I know nothing about Duquense basketball but based on your post I am pretty confident they could beat Penn State in say a 7 game series (probably would not go 7 games either). That is unacceptable, no doubt.
2025-26 PSU MBB Thread
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The book is entitled “Wishbone: Oklahoma Football 1959-1985” by Wann Smith. I just finished it and it is an extremely well written history of OU football from the end of the Bud Wilkinson era to the end of the Barry Switzer era. I highly recommend it.
I was a Billy Sims fan and Oklahoma always has been sort of a second college football team for me, especially since I loved how they ran the wishbone. Moreover, in my lifetime, PSU only has played OU twice, so it’s not like they’re rivals or bitter enemies.
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The point is that a small Catholic school in Pittsburgh was able to cobble together a team that is competitive in a decent Mid Major league and probably is better by several grades than a Big 10 school with infinitely more resources. You have to ask yourself how that happened, and how did that Big 10 team, which actually made the Big 10 Championship game and won a NCAA Tournament game the season before the current coach took over, become the worst Power 4 or 5 program in the country.
Boy, to bad we don’t have all Nebraskas positives in basketball
Nebraska has had less success in basketball than PSU has had, but they were able to hire a coach who had coached at another major job and the rest is history. The thing is that once you get a program rolling like Hoiberg has done with Nebraska, it self perpetuates itself. That is what PSU never has been able to do since it began Big 10 play; perhaps it would’ve happened under Parkhill if he hadn’t unexpectedly resigned.
With the above said, Nebraska is in a slump now; I think that they’ve lost three of their last four games.
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Yep, hired an NBA guy with a son who might play in the NBA, that makes getting the right guys there a whole lot easier.
I hope you are right, but I think they’re gonna get crushed. Cross-country travel for a midweek game, the same like a 20 point L.It’s about to air. I like Penn State in this game.
PSU doesn't their best to lose but wins anyway.
Mingo misses front end of 1-1
Reed illegally runs the baseline
Defender falls down with 0.5 seconds to give Washington an open 3.
Mingo misses front end of 1-1
Reed illegally runs the baseline
Defender falls down with 0.5 seconds to give Washington an open 3.
Yeah we were lucky although the defender falling down looked like a push but nevertheless stay on your feet and play tough D with a strong contest. You can't fall down and give up a wide open 3 there.
He did not fall. He was pushed. It appeared to be planned and it did give the player an open 3.
yes, he limped off the court mid second half and did not return
Hopefully he can play Saturday, could get a win streak started.
Stewart was -12 +/- in 8 and a half minutes.
It is hard to tell. He got so far in the guy's grill he did draw a little push but it was not that obvious. Also you need to give a little space I think. Then I think there was acting and flopping by our guy. They must have thought the ref was going to call that. Not a smart strategy as they should have simply played straight up tough D. Easily could have cost them the game.
So much for carrying momentum into this one. I think Oregon shot 50% from 3. That is bad defense, yeah good shooing, but c'mon 50%? These lousy defensive efforts are on Rhoades and one of the things that will get him fired. Weak talent and lack of effort defensively is no way to go through a Big Ten hoops season.
Bear with me, I'm a numbers guy. Checking out the NCAA team basketball stats,
Penn St is ranked 301 out of 365 schools listed for the highest opponent 3-point percentage made. Opponents make 43.3% of their 3-point shots. Way, way below the median. Last year the percentage was 38.3, which would rank them at 140, above the median.
Point: Pat, this defensive scheme is not working. It is terrible Make a change, please. The numbers dont lie.
Penn St is ranked 301 out of 365 schools listed for the highest opponent 3-point percentage made. Opponents make 43.3% of their 3-point shots. Way, way below the median. Last year the percentage was 38.3, which would rank them at 140, above the median.
Point: Pat, this defensive scheme is not working. It is terrible Make a change, please. The numbers dont lie.
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It’s a bad defensive team. The euros are not known as defensively strong but these guys are below that. At least juric shows promise. Mingo is solid defensively but Dilione, rice and Stewart are below average to poor. They are not able to stay in front of guys and do not rotate well. Reed is fine but there is nothing off the bench either. There is very little toughness or desire to play D on the team
Actually 52%. Every time they doubled down on Bittle Oregon got the ball out to a wide open shooter. That's going to happen but you have to decide where you're going to take a chance with and who you simply cannot leave unguarded.
And of course make Bittle look like Shaq and all their 3 point shooters shoot like Steph Curry. Just terrible defense. Unacceptable effort.
The BTen network analyst (forget his name) was talking about all the things you can do defensively to make the 3 harder to make like hand up, move fast to close out, etc. It is effort and we had none.
It makes one wonder whether Washington’s players threw the game on Wednesday night because it’s incomprehensible how this PSU team could win any Big 10 road game.
Our players are very slow in rotations and often times I think they are starting in poor defensive position. They know that they’re going to double when the ball gets into the post so if the ball is not on their side of the floor, they should be creating some space to be able to recover on ball rehearsals. It’s the old one pass away versus two pass away type thing, they’re glued to their guy and then when the double team comes it leaves someone open and nobody can get to them because they’re all 2 feet from their man instead of playing in a gap to cut the distance down.
I thought Rhoades was a good defensive coach. I think he is just out of his league in the B10. Got a job he ultimately was not qualified for. Some guys can make the leap from a lower division like Dusty May has done but Rhoades has not been able to.
The Penn State basketball head job is a tough one. You have to sell the program, be mentally tough to know that no one cares compared to football, wrestling and ice hockey along with the Xs and Os, portal, NIL management, etc. Cignetti did it in football but he had/has Mark Cuban. Not sure where we go from here but this is on Kraft to make a great hire. Kraft also has to figure out how to get more NIL flowing into the program.
Not surprised that Mingo‘s younger brother chose Carolina, as he was definitely trending there after their upset over Duke. You’d have to think that younger brother will want to play with his older brother and the North Carolina would want to pair them up next season as well.
Unless that was a sine qua non for him committing there, why would a program like UNC want his brother? Surely, they can do better.
Maybe but it doesn't really matter as there are a lot of schools between Penn State and UNC who would be interested in the older Mingo. I highly doubt he sticks around. Kraft better have a good game plan here. No way Rhoades can be retained.