Penn State Basketball Game Thread

[Bulldog1]

20 minutes away. Line has Penn State -2.5

[chef dixon]

I find it funny how we are being classified as the underdog and we are going for another "upset." Penn State is nothing special.

[Pit Bull]

Penn St. looks a lot like us. Similar matchups....should be a good game. We might have the guard edge, but they will have the home court advantage. I think we can win if we shoot close to 50% and rebound well.

[Bulldog1]

Here we go!!!

[sleepy dawg]

Here we go!!!

now

[Bulldog1]

There you go Ado. Go up strong

[sleepy dawg]

At least Stapleton admitted he f*ed that up.

[Dawg61]

Sweet unis tonight

[Dawgpile]

The two-tone maroon is an odd look.

[maroonmania]

Dominating us on the boards so far.

[RocketDawg]

The two-tone maroon is an odd look.

I think the colors just ran during washing. **

Looks like Penn State borrowed our gray uniforms ....

[maroonmania]

Lamar Peters not starting? What's the deal there?

[Saltydog]

NT

[dawgoneyall]

Can see that early and often

[nashLA]

Sweet unis tonight

Why are we wearing brown uniforms?

[Bulldog1]

Lamar Peters not starting? What's the deal there?
He started

[Dawg61]

Someone wake up Peters

[mparkerfd20]

We playing like shit. Stupid basketball yet again

[msstate7]

Sloppy

[Coach34]

Q determined to turn it over

[maroonmania]

Well Q has already given up 2 points on a lazy pass.

[Bulldog1]

Not looking good.

[mparkerfd20]

Season ends tonight guys.

[Red Sox Dawg]

Somebody needs to guard 33.

[IMissJack]

Not guarding wide open shooters hurts worse...

[preachermatt83]

Blowout city.

[RocketDawg]

Why are we wearing brown uniforms?

They really do look kinda brown. And have a red stripe on them to boot.

[maroonmania]

I don't get the feeling we are primed and ready to play tonight. Concerned that just getting to NY was the only motivation.

[BeardoMSU]

Q determined to turn it over

He's back**

https://media.giphy.com/media/oBdTLmfZKOVI4/giphy.gif

[Saltydog]

NT

[preachermatt83]

Not guarding wide open shooters hurts worse...

Lol... I was about to ask what official was responsible for guarding the wide open three

[BeardoMSU]

Blowout city.

We're currently down 5, baby cakes. Chill.

[HoopsDawg]

horrible defensive breakdowns.

[MoreCowbell]

Something just feels kind of off with us. Uniforms are weird too. Don?t have a good feeling about this game so far.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Rough start. Got to move the ball. Looks like we are isolating and driving into three guys over and over. Got to get them out of position to get the fouls boys.

[confucius say]

Everybody Just calm the hell down. Let?s get Lamar involved.

[Bulldog1]

He's back**

https://media.giphy.com/media/oBdTLmfZKOVI4/giphy.gif

Uh oh...

[Bulldog1]

Has Lamar touched the ball yet?

[Red Sox Dawg]

Can’t give up on these guys, they have fought back from bigger deficits

[mparkerfd20]

NT

It almost always is Q. Sure wish he wouldn't suck 50+% of the time.

[Bully13]

why all the negativity at this early juncture? not getting that. just interrupted my son watching tennis to record our game and the score was tight. why the 17 have we lost already? WTF?

[Dawg61]

He's back**

https://media.giphy.com/media/oBdTLmfZKOVI4/giphy.gif

Sloth gif is good luck charm

[Bulldog1]

We almost thru with the Stansbury Stall?

[IMissJack]

Uniforms remind me of VA Tech.

[BeardoMSU]

Sloth gif is good luck charm

Hope so...

[Bulldog1]

We look lost out there right now.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This gansta ass mom they keep showing....someone named Q needs to shut her up. Let's go.

[SailingDawg]

This gansta ass mom they keep showing....someone named Q needs to shut her up. Let's go.

