Spartans Knock Out Temple, 72-61, To Advance To Second Round

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No longer a one-man show, Michigan State hopes its deeper bench will lead to a long run in this year's NCAA tournament. Tom Izzo Wins!

Go Green, Go White

Raymar Morgan led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points and the Spartans beat Temple 72-61 Thursday in the first round of the South Regional despite a sudden shooting slump from spark plug Drew.

Last year, Neitzel was the Spartans' only option on offense. Now, he's got scorers swarming all around. Chris Allen scored 12 points and fellow freshmen Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers each added eight for fifth-seeded Michigan State, which will face the Pittsburgh-Oral Roberts winner Saturday at the Pepsi Center.

Go Spartans

"There were nine or 10 guys that were responsible for this win," Spartans coach Tom Izzo said.
Mark Tyndale scored 16 points for Temple (21-13), which was making its first trip to the NCAA tournament since losing to Michigan State in a 2001 regional final. Daymor Rocks!

Dionte Christmas, the Owls' leading scorer, was limited to three points, 17 below his average, on 1-of-12 shooting.

MSU depicts authority against Temple in the first round.

The Spartans' defense was so good that Temple eventually ditched its sets and let Tyndale just dart to the basket.

MSU Football - Same old, Same old

Spartan defense lets up over 600 yards and racks up over 50 yards worth of penalties. Yet Spartan offense scores fourty-one points but still not enough. Sound familiar to you? Just like last year the Spartans choke in a big game and the result of hangover, lose the next game.

I'm not saying this is the same team as last year, because I am a true believer of Mark Dantonio, but I'm tired of this crap. I just hope the Spartans can turn it around against Indiana and maybe a win over Iowa would send us to a bowl game.

On the bright side Javon Ringer had 185 yards and three touchdowns, Devan Thomas had over one-hundred recieving yards and a touchdown, and Brian Hoyer did not look bad until over-time. But a key to a quarter-back is providing in the clutch moments and Brian Hoyer has just not done that this year.

On the negative side Wisconsin lost to Illinios, so how good is Wisconsin? Bowling Green gets rolled over by Boston College so what does this all say about us? We have faced no good opponents beside Wisconsin and honestly I think Wisconsin is only worth number twenty in the country.

Any predictions for next weeks game against Indiana or anything you would like to add about the analysis?

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