@buckets12 coming in hot this morning 
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Iām in mid-season form baby!!
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I try to forget all MSU players on purpose and pay very little attention to them (I immediately shut down the Moving Screen pod once they start on the Spartans), but Tyson Walker is the one guy I remember who looked remotely impressive on their team. He can hit threes and defend, right?
Thatās better than whoever the f8ck Izzo is trotting out, be it Dougie Hauser or the atkins diet guy.
Iām not shocked Boo outperforms AJ statistically
Heās pretty good and one of the few things they have. AJ in a bit of a random number generator minutes allocation.
The primary counterargument from MSU fans Iāve seen today other than āF YOUā is āwell Hoggard barely played the last two seasons, duhā
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Uhhhh yeah thatās part of this entire argument 
Hoggard hasnāt been good or consistent enough to beat out Foster Loyer or a struggling with confidence Tyson Walker. That is in direct support of my premise that Hoggard is not as good as the guards in this conference that actually are somewhat efficient with real statistical production.
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Walker was a little strange last year in that he was ridiculously good from 3 (47%) but only attempted 74 on the year. For comparison, Houstan attempted 169, Brooks 142, Jones 79. Walker was also a 35% shooter each of his Freshman and Soph years at Northeastern on ~100 attempts each time. I think heās likely a good 3 pt shooter but not elite.
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What I remember from what Dylan has said is that heās a weird guy who posts efficient numbers on high volume but refuses to take a high volume of shots.
Unloading the clip
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Hoggard was horrible as a freshman. That caused many of us, including Dylan, to write him off. Last year he was surprisinglyā¦decent? In some ways his strengths align well to what Izzo wants - heās good at defense, heās physical, and he pushes the pace. When Hoggard gets in the open court heās a pretty solid B10 player. The issue is that he canāt generate offense in the half court and he turns the ball over way too much. He has a bit of a Nojel Eastern vibe to him - interesting and useful piece with many flaws. Thus heās better than I ever thought heād beā¦and still not as good as he touted himself to be this week.
Walker is almost the exact opposite. He seems really talented, shoots well, has half-court skillsā¦but he was passive and didnāt defend well. Hence the conundrum for Izzo, who hates playing anyone 30 minutes anyway.
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Boeheim: Big Ten āsuckedā in NCAA Tournament
Boeheim not a fan of the conference
Boeheim just wants teams to be judged by tournament success because Syracuse is way better in that setting when teams havenāt seen their gimmick system
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Yeah, and heās basically taking credit for Duke and UNC being good. Thatās like Chris Collins bragging about Michigan making the sweet sixteen.
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āBoeheimās Syracuse team had a disappointing 2021-22 campaign, finishing 16-17 overall and 9-11 in conference play.ā
I sure wish the Big Ten would stop sucking and live up to Syracuseās elite standards!!!
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I recently moved to Syracuse. Itās going to be painful to try and watch some of their games after being used to Beilein and Howardās teams. At least the atmosphere at games should be good? Fans seem quite engaged around here.
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I shudder to think what Syracuses last two seasons would have been if he hadnāt hadnāt fathered two decent players at an advanced age.
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Missed this a few days ago. This is an amazing subheadline: āLed by junior forward Coleman Hawkins, Illinois edges out Indiana as our expertsā pick to win the Big Tenā
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Kenpom has his stuff out now.
Indiana - 12
Iowa - 23
Purdue - 25
Michigan - 26
Michigan St - 31
Ohio St - 32
Illinois - 33
Penn St - 46
Rutgers - 50
Wisconsin - 55
Maryland - 56
Northwestern - 70
Nebraska - 108
Minnesota - 109
Little surprised how much this follows the national consensus. Indiana viewed as heavy favorite. 2-7 is kinda interchangeable. Then a drop off.
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Penn State at 46 with that frontcourt is big yikes. I donāt know how much better you can expect Myles Dread to be and while I like Cam Wynter more than Sam Sessoms, the latter shot 42% on threes last season. Is all the improvement coming from Pickett and Lundy?
I know his ratings are based on recent program history and not player projections butā¦ well I donāt have a but. That explains it I suppose.
At least he has Michigan ahead of msu unlike Bartholomew
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Returning minutes is usually a pretty key factor in these, I think. Note Virginia at 5 too.
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