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For Michigan State, close win at Rutgers serves to remind that 'we're not perfect'
PISCATAWAY, N.J.-- Michigan State knew a night like Tuesday night was coming, sooner or later.After a six-game stretch in which it beat all of its opponent by 18 points - including two top-10 opponents - Michigan State came back down to earth on Tuesday night in the form of a 62-52 win over Rutgers.The Spartans didn't pull away until point guard Cassius Winston hit two 3-pointers in the final 3:28, bookending a 9-3 Spartans run that put them up by 10 points.Before that, the Spartans spent nearly 35 minutes playing evenly with a Rutgers team that's resided in the Big Ten cellar since joining the league three years ago.The Spartans were pedestrian in rebounding, tying Rutgers at 45 total rebounds apiece and losing the offensive rebound battle.They turned the ball over 15 times and scored just two points on their fast break.When it was over, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo smoothed the black tablecloth on the interview table at the Rutgers Athletic Center and spoke evenly."I don't know how to say this to anybody, but we're not perfect," Izzo said."We're not as good as you guys write.We're a good basketball team that has a chance to be a great one." "We played terrible, really," Langford said."Especially me, but we came out and got the win." Izzo led off his postgame comments by saying Tuesday's performance was of no surprise to him.He thought his team played sluggish, particularly in the beginning.Miles Bridges, who scored a team-high 21 points, said he was surprised to see Michigan State start the game poorly after several recent strong starts."I could see some guys weren't focused," Bridges said."But I thought we were going to come through in the first half, because I'm not used to us coming out like that.I don't expect us to come out like that anymore." Michigan State's poor start gave a shot of confidence to a Rutgers team that took the court looking to pull off a massive upset.And if it wasn't for some missed open short shots, it may have come even closer."We had some opportunities to kind of blow this thing open," Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said."You've got make the open ones." Offensively, Michigan State shot a below-average 38.6percent from the field as it became a two-player offense for much of the game.Of the Spartans' 57 shots, 37 were taken by Langford and Miles Bridges.They hit just 13 of those 37 shots, but five of Bridges' seven makes were 3-pointers.With Rutgers largely taking away paths to the basket, Bridges turned to his outside shot.Michigan State also made things harder on itself by keeping two of its best players out for long second-half stretches.Forward Nick Ward played just one minute after halftime and 11 minutes for the game.Winston sat for nearly seven minutes to start the second half while Rutgers hung around.MSU's Nick Ward defends his play this season after frustrating 11-minute game vs.Rutgers "(Ward) and Cassius I thought started out poorly and we challenged them," Izzo said."They didn't respond the way we wanted." T
Michigan basketball gameday: Indiana visits for Big Ten opener
Who: Michigan Wolverines (6-2) vs.Indiana Hoosiers (4-3) Where: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan) When: Saturday, Dec.2, 12:30 pm ET Point spread: Michigan -7.5 Watch: CBS Listen: Detroit: WWJ-950 AM; Ann Arbor: WTKA-1050 AM Tickets: MGoBlue.com ($30) Promotions: John Beilein bobblehead; Magic of JP Wilson (halftime show) Twitter: Follow Andrew Kahn Yes, Michigan is playing Indiana in early December.It is a result of the earlier Big Ten Tournament.Indiana has struggled so far under new coach Archie Miller, who replaced Tom Crean after a successful stint at Dayton.The Hoosiers were smacked in their season opener against Indiana State, after which a frustrated Miller called his team "soft."They hung with No.1 Duke on Wednesday before taking their third loss of the season.Their best win came at home against Eastern Michigan.Defense has been a problem.Indiana has allowed opponents to shoot 42 percent from three-point range, though the Hoosiers have shown improvement in the last few games.This has been a problem for Michigan as well.Will Michigan play two centers at once?.
