December 6, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes As a freshman, Beecher‘s Monte Morris was the best player on a team that made the state semifinals. As a sophomore, his team once again made the [...]
December 5, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes When the Michigan State basketball team doesn’t play well, the players likely get tired — as players of any coach do — of hearing the same criticisms [...]
November 27, 2012 in Cover Story, High School, Mr. Basketball Remix
Regularly, BallinMichigan.com will look back at the yearly Mr. Basketball award with the benefit of hindsight. These posts will look back at the top five finishers at the time, provide [...]
November 23, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Jonathan Abrams has a fantastic feature on former Michigan State player and current NBA star Zach Randolph for Grantland. The article looks at Randolph’s rough upbringing, the [...]
November 21, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes The annual (and excellent) Basketball Prospectus College Basketball Prospectus is now available to purchase either as an online PDF or paperback, and as part of the promotion [...]
November 16, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional
By Patrick Hayes Durrell Summers turned what could’ve been a negative situation — a knee injury that required surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation process last year — into something positive. [...]
November 11, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Detroit’s Jordan Crawford introduces the world to ‘steez.’ (DC Sports Bog) Jalen Rose once stole Patrick Ewing’s TV and VCR. (Ball [...]
November 10, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes Over at The Only Colors, I looked at Michigan State‘s schedule and picked out 10 individual matchups I’m most looking forward to this season, including this one: [...]
November 9, 2012 in Division I
Former Flint Central standout and Michigan State player Tim Bograkos was featured in a video for the Michigan State Alumni Association, discussing what he learned from Tom Izzo. It’s short [...]
November 7, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes Tom Izzo has always welcomed and sought out the advice of his former players during his tenure at Michigan State. But, via Chris Solari of the Lansing [...]