As I sat watching the Michigan State (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten) game against Northwestern (8-4, 0-2) this weekend.. My thoughts were towards the Spartan Rebounding, Roe is healing nicely, Suton is back !, Kalin is fast as fast can be…

I had to ask THE blogger for Northwestern University what his thoughts on the game were… And true to his reputation“Lake The Posts” came back with some eloquent and articulate thoughts and comments….

Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Michigan State................   32   45  -   77
Northwestern..................   33   33  -   66

WoW…

What to say. I've seen that movie before....oh, about 44 of the
last 47 meetings. Michigan State's mastery of NU hoops may be the
single most dominant lopsided series in BCS conference hoops.  Despite
bringing in some size, NU's demise was STILL its inability to contain
MSU from doing what they do best - offensive rebounds.  Second (and
third and fourth...) chance opportunities on the glass just killed the
Cats.

Kevin Coble has somehow become neutralized by most good opponents and
we struggle to get off high-quality shots against long, athletic teams
like Sparty.  I was somehow looking for the fast-forward button to
instantly get Cats center Kyle Rowley to get 2 years of experience as
it is clear that would be the difference for us - someone downlow that
Sparty must respect to negate the easy cheats to the perimeter and
putting the clamps on our outside game.

Cats fans have the utmost respect for Izzo and generally are big fans
of him as he always is so gracious considering how much he owns us.

It is simply like putting your head into a brick wall watching NU play
Sparty.  Obviously the above makes no mention of the fact that MSU has
superior talent at nearly every position, pushes the ball in a way
that negates our ability to dictate tempo (Sparty was the first team
to break 70 points all season and part of last year against the Cats).
 
Michigan State continues to be the Big Ten gold standard and here's
to hoping they can rebound from the UNC debacle to reclaim some pride
for the conference in March.  We'll be watching from the sidelines,
oh, for the 70th straight season.

Thank you “LP”, I couldn’t have made comments any better myself.. Looks like we'll see each other again in East Lansing on January 21....

Sparty On !!!