Open Thread: Final day of Big Ten regular season
Rooting interest discussed here: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/update-big-ten-tournament-scenarios
Long and short: Go Nittany Lions, Go Illini!
March 10th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
but also : Go Illini--Beat the Bucks! Go U Northwestern--Beat Staee!
March 10th, 2013 at 12:10 PM ^
Not a good start for Penn State
March 10th, 2013 at 12:16 PM ^
March 10th, 2013 at 12:20 PM ^
For seeding potential in the BTT anyway, you would definitely want to see an unlikely Penn State win. If they did in fact pull it off, then our game seals our fate essentially as either the 3 or 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. In the more likely scenario of Wisconsin winning, it's likely between the 3 and 5 seed. An Illinois win (again, presumed unlikely), would give us a slightly better than 50/50 shot at the 2-seed, but then we would need to win as well - it would be either 2 or 4 in that scenario.
March 10th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
March 10th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
Newbill and Marshall killed us with their penetration. These guys *should* be able to penetrate against Brust and Jackson, right? If not, then I will officially cede my soul to Bo Ryan's team defense philosophy.
March 10th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
interesting that if penn st beats wisconsin they get a rematch in round 1!
March 10th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
What are the chances we don't play at Auburn Hills for the 1st round of the NCAA's? Would we have to drop to a 3?
We would have to drop to a 5.
March 10th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
He is...unique.
March 10th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
to go until the game. Combination of nervous and excited. Looking forward to it so much though. Not gonna watch the other games leading up to ours though, I've got grad school studying to do for midterms.
PSU is going to finish in last place but nevertheless, I think Pat Chambers has done a really nice coaching job this season. They've lost a lot of games but have clearly gotten better as the year has gone on. They did not quit on the season.
So at what point do we put Wisconsin on upset alert? I would say any lead over 3 with 10 minutes to go is insurmountable.
wisconsin dude in pain
I think they might be pushing the upper hundreds!
If you would have shown me Penn State's last 4 games (Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, and this game against Wisconsin), and Purdue's last 3 (Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota) with no context at all about how good they were or what their records are, I would peg them for something like a 20-10 record with 9-9 or something like that in conference. To imagine that Purdue was 6-6 out of conference, and Penn State was well... Penn State. Crazy how well these teams are playing. Maybe Purdue makes a run in the BTT?
penn state is screwing itself with these fouls
Oh, wait, it's Greg Oden.
AFN in Okinawa wants to show NBA instead of college hoops :/
VCU getting crushed by Temple. Not good for their seeding.
LOL wow Wisconsin. Nice inbounds.
Alright PSU, learn from our mistake and guard the inbound attempt.
lmao wisconsin always so lucky
......I ****ing hate Wisconsin. Luckiest team this year. I want them in the BTT to kick their asses.
Called it. Knew it was gonna happen.
Typical wisconsin. God I hate them.
Good Lord, Wisconsin. No one likes you.
makes a half court shot - or any shot for that matter - I'm done with basketball.
Edit - Close enough. I quit.
Wisconsin (T Jackson) hit a last second 3 to beat PSU. Otherwise it was headed for OT.
holy fucking shit.. Wisconsin and the fucking buzzard beater shit
LMAO. Fuck Wisconsin
I feel you, Penn St.
You've got to be f*cking kidding me.
...Wisconsin just shot to the top of kenpom's "luck" factor ranking.
I thought that too after the Michigan game but actually KenPom considers Wisconsin to be a very "unlucky" team this year.
Stupid Wisconsin.
Kenpom's system thinks Wisconsin is unlucky because their record is worse than you would expect based on their efficiency numbers. But kenpom has always calculated Wisconsin's efficiences and thus their quality of play to be much better than they are because there is something about the slow tempo 80-40 wins over Wisconsin-Rinkydinkville that makes his system think Wisconsin is dominating people every year. Love kenpom and it is the best ratings system out there but every year it overrates Wisconsin. Anyway, they are 7-4 in games that are 6 points or less this year (2 possessions) so hardly unlucky by any rationale measure and that doesn't even account for Brust's shot being like a 1% shot.
Seriously, when does Bo Ryan's deal with Satan expire. God, I hate Wisconsin. Lucky bastards.
No doubt that Satan will be in good company when Bo Ryan dies; there is no way that a deal hasn't been made at this point.
Penn State did a horrible job defending that last play. They did not learn from our mistake.
How so? It was a contested three drifting to his left. It was a 1 in 20 shot.
Nobody challanged him on the inbound and he had a free run straight down the sideline. It was terrible defense by Penn State.
So Wisconsin makes at least 5 buzzer beaters each year right? I'm not imagining this?