Open Thread: Final day of Big Ten regular season

but also : Go Illini--Beat the Bucks!  Go U Northwestern--Beat Staee! 

Not a good start for Penn State

For seeding potential in the BTT anyway, you would definitely want to see an unlikely Penn State win. If they did in fact pull it off, then our game seals our fate essentially as either the 3 or 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. In the more likely scenario of Wisconsin winning, it's likely between the 3 and 5 seed. An Illinois win (again, presumed unlikely), would give us a slightly better than 50/50 shot at the 2-seed, but then we would need to win as well - it would be either 2 or 4 in that scenario.

Consider a hungover thread.

Newbill and Marshall killed us with their penetration.    These guys *should* be able to penetrate against Brust and Jackson, right?   If not, then I will officially cede my soul to Bo Ryan's team defense philosophy.

interesting that if penn st beats wisconsin they get a rematch in round 1!

What are the chances we don't play at Auburn Hills for the 1st round of the NCAA's?  Would we have to drop to a 3?

Who else thinks that John Groce looks like Sonny from "I, Robot"?"

to go until the game. Combination of nervous and excited.  Looking forward to it so much though.  Not gonna watch the other games leading up to ours though, I've got grad school studying to do for midterms.

Hopefully they can hold on in the second half - would be nice to see Wisky relegated to the first round of the BTT, as well as give PSU a third conference win to make our loss less stigmatizing.

PSU is going to finish in last place but nevertheless, I think Pat Chambers has done a really nice coaching job this season.   They've lost a lot of games but have clearly gotten better as the year has gone on.  They did not quit on the season.

So at what point do we put Wisconsin on upset alert? I would say any lead over 3 with 10 minutes to go is insurmountable.

Penn States press is forcing Wisconsin to speed up and it's clearly getting into the Badgers heads. Love it

wisconsin dude in pain

Wow this is the biggest crowd I've ever seen at a PSU basketball game!

I think they might be pushing the upper hundreds!

If you would have shown me Penn State's last 4 games (Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, and this game against Wisconsin), and Purdue's last 3 (Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota) with no context at all about how good they were or what their records are, I would peg them for something like a 20-10 record with 9-9 or something like that in conference.  To imagine that Purdue was 6-6 out of conference, and Penn State was well... Penn State. Crazy how well these teams are playing.  Maybe Purdue makes a run in the BTT?

penn state is screwing itself with these fouls

Oh, wait, it's Greg Oden.

AFN  in Okinawa wants to show NBA instead of college hoops :/

VCU getting crushed by Temple.  Not good for their seeding.

LOL wow Wisconsin. Nice inbounds.

Penn St ball with a chance to win/tie!!

Alright PSU, learn from our mistake and guard the inbound attempt.

lmao wisconsin always so lucky

......I ****ing hate Wisconsin. Luckiest team this year. I want them in the BTT to kick their asses.

Good Lord, Wisconsin. No one likes you.

makes a half court shot - or any shot for that matter - I'm done with basketball.

Edit - Close enough.  I quit.  

Wisconsin (T Jackson) hit a last second 3 to beat PSU.  Otherwise it was headed for OT.

holy fucking shit.. Wisconsin and the fucking buzzard beater shit

LMAO. Fuck Wisconsin

Wisconsin.

I feel you, Penn St.

You've got to be f*cking kidding me.

Naturally

...Wisconsin just shot to the top of kenpom's "luck" factor ranking.

I'd like to say its unbelievable, but unfortunately with that team, it's very much believable.

Seriously, when does Bo Ryan's deal with Satan expire. God, I hate Wisconsin. Lucky bastards.

No doubt that Satan will be in good company when Bo Ryan dies; there is no way that a deal hasn't been made at this point.  

Penn State did a horrible job defending that last play.  They did not learn from our mistake.

So Wisconsin makes at least 5 buzzer beaters each year right? I'm not imagining this?