Bagley scores 24 as Duke rolls past Furman, 92-63
He dunked, he dished, he even hit a 3-pointer: Marvin Bagley III did everything he could to break the game open for top-ranked Duke.Bagley III scored 24 points and the Blue Devils beat Furman 92-63 on Monday night in the on-campus round of the PK80.Trevon Duval had a season-best 18 points, Wendell Carter Jr.added 14 and a fourth freshman - Alex O'Connell - scored 10 for Duke (5-0).The Blue Devils shot nearly 61 percent and outscored Furman 64-28 in the paint, and have won all four of their games at Cameron Indoor Stadium by at least 17 points.Bagley did it all during the 28-10 run late in the first half that put this one out of reach, scoring 11 points in 2 minutes during that stretch.In addition to one of his authoritative dunks that already have become routine, he hit a couple of short jumpers and a layup, found Trevon Duval for a dunk and even made his second 3-pointer of the season."It was just a time in the game when I was hitting, my teammates kept finding me," Bagley said."They kept coming back to me, they believed in me enough to keep going and keep pushing, and I just executed on the plays we were running.It was one of those moments in the game when I was hot."Tougher tests await this team in the coming days in Portland, Oregon - possibly from No.7 Florida or No.17 Gonzaga in a later round of the event marking Nike founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday.This rout came after Duke strengthened its grip on the top spot in the AP Top 25, adding 20 more first-place votes to give the Blue Devils 54 of them - or, all but 11 of the 65 ballots cast.John Davis III scored 15 points and Matt Rafferty added 11 for the Paladins (2-2), who have lost two straight.BIG PICTUREFurman: A few Paladins were familiar with Cameron: Two senior starters, Davis and Daniel Fowler, also started here as freshmen in 2014 when the Blue Devils beat them by 39 .As a team, they acquitted themselves much better in this visit, even leading for almost 5 early minutes.The other 35 were pretty rough, though, and they kept Furman winless against Duke since 1951 - when both schools were in the Southern Conference."With the pressure, Duke really turned the pressure up, and our guys started to dribble the ball instead" of passing it around, coach Bob Richey said."They started trying to take the ball out of the high post .which basically kept us from cutting as much. .We struggled to finish (and) it compounded itself when we didn't pass it and move it as well as we needed to."Duke: After a bit of a sluggish start, the Blue Devils got back to looking more like their dominant selves than last time out, a rather sloppy 17-point victory three nights earlier against a winless Southern team.After that game, coach Mike Krzyzewski bemoaned his team's lack of practice time due to a busy week.No such issues this time."We practiced better these last two days - we practiced," Krzyzewski said."So of course we practiced better.And it showed."HIGHLIGHT REELThere were plenty - Bagley's slick pass ins
No. 9 North Carolina overpowers Stanford in Jerod Haase-Roy Williams reunion – The Mercury News
STANFORD — Getting the chance to face North Carolina at Maples Pavilion for the first time since Michael Jordan’s days was not enough for Stanford.Not nearly enough, not after a 96-72 defeat.“To lose a game by that much, we’re just disappointed right now,” said Cardinal forward Reid Travis after falling to the No.9 Tar Heels on Monday night.“We came into the game with the mindset we wanted to knock them off.” The defending national champions were far too good for the Cardinal (3-2), but coach Jerod Haase hopes his players benefit from the model they saw.“We will learn examples of championship habits and championship traits.They have such a fantastic program,” said Haase, who was part of that program for six years as an assistant to Roy Williams, his college coach at Kansas.Stanford announced a sellout crowd for the occasion, but perhaps half of the fans were decked out in Carolina powder blue.It did not go unnoticed by Travis, who led his team with 21 points.“It puts a chip on my shoulder,” he said.“I bought the guys together before the game and said, ‘Take a look at all the blue in the gym.’That kind of lights us up.” Haase, in his second season, is unapologetic about saying he wants Stanford fans to someday feel that level of passion.“Having Carolina in the building is a special deal, to have a crowd that’s excited,” he said.“I wish we put together a better effort so the fans who came out will be more inclined to come back.