Bleeding Green

MSU Women: The waiting game

With the Spartans' deflating loss Saturday night to Illinois, we're now left to wait until March 17, fingers crossed, to see if the women get an NCAA tournament bid.

MSU Women: Can I get a whoo -- and a hoo?!?!?

Of all the wins they've needed this season, this might well have been the biggest and most-needed: The MSU Spartan women took down the Minnesota Gophers 56-51 Friday night in the quarter-finals of the Big Ten Tournament (after losing to them twice during the regular season). And in more good news: No. 9 Illinois beat No. 1 Ohio earlier today, leaving the Spartans facing Illinois in the semi-finals at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Whoo hoo!

Women's Basketball: And ... breathe ...

The MSU Women's 2007-08 regular season is in the books, and it ended on a high note: The Spartans beat the Illini 54-46 Thursday at the Breslin Center. Home game. Senior night. Ending the season with a win. Yee-ha!

Women's Basketball: Awwww, MAN!

You'd think, in a game where freshman forward Kalisha Keane netted 18 points and sophomore center Alyssa DeHaan added another 15, the MSU Spartan Women wouldn't have played in a way that elicited quite as much swearing in my living room as this one did. But the 69-59 loss Sunday afternoon at Purdue was an ugly one. And, frankly, they were lucky to lose by only 10 points ...

Women's Basketball: Keep on growing

Thursday night's sound trouncing of the Northwestern Wildcats offered a unique opportunity for MSU Women's Basketball fans: We got to watch the team's offense and defense really come together on both ends of the court, and it was clear that the team is really growing.

MSU Women: Something Coach P couldn't do

So, after going 13-0 playing Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center, the MSU Spartans spanked the Lady Lions today on their home turf. Coach P never led the Spartans to a victory there. And add this to the pot: Penn State is 4-10 in the Big Ten this year ... the same year Coach P brought her Duke Blue Devils to Penn State and LOST earlier this season.

What ELSE could happen to the MSU women?

AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!

I had SUCH high hopes for the MSU women's basketball team this season. OK, more like "this will be a great rebuilding year" hopes. Their first game against Grand Valley State showed some real promise ... except for the frustration of Allyssa De Haan's ankle injury. Then, in their second exhibition game, against Lake Superior State, Aisha Jefferson went down -- then out for the season, with a knee injury.