They came from 23 down to beat Syracuse 81-77 in the Carrier Dome, thus becoming the first team ever to twice beat Syracuse in the Dome in a single season and only the second team ever to beat the Orange twice at home during the same season. The first team did it in 1923 winning [...]
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BTN: Wisconsin/Davidson preview
Download BTN previews Wisconsin vs Davidson
PennStateHoops.com
Tim Beidel’s PennStateHoops website is temporarily out of commission. With Tim’s approval, I’ve created a backup forum for his members to use until Tim can get his site back on line. The new forum can be reached at PennStateHoops.lefora.com. Also, the site being down means that my recruiting matrix is also down. I’m also providing [...]
Game Predictions B10 Tournament Day 1
Iowa and Michigan are so even in the power rankings that I have to carry the calculations out to the hundredth decimal point to pick a winner. Illinois comes out as 6 point favorite over the Nittany Lions despite having lost to them twice during the season. The Illini have been underachieving all season. Can [...]
DeChellis getting Coach of the Year votes
Herald & Review | Columnists: Hard to ignore job done at Penn State via kwout
Protecting our house
Anyone find this stat a little surprising? Current Big Ten home winning streaks: 1. Michigan St 15 2. Purdue 10 3. Penn State 5 4. Indiana 4 5. Wisconsin 3 5. Minnesota 3 7. Ohio State 2 8. Illinois 0 8. Iowa 0 8. Michigan 0 8. Northwestern 0
Defensive Rebounding
From Jeff Rice’s story in today’s CDT. Penn State (13-14, 5-10 Big Ten) entered the conference season allowing 62.4 points per game, but that number has since swollen to 66.7. Through 15 conference games, the Nittany Lions are 10th in the Big Ten in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense and defensive rebounding and 11th [...]
Welcome to PSU Cammeron Woodyard
PSU received a verbal commitment from Cammeron Woodyard, a 6’5″ shooting guard from Winters Mill High School in Westminster MD. Cammeron had flown under the radar of most programs because, prior to this season, he had been a post player. Not many D1 programs are interested in 6’5″ posts (Jamelle Cornley notwithstanding). However, Winters Mill [...]
Dick Jerardi: Mock Selection Committee
Dick Jerardi: Mock selection committee picks its own field | Philadelphia Daily News | 02/08/2008 via kwout Penn State radio color man Dick Jerardi files this report on the process the NCAA selection committee goes through on Selection Sunday.