“While it’s not going to happen overnight, we’re going to build this thing into a monster.” The Tar Heels (3-0) were the monsters on Monday night, especially guards Kenny Williams and Joel Berry II.Williams, who totaled 20 points in UNC’s first two games, scored that many in the first 10 minutes, including six 3-pointers, to pocket a career-high.He took just one shot in the second half and finished with 20.“I thought Kenny was absolutely sensational,” his coach said.“The best thing about it is he wasn’t not selfish for one minute.I can’t say enough for what I thought he did for us.” Said Kenny Williams, “When I first went to the bench I told the guys, `Man, I’m just throwing it up there and it’s going in.’“ Stanford (3-2) was impressed, but unhappy with its defensive work on the perimeter.“It was a defensive lapse.He shouldn’t be able to get those looks,” said Stanford freshman guard Isaac White, who scored a season-high 20 points.Berry, the most outstanding player in last year’s Final Four, did not play in Carolina’s season opener after breaking his hand by punching a wall when he lost a video game.He shot 1 for 11 in the second game, but came alive to score 29 against the Cardinal, 18 in the first half.“That is a concern that we’re going to need to defend the 3-point line better,” Haase said after UNC made 11 of 26 from deep.That wasn’t Stanford’s only shortcoming.The Cardinal missed 11 of its first 18 free throws and turned the ball over 19 times.“Clearly, there’s room for growth,” Haase said.“I do believe the experienc
NC State basketball vs. Presbyterian
Ron Cherry, legendary ACC referee, looks back on his career NC State's Freeman: 'We just gotta keep playing hard, keep getting better' Coach K on college basketball: 'We are not running this the way a billion-dollar industry should be run' Don't miss this very special marching band at the Raleigh Christmas parade A "hip-hop" academic? "9th Wonder" (AKA Patrick Douthit) talks about being one UNC recruit Jordyn Adams talks about his first football game in NC NC State's Keatts: 'I thought we got better tonight'.
How Angel Delgado and Seton Hall woke up after halftime vs. Indiana
Angel Delgado doesn't yell at his Seton Hall teammates when he wants the ball.He doesn't wave his hands or gesture, and he doesn't tell them he wants it during timeouts.All the senior big man does is give them a look."He won't scream at you saying to get him the ball because he's not a selfish person," swingman Desi Rodriguez said."He gets a little pouty, Angel is still a big baby.Just like with food, if he's hungry that's how he acts, he'll have an ugly face." Delgado wasn't giving them that look in the first half against Indiana on Wednesday, and the star senior wasn't getting the rock and the Pirates were trailing.Then at halftime, coach Kevin Willard reminded his players they might want to consider passing inside to the center who has more double-doubles than anyone in the country.The result was 10 straight Seton Hall points shortly after halftime, seven of which were scored by Delgado, to fuel the No.22 Pirates in a 84-68 victory over Indiana at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J."(Coach) screamed at me, he said, 'get him the ball,'" so I said I would get him it," Rodriguez said."Every play I throw it into him, because I know nine out of 10 times it's going to be a good play.I just throw it in there, if you throw it in there you're not going to make a mistake." After taking just three shots in the first half and scoring four points, Delgado exploded in the second half with 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting, including making seven of nine free throws to go with 11 rebounds.Performances like this have come to be expected of Delgado, who registered his 53rd career double-double and third straight to start the season.In a sport that has come to be dominated by one-and-done freshman, Delgado is a rare senior star, and the main reason for Seton Hall's lofty expectations this season.Having been around his teammates long enough, he knows he doesn't have to say anything to get the ball."I just look at them, I'm like 'Yo,' they know already, that's my guys, they've been with me for so long," Delgado said."That's why I came back, to be with these guys.I know they know me." The Pirates' win in the Gavitt Tip-Off Games was not just the Angel Delgado show -- Rodriguez had 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and Khadeen Carrington had 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting.Passing to Delgado helped those two shine, as well.According to Rodriguez, getting the ball inside opens up everything else for the offense."When he scores inside, it opens up the court, it gets us open shots," Rodriguez said."Once you get the ball in, the more the floor opens up for us to score the ball." After flirting with the NBA in the offseason before ultimately deciding to return for his senior season, Delgado has shown his commitment to expanding his game for the next level.His offensive arsenal has evolved and now features more moves in the post and improved shooting.But it's Delgado's passing that might be most impressive.He had four assists on the night, including a mid-air pass to the Carrington
