Penn State basketball learns opening NCAA Tournament spread; former Lion called top NFL free agent: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for March 13 include the first-round spread for the Nittany Lions’ basketball team in the NCAA Tournament plus praise for a football alum and more.
It’s time to dive into Monday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with Penn State basketball. Head coach Micah Shrewsberry’s team is a 2.5-point underdog for Thursday night’s matchup with Texas A&M. The 10th-seeded Nittany Lions meet the seventh-seeded Aggies at 9:55 p.m. in Des Moines, Iowa. TBS will televise the contest.
Penn State punched its ticket to NCAA Tournament after a fantastic run in the Big Ten tournament last weekend that ended with a second-place finish.
“We’re disappointed, but not in their effort and how we played,” Shewsberry told reporters in Chicago. “We just didn’t finish the job of what we came here for. We wanted to come here and win the championship, and we didn’t get chance to do it.
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“But this is a really unique position for us where we’re gonna go watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, and we hear our name called. And at the beginning of the year, probably nobody other than me and those guys in our locker room, and our staff, was saying this was going to happen. So I’m proud of our team for what they’ve done all year.”
In other news, NFL Network’s Gregg Rosenthal has ranked his top 101 NFL free agents. Former Penn State tight end Mike Gesicki checks in at No. 23.
“He’s much more than bad versions of the Griddy and the scant production he registered in his first season under Mike McDaniel in Miami,” Rosenthal writes. “A rocked-up slot receiver, Gesicki needs to find an offense that will treat him as such again.”
Headlines of the day
Penn State’s football program begins spring practice on Tuesday: Here’s what you need to know: Flounders, PennLive
5 things we won’t learn about Penn State football during spring practice: Pickel, BWI
Time for Penn State to Make Basketball a Priority: Wogenrich, SI
In-state four-star to get his first look at Penn State: Fitz, BWI
Penn State Wrestling: Jeff Byers Surveys Past Season and Shares NCAA Expectations: Horlacher, Statecollege.com
PSU spring position preview: Strength replaced by strength in defensive backfield?: Bauer, BWI
Former Penn State football player Juwan Johnson receives contract extension with the New Orleans Saints: Ripchik, Daily Collegian
Quote of the day
“This is the type of defense where everyone can eat. That’s the thing I’m most excited about. Just seeing last year, and seeing everybody make plays, the family aspect like that; everyone is going to eat.”
–PSU safety Tyrece Mills on the outlook for the Lions’ defense in 2023.
