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Well I will remember you guys said this, and I sure hope you are right :p
Anybody watching the Minnesota - Iowa game? Good game, although Minnesota is getting hosed bad.
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Well I will remember you guys said this, and I sure hope you are right :p
Anybody watching the Minnesota - Iowa game? Good game, although Minnesota is getting hosed bad.
I'd rather play Illinois. They are a two person team, tho nobody in the media seems to realize this. Get a great on-ball defender for dee, and focus the defense on stopping augustine inside, and their offense comes to a screeching halt (as it did today). Besides, dee is the streakiest "star" in the nation, even when he has easy looks. He's a great defender and is faster than lightning, but he is very overrated on O.
MSU has a lot of guys stepping up. Brown is still a stud, defensively, attacking the hoop, grabbing boards. Ager is actually scoring, rather than being passive. Davis is playing with a little more toughness. Trannon is back and playing at full strength/ability. Suton (sp?) rarely saw the court, and now is getting minutes and being a huge contributor. Walton is even stepping up his game a little, tho this game was a step back from yesterday.
I would MUCH rather play Illinois. We can beat MSU, but the Illini would be a much easier opponent, IMO.
Now we can finally stop hearing the stupid talk about the Illini as a longshot #1 seed.
MSU has a lot of guys stepping up. Brown is still a stud, defensively, attacking the hoop, grabbing boards. Ager is actually scoring, rather than being passive. Davis is playing with a little more toughness. Trannon is back and playing at full strength/ability. Suton (sp?) rarely saw the court, and now is getting minutes and being a huge contributor. Walton is even stepping up his game a little, tho this game was a step back from yesterday.
I would MUCH rather play Illinois. We can beat MSU, but the Illini would be a much easier opponent, IMO.
Now we can finally stop hearing the stupid talk about the Illini as a longshot #1 seed.
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3/11/06
3/11/06
Saturday, March 11, 2006
INDIANA 61 | WISCONSIN 56
Hoosiers respond in second half
Saturday, March 11, 2006
</IMG> NEAL C . LAURON | DISPATCH Wisconsin’s Kammron Taylor takes a shot to the face from Indiana’s Ben Allen during the Hoosiers’ win in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana just needed some extra warm-up time. Again.
After another dismal first-half performance, the Hoosiers spent the final 20 minutes relying on their two most productive seniors — Marco Killingsworth and Marshall Strickland — to get them back in the game.
The duo delivered, combining for 28 second-half points and helping rally the Hoosiers to a 61-56 victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals yesterday.
"We started making harder cuts and getting better ball movement," Strickland said. "Our guards defended them well. Their guards were kind of passive and wanted (Alando) Tucker to take over the game."
For fifth-seeded Indiana (18-10), it was an all-too-familiar scene. The Hoosiers shot 31.8 percent from the field, connecting on 1 of 10 three-pointers, and went 9:18 without a point but trailed by just 19-15.
Indiana shot 64.3 percent from the field in the second half, and Killingsworth and Strickland each scored 14 points. Killingsworth finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Strickland had 16 points in the Hoosiers’ fifth straight win.
Indiana is 5-1 since Davis announced his resignation in February and faces No. 7 Ohio State today. The Hoosiers won the first matchup this season 81-79.
"It’ll be a fun thing," Killingsworth said. "The last game, it was a good battle. I’m looking forward to it."
The victory also helped Indiana solidify its NCAA Tournament hopes.
But this wasn’t the finish Wisconsin (19-11) wanted to leave with the selection committee. Despite getting 20 points and eight rebounds from Tucker, 12 points from Brian Butch and 10 points from freshman Kevin Gullikson, the Badgers have lost three straight.
Coach Bo Ryan called it an uncharacteristic effort from the Badgers, who have one win since Feb. 15. Wisconsin forced only five second-half turnovers and couldn’t prevent Killingsworth from dominating the middle down the stretch. It’s the first time in three years the Badgers have not reached the title game.
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Dispatch
3/12/06
Dispatch
3/12/06
3/12/06
IOWA 53 | MICHIGAN STATE 48
Hawkeyes wear down Spartans to advance
Sunday, March 12, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS
</IMG> NEAL C . LAURON | DISPATCH Erek Hansen blocks a shot by Michigan State’s Shannon Brown. Iowa held Brown to eight points, 10 fewer than his average.
INDIANAPOLIS — For the second straight game, Iowa let an opposing star score big.
And for the second straight day, Iowa won.
The Hawkeyes overcame Maurice Ager’s 21 points to beat Michigan State 53-48 yesterday in a Big Ten tournament semifinal.
On Friday night, Minnesota’s Vincent Grier scored 29 points against Iowa. Yesterday, team defense and balanced scoring again were the difference. Jeff Horner scored 14 and Greg Brunner 12 for the secondseeded Hawkeyes (24-8), who advance to play Ohio State in their first finals appearance since 2002.
Ager shot 8 of 18, but Iowa’s intense defensive style caused the rest of the Spartans to shoot 7 of 35. Michigan State (22-11) set season lows for points and field-goal percentage (28.3). Shannon Brown, the Spartans’ second-leading scorer this season, shot 3 of 16 and was limited to eight points, 10 fewer than his average.
"It was rough," Brunner said. "The refs did a great job and said they were going to let the players fight and determine the game."
Ager was the only Michigan State player to make a field goal in the final eight minutes. He made five three-pointers, one short of the tournament game record. He made two in the final minute, but the Hawkeyes made 9 of 10 free throws in the final two minutes.
The Spartans played in Friday’s late game, which started at 9:10 p.m. About 14 hours later, they were playing again.
Michigan State also had played an extra tournament game to reach the semifinals because of its lower seed. Coach Tom Izzo, at first, said playing three games in three days wasn’t a factor. He later changed his mind.
"I was very disappointed in our execution and some of our guard play," he said. "Maybe we were a little fatigued. We were short on a lot of shots."
Iowa coach Steve Alford said he saw a difference in Michigan State’s play between the first half and the second half.
"They played three games in three days. That’s not easy," he said. "They don’t have a real deep bench right now. We just wanted to wear on them."
Iowa shot just 37 percent, but outscored Michigan State 21-11 from the free-throw line.
Ager made two three-pointers in an 8-0 run to start the game. Iowa didn’t make a field goal until 14:25 remained in the first half.
Brunner scored two baskets at the end of an 11-0 run that tied the score at 15 and forced a Michigan State timeout with 4:59 left in the half. "We stuck it out," Brunner said. "We knew they would come out jacked up and ready to play. That’s their style. They always come out big in the first couple minutes, and big in the second half."
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3/12/06
Sunday, March 12, 2006
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