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Red Cedar Rumblings - Bruggman, Benenoch, Onuwalu, Drake, Ceasar

  • http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/Red-Cedar-Rumblings-65495

    Updates on Tyler Bruggman, Caleb Benenoch, James Onuwalu, Deon Drake, Juwan Caesar, Demetrius Jackson, Devin Cannady and much more ...

    This post was edited by Trevor Barnes on 3/13/2012 at 12:53 PM

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  • Interesting to have an AZ QB high on MSU. Will be interesting to see if State can start snagging some of these higher level guys from the Southwest. Bruggman's a high 3-star on 247 and a 4-star on Rivals.

    Michigan State does not and will not run the 3-4 defense.

    SpartanRocky

  • Haven't read yet, but I'm hoping for a more positive outlook on MSU sports this week.

    "I give up. **** this place." - AASpartan"............... "Here's a hint...I'm NEVER serious...[lol][thumbsup]" - VargMan

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  • Does a Jackson commit mean no Tyus Jones in 2014?

    nysparty1 ●

  • Really surprised to read LIU Brooklyn coach Jim Ferry's comments that MSU doesn't go up and down the court, especially after admittedly watching the OSU game Sunday. This was the national perception for quite some time, but I thought the Spartans dispelled that when they ran Louisville out of the gym during the 2009 Elite Eight game.

    Izzo wants to push the tempo as much as possible and that's what Keith Appling has improved on throughout the season at point guard. Something I'll definitely ask players about during interviews today.

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  • Dan Kilbridge said...

    Really surprised to read LIU Brooklyn coach Jim Ferry's comments that MSU doesn't go up and down the court, especially after admittedly watching the OSU game Sunday. This was the national perception for quite some time, but I thought the Spartans dispelled that when they ran Louisville out of the gym during the 2009 Elite Eight game.

    Izzo wants to push the tempo as much as possible and that's what Keith Appling has improved on throughout the season at point guard. Something I'll definitely ask players about during interviews today.

    Any chance he's blowing smoke (knows full well they like to run) and is going to try to catch them off-guard with a different style?

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  • Dan Kilbridge said...

    Really surprised to read LIU Brooklyn coach Jim Ferry's comments that MSU doesn't go up and down the court, especially after admittedly watching the OSU game Sunday. This was the national perception for quite some time, but I thought the Spartans dispelled that when they ran Louisville out of the gym during the 2009 Elite Eight game.

    Izzo wants to push the tempo as much as possible and that's what Keith Appling has improved on throughout the season at point guard. Something I'll definitely ask players about during interviews today.

    Hopefully they continue to think this way, leading to us blowing their doors off. There was a Yahoo! writer that made this same comment about MSU yesterday. Maybe people think just because we're a great rebounding team with a couple bigs that we can't run the floor? Whatever, fine with me.

    jwalter132

  • DickRod said...

    Any chance he's blowing smoke (knows full well they like to run) and is going to try to catch them off-guard with a different style?

    I don't think it matters. By now MSU has video of most, if not all, of the games that LIU Brooklyn has played this year. Regardless of what the coach says to the media, MSU will be very aware of the style of play that they used throughout the year. At this point they won't completely change their style of play, it's too late in the season for that.

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  • nysparty1 said...

    Does a Jackson commit mean no Tyus Jones in 2014?

    Actually, I'm kind of curious about this also. But no one really knows the answer.

    CaseHallBaller

  • msusnee said...

    I don't think it matters. By now MSU has video of most, if not all, of the games that LIU Brooklyn has played this year. Regardless of what the coach says to the media, MSU will be very aware of the style of play that they used throughout the year. At this point they won't completely change their style of play, it's too late in the season for that.

    Yep, highly don't they would change their style as well. Just trying to figure out some kind of reasoning for such a bizarre statement. lol

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  • Love it when they think we aren't a running team. We'll run them right off the floor. None of the B1G teams would let us run all year, when they did we ran them off the floor. There aren't but a few teams I wouldn't want us to try to run on in this whole tourney. Our depth helps us when it's an up and down game and we have jets like Wood, Trice, and Appling who can really get up and down the floor.

