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I must admit I'm a bit embarrassed at the fact that MSU was part of the 5-ring Jabari Parker circus. At least Tom Izzo had the decency to skip the news conference and instead visit the sick father of a former player.

The top coaches like Izzo and Coach K know that, as distasteful as it is, a program probably needs at least 'one-and-done' player to win a NC. But the news conference, the live TV coverage, the presentation of the requisite finalist caps / t shirts / logos, etc should embarrass everyone involved. Cancel classes and gather all of the school students in the gym to hear the big annoucement of where a 17 year old kid is going to go to college for one semester? Then compound the travesty by claiming that the purpose of the show is to demonstrate how important academics are? Really?

The thing I found funniest was watching the Twitter timeline where one tweet was talking about how humble the kid was, then the next tweet was how Dan Wetzel was sitting next to Parker's "official Wikipedia editor."

He seriously has an "official Wikipedia editor"??

Wow, definitely not humble in the slightest.

Back to the old Sparty Noooo mantra soon after a bowl win:

Brian Linthicum ‏@B_Linthicum88
Notre Dame fans remind me of the #scUM fans back in September, pre-Alabama annihilation. #IgnoranceIsBliss

Trolling two fanbases of teams you lost to during the season instead of enjoying your bowl win and the holiday season?

Hahahaha. Sparty's inferiority complex will never go away.

I like Appling's game. I like Harris' game.

Other than that, there's not alot to fear up there. Nix has shown tremendous improvement in his time there, but he's not a game changer. Valentine looks like he'll be a solid player there. Payne is nothing but an athlete. He basically is msu's version of Brent Petway. A phenomenal athlete who can jump and dunk and rebound decently, but has no discernible offensive skill. Dawson is extremely athletic as well, but no offensive game whatsoever and seems to get lost on D.

Gauna and Byrd provide nothing. Trice is a serviceable backup.

tRCMB is full of conspiracy again. The Big Ten made sure that they didn't get calls against Minnesota!!!!

It's always a conspiracy. They actually haven't lost a B1G basketball game in years. If the refs call the games evenly, they win all of them.

In football, the B1G and it's officials want to make sure the traditional powers (Michigan, osu) win their games. In basketball, they want to make sure msu, which admittedly has been the face of the B1G for the last several years, lose their games. Don't follow the logic....

Or perhaps it's just that the B1G wants msu to lose as much as possible regardless of sport