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starting to get stagnant here

They had a really chance to cut into our lead there and couldn't do it. Might be our day.

some fortuitous bounces there for us

Walker looked like Leslee Smith taking it at Haraar

"Nebraska only shot 1 FT in the first half" me: THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!

I don't really get this deal where blame is placed on the conference for us playing all these games. Seems like Nebraska and the conference are both in agreeance on this. Nebraska could just not play anymore games if they wanted to. Seems almost as silly as when people thought Wisconsin was 'trying to dodge us' in football

Kobe playing like some brisket you found in the freezer for lunch today

Boy this ball movement. Some of it is how Penn St defends but this is what I thought I'd see when we signed Hoiberg

Not sure how to take Beilein's comments about most teams wouldn't run zone against Penn St because it's a bad idea but it could work because they're not used to seeing it.

I'll take bad shots over turnovers, please and thank you

Ha, dude is only a junior

Football, Women's VB, hockey, wrestling

Penn St 80 - Nebraska 72

Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-12) vs #24 Penn State Nittany Lions (7-9) Date: Saturday Feb 14st, 2021 Time: 2:00 p.m. Arena: Bryce Jordan Center Broadcast: BTN Penn St. Info Head Coach: Jim Ferry Location: University Park, PA Conference: B1G Nickname: Nittany Lions Mascot: The Nittany Lion Conference Record: 4-8 Typical Rotation Depth: 8 Spread: Penn State by 11 KenPom rank: 30 Players to watch: Myreon Jones On this balanced scoring Penn St team Jones leads the team in 3pt attempts and makes, hitting 40% on the season. Jones also leads the team in scoring. Roster points PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 5 Jamari Wheeler 6-1 170 Sr 0 Myreon Jones 6-3 180 Jr 12 Izaiah Brockington 6-4 200 Jr 1 Seth Lundy 6-6 219 So 21 John Harrar 6-9 240 Sr 17.5 2 5 Jamari Wheeler 6-1 170 Sr 0 Myreon Jones 6-3 180 Jr 12 Izaiah Brockington 6-4 200 Jr 2 Myles Dread 6-4 220 Jr 21 John Harrar 6-9 240 Sr 17.5 With the departures of Mike Watkins and Lamar Stevens Penn St isn't running much offense through the post Seth Lundy as taken over the 4 spot from Stevens; his 3pt shooting has fallen off this year. Functions as one of the few shot blockers on the team Brockington is a lock down defender who mostly shoots inside the arc PG Jamari Wheeler spearheads this ball hawking defense that generates a lot of steals. He's a pure point guard in the sense that he barely shoots so you could see defensively challenged Kobe Webster playing some big minutes tonight Myles Dread still hasn't improved on his freshman numbers like this team would expect and often slots as an undersized forward for this small Penn St squad. Binghamton transfer Sam Sessoms is interesting as I wonder if the team might have been better off in the future had he redshirted. The high scoring combo guard functions as the PG when Wheeler is off the court and as an undersized SG when they play together. The Philly native is 2nd on the team in assists and 4th in scoring coming off the bench. John Harrar generates contact, getting to the line a ton while also racking up plenty of fouls on his own. Is one of 5 PSU players averaging over 9 points a game and leads the team in rebounds. Forward Trent Buttrick backs up Harrar but his poor finishing ability and defending makes him a substandard replacement The Skinny: Penn St and Pat Chambers had built something in Happy Valley, being among the elites in the conference over the prior 3 years in KenPom ranking and on their way to the first NCAA appearance of Chambers' tenure. (Projected as a 6 seed by some) Covid-19 hits and there goes the tourney. Chambers mouth finally writes enough checks he cannot cash and just before the season starts Chambers is gone. Current Penn St assistant and former Duquesne and LIU Brooklyn coach Jim Ferry takes over for the team in November. While Ferry has the title of interim you have to wonder if he has a good shot at retaining the job of the 5th most important sport at the school. Stylistically at this point I'd attribute Penn State's change in play and performance to the change in personnel as opposed to coaching style. It's slightly shocking given Jim Ferry's past and the lack of size on this roster that this team doesn't play faster. Penn St doesn't shoot all that well nor do they get to the FT line often. Their lack of size makes them vulnerable inside and no doubt the Huskers will spread them out in order to drive the lane. Penn St lives off of extra possessions, aggressively winning the turnover and rebounding games and playing with the sort of control Hoiberg wants to limit careless turnovers. There doesn't seem to be real rhyme or reason to this Penn St squad other than they are a tough out. Nebraska has shown resiliency over the last week but you have to wonder how much they have in the gas tank against a Penn St squad that has had 5 days to prep. Prediction: Penn St 80 - Nebraska 72 View full article

There was a tweet floating around during the Illinois game as John Mitchell scored 47 of Creighton HS 50 first points. Ended up with 61, tied for 8th all time with Bruce Chubick

On a side note, I'm also a Red Sox fan.

That's the dark magic of the Bill Moos era...the hiring of unfireable coaches

You could argue that team we lost to tonight in an empty gym was almost as talented as the Kansas team we couldn't put away a couple of years ago. I think we've found something with Walker and Andre stabilizing our interior and we just need to figure out to close out a close one. If we could hang on for a win in the meantime that would be just fine too

Keep playing like that and we'll win a few this year yet

who knew what we could do when we changed the RPMs from 78 to 45 @HB

Stevenson currently manning a tower in Alaska after that last sequence

everyone is inspired by Derrick Walker's vomit

Game doesn't start until 8:12 so we still have time