Second-half thread for NU vs. PSU

lou v

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Well, Vic Law in February looks a lot like Vic Law in January, so far, unfortunately. No. 4 is still struggling, hitting 1 of 7 shots in the first half for 4 points. Pardon, a 59.3% shooter on the year, is 2 for 6 for 5 points.

NU is such an easy team to defend, especially when the opponent has a big man who can neutralize Pardon. They just pass and set picks around the perimeter and have to work so hard to get even a contested shot. It's tough to watch.

On the plus side, Gaines is having another strong game. He's hell bent on getting to the rim and leads the Cats with 6 points. Turner, who didn't start in favor of Falzon, came off the bench to add 6.

NU trails 32-30 at the break. As usual, this is going to be a war until the end.
 

freewillie07

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4 fouls in 55 seconds for Anthony Gaines.

And Vic Law just obviously travels at the top of the key.

Why.
 
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Law looks broken, Gaines is out, I say put Greer in and let him drive the lane a few times. Let’s get off this unproductive perimeter passing game.
 

HawkCat

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It sure seems like something is wrong with Law. He just looks uncoordinated out there, and also is making bad decisions.
 

TheC

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Watching this team makes me wonder if I'm like Bruce Willis who has died and gone to hell but doesn't realize it yet. This is just torture.
 

Deeringfish

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Terrible coaching right now. CC should be ashamed of how he is handling the team right now.
 
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Vic with a score is nice. We need to draw a few more fouls to stop them hanging on our backs. More inside play.

And for gosh sake can we contest a rebound or two?
 

TheC

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Sorry kids, but Greer is simply not the point guard of the future for this team.
 

TheC

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How high and far can you jump with the ball without being called for traveling? Asking for a friend.
Also, how do you go from being completely behind your man but still be able to tip it in without going over the back?
 

freewillie07

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This Trulicity commercial... "Do not take Trulicity if you are allergic to Trulicity." Not sure I've ever heard that so directly in a pharma commercial before, lol.
 

Chuckster1973

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Maybe if we joined the Pac-12 we could win a game or two in this league I'm not sure we win another game
 

Catreporter

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7 points in 11 minutes AT HOME is pathetic. We may lose the rest of them like we did at the end of last season.
 

freewillie07

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Nice little rally, and another “column” violation of whatever that was.

Cylinder.

Looked lifeless for a while there -- see Law letting a defensive rebound slip away from him due to sloppiness -- but Pardon's putback slam seems to have given them a second wind. Kopp finally got a shot to fall too. Quite the pure stroke.

We will see. Regardless of how bad it's looked at times, NU needs this win, for the sake of the program.
 

Catreporter

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You could almost see this one coming. The team has really lost any confidence it had the last couple games.
 

Chuckster1973

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No matter what your expectations were going into this year you have to wonder what has happened to this team and why we are so incapable of winning in the Big Ten. I know it's a tough conference but we might not win another game this year and that would be just amazing
 

TheC

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I'd say this is a horrible job of building a program by Chris Collins and he should go, but I've been an NU fan long enough to know a new coach won't change anything. Its just the perfect storm for unsuccessful basketball - tough conference, apathetic fan base, ridiculously high academic standards - just a recipe for this. 2016 was this amazing, incredible oasis, but the rest of my adult life has been watching this.
 

cat inkansas

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No matter what your expectations were going into this year you have to wonder what has happened to this team and why we are so incapable of winning in the Big Ten. I know it's a tough conference but we might not win another game this year and that would be just amazing
I think the 2 key disappointments have been transfers Taylor and Turner---both very average.
 

Chuckster1973

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This is beyond sad. You can see the Penn State bench knows they're going to win this game. Who would have thought we were the worst team in this league. Just a few days ago people on this board were still talking about making the tournament