Michigan St 82, UConn 73 (Final)

NFBuck · Apr 4, 2009

CentralMOBuck;1443816; said:
Digger Phelps is giving nothing but praise to Sparty right.

Was it just me or did UConn just give up when Sparty when up by about 10 on them, just like Louisville did?

I wouldn't say that at all, they mounted a pretty furious comeback the last 90 seconds or so.

goblue15 · Apr 4, 2009

Congrats to MSU... in these terrible economic times especially in the state of Michigan with Detroits unemployment rate at 21% right now, the state Michigan needs something to be happy about. Go Sparty bring the title back home!

CentralMOBuck · Apr 4, 2009

:bigten::msu::msu2: :lift:

OCBucksFan · Apr 4, 2009

Good job Sparty.

jwinslow · Apr 5, 2009

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A Michigan State Spartans fan poses outside Ford Field before the Spartans take on the Connecticut Huskies during the National Semifinal game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at Ford Field on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A general view of the outside of Ford Field before the start of the National Semifinal games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A general view of the outside of Ford Field before the start of the National Semifinal games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A general view of the outside of Ford Field before the start of the National Semifinal games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A general view of the outside of Ford Field before the start of the National Semifinal games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State Spartans fans pose for a picture before the Spartans take on the Connecticut Huskies during the National Semifinal game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at Ford Field on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet sits in the locker room after his team's 82-73 loss to Michigan State in this men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet sits in the locker room after his team's 82-73 loss to Michigan State in a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Durrell Summers (15) and Goran Suton, left, react during the second half of this men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game against Connecticut, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. Michigan State won 82-73. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet reacts on the bench late in the game during Michigan State's 82-73 win in a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Draymond Green slam dunks against Connecticut in the second half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State fans react during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Former Michigan State player Earvin "Magic" Johnson signs autographs as he arrives for the semifinal game between Michigan State and Connecticut at the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Durrell Summers (15) slams home a shot against Connecticut's Stanley Robinson in the second half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/NCAA Photos, Rich Clarkson) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Kalin Lucas (1) reacts to a play as Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet walks past in the second half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun looks on during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Kemba Walker goes to the basket against Michigan State's Travis Walton in the second half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Durrell Summers (15) dunks the ball over Connecticut's Stanley Robinson (21) during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Raymar Morgan fights for a loose ball with Connecticut players Hasheem Thabeet (34) and Craig Austrie in the second half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. At right is Connecticut's Stanley Robinson (21). (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]The Michigan State Spartans mascot rallies fans against Connecticut during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]A Michigan State Spartans fans looks on before the Spartans take on the Connecticut Huskies during the National Semifinal game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at Ford Field on April 4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Jeff Adrien (4) grabs a loose ball in front of Michigan State's Raymar Morgan, right, during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Kalin Lucas reacts during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State fans watch a broadcast in their front yard as Michigan State plays Connecticut in an NCAA Final Four basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Raymar Morgan (2) shoots over Connecticut's Craig Austrie in the second half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, right, talks to Travis Walton (5), Korie Lucious, left, Marquise Gray, rear, and Raymar Morgan (2) during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet shoots over Michigan State's Goran Suton in the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet shoots past Michigan State's Goran Suton in the second half of their a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Fans watch the first half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball, game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Delvon Roe (10) drives to the basket past Connecticut's Gavin Edwards (33) during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/NCAA Photos, Rich Clarkson) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Jeff Adrien puts up a shot against Michigan State in the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet tries to hold off Michigan State players Marquise Gray, left, and Raymar Morgan as they go for the ball in the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Durrell Summers tries to control the ball as teammate Goran Suton (14) and Connecticut's Jeff Adrien (4) look on in the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Korie Lucious reacts to a play in the first half against Connecticut during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Chris Allen (3) fights for a loose ball with Connecticut's Jeff Adrien, top, during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet (34) looks to shoot ahead of Michigan State's Idong Ibok, right, during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun, center, looks on during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's A.J. Price (12) and Michigan State's Raymar Morgan fight for a loose ball in the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Stanley Robinson slam dunks in the first half against Michigan State during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun looks on during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun reacts in the first half against Michigan State during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun reacts in the first half against Michigan State during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo yells to his team in the first half against Connecticut during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, right, talks to forward Draymond Green (23) during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun cheers on his team in the first half against Michigan State during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Michigan State's Raymar Morgan, right, loses the ball while driving to the basket ahead of Connecticut's Gavin Edwards (33), Hasheem Thabeet (34) and Craig Austrie, left, during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut's Stanley Robinson slam dunks in the first half against Michigan State during a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April, 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun, left, greets Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo before their men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Basketball fans gather outside Ford Field before the NCAA Final Four basketball games on Saturday, April 4, 2008 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza) [/FONT]

Steve19 · Apr 5, 2009

Great pics!

Well, I guess a Big Ten team probably can hang with the best in the Big East, eh?

Caption this...

coastalbuck · Apr 5, 2009

Great pictures and a wonderful basketball game. Made me remember why I loved basketball so much when I was a kid. Good job Sparty, way to represent for the conference. We got your back tomorrow.. :osu:

:bow:

:msu2:

Michigan St 82, UConn 73 (Final)

NFBuck

Total Coverage.

goblue15

Heisman

CentralMOBuck

Assistant Coach

OCBucksFan

I won a math debate

jwinslow

A MAN OF BETRAYED JUSTICE

Steve19

Watching. Always watching.

coastalbuck

And this one belongs to the Reds!