February 25th, 2018 at 5:26 PM ^
Can’t believe I’m rooting for filth but whatever
February 25th, 2018 at 5:30 PM ^
Just root for bad (basketball, not injury) things to happen to Nebraska. You don't even have to acknowledge their opponent. :)
February 25th, 2018 at 5:53 PM ^
Good idea
4th place. Let's get Tropical! !!
February 25th, 2018 at 5:27 PM ^
An inauspicious start.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:34 PM ^
I'm actually mostly interested to see if one of these teams can make the tourney. The loser has no chance outside a BTT championship.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:36 PM ^
Their starting center watkins it is doubtful.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:36 PM ^
If PSU isn't careful this game is going to get away from them.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:38 PM ^
This game is terrible.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^
Tony Carr is going to have to take over for PSU to have a chance. Also some post defense could help.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:43 PM ^
In other news, UCLA appears to have expended most of its energy catching up to Colorado and is now down 8 with under 6 minutes left to go. Luckily for UCLA (and Michigan), it's not as bad of a loss in the RPI as it is on KenPom, but UCLA's at-large profile consists of "vs. Kentucky, @Arizona, and a bunch of losses, some bad."
February 25th, 2018 at 5:44 PM ^
i love midday games! give us an extra game!!!
February 25th, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
Nothing to play for in that game. It's all downside -- there's no credit for beating one of Iowa, Illinois, or Rutgers, the three teams that are still alive for the 12/13 seed. But there'd be a big penalty for a loss -- possibly a whole seedline.
Further, it helps to tire out the team and makes it more difficult (but, as we know, not impossible) to win the thing.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:53 PM ^
Plus risk of injury. I completely agree with you.
Would rather not be on our 3rd game in a row when we take on MSU again.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:51 PM ^
All it means is a drag on our SOS, a chance to get upset, and a waste of energy before Nebraska on Friday.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^
You're fucking up PSU.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:50 PM ^
PSU is so dead I hope they bought the Life Insurance policy from that depressing Principal ad.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^
Penn State isn’t looking to be any help.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:48 PM ^
We broke PSU
February 25th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
FUCK PSU
February 25th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
PSU is on dead legs...been like that since they gave it everything at Purdue.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:06 PM ^
I wouldn't say they had dead legs against us.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
I thought they looked alright against us on Wednesday. They played us pretty tough. They just have a lot less to play for than Nebraska now. Their tourney hopes are beyond slim and I’m sure they know it.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:14 PM ^
I thought they were dead all night Wednesday. Compared to the team I saw a few weeks earlier.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
These Cornfuckers are a really hateable team.. Can't wait to get another shot at them!
February 25th, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
I don’t think they’re hateable. Should we get a chance at the rematch it will be tough although they’re a lot more tractable away from Lincoln.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:07 PM ^
They are tractor-able
February 25th, 2018 at 5:58 PM ^
So pretty much the only reason people thought Penn State was good was because they beat OSU twice? Yeah that' s never a good benchmark for expectations
February 25th, 2018 at 5:58 PM ^
The Cornholes are tough as nails at home.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:03 PM ^
Barring a miracle, this game is over.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:04 PM ^
Nebraska is good.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
I don’t think there is a metric that agrees with this. They are an exceedingly mediocre team that plays slightly better than that at home
February 25th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^
They’re just very athletic
February 25th, 2018 at 6:05 PM ^
Another big ten arena with a much better atmosphere despite no basketball history. Crisler is such a failure of an arena.
Looks like the 5 seed it is
February 25th, 2018 at 6:08 PM ^
Are you always this miserable?
February 25th, 2018 at 6:12 PM ^
About crisler as a basketball arena? Yes. It makes me sad that a good basketball team has to deal with such an apathetic fan base in a mediocre arena
February 25th, 2018 at 6:15 PM ^
Have you been to Crisler since the renovations? It's a great arena now. The fans don't always do their part though.
February 25th, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
The paucity of the maize rage tickets in the lower bowl is shameful
February 25th, 2018 at 6:24 PM ^
Crisler is one of the loudest atmospheres in the big ten not to mention one of the toughest places to play. The maize rage is always energized. Just depends on the opponent. No I’m not gonna go crazy for a game against coppin st. But games against UCLA Minnesota OSU Indiana The atmosphere was electric not to mention MSU Indiana Purdue and Wisconsin last season
February 25th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
I graduated in 2013 so post renovations and in the middle of a great run of basketball that still didn’t lead to sell outs or fans who show up on time. The maize rage is mediocre and incredibly small and poorly placed. Lol at saying crisler is a loud or intimidating arena. I’ve literally never met a person who thinks that and I had season tickets for 4 years. Of course it can occasionally get pretty loud, it has a roof and thousands of people. It gets nowhere near as loud or consistently as other places.
Clearly superior places in the big ten are Indiana, MSU, Wisconsin, Maryland, Illinois, Nebraska and Purdue. Maybe Minnesota too but I’ve never been personally. Osu and psu are at the very least on par in that they get up for big games but a lot of games are lackluster and unimpressive. Better than Iowa, northwestern and Rutgers
February 25th, 2018 at 6:49 PM ^
Nebraska hasn’t been good at basketball in my memory, of course their fans are pumped...like I will be when we get good at football again.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:10 PM ^
did you not see the OSU game? Crisler was crazy.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:22 PM ^
You clearly have never been to Crisler so shut your whore mouth and crawl back to your mothers basement
February 25th, 2018 at 7:15 PM ^
Gonna guess your a maize rage leader. Never met a group of people with such an inferiority complex and I know MSU fans
February 25th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^
No it's pretty weak.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
Spread was only 3.
Nebraska is putting on a show for the selection committee.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:14 PM ^
Somebody should tell the Cornsuckers that the committee stopped watching after they choked their season away against Illinois
February 25th, 2018 at 9:17 PM ^
Except for the chairman, whom was sitting courtside.
February 25th, 2018 at 6:05 PM ^
I know people say Michigan has everything to lose by playing on Thursday, but getting a game in a new arena against a weaker team is a benefit for a 3 point shooting team. Also, with having 10+ days off before the tourney getting as many games in next week as possible should be beneficial.