No matter what happens on today, PSU goes into the record books with a seventh place finish. What’s still undecided is their tournament seed.
If PSU beats Indiana on Sunday, they finish 7th alone and play Illinois (with the winner getting Indiana in the next round)
If PSU loses and Michigan loses, then PSU and Iowa [...]
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Game Predictions 03/01/08
Tonight is senior night for Penn State and the rumor mill is that fallen star Geary Claxton will suit up and make a symbolic start. Supposedly an arrangement has been struck where Michigan will allow PSU to win the jump, the refs will call an immediate time out, and Claxton will be removed from [...]
Mark Brennan files Iowa game story
Scout.com: Lions Rally to Beat Iowa via kwout
Four Factor Analysis Tool (Iowa at PSU)
Only one thing that immediately stands out on this chart – how much worse PSU’s defensive FG efficiency is than Iowa’s. For PSU to win, that can’t happen tonight. The Nits are either going to have to step up their D or Iowa is going to have to have an off [...]
Game Predictions 02/27/08
Tonight’s matchup between Penn State and Iowa represents the closest two teams that I’ve run the numbers for this season (their power ratings differ by less than three ten-thousandth of a point). PSU is projected to win by three but that’s entirely due to home court advantage. Move this game to Carver [...]
Game Predictions 02/23/08
The embattled Hoosiers couldn’t have asked for a better opponent this weekend. Undoubtedly, their minds will be on things other than the game but their raw talent of whomever suits up should overpower Northwestern.
Game Predictions:
Indiana 77 Northwestern 60
Illinois 65 Michigan 61
Michigan State 66 Iowa 53
Battle for eighth in the power rankings
#
Team
Pace
Off
Def
Pwr
Rank
8
Iowa
60.5
0.97
0.90
1.0792
107
9
Penn St.
65.2
1.05
0.98
1.0772
110
10
Michigan
65.8
1.07
0.99
1.0769
111
The teams are so close that the calculation actually has to be carried out to the ten thousandth decimal place to sort out the 8th through 10th places. Michigan’s loss to Minnesota last night dropped them back to tenth.
