You can have an endless debate about some of the candidates for the Big Ten basketball post-season awards. JaJuan Johnson, Jared Sullinger, and Jordan Taylor are all worthy of being named Player of the Year. A solid case could be made for Ohio State's Thad Matta, Purdue's Matt Painter, and Wisconsin's Bo Ryan winning Coach of the Year honors. The Sports Bank panel of five … [Read more...] about TSB’s Big Ten Basketball Postseason Awards
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Is Penn State Going to Make the NCAA Tournament?
It's certainly a bubblicious time of the year in college basketball; and it's only going to get more bubbly from here. When you first glance at Penn State, you may wonder how their 15-12, 8-8 in the Big Ten record gets them placed on the dance card. Look closer and you'll see a phenomenal #6 strength of schedule and a decent #53 RPI. "That's the most important thing to … [Read more...] about Is Penn State Going to Make the NCAA Tournament?
Talor Battle’s Accomplishment Unique to Big Ten Basketball
Penn State guard and Big Ten leading scorer Talor Battle headed to Northwestern needing just three assists to reach 500 on his career. He got exactly three as his Nittany Lions soundly defeated Northwestern 66-52. With the 500 assists under his belt, he becomes the first player to record 2,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in Big Ten history. Only nine others in … [Read more...] about Talor Battle’s Accomplishment Unique to Big Ten Basketball
Penn State Wins Another Battle Over Northwestern
Hard to decide which type of domination is stronger. Penn State's college basketball domination over Northwestern, or Talor Battle's owning of the PSU hoops record book. State has won six in a row and ten of eleven versus NU. Even when they went 3-15 in conference last year, the Lions still beat the Cats twice. And in the Penn State record book, Battle is first all time in … [Read more...] about Penn State Wins Another Battle Over Northwestern
Talor Battle about to Become Penn State’s All-Time Leading Scorer
In Nittany Nation, Jesse Arnelle is the proudest lion; at when it comes to scoring. His 2,138 points is the most in Penn State college basketball history. Arnelle, also PSU's all-time leading rebounder, led the Lions to the 1954 Final Four. Current senior point guard Talor Battle is the only other Nittany Lion ever to score two grand, and with 2,066, he needs just 72 more to … [Read more...] about Talor Battle about to Become Penn State’s All-Time Leading Scorer
Talor Battle Goes for 2,000 Points versus Northwestern
Talor Battle will look to become just the second Big Ten player in the last decade and 22nd in the history of the conference to reach 2,000 points Sunday when Penn State (12-11; 5-7 Big Ten) takes on Northwestern (14-9; 4-8 Big Ten) in a 3:30 p.m. tip at the Bryce Jordan Center. It is also Alumni Day at the Jordan Center as approximately 30 former Nittany Lions will return … [Read more...] about Talor Battle Goes for 2,000 Points versus Northwestern
Illini Crush Penn State, McCamey’s Final Battle with Talor
Two all-star senior point guards meeting for the final time...unless of course they square off in the Big Ten Tournament. But during the four years that Demetri McCamey manned the one for the Illini, and Talor Battle served in the same role for the Nittany Lions, Battle won the war 5-4. This is a substantial aberration, because Illinois has an all-time 22-10 advantage in the … [Read more...] about Illini Crush Penn State, McCamey’s Final Battle with Talor
Penn State Stuns #20 Michigan State; Breaks Ranked Opponent Losing Streak
Penn State (9-6; 2-2 Big Ten) got a complete team-effort with all four senior starters posting double-digit efforts in the same game for just the second time in their careers as the Nittany Lions downed No. 18-ranked Michigan State (10-5; 2-1 Big Ten), 66-62, Saturday in the Bryce Jordan Center. “I thought we were very effective (defensively) tonight, and I think we … [Read more...] about Penn State Stuns #20 Michigan State; Breaks Ranked Opponent Losing Streak
Gophers Dominate Penn State, Dominoes Begin to Fall
By Mike Gallagher After an up and down end to the regular season, no one really knew what to expect heading into a match-up with Penn State that posed a few problems for the Minnesota Gophers basketball team. … [Read more...] about Gophers Dominate Penn State, Dominoes Begin to Fall
Penn St. ends Northwestern’s NCAA Dreams
By Paul M. Banks Nittany Lions' first win in the Big Ten ends NU's at-large NCAA chances. How could this happen? How could Penn St., a de facto "one man team" beat Northwestern? For their FIRST win in conference play, on a night when their one man, Talor Battle, was limited to very few shots, and he made very few of them? If you're a Cats fan, at least you have closure on … [Read more...] about Penn St. ends Northwestern’s NCAA Dreams