Yeah I'm tired of seeing her already.

[msstate7]

WRight with a foul and 2 misssd shots. Pull em

[Dawg61]

Already sick of that lady

[Dawgface]

Well.....won't have to watch much of this.

[MoreCowbell]

why all the negativity at this early juncture? not getting that. just interrupted my son watching tennis to record our game and the score was tight. why the 17 have we lost already? WTF?

If the game continues like it has we would lose by 28+. Has not been great so far

[Bulldog1]

11 points in 1st quarter. Not good.

[RocketDawg]

This gansta ass mom they keep showing....someone named Q needs to shut her up. Let's go.

Any idea who she is or why they're showing her?

[maroonmania]

Stupid goaltending by Holman. Ball was WAY past on the way down and didn't look like it was even going in.

[Pit Bull]

Any idea who she is or why they're showing her?

Think her son is on PSU and is the one hitting all the 3s

[Red Sox Dawg]

Any idea who she is or why they're showing her?

She is the mom of a Penn State player

[maroonmania]

Why is Eli Wright getting so much early playing time.

[RocketDawg]

The Red Lobster commercial ... do lobster and waffles real "go together"? Seems a bit like that doughnut bacon hamburger thing we have (it that's a real thing).

[Ari Gold]

PSU 3rd game at MSG this year. We will be fine .. got get our feet wet

[RocketDawg]

She is the mom of a Penn State player

She doesn't look old enough to have a 20 year old kid.

[maroonmania]

We won't even be close in this one.

[Bulldog1]

Please keep it within 30

[Pit Bull]

Afraid we're digging a rather big hole early.

[Bulldog1]

Down 26-11. We can not score right now, or stop them from scoring.

[Dawg61]

Dumbasspelton

[Lord McBuckethead]

May want to try making one basket.

[RocketDawg]

Please keep it within 30

That may be asking a lot unless we turn things around a bit.

[Lance Harbor]

Stapleton has the worst basketball IQ. It's uncanny his ability to do dumb sh!t.


Please keep it within 30

[MoreCowbell]

Damn, already over. After the way we played @ Louisville you had to know we were going to lay an egg tonight.

[BeardoMSU]

Down 26-11. We can not score right now, or stop them from scoring.

We're missing wide open shots, and they're bankin' them in....seems like one of those nights.

[msstate7]

It is over. Remember that thread on the board saying we were better than teams in the elite 8.

[Doggie_Style]

Afraid we're digging a rather big hole early.

We didn?t show up....over early

[HaggardDawg]

Ado looks shitastic

[Red Sox Dawg]

Find a little defense and chip away. They won’t shoot this well all game. If they do it doesn’t matter.

[preachermatt83]

Stapleton can't leave fast enough

[Bulldog1]

If Holman can’t make that, he shouldn’t play in college

[RocketDawg]

Holman just traveled and it wasn't called. He lifted his pivot foot.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Wow. Our coverage on the pick and roll is being destroyed.

[BulldogBear]

Down 26-11. We can not score right now, or stop them from scoring.

We can't score and they can't miss. They're hitting low percentage crap and we can't make a dunk.

[BeardoMSU]

http://www.pbh2.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sleepy-sloth-gif.gif

[Cooterpoot]

They’re better than us tonight. At least we did as well as Stands.

[msstate7]

Throw in the white flag howland. You will lose by 40 tonight

[SailingDawg]

What are they doing that we can't guard?

[Liverpooldawg]

We ain't gonna win this one if things don't change in a hurry. It's not what they are doing on offense, it's what they are doing on defense.

[Bulldog1]

This is embarrassing

[RocketDawg]

We look like we did at the first of the year.

[starkvegasdawg]

TV is now in energy saver mode.

[Bulldog1]

Ado has the worst hands I’ve EVER seen in my life.

[HoopsDawg]

21-0 run. This is embarrassing. Team got their trip to NYC and checked out.

