Carl Berman 
28 Jan 2019 
0 comments West Lafayette, IN – In a mid-season conference game between two traditional Big Ten heavyweights featuring two of the top players in the conference, Michigan State’s Cassius Winston won his individual battle against Purdue’s Carsen Edwards, but it was Edwards’ Boilermakers who survived a late Michigan State rally to register a 73-63 victory and hand […]
Michigan State Cruises to Win Over Penn State
State College, PA— Michigan State cruised to a 71-56 victory over Penn State that they lead from start to finish building a double digit lead and keeping it for the final 30 minutes of the game. Michigan State was led by big man Nick Ward. Ward scored 16 points on only 11 shot attempts. At […]
Duke, Michigan State Take Home PK80 Titles
Portland, OR – The first and hopefully not last PK80 Invitational ended in Portland Sunday night with Duke and Michigan State winning their brackets and taking home championship trophies. Duke came back from a 17-point second half deficit to topple a strong Florida team 87-84. Michigan State dominated defending national champion North Carolina from the […]
PK80 Invitational Lives up To Hype
Portland, OR – After some lackluster games on Thanksgiving Day, the PK80 Phil Knight Invitational, celebrating Nike founder Phil Knight’s 80th birthday, lived up to its hype with some exciting contests, great individual performances and solid crowds on Friday. In the final game of the day at the Moda Center, Florida outlasted Gonzaga 111-105 in […]
Michigan State No Match For Kentucky
New York, NY – Even the most decorated of high school senior basketball players need a game or two to acclimate themselves to the faster pace and higher skill level of major college basketball. In the case of heralded Kentucky freshman Malik Monk, it was two games. Struggling to find the net in Kentucky’s first […]
Purdue Tops Michigan State in OT
West Lafayette, IN – The eighteenth ranked Purdue Boilermakers knocked off the eighth ranked Michigan State Spartans in overtime 82-81. The Boilermakers controlled the entire first half behind an strong 19-point performance from senior guard Raphael Davis, leading by as many as 17 points. The second half saw Purdue extend their lead to as many […]
Kaminsky Leads Wisconsin to Final + Final 4 Notes
Wisconsin ended Kentucky’s undefeated season in the Final Four on Saturday behind a double-double from Frank Kaminsky. The senior has been named NetScouts Basketball’s NCAA Tournament Player of the Day for games on April 4th. Kaminsky led the Badgers with game-highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 71-64 victory. He was 7-of-11 from […]
Michigan State’s Izzo does it “The Right Way”
Can you imagine a head basketball coach at any major university walking into a recruits house and telling him, “If you come to my school I can guarantee you will play in a Final Four” and he is not just trying to pump up his program. If you can, then you can only imagine one […]
Six Basketball Tournaments in Six Days
My annual east coast trip for the start of the college basketball season is over. I covered six tournaments in six nights traveling between New York City and Rhode Island and made it back home by Thanksgiving despite a major rain and wind storm. The first event on Thursday night was the 2K Sports Classic, […]
