Well, when you are bad at putting the ball in the basket, you tend to lose the basketball game.
Game thread for Penn State vs. Northwestern
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Good game against a good opponent that the Cats could have won. All those missed free throws kept NU in the game. Cats were lucky in that regard.
I wish Collins had called the timeout.
Get some rest and make history next Saturday or Sunday (and also Thursday or Friday first).
I wish Collins had called the timeout.
Get some rest and make history next Saturday or Sunday (and also Thursday or Friday first).
Great game. Two teams played their asses off. They made a couple of more shots.
Proud of NU team
Proud of NU team
Ok. Breathe. They are probably exhausted tonight. Don't have to be exhausted again tomorrow. Now we have up to six or seven days to rest up. Or something. I dunno. Trying to find some silver lining.
Alright well we kept it close but that was disappointing to say the least... I'm taking a sports break till selection sunday
Typical NU rock fight.
Kudos to Seth Lundy. He’s a baller. Good NBA career awaits.
We need shooters.
Kudos to Seth Lundy. He’s a baller. Good NBA career awaits.
We need shooters.
Came within a rim shot of winning despite Berry scoring 5 and Audige 6. We need those guys to do better than that to have any chance of advancing in the NCAAs. Maybe a week of rest will help.
On the defensive side he was truly a genius this year.
Offensively, he’s a little better than before but he’s still just a bad offensive player who is under skilled for this conference l
It hurts right now. We had our chances. Credit to Seth Lundy, had the three biggest shots of the night. When they needed a big shot, he got it for them.
Man, I wanted that one…but the season goes on. You learn from this, get a good week of practice in and see where we land. That’s all you can do now.
Man, I wanted that one…but the season goes on. You learn from this, get a good week of practice in and see where we land. That’s all you can do now.
A jump ball would have nice... rather than refs looking at five hands on the ball for a few seconds, the PSU players seeing what's happening... then subsequently turning to call a timeout, which is then granted 
With B10 refs, we rarely get the close judgment calls in these situations
With B10 refs, we rarely get the close judgment calls in these situations
The iso Buie I don’t like , it works, but everybody sees it in the Big Ten and knows it’s coming at them would rather see the ball get passed around and make the defense actually sweat hated that we had to go to overtime. Overall, the game was good, but it is very effing frustrating losing to these chumps from state penn We are hands down better than them, but somehow they always find a way to beat us.
This is why the BTT is great when your team is in the dance already.
Win and you’re excited.
Lose and something bigger awaits.
I want NU to be the story of the first weekend.
I honestly haven’t seen a single 50/50 call go our way in a while. Similar vibes to many of our road games.A jump ball would have nice... rather than refs looking at five hands on the ball for a few seconds, the PSU players seeing what's happening... then subsequently turning to call a timeout, which is then granted
With B10 refs, we rarely get the close judgment calls in these situations
I don't mean to pile on Chase, but he should have had better clock awareness there. 4.7 seconds left on the FT, and maybe 2 seconds pass while the ball's bouncing around. He had the perfect opportunity to set and shoot, yet he panicked and rushed it.
We have shooters, they just miss too often.
after 15 missed layups in the first half it's hard to pin the loss on a desperation heave
The announcers weren’t aware that there were ten players on the floor and not just one.
The Brent Musburger School of Announcing.
The Brent Musburger School of Announcing.
He should have. But in a game where nobody’s making shots, I sure would have liked to see a timeout and a set play.
This game was about the 5 or 6 missed layups early. Had they made those, they likely would have put the game away.
Ball also bounced a couple of times in the air, which will change perception of the actual time left. Decent effort, all things considered. Not why we lost.
I’ve piled on Chase before, but that one is tough. The ball was bouncing around like crazy after a missed free throw. Really hard to judge time in those circumstances. Amazing he got that on the rim.
The Boo iso play late where Beran snuck in from the weak side baseline was awesome. Gonna teach that to the middle schoolers.
I hate to say it but, that was Very poorly played game by cats. Countless missed layups, terrible shooting and not enough ball movement. They still could’ve won the game if Lundy doesn’t hit the ridiculous step-back three pointer.
Maybe this game will help them get ready for the tournament. Gotta play better than tonight or it’s one and done.
Maybe this game will help them get ready for the tournament. Gotta play better than tonight or it’s one and done.
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I get it. Easier for me to judge while sitting on my comfy couch, replaying it over and over. Just frustrating to fall short against Penn State again.
Audige was MIA for the entire game. I don't blame him for the last shot. I blame his disappearing act for the previous 64 minutes and 56 second prior to his last shot.
