The Blue Board

Little in my opinion. The problem with being Michgan State is that we get everyones "A" game. If we were a program that sucked we would get a break or two. I guess that pays off for the tournament. However, we're going to get OSU's best, and that's scary.

MSU vs OSU reminds me of Alien vs Predator. Whoever wins... we lose.

, loving the moniker and the analogy. +1

Actually, this is what I believe. OSU winning cements their front runner status.

Yea, it'd give them a 2 game lead with only 3 challenging games left: @UM, Wisky, @MSU.

I think Wisconsin is living on borrowed time in the conference race, because they have to play @MSU and @tOSU down the stretch (rest of the games should all be Ws for them though).

Michigan actually has the best shot to sneak in at the end; tOSU is the only top 25 opponent remaining (it's @Crisler) and the toughest road game is . . . @Northwestern? @IL? Missing the Kohl Center is nice for the Wolverines.

If I were able to think rationally while these two teams are playing that would make sense.

In choosing the lesser of two evils, I would probably prefer that MSU wins. I actually think MSU will win as Izzo always seems to get the best of his players in big games. MSU is extremely talented but they've been inconsistent.

I'm beginning to love this mgoblow meme this year. Is there somewhere that um fans go and are told what to regurgitate on MB's? There are a lot of posts from teh um fans talking about how MSU is too inconsistent this year to really be all that good. Cracks me up.

I think the inconsistencies are mostly derived from the # of FR/RS FR in the rotation. You've got Dawson, Trice and Kearney, plus 2nd year players in Payne, Applying and Byrd. Throw in the fact that Brandon Wood is a transfer playing his first full round of Big 10 ball, and you've got a relatively inexperienced team.

I mean, there's 1 SR on the team that's been there more than a year in Draymond, and Nix is the only JR. I'm pretty darn impressed that this team is in contention for a 2-seed this late in the season.

MSU missed 44 shots that game, and still had a chance to win. Brutal.

it could just be the truth

Do you mean you don't see MSU going anywhere in March, or that they're not going to lose their status as a strong program anytime soon?

MSU winning would make for some bigger games down the stretch but I think Michigan and Wisconsin are long shots at best to win the Big Ten. MSU winning would give State a legit shot at winning the Big Ten but I don't see the other 2 teams i mentioned as really having a shot. Now i think MSU losing would give Michigan a legit shot at finishing 2nd.