Basketball team looks overmatched against Northwestern
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10-14 (71.4%) vs 3-12 (25%)
Game of runs, these things balance out. Still 3/4 of the game to play.
Game of runs, these things balance out. Still 3/4 of the game to play.
Cats lost to ND by 4, who Nova couldn't put away till late. Their other loss is by 2 to Butler, who beat two ranked teams already and are 11-1. I don't think PSU is poised to do much in conference this year but Northwestern is good and will make some noise in-conference.
If I didn't know full well that Northwestern will be choking and gagging when they play the top half of the conference, I'd say that this loss doesn't matter, but they will, and it does. This team has talent, but man, this is tedious. I've been on the Chambers must stay committee for a long time, but this is getting tough to watch. At some point you need to play better.
The is no question that Northwestern is a good team. If they keep up the performance that they have shown thus far, they will be ranked soon. They look like a tournament team to me. That being said, these are the games that I would like to see Penn State be competitive. It would be nice for them to make a game of it.
The came back nicely against Pitt. I just wish they wouldn't dig themselves as big of a hole in these games.
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Dissapointing effort thus far except for Mike Watkins. Banks is a defensive liability and most of the players don't seem to box out. Chambers teams always seem to lack fundamentals and that is very concerning.
Not to worry because now we're losing with Philly kids. That's so much better than before when we were losing with non-Philly kids. We lose better now, apparently it's more often now, but it's good losing.
Pretty big deal for Northwestern if they can make the NCAA tournament -- they are the ONLY long-standing member of a power conference to have NEVER yet made the big tournament. Chris Collins seems to be doing a good job.
We only try 3 pointers while NW works the ball and takes higher %shots. Bad defense and bad shooting is a bad combination.
Tough 1st half to watch (the end of the Army-UNT and the first quarter of the Temple-WF bowl games were more fun to watch). PSU was inconsistent, typically a step behind...and this is against Northwestern! Not getting rebounds or making free throws when they absolutely had to in order to stay in the game. Just disappointing.
Northwestern seems to be building towards their first appearance, but they have been close recently. Collins is doing a good job, but this Penn St team is erratic and disappointing. I'm trying to be patient with Chambers and look at the big picture. Not easy
But I thought it was Tourney or bust this year, well according to Chambers. This is a team PSU has to beat. I don't care how improved they are. We are suppose to be better also.
Several teams have Fresh and Sophomores.. The question is, is Chambers the guy to get them better? His offense is so vanilla.
I am not doubting you or giving you crap, but do you have the numbers? I don't have the stats or the percentages, but yes, I believe both his 3 percentage and his 2 ball percentages are better this year than last, but small sample size also.
The performance today was awful. I love Pat as much or more than anyone, but there is no excuse for today.
We're young, however, so maybe this team improves.
We're young, however, so maybe this team improves.
And that's true but right now we don't have any shooters. It's a real problem. We also don't defend the three and don't rebound.
Including today, 5-18 this season from 3, after going 3-39 last year. But my eyes tell me that those makes were all clean looks, while he struggles when contested. He's not a three point threat, but I think he's improved enough to at least keep them honest.
Garner, Carr, and Banks can all be shooters, but again, it comes down to shot selection. I'd say our three biggest issues now are shot selection, communicating on defense, and attacking the defensive glass. All three of those will improve with experience.
Yes this is true. Chambers has a huge advantage over "basketball schools" where "we're young" doesn't feed the bulldog.
Carrs will improve, garner has tons of minutes under his belt, he should know better and Banks, well, lets just say Im not a fan, even when he's 'on' he gives up the same points on D.
Zemgulis has shown to be a decent shooter, but he's a complete liability in almost every aspect other than as a catch and shoot guy.
Agree. When Chambers had an assistant opening he went in house. Not surprised that this team is up and down as they are true freshmen. He needs to hold this team together and show major improvement going into next season, which will be when he needs to have a great season or move on.
I don't know about that...he's 17% From the three point stripe this year...those are Shaq like numbers and he's a guard. He's 43% from the field, but most of his scoring is from layups.
