2025-26 PSU MBB Thread
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Based off that analysis we better win and win easily or it does not bode well for the B10 season.
At this point I will set a low bar for a goal.... hopefully we can qualify for the B10 tourney which I think are the top 15. Let's avoid finishing in the bottom 3.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if we "win easily" tonight...this is a tough matchup for a young team. I think we should pull away eventually, but Navy can cause some problems.
The Big Ten Tournament is the top 15 teams. I think that's a pretty good goal for the season (don't think it will happen, but certainly can if things break right for us). Though my biggest goal for the next 4 months is landing Dylan Mingo.
PSU should win by double figures due to depth, size and our wings are better players. The issue is we have not been together long and they are returning everyone and have a good PG. If they shot the 3 ball better I would consider them much more dangerous and a potential team who could upset a big time program. I am not sold on their depth so hopefully we can attack the glass and get them in to players 8-10 for more than 7-8 minutes each
Former Player Tracker (mostly doing this for myself so I remember where everyone landed)...
- Jameel Brown - starting at Delaware. Delaware will be pretty bad this season (already dropped one to D2 Wilmington University).
- Kanye Clary - fringe starter at Oklahoma St...got injured on Sunday, so we'll see if he misses any time.
- Kebba Njie - coming off the bench at a much improved Notre Dame. He's started most of his career (both here and there), but looking like he'll play less than he's ever played before.
- Evan Mahaffey - starting for a pretty decent Akron team that is likely the favorite in the MAC.
- Favour Aire - coming off the bench for a really bad Coppin St team.
- Demetrius Lilley - starting (and likely the best player) for a pretty bad Binghamton team.
- Miles Goodman - coming off the bench for UT Arlington.
- Kachi Nzeh - starting for Little Rock.
- Jahvin Carter - coming off the bench (but playing lots of minutes) for Middle Tennessee.
- Joe Sedora (walk on) - D2 West Chester...haven't played a game yet.
PSU Head Coach Tracker (and since I've had beers with 1 of the 2 of them, I'll include family connections)...
- Dan Earl - Chattanooga
- Rob Summers - Cleveland St
- Pat Chambers - Florida Gulf Coast
- Jon Perry - Navy
- Micah Shrewsberry - Notre Dame
- Adam Fisher - Temple
- Jim Ferry - UMBC
- Dwayne Stephens - Western Michigan
- Brian Earl - William & Mary
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UConn beat New Haven by 24. We beat them by 44. Just as meaningless in the grand scheme.
Hit a lot of 3s to get a lead…went cold from 3 to let them back in it. Stretched it out again, then some breakdowns on D to make it a 6 point game at the half.
Mingo will get all the hype, but also really like Tunca’s game.
Mingo will get all the hype, but also really like Tunca’s game.
I looked at Box Score. Ciani (starting center) has done nothing, several turnovers. I also think Tunca is a player like Mingo. 20 of PSU's 38 pts have come from the bench.
Yea, I think Juric is the better big at this point…but will need contributions from both of them since Houser appears to need a year or two.
Unimpressive. The Big men aren't strong enough. They should have been able to dominate a smaller Navy team. The whole team did a poor job playing defense with their feet. Yale beat Navy by 29 pts.
Ciani only had rebounds. Mirtic only had 4. Jurcic only had 2. It's not great when Mingo is the leading rebounder.
Dillione had a good game.
Ciani only had rebounds. Mirtic only had 4. Jurcic only had 2. It's not great when Mingo is the leading rebounder.
Dillione had a good game.
Solid win. Would have loved to put our foot on the gas when we kept pushing it to 10-12, but played like a young team. Mingo had a good game, Reed was good. Dillione stepped up when we needed it. 4-6 from 3 early, then 2–13 the rest of the way. A couple more solid tests on deck with LaSalle in Philly and Harvard.
After our game I switched over to the Kentucky-Louisville game…it’s like I’m watching a completely different sport. Good lord.
LaSalle was beaten soundly by Temple. That would be a bad loss. ESPN gamecast gives us a 73% chance to win.
Harvard isn't a good team. Providence will be the first reasonably tough team we play.
Wow, Goodman was one on PSUs highest rated recruits ever and ends up at UT Arlington.
Interestingly enough, Harvard is #2 in the country in kenpom’s continuity rating…similar to tonight, a bit of a landmine with a really young team against an experienced team, even when we have the talent edge.
Heading into the season, Pomeroy had it at <50% that we start off 5-0, so I’d certainly take it if we can do it. Teams like Navy/LaSalle/Harvard are exactly the types of teams we should always be loading up on in the non-conference.
Easy explanation…
Former Penn State Basketball Player, Oregon Commit Charged With Invasion of Privacy
Police charged Miles Goodman with five counts of invasion of privacy and one count of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image.
www.si.com
To anyone in the Philly area…tickets are surprisingly reasonable for Saturdays game at the Wells Fargo Center (or whatever it is now) against La Salle. Bonus is you also get the Syracuse-Drexel game after us for one price (though I unfortunately need to bail after our game for a football game).
That must be an error. I don’t see it anywhere But either way it was not a scheduled game
If I was to ask him my guess is he would say you are a fvcking a**hole… and he would be correct!