Basketball GAMEDAY THREAD: Penn State versus Purdue

[Richie O]

Happy Valley Insider - Penn State travels to take on No. 1 Purdue in Mackey Arena

Penn State looks to take down No. 1 Purdue in roadtrip to West Lafayette on Saturday.

pennstate.rivals.com

 

[Nittany1997]

We got this!

 

[bison13]

We got this!

Maybe if Nebraska didn’t upset them earlier this week I could agree with you, but after that loss, there’s no way they get upset again, especially at home.

 

[Erial_Lion]

First time this year that I’ve played against us (got Purdue -17.5)…it’s a few points too low.

Hope that we make it a game…getting two quick ones on Edey seems like the most realistic path (and shooting WAY better than we have been).

 

[johnmpsu]

What happened? Game was supposed to be on BTN and now it's gone. Was in the listing yesterday and now it's not on. Anybody know what's going on?

 

[The Spin Meister]

What happened? Game was supposed to be on BTN and now it's gone. Was in the listing yesterday and now it's not on. Anybody know what's going on?

It’s on Comcast BTN

 

[johnmpsu]

It’s on Comcast BTN

So is that exclusive? I have BTN through Dish. It disappeared today. Pretty lousy if BTN is making side deals.

 

[The Spin Meister]

So is that exclusive? I have BTN through Dish. It disappeared today. Pretty lousy if BTN is making side deals.

Have no idea. Could weather related ?

 

[JerseyRon]

Happy Valley Insider - Penn State travels to take on No. 1 Purdue in Mackey Arena

Penn State looks to take down No. 1 Purdue in roadtrip to West Lafayette on Saturday.

pennstate.rivals.com

Penn State doesn't have anyone to contain Edey. I saw the game at the Palestra and he dominated.

 

[johnmpsu]

Have no idea. Could weather related ?

Doubt it. I'm getting BTN but they are showing a different game. From the sounds of it they may be doing me a favor.

 

[johnmpsu]

Have no idea. Could weather related ?

Really weird but my btn is just starting to show the game.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Really weird but my btn is just starting to show the game.

Good, you will get to see our huge comeback!😹

 

[EPC FAN]

Happy Valley Insider - Penn State travels to take on No. 1 Purdue in Mackey Arena

Penn State looks to take down No. 1 Purdue in roadtrip to West Lafayette on Saturday.

pennstate.rivals.com

Four years away from being four years away.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

pretty much no chance in this one with purdue coming off a loss. this team is not equipped to take down a #1 on the road

 

[Erial_Lion]

Really weird but my btn is just starting to show the game.

You sure you weren't paused on BTN or something along those lines? Weird that you'd be that far behind naturally.

 

[Erial_Lion]

I guess one way to prevent them from killing us on the offensive boards is to let them make everything, so that there aren't any offensive rebounds to be had.

 

[johnmpsu]

You sure you weren't paused on BTN or something along those lines? Weird that you'd be that far behind naturally.

Reasonable but I was watching through the internet with Dish anywhere. Im in CO and my hardware is in MD. Actually closed and reopened the website more than once. Just very weird. Dish anywhere is actually not very good, better than it used to be, but that's what you get when you hire 6 year old programmers. I used to report bugs but that was a waste of time. I think I would have been better off if I never got the game.

 

[bdgan]

PUR won rebounds 43-24. It's nearly impossible to win that way.

Edey was 10-12 shooting and had 20 rebounds. That's what a $million in NIL money buys.

 

[Erial_Lion]

We did a decent job of keeping it respectable after getting our doors blown off early (Purdue getting a little disinterested helped too). Just no match for Edey, and they did whatever they wanted at the offensive end.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

We did a decent job of keeping it respectable after getting our doors blown off early (Purdue getting a little disinterested helped too). Just no match for Edey, and they did whatever they wanted at the offensive end.

we were decent in the first 5 minutes, a good effort. i did not understand the stretch where they put o'boyle on edey

 

[AWS1022]

we were decent in the first 5 minutes, a good effort. i did not understand the stretch where they put o'boyle on edey

I don’t understand any stretch where O’Boyle plays.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

I don’t understand any stretch where O’Boyle plays.

