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Post by snap infraction on Feb 18, 2020 8:10:15 GMT -5
they are not ranked 9th in the country but ranked 9th overall. wtf. pat chambers has always recruited well but not fantastic. which means he gets good players but players who aren't good enough to jump to the nba early. which means they have some very good upper classman with experience. sprinkle in same grad transfers and a few overachieving scrappy bodies, you have a deep team with a good bench.
this season would only be the 5th time psu qualified for the ncaa tournament is my life time. how sad is that.
east region finals and semi finals is in madison square garden. psu is a huge draw in new york. just a smidge under a billion penn state alumni live within a reasonably easy commute of new york city. psu always plays well at msg. the home court advantage is partially why they won two NIT titles in the last 10 years. if psu is fortunate enough to make the sweet 16, they would essentially have 2 home games to advance to the final four. if the powers to be have a heart, penn state will be placed in the east region. would take a lower seeding to be put in the east region.
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Post by mscott59 on Feb 18, 2020 16:56:00 GMT -5
they are not ranked 9th in the country but ranked 9th overall. wtf. pat chambers has always recruited well but not fantastic. which means he gets good players but players who aren't good enough to jump to the nba early. which means they have some very good upper classman with experience. sprinkle in same grad transfers and a few overachieving scrappy bodies, you have a deep team with a good bench. this season would only be the 5th time psu qualified for the ncaa tournament is my life time. how sad is that. east region finals and semi finals is in madison square garden. psu is a huge draw in new york. just a smidge under a billion penn state alumni live within a reasonably easy commute of new york city. psu always plays well at msg. the home court advantage is partially why they won two NIT titles in the last 10 years. if psu is fortunate enough to make the sweet 16, they would essentially have 2 home games to advance to the final four. if the powers to be have a heart, penn state will be placed in the east region. would take a lower seeding to be put in the east region. had to figure once they finally were able to get some talent out of philly the nitts would start making some noise in hoops. 3 guys from philly proper, 1 from right across the river in nj, 3 or 4 others from the suburbs... half of the top 6 scorers are city kids... and the remaining 6 games are pretty manageable. 3-3 at the worst, 4-2 or 5-1 a real possibility. 4-2 = 24-7 regular season. impressive. |
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Post by snap infraction on Feb 19, 2020 8:12:24 GMT -5
they are not ranked 9th in the country but ranked 9th overall. wtf. pat chambers has always recruited well but not fantastic. which means he gets good players but players who aren't good enough to jump to the nba early. which means they have some very good upper classman with experience. sprinkle in same grad transfers and a few overachieving scrappy bodies, you have a deep team with a good bench. this season would only be the 5th time psu qualified for the ncaa tournament is my life time. how sad is that. east region finals and semi finals is in madison square garden. psu is a huge draw in new york. just a smidge under a billion penn state alumni live within a reasonably easy commute of new york city. psu always plays well at msg. the home court advantage is partially why they won two NIT titles in the last 10 years. if psu is fortunate enough to make the sweet 16, they would essentially have 2 home games to advance to the final four. if the powers to be have a heart, penn state will be placed in the east region. would take a lower seeding to be put in the east region. had to figure once they finally were able to get some talent out of philly the nitts would start making some noise in hoops. 3 guys from philly proper, 1 from right across the river in nj, 3 or 4 others from the suburbs... half of the top 6 scorers are city kids... and the remaining 6 games are pretty manageable. 3-3 at the worst, 4-2 or 5-1 a real possibility. 4-2 = 24-7 regular season. impressive. yep. recruiting in philly has been key. notice outside of villanova, the city schools have struggled? temple, st joes, lasalle, upenn have all been down the last few years. st joes and temple have tried to coaches in rejuvenate their programs even though their old coaches were great at maximizing the talent they were able to bring in. |
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Post by mscott59 on Feb 19, 2020 10:25:03 GMT -5
