Archive for 'Analysis' Category

State of the Program

While I’ve put my own blogging on the backseat, I have kept tabs around what’s been said around the interwebs. Lots of people are calling for DeChellis to be fired and I can’t say I disagree. But a particular piece over at BSD got under my skin a little bit. I would agree with this [...]

High Percentage Shots

You all can make your own opinions about the information laid out on this post. This is simply a possession-by-possession offensive breakdown of PSU’s 65-54 loss to Michigan State. The entry pass count is obviously how many times PSU threw an entry pass into the paint to somebody posted up with their back to the [...]

Thoughts before the Real Season…

The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. That’s a phrase that’s been used frequently to describe politics in America (yay for the two-party system!), but it’s applicable to the Penn State men’s basketball team, as well. One thing we were all tired of hearing about come March of last year [...]

The Transformation of PSU Basketball

Believe it or not, Penn State has become a basketball school, in addition to its football program.
Many people will read that sentence and laugh uncontrollably. Most people’s reactions will be something along the lines of this:
How can a program who hasn’t been to the NCAA in 8 seasons be a basketball school? You do realize [...]