Izzo finally let Gabe Brown play. not here to say MSU played well or is any better, but the best version of that team involves Brown on the court for sure
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Looking at the schedule, yeah, MSU wins out, that gets them to 10-9 in the best conference in the country with 4 wins over top 10 teams in the last couple weeks of the year. Gotta figure that makes the tournament, regardless of whether IU has a spot to take.
The only real hurdle for MSU at this point is that they are a terrible, terrible basketball team.
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Was it not the most impressive half MSU has played sinceā¦ early December? That doesnāt seem particularly controversial to me.
Iād say the 2nd half vs Rutgers in the win was better. 40-23 differential vs 52-31 in this game. So this game is a slightly larger differential but I think Rutgers is a notably better team. Thatās fairly pedantic though.
With regards to āimpressiveā: yes MSU played well relative to expectations, and itās the best they played in a while, but needing a your best half of basketball potentially since December to beat a mediocre IU team is only impressive when you consider the situation MSU is in. In a vacuum it wouldnāt be called impressive.
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Ok, if weāre talking on a relative basis, thatās different. Not a super high bar.
And I donāt think you can leave out what a willing participant the Hoosiers were. The combination of outright mistakes and allowing sparty to play to their very very limited strengths was impressive.
See, I personally think Richie Pitino is the most Amaker like experience possible
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Richie has at least made the tournament. Archie hasnāt made a tourney with Indiana
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Gophers beat UM/OSU/Iowa at home this year, itās only right that they complete the sweep today
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Okay, Little Richieā¦time to shine.
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RIP his mentions. 
(For the record I agree 100% with his take)
If Minnesota can pull this off, then all of a sudden the Michigan-OSU game becomes the highest leverage game of the season. 
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Bardoā¦ FML
Well, itās late enough in the day. Time to crack a beer and play the Bardo drinking game. Better have a couple full cans next to the couch; they wonāt get warm.
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That wasnāt a foul on Carr, that was a travel.
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Whatās the game? Drink every time he names a second string center as his favorite player in the conference?
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Giving up a transition layup after a make on the other end is so frustrating
There it is!
āI see you, _______.ā
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Do I have the energy/motivation to once again watch Illinois struggle with another team for 40 minutes but inevitably escape with the W? Ah, probablyā¦
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Glug glugā¦