had to figure once they finally were able to get some talent out of philly the nitts would start making some noise in hoops. 3 guys from philly proper, 1 from right across the river in nj, 3 or 4 others from the suburbs... half of the top 6 scorers are city kids... and the remaining 6 games are pretty manageable. 3-3 at the worst, 4-2 or 5-1 a real possibility. 4-2 = 24-7 regular season. impressive. yep. recruiting in philly has been key. notice outside of villanova, the city schools have struggled? temple, st joes, lasalle, upenn have all been down the last few years. st joes and temple have tried to coaches in rejuvenate their programs even though their old coaches were great at maximizing the talent they were able to bring in. unfortunately, last night's home loss to an illinois team who'd dropped 4 straight shows just how balanced this year's big 10 is. terps are going to win the league, and they are final four-worthy, but teams 2 thru 10 in the league are basically interchangeable. |
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Post by snap infraction on Feb 19, 2020 11:14:51 GMT -5
yep. recruiting in philly has been key. notice outside of villanova, the city schools have struggled? temple, st joes, lasalle, upenn have all been down the last few years. st joes and temple have tried to coaches in rejuvenate their programs even though their old coaches were great at maximizing the talent they were able to bring in. unfortunately, last night's home loss to an illinois team who'd dropped 4 straight shows just how balanced this year's big 10 is. terps are going to win the league, and they are final four-worthy, but teams 2 thru 10 in the league are basically interchangeable. tough game. illnois's top player, ayo dosunmu came back from a knee injury and scored 24 pts. lots of his baskets were really clutch all game. all his baskets were at the end of shot clocks. and they weren't easy shots either. at the same time, psu's top player lamar stevens never really got into a groove. illinois defended him well. and psu's 2nd best offensive player myreon jones didn't play due to an illness. illinois played psu very smart. they took the shot clock down on every possession and limited turnovers which limited the amount of possessions penn state had. the result was penn state's 2nd lowest scoring total of the year. illinois is the first team i've seen play psu completely sell out and guard the perimeter while being able to defend lamar stevens mid range game. usually the defense needs to send over help on stevens which opens up a three point shooter somewhere. but illnois was quick enough to send help and get back when stevens passed out of the double team. still hopeful psu will be a 4 seed or higher. |
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Post by bamorin on Feb 20, 2020 6:41:34 GMT -5
unfortunately, last night's home loss to an illinois team who'd dropped 4 straight shows just how balanced this year's big 10 is. terps are going to win the league, and they are final four-worthy, but teams 2 thru 10 in the league are basically interchangeable. tough game. illnois's top player, ayo dosunmu came back from a knee injury and scored 24 pts. lots of his baskets were really clutch all game. all his baskets were at the end of shot clocks. and they weren't easy shots either. at the same time, psu's top player lamar stevens never really got into a groove. illinois defended him well. and psu's 2nd best offensive player myreon jones didn't play due to an illness. illinois played psu very smart. they took the shot clock down on every possession and limited turnovers which limited the amount of possessions penn state had. the result was penn state's 2nd lowest scoring total of the year. illinois is the first team i've seen play psu completely sell out and guard the perimeter while being able to defend lamar stevens mid range game. usually the defense needs to send over help on stevens which opens up a three point shooter somewhere. but illnois was quick enough to send help and get back when stevens passed out of the double team. still hopeful psu will be a 4 seed or higher. ahhhh! welcome to the b10, glad you finally noticed how things work around here. |
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Post by snap infraction on Feb 28, 2020 10:31:00 GMT -5
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Post by mscott59 on Feb 28, 2020 16:07:17 GMT -5
long way to go til selection sunday, but if lunardi was spot on that would be a great draw for the nitts to at least make the east regional final. |
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Post by daleko on Mar 6, 2020 14:10:16 GMT -5
long way to go til selection sunday, but if lunardi was spot on that would be a great draw for the nitts to at least make the east regional final. |
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Post by snap infraction on Mar 6, 2020 15:23:21 GMT -5
long way to go til selection sunday, but if lunardi was spot on that would be a great draw for the nitts to at least make the east regional final. big ten is crazy this season. everyone is experiencing big ups and low lows. it's like a weekend in vegas! |
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