ANN ARBOR — It’s a play that’ll haunt Keith Appling for a while. But a textbook steal by Trey Burke.
Michigan State will remember the final minute — the turnover, Derrick Nix’s missed free throw, the final play. But it should kick itself for most of the second half.
The Spartans are out of the Big Ten title picture (crown belongs to Indiana) and hope for a No. 1 seed.
They’ve still got a valid chance at a Final Four run — as much as anyone — but the regular season ended today.
MSU lost a road game against a good team. It didn’t get the bounces or the calls, but that’s life as a visitor anywhere.
What’s left to do is not let this loss, this three-game skid, become a slide. Win with a strong performance Thursday against Wisconsin, and while certain goals are gone, MSU will be a 2 or 3 seed and a dangerous team in the NCAA tournament.
MSU had a chance to reassert its state supremacy and stay in the Big Ten title hunt. It didn’t do it. All that’s left to do is move on.
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I think the best thing Izzo can do at this point is let Trice start and bench Appling for a few. Trice clearly has his head on straight and is the better ball
Handler. Dissappointing loss yes, end of the world no. Take care of shop at home and see what happens. Go Green!
Coaches and players can spin it any way they like, but a point guard getting the ball stolen by mid court with less than a minute on the clock has NO excuses. It is lazy basketball by a player that has lost it’s edge. The way Appling mopes after bad plays makes me feel like this something that will lose him mentally for the season. Which means they need a plan B.
Appling should not be starting. Izzo is a great coach and I understand what he was trying to do to get Appling out of his funk but lets face it, Appling is weak and Trice is playing much better. Time to bench Appling. And someone tell Valentine that he should not shoot the ball. Maybe ever. And Dawson hasnt been the same since he took that blow to the jaw against michigan last month. Ugh.
Opportunity lost. Could have kept heat on IU for at least a share but playground basketball rears its ugly head yet again. Too bad. Will it take the wind out their sails from here? Only time will tell.
Great game, Burke is a beast!!!! Player of the year is in the bag!!!!!!!!!
Nah, probably Otto Porter at this stage.
this is devastating..our window is closing fast..harris and payne will be gone after next year..if not this year..appling is not a gamer..no recruits coming..dawson is an enigma..i like valentine..but i’m getting very discouraged..i think we have to win this year or get ready for the dark ages..i am now relegated to just hoping u-scum goes into their usual act in the tournament..
Now now let’s not get too extreme. After all, it is Izzo we are talking about here. I still like our chanced going forward if Payne and Harris continue to grow along with getting Trice some good minutes. Clearly Appling will be thumped even more by this, so time to try a new direction. It’s the Harris/Payne/Trice show ladies and gents!
dark ages? Really, Jersey John? Michigan State has established itself as one of the elite basketball schools…we have consistently been in the mix for top recruits, and regularly get the top recruits that we go after…Dawson, Harris, Appling, Payne, etc. We don’t have any recruits because Izzo put all his chips on Parker, and wiffed out on him. Look at the players we are in the running for in 2014, we have the chance to land an absolutely stacked recruiting class. Just because we lose a few close games to very good teams and 2 of our players MIGHT be leaving doesn’t mean we are heading for the dark ages.
no recruits coming? really dude?
Thanks I’ve said hello to Izzo three times now scouting Tyus Jones I better tell Izzo to stop wasting money on these Minny trips because he has no recruits coming Belien.
yeah geez jersey john we’re all disappointed but MSU isn’t going anywhere, we beat scUM by 23 just a couple weeks ago, we’ll be fine
I called it on Friday if Appling or Dawson don’t show up they lose the game!.
This is the fourth time in a row this has happened sometimes key players get burned out and lose interest. Hopefully they will get the passion back or for this team the rest of the way will be a difficult journey and a short post season.
It seems Izzo overcoaches these ends of games with all the time outs. We are tied and the worst you can do is go to overtime and Appling is looking to Izzo for a play or TO and gets it stolen. Why not let the athletes we have be athletic???? And Why let Nix waste 12 seconds every possession and have Dawson EVER dribble the ball. He has NO handles and is a turnover waiting to happen. Really are sinking fast on what was a promising season.