[msstate7]

20-0 run. We are young boys and they are penn state. We are being molested

[MoreCowbell]

This is really embarrassing

[sleepy dawg]

This is a f*cking blood bath.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need stops and run these guys. Half court is killing us on both sides. 23-0 run. Wow. Set a ****ing play and run it until we score.

[Saltydog]

No energy.

[Red Sox Dawg]

We’re getting murdered!

[RocketDawg]

TV is now in energy saver mode.

Looks like we got hold of the UConn girls team tonight instead of Penn State.

[maroonmania]

Well probably was not going to matter what we did tonight because Penn St is shooting out of their minds.

[Pit Bull]

Big PSU crowd is now into it totally.....smelling blood in the water. Not good. Everything is going in......definitely in the ZONE.

[Cooterpoot]

At least we’ll finish in the top 75 or so teams in the country this year.

[Bulldog1]

20-0 run. We are young boys and they are penn state. We are being molested

Ironic with it being Penn State and all.

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

The doo doo jerseys are really fitting for this game

[maroonmania]

They?re better than us tonight. At least we did as well as Stands.

You think.

[RocketDawg]

Well probably was not going to matter what we did tonight because Penn St is shooting out of their minds.

Yeah, but we could at least score. We're heading for a shutout in this quarter.

[MarketingBully]

It’s the NIT. I really don’t give a shit how we do honestly at this point.

[Bully75]

20-0 run. We are young boys and they are penn state. We are being molested

Call the law! This is illegal!

[msstate7]

Big PSU crowd is now into it totally.....smelling blood in the water. Not good. Everything is going in......definitely in the ZONE.

It is over. We would not come back in they put walk ins in till half time

[Pit Bull]

They’re better than us tonight. At least we did as well as Stands.

Glad we didn't play Stans.....he would have killed us by at least 20.

[Bully13]

It’s the NIT. I really don’t give a shit how we do honestly at this point.

17 that. what's the score?

[msstate7]

It’s the NIT. I really don’t give a shit how we do honestly at this point.

Well I do. This is not how I want us to end this season.

[Activated Alpha]

Yeah just turned this on and immediately turned it off. Shit storm in baseball and now a shitastic game in basketball

[Bulldog1]

They need to get back on the plane at half. Just forfeit.

[BeardoMSU]

24 to zip run.....Jeez....


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[Bulldog1]

WE SCORED! Goals**

[RocketDawg]

They’re better than us tonight. At least we did as well as Stands.

Not really. He only lost by about 5, and most of that was at the very end. We'd come in a distant 4th and he's a close 3rd.

[Coach34]

more on-ball D by Q. Holy shit thats bad

[Lord McBuckethead]

Guys are fighting. They have the absolute worst defensive and offensive strategy.

[Pit Bull]

Can Howland concede at halftime to PSU. Just figured we got run ruled.

[Alphadog]

Garners mom equals Kim mulkey

[Cooterpoot]

Joe Pa just looked away.

[BeardoMSU]

Not really. He only lost by about 5, and most of that was at the very end. We'd come in a distant 4th and he's a close 3rd.

Yep...and I didn't realize Stans was our barometer

[HoopsDawg]

more on-ball D by Q. Holy shit thats bad

Howland needs to cut his minutes next year down to about 23 a game.

[Liverpooldawg]

17 that. what's the score?

You don't want to know.

[Bulldog1]

Ado better hit the weight room

[HaggardDawg]

Holy shit there?s a fat midget dancing beside the Penn state mom

[MaroonFlounder]

As long as the ladies take care of business, this NIT game can be forgotten quickly.

[Doggie_Style]

Ado couldn?t hit the broad side of a barn!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Just cut it to 15 by half. Let's go.

[RocketDawg]

We're only 21 behind now. Closing the gap. **

[BeardoMSU]

Holy shit there?s a fat midget dancing beside the Penn state mom


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1sue-7Hllg

[Bully13]

ok , just checked. we are getting 17'd. I get it now. we mailed it in. I hate Madison Square Garden. Got 17'd over there by Bob Dylan and Aerosmith too. **** NYC.