I guess the thinking is that if he get a hot and hits 4 or 5 threes, it increases our chances a lot. but if that doesn't happen it seems to go south

 

[AWS1022]

I guess the thinking is that if he get a hot and hits 4 or 5 threes, it increases our chances a lot. but if that doesn't happen it seems to go south

He’s only hit 9 threes all year, so that doesn’t seem like a solid plan to me. He gets beat on defense like he stole something, so playing him ever doesn’t make much sense to me.

 

[Erial_Lion]

I understand the move with O’boyle at the offensive end, trying to pull Edey out of the lane and make him guard the perimeter. But if we’re going that route, I’d think we need to collapse and go zone at the other end. Don’t get why we’re trying that and still going man.

 

[bdgan]

I understand the move with O’boyle at the offensive end, trying to pull Edey out of the lane and make him guard the perimeter. But if we’re going that route, I’d think we need to collapse and go zone at the other end. Don’t get why we’re trying that and still going man.

I miss the days when we had Dread covering Edey.

 

[AWS1022]

I understand the move with O’boyle at the offensive end, trying to pull Edey out of the lane and make him guard the perimeter. But if we’re going that route, I’d think we need to collapse and go zone at the other end. Don’t get why we’re trying that and still going man.

So many coaches are so anti-zone and I don’t understand it. That’s something Rhoades should do more often to try and help our defensive rebounding.

 

[Erial_Lion]

I miss the days when we had Dread covering Edey.

I mean, different coach, same starategy, and Micah refused to zone them too.

 

[AWS1022]

I mean, different coach, same starategy, and Micah refused to zone them too.

Maybe one of these years Edey will actually go to the NBA.

 

[Erial_Lion]

Maybe one of these years Edey will actually go to the NBA.

I'll be interested to see how it goes for him in the NBA next year. He doesn't fit into the "modern" game of what most teams want at the 5...but with the right coach/system, I think we could be very successful.

 

[AWS1022]

I'll be interested to see how it goes for him in the NBA next year. He doesn't fit into the "modern" game of what most teams want at the 5...but with the right coach/system, I think we could be very successful.

I don’t think he’s athletic enough.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

He’s only hit 9 threes all year, so that doesn’t seem like a solid plan to me. He gets beat on defense like he stole something, so playing him ever doesn’t make much sense to me.

it worked vs ohio state, so i am guessing they will keep trying it for the rest of the year. they are trying to use him kind of like Funk last year, but it's not the same

 

[AWS1022]

it worked vs ohio state, so i am guessing they will keep trying it for the rest of the year. they are trying to use him kind of like Funk last year, but it's not the same

No, definitely not the same.

 

[johnmpsu]

it worked vs ohio state, so i am guessing they will keep trying it for the rest of the year. they are trying to use him kind of like Funk last year, but it's not the same

Might help if they passed the ball. When they play team ball they aren't terrible on offense. Unfortunately that's a bit top rare.

 

[Erial_Lion]

Might help if they passed the ball. When they play team ball they aren't terrible on offense. Unfortunately that's a bit top rare.

To support that with numbers, we’re 291st in the country in Assists/FGM. We were better today…Ace actually had 13 assists (and 5 steals). He’s picked up his play to the level I was expecting the last 3 games.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

To support that with numbers, we’re 291st in the country in Assists/FGM. We were better today…Ace actually had 13 assists (and 5 steals). He’s picked up his play to the level I was expecting the last 3 games.

yeah that's been good to see (Ace). It's not going to be much of a season, but the wins over Ohio State and Michigan were encouraging. Rhoades did a nice job of pulling something together after the program was totally gutted. He knows what he is doing.