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Trey Burke gets a “good game” from Keith Appling after stealing the ball from Michigan State a 2nd time to secure a victory for the Wolverines

Keith Apples knows it.  The entire MSU bench knows it.  Trey Jonathan Burke has the “E-Touch”.

8-17 from the floor,  5-6 from the line, 21 points, 8 assist, 2 turnovers and 5 steals in 38 minutes.

Not even Thomas Izzo knew what to do.

Izzo at his calmest moment of the game.

Izzo gave Michigan all it had.  Especially a thing called “toughness”, which is what makes Izzo’s teams go so far into the tournament according to 97.1 the Ticket.  But this Sunday, I think Michigan out-”toughed” the toughest bunch of tough guys in the toughest conference this side of the Toughassippi River.

On a day where Michigan went 0-12 from the 3 point line, where they “live and die by the 3″, they ended up beating the Spartans at their own game, points in the paint.

Points in the paint: MSU 26 – MICH 44

For all the Spartan Fans who say “We only lost by 1″ as some kind of qualifier to having a better team, sure, go ahead.  Just remember that a 3 star FWD recruit from U of D made your 5 star, 6’11 Center (Payne) and 4 Star 6’10 Center (Nix) look out of breath and fat.  Maybe Izzo was right when he told us all Payne has baby lungs?

MICH MICHGary taking a triple beating from some Spartans. Jordan Morgan was called for the foul.

Here’s to  hoping MICH will get to play MSU again.  A best out of 3 would be a blast.  Especially with a healthy Stauskas.  Maybe…

 

MICH!

 

 

 

Washtenaw County: Divided

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That time of year is back again.  The battle for Washtenaw County is upon us.  It’s MICH vs. CAW! week.  MICH may have a slight edge (favored by 25) but CAW! (Eastern) has a massive chip on their shoulder, the spirit of Earl Jonathan Boykins and pungent memories of a dominating win over fellow B1G team (47-44), Purdue.  Sure, CAW! may have just lost by 26 to UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago?), but their minds were focused on defending and destroying MICHIGAN.

Don’t think that MICH has not been focused on this moment at every turn.  They bleed this rivalry with such passion that they have built massive structures purposely visible from the CAW! water tower as a “hey, nice sports complexes, loosers lol.”  MICH point guard Trey Burke has even gone as far as tattooing wings on himself as a reminder that the CAW! Eagles will always be up in his face!

This is it.  Don’t get scared now.

Be sure to tune in for this monumental event.  These are games in which students paint numbers of days since the opponents last victory on their stomach, or print out giant cardboard faces of Dick Vitale.  This is our chance to watch a little pre-march madness.  This will be a bloodbath.  A Pistons-Bulls 1990′s type match up.  Set your DVR’s or your Tebows, you will want your grand-kids to see this one.

May the best Washtenaw County team win!