Three takeaways from Penn State basketball's blowout loss to Nebraska
Penn State Nittany Lions basketball suffered one of its worst losses of the season on Sunday against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Three takeaways from Penn State basketball's blowout loss to Nebraska
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Unfortunately, it's looking more likely that we'll see them again on Wednesday in Indy. I'd expect things to go much differently. Our offense played well enough to win tonight, but the defense gave up too many easy baskets and way too many offensive rebounds (plus, Nebraska didn't miss anything).
Well......The Corn Folks shot the lights out all night finding the open man by spreading the floor and using swing passes or cross court passes to find open shooters. Not to mention PSU was having trouble defending the two man game down low in the first half. If PSU isn't able to stay home with the shooters better, PSU will be banking on The Corn Folks not shooting as well. It could come down to whether PSU can get Greg Lee up to speed to help down low.
Too soon to know without knowing what happens with Pickett, Sessoms, and Dread…plus, I’m hoping that we’d like to get a transfer 5 from the portal.
It will be more of the same. Might even be a step back from this year. Rebuilding season with 5 really good freshmen arriving. Shrew needs to grab a few more from the portal but hopefully not five. Pickett and Sessoms need to return. Dread can move on. Unfortunately PSU BB, both men’s and women’s, is still pretty painful and tough to watch. Sandy’s got this... not.
Watching this game, it was a perfect storm of our sluggishness and Nebraska shooting the lights out the entire game. We were not prepared for this game at all and Shrews is correct in his own assessment of his preparation. It is also obvious to me there is a huge skill gap between our lunch pail gang and teams with a higher level of athletic skill. This is a weird year and portal transfers really hampered the team this year.
I am in the winter of my years. I have, perhaps, 20/25 years left on this earth. Sadly that is not long enough to see Penn State rise to basketball prominence. Ah, but cry not for me. I have witnessed the meteoric rise of Penn State wrestling and that will be enough. I am a happy man.
Dont know for sure but figure JH, MD, JC and JW are leaving. Lee, Pickett and sessoms are 50/50 I would guess. Dorsey may be a candidate to go as well. I'd assume more portal guys to join the freshmen.
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2045-47 our roster is loaded! Let’s go to a bunch of games and then head to the Phyrst for some beers…on me!I am in the winter of my years. I have, perhaps, 20/25 years left on this earth. Sadly that is not long enough to see Penn State rise to basketball prominence. Ah, but cry not for me. I have witnessed the meteoric rise of Penn State wrestling and that will be enough. I am a happy man.
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It is just continued curse of PSU basketball. They beat MSU. Now they have Maryland on the road with Northwestern and Nebraska at home. Win all three and get to 9-9 in the conference. Being .500 in conference in year one would be pretty big. So the curse kicks in and they lose to MD and get blown out at home by Nebraska. Anytime the program starts to show signs of life it gets in its own way and takes a step back. It is really amazing how often it happens.
the key next year is to have the FR mostly produce now. This is not CFB where you need 3-4 year to make an OL player. If you have elite FR they play and impact now.
At the same time, people get carried away with the impact that they expect out of a freshman, as there is this myth that it's completely common for freshman to come in and make an immediate impact. Look around the conference, and you see very few true freshman making a serious impact this year. Look at a team like Memphis with multiple McD's AAs, and they are hanging on the bubble.
Our top recruit in the 247 Composite is Njie at 98th.
Last season's 98th ranked guy was Nnanna Njoku, who has suited up 7 times for Villanova this season and scored 6 total points.
The 98th ranked guy two years ago was Joe Bamisile (Virginia Tech), who scored 45 points all season as his playing time dwindled to the point of not seeing the floor in their NCAA game and transferring to George Washington.
3 years ago, it was Isaiah Ihnen at Minnesota, who averaged 3 point/game his freshman year.
We've signed a nice class, but it's not like we've got Chet Holmgren on the way...
Yeah there are only a dozen or so impact freshmen a year, our would all be bench guys to start the year in a best case scenario. Lundy, Johnson, Scott and then a portal guy or two (unless Sam or Jalen stay) and then the young guys are the bench.