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 …
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 the …
Scout.com: Lions Rally to Beat Iowa via kwout
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 shooting night. PSU quite …
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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 Hawkeye and the …
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
# 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 …
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