the way (Go Green!), it's unlikely. At some point, their season will end. And at that time, predictably, all the schadenfroh Michigan people here will start hooting like gibbons. It's been interesting to see what happens to the "basking in reflected glory" crowd does when their bandwagon gets a flat. I thought you might try to find some other bandwagon to jump on. In hindsight, it seems kind of silly to have even considered the possibility. And I still think the phrase, "At least we still have hockey" should be worked into the Michigan fight song.
stunhsif
Sat, Mar 27, 2010 : 7:37 a.m.
So wrong VoiceOfReason, Go Green--Go White, on to the Elite Eight, Izzo is a whizzo!!
voiceofreason
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 : 6:15 p.m.
Prediction: The Michigan State basketball season will end tonight, leaving Michigan Hockey as the main focal point.
stunhsif
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 : 5:03 p.m.
Go Green--Go White!!!
NoBowl4Blue
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 : 7:12 a.m.
what a shame Michigan sits in basketball like football and watches the arch rivals excel. I suspect it will be the same again next year in both basketball and football
1998pa
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 11:57 p.m.
Nothing like getting a HUGE spartan win, as well as humiliating the psycho pspudster in florida...!
braggslaw
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 9:26 p.m.
It is silly for people to diminish the accomplishments of MSU. What they have done in bb in the last decade is an amazing accomplishment.
Christian
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 9:15 p.m.
Surely you aren't serious, Theo212. Wolverine fans: do you feel proud that you have such an upstanding representative of your fan base on here?
saginaw
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 5:22 p.m.
Dear Tater, I know that you are a good Michigan Man. However, I have watched other great Michigan Men -- such as Coach Bo. I don't remember that Bo was openly critical of of the other Big Ten teams. You need to grow up. We are a Big Ten team and normally we are going to pull for our conference. You never ending critical cheap shots make UM look bad, and should be above that.
TXteacher
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 4:38 p.m.
Where is the Blue, Tater? Talk about so little to brag about! Sparty is right where they belong, without their best player. It hurts, I know, but face it. UM no longer rains supreme in the state.
frozenhotchocolate
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 : 2:48 a.m.
K, i was gonna parallel between this game and App St. and Michigan, once mighty collegiate teams falling to supposed cupcakes. But geuss this is facebook.
Engineer
Sat, Mar 20, 2010 : 10:43 p.m.
Sad to see schools like Butler make the sweet 16 and Michigan can not even make the NIT. Not pretty. Of course I am sure all of those small mid majors have vast fancy multi-billion dollar facilities that just land recruits like flies to fly paper. One day we will have the facilities to do the same. I am sure that is the problem.
BlueInBama
Fri, Mar 19, 2010 : 11:08 a.m.
Theo, I talked to Tater yesterday... and we'll be using Musberger's golf cart for our outing this weekend.
BlueInBama
Thu, Mar 18, 2010 : 5:03 p.m.
There ya go.
BlueInBama
Thu, Mar 18, 2010 : 4:57 p.m.
Uh, Vanderbilt didn't play Robert Morris....don't understand the heading...???