Basketball GAME THREAD: Penn State vs. Texas in round two of the 2023 NCAA Tournament

[Richie O]

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Everything you need to know about Penn State vs. Texas in round two of the NCAA Tournament

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[bdgan]

ESPN gives us a 20.8% chance. I think it's better than that.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

ESPN gives us a 20.8% chance. I think it's better than that.

we are a 5 pt underdog

espn's probabilities are nonsense

 

[bison13]

Looks like game won’t start until at least 8

 

[The Spin Meister]

Looks like game won’t start until at least 8

A lot better than. 10:15!

 

[Erial_Lion]

Looks like game won’t start until at least 8

8:17pm tip

 

[lazydave841]

8:17pm tip

3 of our 5 wrestlers will be finished by then, with the 4th possible.

1 of 2 so far.

 

[Erial_Lion]

Can I request no wrestling spoilers in the basketball thread?

 

[AWS1022]

Shots aren’t falling early. Texas up 9-4.

 

[bdgan]

Slow start for the offense. Texas guarding Pickett, Funk, and Lundy tight at the perimeter.

 

[nitlion93]

Not a great start. We look out of sorts on both offense and defense. Need to swap out some players to spread the floor

 

[bdgan]

Shots aren’t falling early. Texas up 9-4.

Funk's first shot was a good one but it didn't fall. Lundy's 3 was forced.

 

[bdgan]

Henn missed 2 shots and now fumbled two tipped passes. Ugh!

 

[AWS1022]

0-5 on threes isn’t going to help…then throw in 3 turnovers from Pickett and it’s not a good start.

 

[nitlion93]

We missed a few open shots then started pressing too hard to force better shots

 

[LionFan87b]

When did Gus Fring become a basketball coach?

 

[rrdd2021]

Lions getting killed by Texas on the offensive board

 

[bdgan]

I like Shrews but we need to teach blocking out.

 

[rrdd2021]

PSU is playing great defense

 

[bdgan]

Lions getting killed by Texas on the offensive board

Are you surprised?

 

[scrivener]

Lundy needs to get going soon...or any other scorer.

 

[AWS1022]

1-9 from three point line isn’t going to beat anyone. No one is shooting well at this point.

 

[bdgan]

Mahaffey has 4 rebounds which has helped.

 

[nitlion93]

Lundy needs to get going soon...or any other scorer.

Agree about Lundy. We need him today but I fear this may be another one of his dud games

 

[bdgan]

Lundy is forcing shots

 

[AWS1022]

Texas getting way too many open 10 footers.

 

[scrivener]

Texas has a bunch of guys that can hit mid to short range jumpers. … they have a 2 point offense which is something we Struggle in, and you desperately need when you're not hitting from the outside

 

[bdgan]

Nice to see the resurgence of Dread. Wynter playing well. Defense is lunging at ball handlers allowing them to head fake and step in for open mid range shots.

 

[rrdd2021]

PSU is ice cold from the outside - killing them

 

[scrivener]

If Funk and/or Lundy don't heat up...this is over

 

[AWS1022]

Take away Dread’s two made threes and we’re 0-11.

 

[lazydave841]

Pickett turning the ball over + cold shooting = not a winning recipe.

 

[bdgan]

Very tough half.

Pickett 0 assists and 5 turnovers.
Funk & Lundy both 0-4 shooting.
Disu averages 8.5 pts but already has 12.

It doesn't help that Texas gets the ball to start the 2nd half.

 

[bdgan]

Take away Dread’s two made threes and we’re 0-11.

IIRC Lundy missed 2 open shots and missed 2 forced shots. Similar with Funk.

 

[87 Penn St8]

When did Gus Fring become a basketball coach?

Ikept thinking he looked familiar! The glasses clinched it : )

 

[fairfaxlion2]

Very tough half.

Pickett 0 assists and 5 turnovers.
Funk & Lundy both 0-4 shooting.
Disu averages 8.5 pts but already has 12.

It doesn't help that Texas gets the ball to start the 2nd half.

i feel like we will have a run in the 2nd

Funk and Lundy won't end with zero

 

[87 Penn St8]

We were lucky to stick around in first half...I was hoping to be in the -4 range. Double that and biggest deficit not ideal- but still doable if we make some shots.

The announcers keep talking up the UT d...but we are missing shots and crapping the bed. Jalen missed alley oop vs making a simple pass for a flush epitomizes that.

Funk missing the first wide open shot of the game was a bad omen. Stopping the Texas stars from scoring may be harder than us getting our flow.

Go State!

 

[Waltwam]

1-9 from three point line isn’t going to beat anyone. No one is shooting well at this point.

Dread is 2for 2!

 

[AWS1022]

It’s funny, we averaged 16 team fouls a game during Big 10 play, yet we only had 8 fouls against A&M and only 4 tonight. I know, they call it even against us in conference play and if we question it, we’re just conspiracy theorists.

 

[AWS1022]

Dread is 2for 2!

At the point I posted that, he was 1-1. We finished the half 2-13.