[Bulldog1]

This is really hard to watch.

[RocketDawg]

Just cut it to 15 by half. Let's go.

Are you the announcer? Or maybe he's just reading your post, because that's exactly what he just said.

[Coach34]

Ive been tough on Ado- he just needs time. Still a baby. It's not his fault he has to start this year

[MaroonFlounder]

That’s at least 2 terrible passes by Q

[Bulldog1]

Q REALLY? Awful pass

[RougeDawg]

Holy shit this is bad.

[Bulldog1]

Just cut it to 15 by half. Let's go.

It’ll take some luck.

[HoopsDawg]

That’s at least 2 terrible passes by Q

I would sit Q for the rest of the half and play Carter, Nick, and Peters.

[RougeDawg]

Wonder if they?ll call a travel on Penn State tonight? They have about 6-8 that haven?t been called.

[RocketDawg]

It’ll take some luck.

It would actually take a miracle. Not much time left to halftime. And we'd need a 7-0 run.

[Doggie_Style]

Thank God we are a Women’s Basketball school ***

[RocketDawg]

That's a pretty nice basketball court for a playground. Granted, I'm not on playgrounds much anymore, but I've never seen one with a glass backboard before.

[Bulldog1]

Can’t make layups. Ridiculous

[MarketingBully]

Q just didn?t show up and we are getting bad Stapleton tonight and it snowballed from there. Give Howland credit he?s tryinh to get us out of this shit funk. We have one more timeout the rest of the game. It?s okay though. We will finish 25-12 and next year have a couple of pieces Howland can put in in case these guys play like they are playing. This year we just have to play through leaders playing like shit. The future is bright for us though.

[Bulldog1]

This looks like a Rick Ray team so far.

[Bully13]

Are we being manhandled again Ala UTenn? Is our beef down low getting exposed?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Still fighting, but man threes at the buzzer are killers.

[MarketingBully]

Are we being manhandled again Ala UTenn? Is our beef down low getting exposed?

We have a McDonalds AA coming in next year at 6’9” 245. We won’t have that issue next year.

[Coach007]

What is happening!! Just turned on the game!

[Dawgface]

Embarrassing. Oh well.....

[Lord McBuckethead]

I say let Fezzell shoot some threes. Dude is money in clean up time.

[GreaterCowbell]

This what happens when you leave the pep band behind.

[RocketDawg]

Not 15, but pretty close at 19 at the half ....

We once beat Kentucky after a 21-0 start.

[Bulldog1]

What is happening!! Just turned on the game!

They are crushing us in every facet of the game.

[HoopsDawg]

We have a McDonalds AA coming in next year at 6’9” 245. We won’t have that issue next year.

Perry had a really good day at practice today. No question he starts at the 4 next year for us.

[msstate7]

Make a dang run. Losing is one thing, but getting destroyed is another

[Lord McBuckethead]

Their coach just basically said HIS team was ready to play at the tip.
What an asshole.

[Pit Bull]

What is happening!! Just turned on the game!

Penn St. giving us a proctology exam with a giant finger.

[RocketDawg]

They are crushing us in every facet of the game.

And it's actually worse than it looks.

[confucius say]

Are we being manhandled again Ala UTenn? Is our beef down low getting exposed?

No. They are 8-10 from 3 point range. We look slow offensively. The good news is Lamar can get to the rim anytime he wants. Shit ain?t complicated. Put Lamar at the top of the key and say go.

ETA: 8-13. Were 8-10

[Lord McBuckethead]

Chris Mack looks like the bad guy on the movie 15 Seconds.

[HoopsDawg]

Our perimeter defense and just overall defensive gameplan is as bad as it gets. Why do we keep leaving shooters?

[Doggie_Style]

Our offense sux that’s understandable but where the hell is our’great’ D?

[RocketDawg]

That simian looking dude in the middle actually had it right ... it was more about showing up in New York than being ready to play.