    Johnny2x2x ●

  • Benenoch committed to MSU today.

    Big time commit at a position of need.

    Michigan State does not and will not run the 3-4 defense.

    SpartanRocky

  • SpartanRocky said...

    Benenoch committed to MSU today.

    Big time commit at a position of need.

    Great news!

    Thanks for update

    PCL

  • ROspartan07 said...

    Actually, I'm kind of curious about this also. But no one really knows the answer.

    I think it depends on if Valentine can play some SF and if Jackson can play SG. I don't think there's any doubt that PG is both of their natural positions, and frankly, I'd like to see Valentine stay there based on the reviews.
    Also, I think it depends on how much more Appling starts playing at SG, and if he stays for his senior year(which I see as a 95% chance). I don't see Izzo giving G. Harris many more minutes as a freshman than he gave Dawson this year, but Thornton & Wood free up quite a bit.
    Finally, are we going to take 3 in this class... There's Young and there's still Parker. I would think you would take Jackson & another and only take a 3rd if its Parker, since he's pretty much universally considered a 1-and-done. explode
    If we take Jackson and Appling stays, I think we miss out on one or both of Tyus & Drake.

    In King1 I will trust, and I will trust whole-heartedly.

    This post was edited by TUEBOR on 3/13/2012 at 7:30 PM

    TUEBOR

  • DickRod said...

    Yep, highly don't they would change their style as well. Just trying to figure out some kind of reasoning for such a bizarre statement. lol

    I like to follow the "simplest answer is probably the right one" approach. In this case the simplest answer is that the guy is a moron lol

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  • Johnny Costanza said...

    Haven't read yet, but I'm hoping for a more positive outlook on MSU sports this week.

    Yeah, we really need some good news. This getting ready for another Final Four run as B1G champs and a #1 seed followed by getting big time commits from a talent rich state just isn't getting it done for me.

    Frank Ricard

  • Anyone of the same opinion that all the positive national mention that MSU's basketball is receiving is going to help Dantonio and staff on the recruiting circuit? Yes they're totally different sports, but Dantonio can show the teams Big Ten Championship ring from 2010, their Outback Bowl victory, two eleven win seasons, etc., and casually mention how he and Izzo possess the same ability of developing players into champions.

    Congrats on the verbal of Benenoch.

    Spartan4ever

  • You bet it helps! Builds excitement and sends a positive message. Kids begin to understand the MSU is a winning program.

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  • TUEBOR said...

    I think it depends on if Valentine can play some SF and if Jackson can play SG. I don't think there's any doubt that PG is both of their natural positions, and frankly, I'd like to see Valentine stay there based on the reviews.
    Also, I think it depends on how much more Appling starts playing at SG, and if he stays for his senior year(which I see as a 95% chance). I don't see Izzo giving G. Harris many more minutes as a freshman than he gave Dawson this year(~23), but Thornton & Wood free up quite a bit.
    Finally, are we going to take 3 in this class... Hamilton seems like a heavy lean and there's still Parker. I would think you would take Jackson & Hamilton and only take a 3rd if its Parker, since he's pretty much universally considered a 1-and-done. explode
    If we take Jackson and Appling stays, I think we miss out on one or both of Tyus & Drake.

    In King1 I will trust, and I will trust whole-heartedly.

    I think Hamilton is 2014. We will have two spots for the 2013 class, barring attrition.

    Achtung Baby

  • Achtung Baby said...

    I think Hamilton is 2014. We will have two spots for the 2013 class, barring attrition.

    Hamilton is indeed 2013 but I was confusing Cliff Alexander - who is 2014 - for Hamilton anyways. So, my bad either way..
    headslap peace

    TUEBOR

  • TUEBOR said...

    Hamilton is indeed 2013 but I was confusing Cliff Alexander - who is 2014 - for Hamilton anyways. So, my bad either way..
    headslap peace

    That's funny, because I was thinking of Cliff Alexander too when I responded.

    Achtung Baby

  • Johnny Costanza said...

    Haven't read yet, but I'm hoping for a more positive outlook on MSU sports this week.

    Yeah, last week was one of the worst I can remember for MSU sports.

    I hate Illinois Nazis.

    Oj22931

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