Five takeaways from Western Michigan's 35-31 loss to Northern Illinois
Get used to seeing Sutton Smith The 6-foot, 220-pound lineman might not have the ideal frame to play defensive end in the NFL, but he’s only a sophomore and should continue to terrorize MAC backfields for the next two years.He entered the game second in the nation in tackles for loss (22) and third in sacks (10.5), so his six tackles behind the line of scrimmage and 2.5sacks against WMU weren’t completely surprising, but impressive nonetheless.We had every blocking scheme in America to try to base him, to wham him, to cut him off,” WMU coach Tim Lester said of Smith.“We tried to change our cadence, and the one thing about him, he’s really good at picking up cadence.If you watch him get off the ball, he did couple stunt moves that he timed up cadence really well.” “He has really strong hands, that’s one thing I’ll give him.His up-and-under, you can get a hand on him, but his hand movement when he chops you is powerful, you can’t just grab him and be done.“I thought we got better as the night went on with our protection.We knew where he was and we had someone chipping him all day, which I didn’t think allowed him to wreak havoc in the backfield.He did on a couple run plays, but I thought our pass (protection) was pretty good on him.
Oregon State football blown out by Arizona; Cory Hall expresses frustration with defensive staff
TUCSON, Ariz.- It was nearly one year ago that a group of joyous Oregon State football players entered the Valley Football Center media room, playfully slapping coach Gary Andersen across the chest.The Beavers' had just won by 25 points over Arizona in what turned out to be the most thorough victory of the 30-game Andersen era, a moment internally viewed as progression toward the impending completion of a multi-year rebuild.On Saturday night inside the cement bowels of Arizona Stadium, interim coach Cory Hall was in Andersen's place following a 49-28 loss to the Wildcats, who set a single-game school record of 534 rushing yards as the gap between OSU and the rest of the Pac-12 appeared as stark as ever.Calm in tone, Hall repeatedly said that the players "deserve better" and expressed frustration with the defensive coaching staff.Hall never named any assistants, but contrasted his praise for the team's offensive adjustments with the Beavers' continued deficiencies against the run."You saw Arizona run weak side," Hall said."You saw Cal run weak side (last week).So at some point you have to look elsewhere and kind of adjust and put players in a better situation.We have to do better.It has to be top priority. .I'm not unhappy with our players on defense." Asked if he would need to be more hands-on with the defense going forward, the cornerbacks coach said, "Absolutely." The Beavers' eighth consecutive loss dropped them to 1-9 (0-7 Pac-12), two losses away from what would be the second winless slate of conference games in three years.They were 21-point underdogs against a recharged Arizona (7-3, 5-2) team led by sensational sophomore quarterback Khalil Tate, who continued his season of dominance before exiting in the fourth quarter with the game in hand.Tate did to Oregon State what he had done to opposing defenses since taking over the starting job five games into the season.He rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries, including a 71-yard score with 9:39 remaining in the third quarter to put OSU down 35-7 in front of an announced crowd of 40,984.Two Arizona running backs - JJ Taylor (129 yards on 10 carries) and Nick Wilson (101 yards on 17 carries) - also crossed the 100-yard threshold, one week after California running back Patrick Laird had a career-high 214 rushing yards against the Beavers."At the end of the day, it's on us," said safety Jalen Moore, who finished with a team-high nine tackles."We were making mistakes, technical mistakes; not lining up right.We kind of shot ourselves in the foot." The offensive adjustments OSU made, if nothing else, forced Arizona to keep Tate in the game into the fourth quarter.The Beavers tallied 278 second half yards after mustering only 82 in the first two quarters.They averaged 5.3yards per carry in the final half, as Ryan Nall had 95 yards on 22 carries and Thomas Tyner, who was questionable entering the week, had seven carries for 42 yards.Oregon State only totaled 34 yards on 18 rushes (1.9ya
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