Comments on: Ovechkin or Crosby? Ben or Widmore?

By: EF

EF — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:55:14 +0000

I’m sure Jon Lester really appreciated Papelbon’s comment.

By: sparty

sparty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:54:49 +0000

It was just an awful game and should be written off.

the committee won’t. they will see it as a conference road win, at one of the tougher venues to win at.

By: Joboo

Joboo — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:50:59 +0000

PSUs win over MSU was a big deal, not really trying to downplay it, but it’s on the same level as the Providence win over Pitt. I really don’t see the Purdue win as all that big of a deal. Purdue with Hummel is a solid team, but that was one of their first conference games, on the road, without Hummel. A bubble team really should beat Purdue under those circumstances.

The first Illinois game counts for nothing, I’ll stick with that. It was just an awful game and should be written off. The second one was good and maybe I am downplaying it a bit, but, to have that win and follow it up with the performance against Iowa kind of stings a bit.

By: sparty

sparty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:46:33 +0000

Oh yeah they’re not Sparty. I was just hoping they’d make the tourney this year. I don’t think anyone saw this coming.

Fetch, I kid. They are a good team, but the youth and inexperience got them.

By: Tampa Bo

Tampa Bo — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Oh yeah they’re not Sparty. I was just hoping they’d make the tourney this year. I don’t think anyone saw this coming.

WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: sparty

sparty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:44:38 +0000

Joboo-i agree that cherry picking non-conference games are week, especially those that took place in late november early december. that is what makes Penn State’s wins in conference against MSU, Purdue, and Illinois more impressive.

MSU’s double digit win over Kansas took place in January, and I think that along with their “road” game against Texas was more indicative as to what a completely healthy Michigan State team can do.

By: fetch

fetch — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:41:33 +0000

Oh yeah they’re not Sparty. I was just hoping they’d make the tourney this year. I don’t think anyone saw this coming.

By: Duder678

Duder678 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:40:48 +0000

Of course Penn Sts non-conference is bad, thats the whole reason they are on the bubble.

By: Joboo

Joboo — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:39:55 +0000

I don’t think too highly of Illinois or Purdue with Hummel out. They certainly were better than average wins, just not sure I’d go with the label of impressive. And really, to put the win at Champaign into a positive column would be silly as that game was terribly played all around, someone had to win it.

Well PSU did beat Illinois twice, Purdue, Minnesota, and Michigan. You may think the B10 is bad, but look at the non-conference wins all those teams had.

Ohio State beat ND, lost to WVU. Wisconsin lost to UCONN and Marquette. Minnesota beat Louisville. Michigan lost to UConn. Northwestern beat DePaul. Iowa lost to WVU.

That’s just a quick glance at it so I certainly could have missed something and I assume if Indiana played a Big East team that they lost and did not check. Minnesota beating Louisville was an impressive win for them. I’d also think that it would be silly to say that that win, or any of these games for that matter, really give any indication of strength of conference.

Michigan State got dominated by UNC, it certainly isn’t indicative of what team MSU has become. Cherry picking non-conference games would just seem to gloss over the entire body of work.

By: sparty

sparty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:39:42 +0000

KU plays to their competition all the time.

which means they really aren’t that good.