Is MSG that intimidating? Looks pretty much the same as any other place on the inside.

[MarketingBully]

Their coach just basically said HIS team was ready to play at the tip.
What an asshole.

It?s the truth.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Not 15, but pretty close at 19 at the half ....

We once beat Kentucky after a 21-0 start.

True. The players are still hustling out there. I really only want to see Lamar Peters and Nick shooting the ball. When Carter is out there, tell him to jack them from 28 ft if he wants. You have an open look, take it.

Crash the boards.
Press all game.
Fight to turn it. If we play the same d as the 1st half, we lose by 30.

[sleepy dawg]

Joe Pa just looked away.

how hilariously sad.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That simian looking dude in the middle actually had it right ... it was more about showing up in New York than being ready to play.

Is MSG that intimidating? Looks pretty much the same as any other place on the inside.

The rim is still 10 ft off the floor. ***HOOSIERS***

[MarketingBully]

Our perimeter defense and just overall defensive gameplan is as bad as it gets. Why do we keep leaving shooters?

We didn’t show up. It’s not the game plan. It’s called Q not showing up and bad Stapleton. Those two killed us at the beginning and it snowballed. We need Peters and Carter to step up here. Nick was doing well at the beginning. Get him involved more on offense. Holman didn’t show up either. Our upper classmen didn’t show up this game. Need our younger guys to step up. 3 assists 9 turnovers are the biggest difference too.

[mstatefan91]

Cut it to 10 by the 4th and we have an outside shot. But I don’t know that we have it in us tonight. Seems like they got blinded by the big city and forgot they were supposed to play a basketball game.

[MarketingBully]

True. The players are still hustling out there. I really only want to see Lamar Peters and Nick shooting the ball. When Carter is out there, tell him to jack them from 28 ft if he wants. You have an open look, take it.

Crash the boards.
Press all game.
Fight to turn it. If we play the same d as the 1st half, we lose by 30.

I agree with this post. Press the final 20 minutes try to create turnovers and take chances. Use our athleticism to get us back in this game.

[Bully13]

ok, I'm having a tough time understanding why we are getting the 17 beat 0ut of us right out now. this shit's not computing with me right now. I'm confused.

[Cooterpoot]

Could be worse. See baseball....

[Ari Gold]

Ado couldn?t hit the broad side of a barn!

He is 3-4 from the field and 2-2 from the line..

[Bulldog1]

ok, I'm having a tough time understanding why we are getting the 17 beat 0ut of us right out now. this shit's not computing with me right now. I'm confused.

We aren’t stopping them down low.
We are having trouble rebounding.
We are turning the ball over every possession, and are lucky to score 3 points per 5 minutes.

[Bully13]

We aren’t stopping them down low.
We are having trouble rebounding.
We are turning the ball over every possession, and are lucky to score 3 points per 5 minutes.

Gracias. Now I can bend over and take it better with a kiss afterwards despite the no call the morning after.

[Cooterpoot]

We’re playing a supporting role in the Jerry Sandusky Story.

[Bulldog1]

I feel like ripping my tv out of the wall and carrying it to the dump. A park and rec Game is more fun than this.

[Bulldog1]

They might hang 120 on us if we don’t watch out

[Red Sox Dawg]

I hope Stapleton graduates.

[Bully13]

and now my recent check shows we sought no soap on a rope. this looking like total prison anal rape. bend over and take it guys. but a good run nonetheless. oh well. 17 it.

[Skydawg1]

I feel like ripping my tv out of the wall and carrying it to the dump. A park and rec Game is more fun than this.Buckle up for the weekend. Gonna be shitty.

[Bulldog1]

Stapleton can’t hit anything

[msstate7]

What an embarrassment

[RocketDawg]

Cut it to 10 by the 4th and we have an outside shot. But I don’t know that we have it in us tonight. Seems like they got blinded by the big city and forgot they were supposed to play a basketball game.

"Only" down 27 now ... losing by 30 is probaby super optimistic.

