What Do the Mel Tucker Revelations Mean for MSU Basketball?
The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Michigan State Basketball Podcast.
Release Date: 09/10/2023
Purdue Looks for Redemption this Season
The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Michigan State Basketball Podcast.
Octboer 16, 2023: Purdue fans must be struggling to properly define last season's team. Was it a successful one where they ran away with the Big Ten conference championship, won the Big Ten Tournament, secured a number one seed in the NCAA, and had a national player of the year in Zach Edey? Or was the year a failure where despite their #1 seed they failed to get out of the first round losing to an historically bad #16 seed in Fairleigh Dickinson? Despite Matt Painter's success during the regular season, his squads have been very poor in the postseason NCAA tournament. Not only is he only the...
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Ohio State Looks to Jump Back into the NCAA and Compete for a Big Ten Title
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October 12, 2023: It's hard to describe the Ohio State Buckeyes' season last year as anything but an unmitigated disaster. A horrendous 13th place finish in the Big Ten, a defensive rating in the 200s, and nowhere near sniffing an NCAA bid. Our questions about Chris Holtman and whether he can take the next step haven't changed. The biggest liability for the Buckeyes has been defense where they struggle individually and as a team. Interestingly, that was a perceived strength of Holtman at his previous job at Butler. This year's squad looks on paper to have a lot more ability and history of...
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Wisconsin Looks to Challenge for BiG Titles Again
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October 9, 2023: Throughout the 2000s, Wisconsin was the epitome of consistency. The Badgers were always in the thick of things in the conference and aside from Michigan State, was probably the best team year in and year out. They racked up a lot of conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances over those 20 years. However, under the leadership of Greg Gard, Wisconsin has been just a touch less competitive. They missed the NCAA last year and were more vulnerable at home. They hope to turn things around this season returning almost the entire roster, staying healthy, and bringing in a...
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Jahmir Young and the Terrapins Look to Improve
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October 5, 2023: After a year in the wilderness with the abrupt midseason departure of former head coach, Mark Turgeon, the Terrapins returned again to prominence in the Big Ten last year. They did it with transfer point guard Jahmir Young under new head coach Kevin Willard from Seton Hall. Maryland made its hay at home last year in the Big Ten but struggled on the road despite being a fairly sound team on both ends of the court. This year, Maryland returns most of its players and adds some top level recruits suggesting that a high NCAA tournament bid is likely in their future. Whether there...
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Indiana Looks Toward Continued Success without TJD
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October 2, 2023: The Indiana Hoosiers are considered one of the Blue Bloods of college basketball yet their program hasn't been at asustained elite level since Bobby Knight was head coach. That's a long time and Rod Woodson was brought in to reconstruct this languishing basketball program and put it on good footing for the next coach - whomever that is going to be. However, despite Indiana's modest success last year in the regular season, they failed to win the league despite being the consensus pick. Also, they swept their rival at Purdue yet weren't even close to winning the Big Ten....
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Illinois: Guard U without a Point Guard Again
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September 28, 2023: They say there are a few things you can count on in this world: death, taxes, Iowa not playing defense, and now Illinois not having a point guard is on that list. Once again, the Illini are without a point guard as they have been unable to recruit a capable guard for the job or find one in the transfer portal. Perhaps it's just really bad luck or maybe something else is going on. For Illinois fans, it's some tough luck because they have all sorts of talent in the low post and wings which should translate into a very tough basketball team. But for the second year in a row,...
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No Murray Twins, No Problem for Iowa?
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September 25, 2023: The Iowa Hawkeyes enter the 2023-24 season much as they have for the past few - with questions. However, to Head Coach Fran McCaffrey's credit, Iowa has overcome their apparent deficiencies to easily make the NCAA tournament. Two years ago, after losing a great player in Luka Garza, they found another great set of players in the Murray twins. Well, Keegan and now Kris Murray are gone and in the NBA and Fran will once again try to reload with underrecruited players and a few transfers. It is hard to discount the Hawkeyes at this point so despite the apparent lack of parts,...
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UM's Program is Spiraling
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September 21, 2023: Although basketball is a distant second in terms of importance to Michigan fans, there is still a good tradition of winning. However, Juwan Howard and the Wolverines seem to be slowly spiraling the drain. They enter the 2023-24 season after what can only be described as a disappointing season where they not only missed the NCAA tournament but lost in the NIT first round in a heart crushing fashion to Vanderbilt. The program feels like it is lost with strange roster construction and an inability to recruit to the level hoped for when Howard was hired. The Wolverines have...
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Will Rutgers Miss the NCAA for a Second Straight Year?
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September 18, 2023: Rutgers has quietly become a serious pest and threat to teams in the Big Ten. After spending years as the league doormat, the Scarlet Knights are not only a legitimate challenge each night but have become somewhat of a regular in the NCAA tournament. Steve Pikiell has done a masterful job in creating a real program at a university with virtually no basketball tradition. However, last year was bit of a weird year for the Knights as they looked assured to make the field of 68 when all of a sudden, the wheels came off as they dropped 6 of their last eight games. Worse yet, one...
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Northwestern Looks to Repeat as Runners Up in the Big Ten
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September 14, 2023: Although Purdue and its steamrolling through the Big Ten last year was the main headline - Northwestern may have had an even better season (at least compared to expectations). Chris Collins' crew found 'it' last year and rocketed up to the top of the conference mainly through a tenacious defense. Collins was perhaps a little bit on the hot seat, but after a second NCAA tournament berth (the second ever in the history of Northwestern) and a first round win, we expect he's safe in Evanston for a while. However, Chase Audige elected to go pro instead of take his COVID year...
info_outlineSeptember 10, 2023: Well, MSU fans who went to bed Saturday night feeling pretty good about their football team awoke Sunday to some very sobering news. It turns out that Head coach Mel Tucker, is the subject of a serious Title IX investigation alleging sexual misconduct with a former off campus individual. His coaching future with Michigan State is probably over as we await the next steps within the program and athletic department.
However, whenever anything happens within athletics at MSU, it seems Tom Izzo becomes a part of the discussion. Partly because there is such a huge power vacuum at the university and partly because he cares so deeply from the school. In this episode we have a brief discussion over what, if any, impact this will have on the basketball program and season this year.
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