Really don't see how MSU has been more impressive of late, and it's all about momentum and getting hot at the right time. We're hot. Beat a very good St. Joe's team, blew out a now underrated Nova team, a comfortable win against an Iowa State team with a top level coach who had a full week to prepare... MSU fans would likely point to beating a "great" UVA team. What exactly has UVA done in the tourney? Blew out Memphis? Congrats, we rocked Memphis even worse on their home court two weeks ago.
This will be a tough game for sure, but I think people are looking at the overall body of work right now when considering MSU the favorite. UConn is damn hot, and I don't mean that in a strictly shooting sense. The whole team is easily playing their best ball of the season.
We should be the favorite. It's in MSG. Never bet against UConn in that arena. Never. Some of you are crapping your pants about Dawson and Payne... newsflash we played them last year and didn't get killed by them. That was Kevin Ollie's first game as a head coach. Think he's improved in his preparation for opponents since then? Absolutely. Izzo is a hell of a coach, too. But Ollie is in a freakin' groove .
Sparty should be wetting the bed thinking about how the hell they're going to stay out of foul trouble against the nation's best backcourt. Basketball is a game of match-ups and last year's game shows that we are a damn solid match-up against the individuals who will be wearing green or white or who gives a flying F on sunday.
All that said, it'll be a great game. Can't wait.
This will be a tough game for sure, but I think people are looking at the overall body of work right now when considering MSU the favorite. UConn is damn hot, and I don't mean that in a strictly shooting sense. The whole team is easily playing their best ball of the season.
We should be the favorite. It's in MSG. Never bet against UConn in that arena. Never. Some of you are crapping your pants about Dawson and Payne... newsflash we played them last year and didn't get killed by them. That was Kevin Ollie's first game as a head coach. Think he's improved in his preparation for opponents since then? Absolutely. Izzo is a hell of a coach, too. But Ollie is in a freakin' groove .
Sparty should be wetting the bed thinking about how the hell they're going to stay out of foul trouble against the nation's best backcourt. Basketball is a game of match-ups and last year's game shows that we are a damn solid match-up against the individuals who will be wearing green or white or who gives a flying F on sunday.
All that said, it'll be a great game. Can't wait.