[cheewgumm]

We should be pressing. What is there to lose?

[MarketingBully]

We aren?t stopping them down low.
We are having trouble rebounding.
We are turning the ball over every possession, and are lucky to score 3 points per 5 minutes.

Q is a big reason tonight. He has been horrendous tonight.

[parabrave]

On thing their coach said" we play here so we are used to the court. Maybe Ben should've shown the team Hoosiers.

[RocketDawg]

They even quit showing the game to interview the football coach.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Ado came to play. Stapleton came to play. Stapleton cannot hit anshot, but he is hustling.

[Coach007]

Now is the time!!!!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Carter did too. Still hoping someone gets hot and hits 8 threes in a row. Carter is sitting at one. Let's go.

[msstate7]

X, Q, and peters have 4 points on 2-14 shooting combined

[MoreCowbell]

How did they not use that opportunity to ask Franklin about Moorhead? Wtf

[NCDawg]

Q is a big reason tonight. He has been horrendous tonight.

Agreed. He should be on the bench. Lack of effort and very slow.

[Dallas_Dawg]

How did they not use that opportunity to ask Franklin about Moorhead? Wtf
I read through this whole thread to get to this. Espn is the worst.
Also, this reminds me of that NCAA tourney second round game in 05/06 when we played Xavier.
Xavier couldn?t miss and we couldn?t buy a shot. Wanna say we were like a 5 seed and they were a 10

[3rdGen]

How did they not use that opportunity to ask Franklin about Moorhead? Wtf

Thinking the same thing.

But mostly thinking.... damn it’s so bad they just said duck any comentary on the game let’s talk to James Franklin and give him some camera time. Will be a better product for tv.

Damnit!!!!

[RocketDawg]

Considering the lopsided ESPN coverage, and all the talk about who's returning, you'd think Penn State was a storied basketball program. They're in the NIT.

[Bully75]

Embarrassing night. Glad the announcers have plenty of info to talk about Penn State......and can interview their football coach. How handy is that to distract from a crappy ballgame? my we have digressed from last game....

[Bulldog1]

I’ve been tortured enough. Turning it off now.

[MagicDawg]

Welp. I guess I can save a little space in my unlimited YouTubeTV cloud DVR.

[MarketingBully]

This was not Howland’s gameplan. It was effort and lack of player leadership. What sucks is our upperclassmen will all be our least talented players on the team. Howland will have some decisions to make next year and you could be seeing Perry take a ton of Holman’s minutes and players like Woodard take Stapleton/Q minutes.

[CadaverDawg]

Leave it to state to even ruin the “well at least we made the NIT Final 4” opportunity, by getting ****ing embarrassed by a Big10 4 seed. We should have our heads examined for being invested State fans and putting ourselves through this shit day after day.

And don’t get me started on baseball. Damn disaster, and my stupid ass keeps tuning in to every eye gouging moment of it. Glutton for punishment or I should be put in a padded room, one.

[Coach007]

We just look lost. It was almost as if nobody wanted to take that last shot...

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well. Good run bulldogs. Got to remember this sting next year.

[msstate7]

We just look lost. It was almost as if nobody wanted to take that last shot...

Battered wife syndrome

[RocketDawg]

I hope that woman's son makes it in the NBA so he can buy here some new britches without big holes in them ....

[HoopsDawg]

Finally pressing

[Coach007]

Battered wife syndrome

Yep...


They are showing some urgency now.... Maybe. I will watch it all the way to the end

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Haven't been able to watch this one.

They're shooting nearly 70% from 3 and like 55% from the field. Are they hot or are we not even trying?

[Lord McBuckethead]

X, Q, and peters have 4 points on 2-14 shooting combined

With what seems 15 turnovers.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Red hot. And we are in their face on at least two of those threes.

[MarketingBully]

Reggie Perry can’t get here soon enough.

[Lord McBuckethead]

And t shirts that do not look shitty.

[tcdog70]

Q is a big reason tonight. He has been horrendous tonight.

