Graham Couch
Sports Columnist at Lansing State Journal
Co-Host at Couch and The Rube Podcast
Host at Spotlight Podcasts
Lansing State Journal columnist, sports and otherwise; Co-host of @CouchandTheRube podcast live online 3 days a week. Ideas, criticism welcome at [email protected]
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
lansingstatejournal.com | Graham Couch
As we grew deeper into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and it became more apparent that this season’s national champion was, again, unlikely to come from the Big Ten, you could hear the usual chorus. Not as loud as some years, but unmistakably there. It was perhaps best summed up by this post on X from ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg after Michigan State’s loss to Auburn in the Elite Eight knocked the Big Ten out entirely:“Michigan State's loss extends B1G national title drought to 25 years.
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3 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Graham Couch
ATLANTA — With the Spartans trailing by eight late in the first half, battling to find open looks, their latest driving layup attempt swatted out of bounds, Tom Izzo was nothing but encouraging as he applauded his team coming to the bench for a timeout. AdvertisementIzzo knew what we all knew — they were up against it. This wasn’t an execution problem as much as it was a Jimmys and Joes problem. Or in this case, a Johnis problem, as in Auburn power forward Johni Broome.
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3 weeks ago |
lansingstatejournal.com | Graham Couch
ATLANTA — Nobody in their right mind would claim Michigan State has the advantage in the paint against Auburn’s size and gifted power forward Johni Broome. But nobody any longer is suggesting that Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper can’t hold up their end of the bargain, or that MSU’s interior play is holding the Spartans back.
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3 weeks ago |
lansingstatejournal.com | Graham Couch
• What: 2-seed Michigan State vs. 1-seed Auburn, NCAA tournament South Regional final• When: 5:05 p.m. Sunday• Where: State Farm Arena, Atlanta• TV/Radio: CBS/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 201• Records/Rankings: MSU is 30-6 overall after winning its first three NCAA tournament games. The Spartans finished 17-3 in the Big Ten, winning the league outright. Auburn is 31-5 overall after its three NCAA tournament wins.
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3 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Graham Couch
ATLANTA – For the first time in a long time — since at least November — Michigan State ran into a team that just looked like the better team for good parts of the night, a matchup the Spartans couldn’t solve. AdvertisementThen they somehow did. Or at least they won. I don’t know if they solved anything. This is a tough-as-nails MSU team. One that finds a way unlike anything we’ve seen in recent memory. They don’t have everything.
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Glad Connor is there to chronicle this. Also hoping the Kalamazoo Gazette / MLive is. Because that’s kind of the point of existing.
Western Michigan wins just 26 seconds into overtime. Owen Michaels with the winner. Broncos will play for the national championship Saturday.
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