Basketball GAME THREAD: Penn State MBB @ Northwestern

[bdgan]

ESPN gives us a 29% chance tonight. NW is favored by 4.5 pts.

I think it's a long shot because we don't have anybody who can keep up with Buie. I remember nobody being able to keep up with Tominaga at Nebraska and I'm afraid it could be like that.

The best chance is a combination of Wynter & Clary. Certainly not Funk or Pickett. The problem is Wynter can't keep up and Clary will foul.

 

[Psugo823]

Close game until Micah chokes again midway through the 2nd half.

 

[bdgan]

Close game until Micah chokes again midway through the 2nd half.

We might win if Lundy & Funk combine for 30+.

 

[AWS1022]

Close game until Micah chokes again midway through the 2nd half.

The coach has lost the game already and it hasn’t even started. Apparently players don’t matter any more, only the coaches….must be the PlayStation influence on some fans.

 

[Online Persona]

Basketball is odd though. We beat Ohio State who was reeling. Now they just beat Illinois and are beating #21 Maryland at the moment. For PSU, we can be shooting lights out and beat anyone or ice cold and give up a 19 point lead in the 2nd half. Is it too obviously that I'm still feeling that one?

 

[bdgan]

Lundy firing away but still looks off. Lucky to bank in that one 3pt shot.

Funk had no chance to stay with Buie.

2 missed FTs don't help

 

[AWS1022]

Lundy firing away but still looks off. Lucky to bank in that one 3pt shot.

Funk had no chance to stay with Buie.

Yeah, if we end up with Funk on Buie, we’re in big trouble.

 

[87 Penn St8]

Basketball is odd though. We beat Ohio State who was reeling. Now they just beat Illinois and are beating #21 Maryland at the moment. For PSU, we can be shooting lights out and beat anyone or ice cold and give up a 19 point lead in the 2nd half. Is it too obviously that I'm still feeling that one?

I just heard the announcer say that we only had 1 FG in last 13 minutes vs RU. I thought it was 9. Somehow 13 feels so much worse.

This game is feel8ng l8ke a Chambers offense. With the doubling of Jalen we need great ball movement...which is not a strength as so much of our offense has run tbrough him.

Chucking bad 3s late in the cl9ck is no way to win on the road to a top 25 team

 

[The Spin Meister]

We suck.

 

[Psugo823]

Another 5 minute scoring drought 😆

 

[bdgan]

I just heard the announcer say that we only had 1 FG in last 13 minutes vs RU. I thought it was 9. Somehow 13 feels so much worse.

This game is feel8ng l8ke a Chambers offense. With the doubling of Jalen we need great ball movement...which is not a strength as so much of our offense has run tbrough him.

Chucking bad 3s late in the cl9ck is no way to win on the road to a top 25 team

We don't have any cutters. Wynter can't keep up with Buie. Clary might be our best chance. He can also get into the paint.

 

[AWS1022]

Another 5 minute scoring drought 😆

Micah just can’t make a shot.

 

[Psugo823]

Micah just can’t make a shot.

He has head coached zero Ncaa tournament basketball teams.

 

[bdgan]

NW watched the film on how to stop PSU. Pressure & double team Pickett. No adjustments by PSU.

9-1 turnovers already. This is embarrassing.

Funk should sit for a while. NW pressuring and taking away the 3. PSU doesn't back door, they just stand at the perimeter.

Bench Dread. He missed his 3 by 2 ft. He's mentally done. Lundy seems to have caught his disease.

 

[87 Penn St8]

We don't have any cutters. Wynter can't keep up with Buie. Clary might be our best chance. He can also get into the paint.

So we have 3 made field goals in the last 20 minutes vs RU and NU....one of which was a banked 3 by Lundy. Not a good sign.....

 

[AWS1022]

He has head coached zero Ncaa tournament basketball teams.

Every coach in history had coached zero tournament teams at the beginning of their career.

 

[scrivener]

Lol.Dread.

 

[Online Persona]

I said I wouldn't watch tonight but got sucked in. They better not go Rutgers on me in the 2nd half.

 

[AWS1022]

Nice run by PSU…one point game.

 

[bdgan]

Pickett with his first FG in about a whole game. Somehow PSU is back in it.

 

[AWS1022]

Lol.Dread.

It’s time to give up on him….he’s not going to get it back.

 

[87 Penn St8]

I'm clearly the variable...switched to Flyers vs Rangers for awhile and it appears we woke up.

Somebody 9n NU trash talked Jalen? Thank you dude!

 

[AWS1022]

Pickett with his first FG in about a whole game. Somehow PSU is back in it.

9 turnovers, shooting like crap, yet only down one….pretty wild.

 

[bdgan]

I said I wouldn't watch tonight but got sucked in. They better not go Rutgers on me in the 2nd half.

I was worried they'd go Rutgers on us in the FIRST half.

 

[scrivener]

It’s time to give up on him….he’s not going to get it back.

I mean, his conditioning is terrible. I truly dont remember looking like he does at any point in his career. Been very disappointing this yr

 

[AWS1022]

I mean, his conditioning is terrible. I truly dont remember looking like he does at any point in his career. Been very disappointing this yr

And he is mentally done as well….he’s not just missing, he’s throwing up bricks.

 

[bdgan]

24 pts in a half won't get it done.
Pickett 2 pts won't get it done.
9-2 turnovers won't get it done.
23% 3 pt shooting won't get it done.

It's amazing we're in this game.

NW is pressuring the ball and double teaming Pickett up top. They only have one defender in the paint but nobody cuts to the basket. Very frustrating.

 

[Online Persona]

24 pts in a half won't get it done.
Pickett 2 pts won't get it done.
9-2 turnovers won't get it done.
23% 3 pt shooting won't get it done.

It's amazing we're in this game.

Yes, and somehow we are, at least for now. Imagine if we actually turn some of those stats around in the 2nd half.

 

[LandoComando]

It was an awful half of basketball by both teams

 

[The Spin Meister]

24 pts in a half won't get it done.
Pickett 2 pts won't get it done.
9-2 turnovers won't get it done.
23% 3 pt shooting won't get it done.

It's amazing we're in this game.

NW is pressuring the ball and double teaming Pickett up top. They only have one defender in the paint but nobody cuts to the basket. Very frustrating.

The whole plan all season was just pass it around, give it Pickens with 12 sec on play clock, then stand around and watch him drive. They don’t know how to do anything else…..

 

[scrivener]

Bardo just said Lundy is hot under the collar on Pickett for a missed assignment? Lol...dude went 1-16 the other night and looked more disinterested than people at an insurance seminar.

 

[87 Penn St8]

I'll take any kind of fire

 

[87 Penn St8]

Remember NU lost the Nance kid to a Covid year transfer to UNC. Hpw much better would they be with him?

 

[AWS1022]

Remember NU lost the Nance kid to a Covid year transfer to UNC. Hpw much better would they be with him?

We lost a lot of transfers as well.

 

[bdgan]

Interesting that Henn is getting so many minutes and Clary is getting so few.

Henn has 5 TOs!

 

[nitlion93]

What’s with all of the turn overs? Many unforced.

 

[Online Persona]

Henn gets tackled in the lane by 3 guys and they call it on Henn

 

[scrivener]

Micahs insistence to play Dread is embarrassing. He is a terrible overall player. Evan and or Kebba need to be in there for size and athleticism.

 

[Psugo823]

Henn and Kjie are jokes.

 

[bdgan]

Lundy lost on D gives Buie wide open 3.

Dread actually made a shot!