The big reason we are losing is because they are shooting lights out. We don't have player that can throw it in the ocean. Why pick on Q. We went 7 minutes without scoring and they hit 8 3s in a row.

[Red Sox Dawg]

We are playing really bad, but you gotta hand it to Penn State they shot well and beat us badly

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Red hot. And we are in their face on at least two of those threes.

Well in the 1:30 that I've watched we've looked like crap too, but we're also down by 20 halfway through the 4th.

It drives me nuts that the bench warmers acting like clowns after every made shot when you're team is winning is a thing in basketball and gets so much camera time.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I think Howland needs to sign some Euro's in addition to the signees we already have signed and process 3 players.

[MarketingBully]

Leave it to state to even ruin the “well at least we made the NIT Final 4” opportunity, by getting ****ing embarrassed by a Big10 4 seed. We should have our heads examined for being invested State fans and putting ourselves through this shit day after day.

And don’t get me started on baseball. Damn disaster, and my stupid ass keeps tuning in to every eye gouging moment of it. Glutton for punishment or I should be put in a padded room, one.

It’s the NIT. The run we went on up until tonight was good for our team. We didn’t show up tonight but in the grand scheme of things this loss doesn’t mean shit. This doesn’t change the fact that we are bringing in a top 10 class and returning everyone. The future looks bright for our men’s program.

[MarketingBully]

I think Howland needs to sign some Euro's and process 3 players in addition to the signees we already have.

Hell no.

[NCDawg]

I think Howland needs to sign some Euro's in addition to the signees we already have signed and process 3 players.

I agree.

[BeardoMSU]

I think Howland needs to sign some Euro's in addition to the signees we already have signed and process 3 players.

I'd hold off on that...

[Lord McBuckethead]

We looked pretty good for the past 6 weeks except against LSU, UT, and now Penn State. Got to hand it to the players, they were playing some good basketball despite what everyone here thought.

Message boards are too high on the good times and too low on the bad times. I have had a good time watching this team this year. Next year starts right now. Every player needs to get better. The new guys need to step in and be ready to dominate. Fans need to get behind this team and program starting 2.5 months ago.

[MarketingBully]

We looked pretty good for the past 6 weeks except against LSU, UT, and now Penn State. Got to hand it to the players, they were playing some good basketball despite what everyone here thought.

Message boards are too high on the good times and too low on the bad times. I have had a good time watching this team this year. Next year starts right now. Every player needs to get better. The new guys need to step in and be ready to dominate. Fans need to get behind this team and program starting 2.5 months ago.

I agree. This was the NIT ffs. This loss was a coachable/teachable moment and should serve as motivation going into the offseason. Next year should have the most expectations we have had since the 2007-2008 year (which was a year after we made the NIT semis btw). Next year should be special and our fans need to get behind this team!

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

We looked pretty good for the past 6 weeks except against LSU, UT, and now Penn State. Got to hand it to the players, they were playing some good basketball despite what everyone here thought.

Message boards are too high on the good times and too low on the bad times. I have had a good time watching this team this year. Next year starts right now. Every player needs to get better. The new guys need to step in and be ready to dominate. Fans need to get behind this team and program starting 2.5 months ago.
Spot on


I agree. This was the NIT ffs. This loss was a coachable/teachable moment and should serve as motivation going into the offseason. Next year should have the most expectations we have had since the 2007-2008 year (which was a year after we made the NIT semis btw). Next year should be special and our fans need to get behind this team!
Hopefully this was the "deer caught in headlights" moment for this team playing in a pretty big post season game so that we won't have it in the 1st round of the real tourney next year.

That's what I'll tell myself at least.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I think we just ran out of gas... we really have to step it up on the strength and conditioning program. Also, I wonder if Howland built this game up to much and it had an opposite effect.

[Cooterpoot]

Can’t wait til the NIT next season! I believe we can win it!

[Dawg61]

Can’t wait til the NIT next season! I believe we can win it!

