It felt like Penn State didn’t put up a shot over 3 minutes to end the game (turned it over a bunch before free throws), but somehow Maryland managed to play even worse.
Edit: Yeah, according to ESPN pbp, Penn State put up zero field goal attempts and turned the ball over 5 times inside of 3 minutes and still won. Maryland just couldn’t finish any easy looks.
At the 5:11 mark, PSU made two free throws to make the score 50-46. Over those remaining five minutes and 11 seconds, PSU and Maryland combined to score nine points. Nine!
From a standings perspective, we want Wisconsin to win, giving all other teams 4+ losses, yes? But from a feelingsball standpoint, will that give Wisconsin more confidence than we want them to have heading into a rematch with Michigan on Valentine’s Day?
Illinois is the 2nd best team in the conference and it isn’t particularly close. Ohio State is right on their tail though. I pick Illinois over Wiscy by double digits.
I want Wisconsin to win because it hangs another loss on Illinois, which only has 3 losses to Wisconsin’s 4. Neither outcome is particularly bad. Glass is half full.