Look Debbie Downer Adnoid, Appling had the ball stolen when he began to cut left towards the lane and the basket. He was not looking to call a time out. Burke made what may have been one of the greatest moves ever made by a defender. It’s not like Appling screwed up or made a bad pass.
I love Harris, but he should have recognized where Burke was, used Nix and driven to the right for a shot. He’ll learn, but he should have been more aggressive with 4 seconds left.
Totally. If he would’ve gone right and launched as soon as he got around Nix, he would’ve had a look. There was another play from Nix, where he went up for the layup to his left – right into the defenders, when he would’ve had a clean look going to the right. He got fouled, But ended up missing the front end of hi FT. Poor decisions in crunch time.
Obviously, you two have never played the game competively. Up high or on TV, what you suggested is obvious, but when you are down on the floor and are in the middle of a frantic four seconds, you can’t see what we see up high You can only go with what you can see and your instincts.
It’s tough to win when you get a grand total of 2 points from the small forward position. 2 points for Dawson and 0 for Valentine was the difference. Valentine missed a number of wide open 3′s because UM was collapsing and leaving him alone. Too bad Byrd isn’t in a position to contribute.
The aggregate is still the Spartans by 21.
Another mugging of the away team by the B1G Officials. The game at out place wasn’t well officiated, either, but this one, I feared for all the players, once valentines inept bunch lost control of the game. It’s criminal that the best conference in the land year in and year out has to put up with the worst set of Officials. Is it like Military Acquisitions, where Mattel gets the contract to manufacture the M-16, lowest bidder?
Agree 100% the officials stole that game. Give no credit to the Wolverine. Assign blame to the Coach, the players , the refs or a combination of the above but give no credit to the Wolverine they did not earn that game so I wont use the v word, we gave it to them.
What a tool you are. I seem to remember a few things MSU did that didn’t get called either. Let’s face it, Michigan beat us fair and square. We can’t win big games when only Payne and Harris show up. Dawson, Appling, Nix–awful. Nix can’t even jump. He’s Bill Laimbeer without the Jump Shot. Package that all together and I am amazed that we even had a chance to win. Quit blaming the refs and start blaming the starters.
Shhhhh…it’s going to be ok, little baby…shhhhh….
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they opposed MSU entry into the Big Ten?
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they opposed MSU having a law school.?
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they forced Biggy Munn and his players
To dress and stand in four inches of raw sewage?
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they purchased the Orange Bowl away from MSU in 1999?
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they purchased the Sugar Bowl away from us in 2011?
Was Michigan exhibiting good sportsmanship when they purchased Chris Webber and Jalen Rose for Six Hundred thousand dollars, after Coach Izzo had put in the time to recruit C-WEB?
Until the University of Michigan issues a written apology for the above I will never give them credit, any one else sure , not them, not ever.
Somehow, I think Michigan will survive without you giving them any credit.
First of all, the aggregate DIFFERENCE is 22, not 21. If you’re going to cry about the officiating, what about the travels that Payne got away with at the end of the game.
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UM lost by 23 at the Bres. UM escaped their own home court by ONE POINT. Any way you slice it, dice it or serve it…MSU is by far the better team. Officials set the tone to start the 2nd stanza and that made MSU hesitant and they still had the win in their hands with less than 30 seconds left. Give TB credit for a heads up play when they needed it to barely escape a humiliating loss at home. He is the only asset on a very overrated wolverine team.
yep rico and ed can go screw themselves and go back to the scum board
Ed Martin cant he passed away just before the trial.
Not sure it was the refs fault, half the team had the flu, harris had back spasms, his shoulder popped out then Applings shoulder popped out. Always something !!!
Graham, MSU blew out M at MSU and lost by 1 at Michigan. I think they still reinstated state supremacy.
Really? A loss is a loss whether by 60 or 1.
true to an extent, but you lose by 20+ that’s an embarrassing loss while losing by 1 is just a loss, and most of my michigan buddies told me MSU is the better team because of the difference in losses
Lets stop talkin about the past and look at the future… Michigan has a better record… Goin to receive a better seed… When u have 4 freshman playin they had a brain fart against state… A win by 30 or a win by 1 it’s the same a W