Cooterpoot trolling the men's basketball fans till the bitter end

[Todd4State]

As I said earlier after we lost to Ole Miss- all I wanted to see Howland do was beat Ole Miss and go to the NIT. He did that and got us to the NIT final four. Great job by the team and next year we should be going to the Big Dance.

[mstatefan91]

Can’t wait til the NIT next season! I believe we can win it!

You're an asshat in every single thread.. go somewhere else

[99jc]

Can’t wait til the NIT next season! I believe we can win it!

Ban this rebel shithole.

[Dawgface]

Hate that the game wasn't more competitive. But a good run after two disappointing losses at the end of the regular season. Next year looks promising.

[TXDawg]

Last night, the team played the way they did all season except for the last month or so. Glad we showed improvement late and were able to go on the run we did. Hopefully we can build off this loss and carry the momentum of the NIT run through the off season.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Baylor and L'ville games. Need to bottle that team work and effort for next season. If so, they'll be fun to watch.

[drunkernhelldawg]

We looked pretty good for the past 6 weeks except against LSU, UT, and now Penn State. Got to hand it to the players, they were playing some good basketball despite what everyone here thought.

Message boards are too high on the good times and too low on the bad times. I have had a good time watching this team this year. Next year starts right now. Every player needs to get better. The new guys need to step in and be ready to dominate. Fans need to get behind this team and program starting 2.5 months ago.

I even think we looked okay against Penn State. Not great, but if our shots had fallen, starting with the first missed three, it might have been a different game. Not to mention that they were hitting everything to a ridiculous level, like us against Baylor in the first half and against Louisville all night.

[Tbonewannabe]

I even think we looked okay against Penn State. Not great, but if our shots had fallen, starting with the first missed three, it might have been a different game. Not to mention that they were hitting everything to a ridiculous level, like us against Baylor in the first half and against Louisville all night.

Not many teams in the country would have beaten Penn St last night. Hitting 55% from 3 with most of those coming early in the game to build a lead completely changed the game. It happens sometimes and we did the same to Louisville. Penn St made more 3s in the first half than they normally do over the entire game. Combined with us not even hitting 40% overall, it was just a bad night shooting for us and great for them. Sometimes that is just the way the ball bounces. The effort looked ok but I think all the shots they hit early with a hand in the face just took the wind out of our sails.

[MarketingBully]

Not many teams in the country would have beaten Penn St last night. Hitting 55% from 3 with most of those coming early in the game to build a lead completely changed the game. It happens sometimes and we did the same to Louisville. Penn St made more 3s in the first half than they normally do over the entire game. Combined with us not even hitting 40% overall, it was just a bad night shooting for us and great for them. Sometimes that is just the way the ball bounces. The effort looked ok but I think all the shots they hit early with a hand in the face just took the wind out of our sails.

That 23-0 run was the game and we didn’t react well to their over aggressive defense and turned the ball over way too much to exasperate the situation. They did have an advantage as MSG had an unusual amount of Penn State fans there (considering it’s just right down the road it makes sense). It would not surprise me if they did something similar to Utah on Thursday night. I’m good with the run in the NIT (3-1) and look forward to a bright future ahead.

[Dawg61]

You're an asshat in every single thread.. go somewhere else


Ban this rebel shithole.

Just read through 20 pages of Cooterpoot posts. He's not a rebel. He is a troll but he's an MSU one.

[mstatefan91]

Just read through 20 pages of Cooterpoot posts. He's not a rebel. He is a troll but he's an MSU one.

Never thought he was a rebel. Just annoying which I guess is his goal. So congrats cooter

[MarketingBully]

Just read through 20 pages of Cooterpoot posts. He's not a rebel. He is a troll but he's an MSU one.

We have the most trolls of any fanbase I have ever seen. Our fanbase as a whole are our own worst enemy.

[tcdog70]

we got Xaviered again.

[Tbonewannabe]

we got Xaviered again.

When they were bombing 3s from 4 feet behind the line, this was what I thought of.