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the same 90% will complain if we lose at Nothwestern because they think every year is the same year from 25 years ago
Huuuuuuge victory.
Happy Valley Insider - Penn State keeps tournament hopes alive with 75-71 win over Ohio State
Penn State Basketball's win streak extended to three as they defeat Ohio State on Thursday afternoon.
Illinois was a good win
Good God, man. The very first reply to the OP…… yours….. is an attack on ‘90% of our fan base’ Just damn pathetic.
A quad 1 win as of today, though likely ends as a Q2…it’s a very big win.
they have lost 9 straight games
Wrong. It’s a quad one win that prob moves us over the cut line (or first team out) for now! MONSTER, GRITTY win that took GUTS!!! Defense won that game boy! Now let’s take down Rutgers and get back to .500 in conference! We control our destiny now!!!
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It certainly will have in some mock brackets, and likely helps our net by a few spots (Pomeroy went up 2 with the win tonight). As bad as Ohio State’s record is, they’ve still got a blowout over Northwestern on the road and wins over Iowa, Rutgers, and fellow-bubble team Texas Tech.
I couldn't get here to post, but always felt that to win this game it would have to be because of our offense. We got the offense, and just enough defense to win. Now we need to pack the gym on Sunday night. Win 2 home games and 1 in the tournament and I think we can get to the NCAA tournament
Games that we have lost too many times in the past. Ohio State has lost a lot, but just about everyone of those games have been very close. They beat Northwestern, Rutgers and I believe Iowa. Lost by 5 to NC, 2 to Purdue, 7 @ Maryland, 4 @ Rutgers, 3 to Nebraska, 6 to Illinois, 5 to Wisconsin and 6 to Northwestern. That is 8 games they lost by 7 points or less, so they are not a push over by any means, and still the reason they are a Quad 1 win.
I was so happy to be a the game and see the team refuse to fall into their normal " let the opponents go on a big run!" I was glad to walk out of the Schottenstein with the win!
I rarely read game day threads, especially in football, because of the over the top negativity. But a negative times a negative only cancels negativity only in mathematics, not in sports of fandom.
It keeps our NCAA tourney hopes alive, a loss would have almost certainly closed the door on the Dance. So by that metric it was a huge win that did move the needle.
losing would have ended our chances. winning it doesn't do anything if we don't go 2-1 or 3-0 from here on out. they aren't going to look at this win as a big one that puts us over the bubble
I blocked Rip a long time ago and therefore have not and will not read his post. He is the epitome of a bitter angry old man who lives and breathes negativity (and adds nothing to the discussion).
I was happy to see Shrew flash a match up zone every now and then. Mixed Ohio State up just enough to cut down their easy drives to the basket.
Same here. I almost opened his post to see what garbage he was spewing but didn't want to begin my Friday like that.
It's a Quad 1 win against a more athletic team (though struggling) which was needed if this team has any opportunity to claw their way into the 1st Four. Of course they probably need to win two of remaining three and then one in the B1G tournament. Difficult task so we shall see. They certainly haven't quit.
Could be that how teams respond to the pressure determines who gets in. So far, I like how our team is responding,
No, this win does not get us over the bubble but we needed to have it. So it does do something, it keeps us alive. Like you said, we lose and we are out. Still need to take care of business. We don't need to go 3-0. 2-1 will work then probably need one win in BTT to get to the magical 20 wins.
Not sure about what "quad 1" means, but OSU is the worst team in the B1G right now and that includes Minnesota whose only B!G win was AT OSU a few weeks back. OSU basketball SUCKS and that's being kind.
It means that it's a high impact win that will be looked at very favorably by the committee...and for what it's worth, OSU would be favored by about 10-11 over Minnesota on a neutral court if they played tomorrow. Ohio State is the much better team at this point.
OSU doesn't lack talent. The players have not meshed as a cohesive unit. It happened and tanked their season. Glad PSU got the "W" on the road. Their head is above water and still tredding. They must go 2-1 on last three and get a win in B1G tourney to be selected.
Seriously? OSU lost to Minny back in January at OSU and have now also lost home games at OSU to Minny, Northwestern, and now PSU. They've lost several games in a row (maybe a double digit number?) and can't beat anyone and you're saying that they'd be a 10 or 11 point favorite ? Maybe against a poor Columbus high school team. And keep in mind, their only legit big man - Zed Key - is now out (as of Wednesday) for the year - needs surgery. A 10 or 11 point favorite on a neutral court ? OK. They couldn't even beat Minny at OSU with Key
It’s true. Id have it at 11.5 without adjustments, but Key’s injury is worth about a point (maybe even 1.5 points).
I'm honestly starting to think you're serious. Good God, I hope not. Most OSU fand will tell you that this is their worst team - by far - since the Randy Ayers days over 30 years ago
Ok then, can you please tell me what the spread would be for this hypothetical game tomorrow?
Yet they were considered to be one of the best Big 10 teams in the preseason. They actually crushed Northwestern on the road in January, but since then I don't know whether they've won a game. Something obviously happened to that team after they lost at home to Minnesota.
