{"id":2020,"date":"2023-03-23T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:36:55","slug":"michigan-state-basketball-k-state-what-chopalytics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State basketball vs. K-State: What the Chopalytics are saying"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>In the new series &#8216;what the Chopalytics are saying&#8217;, I dissect the top storylines for the Kansas State vs. Michigan State basketball game.<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In continuation of my newly dubbed series \u2018What the Chopalytics are saying\u2019, I have found that the Chopalytics are never wrong. Because of that, you are all fortunate enough (not really) to get to read a second addition as Michigan State basketball takes on the Kansas State Wildcats on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\r\n<p>From Chop\u2019s perspective, here are the most important storylines to follow:<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8134.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8134.png 521w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8134-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>K-State\u2019s lavender might be the best color in college basketball<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The Wildcats beat Kentucky in the round of 32 and while watching that game, I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off the lavender pullovers the team\/staff were wearing. I had no clue a color could rival UNC\u2019s powder blue (or MSU\u2019s green obviously). Those things were absolutely popping off the screen.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>ChopMan\u2019s updated color power rankings:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>MSU\u2019s green (duh)<\/li>\r\n<li>North Carolina&#8217;s powder blue<\/li>\r\n<li>Kansas State\u2019s lavender<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>It\u2019s a good thing the outcome of the game is not determined by the color of the jersey\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_2122\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-image-2122 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8130.jpg\" alt=\"Mady Sissoko\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8130.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8130-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8130-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8130-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Adam Cairns\/Columbus Dispatch \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Mady Sissoko is an angel<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>If you follow me on Twitter (@ChopManMSU), you\u2019ll know that seeing Mady Sissoko emotional after the win also made me emotional. Yes, I cried in front of ChopWoman\u2019s parents for the first time (they\u2019ll see it again if\/when she becomes Mrs. ChopWoman).<\/li>\r\n<li>Sissoko\u2019s story is nothing short of unbelievable. He grew up in Mali where he was discovered by a basketball coach from Utah and made the move to the USA to play. At Michigan State, Mady pledged to donate his NIL money to help impoverished people in native Mali. A sacrifice not many college students would make. Applause for Mady, please. A true angel sent from heaven.<\/li>\r\n<li>After a breakout first game against Gonzaga in the Armed Forces Classic, Mady got a lot of criticism from the fanbase. That all changed with about five minutes left in the Round of 32 against Marquette where he had two game-altering blocks in the final minutes.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\u00a0I RIDE OR DIE WITH MADY SISSOKO<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_2123\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2123\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2123\" src=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8124.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Izzo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8124.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8124-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8124-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-8124-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Big Ten Network<\/p><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Izzo: No suit, no problem<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-basketball-usc-what-chopalytics-say\/\">In my last piece prior to the USC game<\/a>, the Chopalytics told us that Tom Izzo needed to bring the suit back. Were the Chopalytics wrong? Maybe, but we will never admit that. <em>However<\/em>, it is clear that we can always blame a suit-less Izzo in the case of a loss.<\/li>\r\n<li>I know many of you are dying to know my prediction for Izzo\u2019s wardrobe on Thursday (eye roll emoji) so here it is: Izzo comes out in a white quarter zip. Classic spartan emblem. Looking extra sharp.<\/li>\r\n<li>Suit Izzo? Casual Izzo? Christmas sweater Izzo? Doesn\u2019t matter. DAWGS BY 90.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>K-State? More like L-State. The Chopalytics tell me the dawgs win 72-65 with the 3-ball finally starting to fall.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thank you for reading, and all the typos and poorly-worded sentences I blame on the magic gummies.<\/p>\r\n<p>Love you,<br \/>ChopMan<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do the Chopalytics say about Thursday&#8217;s game?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[228,190,189,211],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-mady-sissoko","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-tom-izzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}