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PSU should take home five

After Penn State had seven finalists and five champions at the Big Ten Tournament, where do things fit for the Nittany Lions in the NCAA Tournament? Here are the predictions for the national championships: 125 — Matt Ramos, Purdue: Yeah, I know what just happened at Big Tens with Braeden Davis. He was the sixth seed in the tournament, and ended up winning the tournament. He was also aided by upsets by the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in the quarterfinals. It’s a pretty wide open bracket, but I believe Ramos has the most talent out of all of them. 133 — Daton Fix, Oklahoma State: It would ...

McSorley has fond memories of time at PSU

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror STATE COLLEGE — Having the chance to come back to Happy Valley is something that former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley loves to do. His schedule, however, can make finding time challenging. “It hasn’t really worked out,” he said of chances to come back and visit. “It’s awesome to get back here. We love being back here, me and my wife, we met here. It’s cool for us to get back here and enjoy some of the places we used to love going through.” Sunday afternoon he returned as the featured speaker for the National Football ...

Lady Lions grab WBIT No. 1 seed

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team earned a spot in the 2024 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed. The Lady Lions will host George Mason on Thursday in the Bryce Jordan Center in PSU’s first Invitation Tournament appearance since the 2017-18 season. In the inaugural year of the WBIT, the Lady Lions are one of four top seeds. Penn State was one of the first teams out of the NCAA Tournament. The first, second and quarterfinal rounds of the inaugural WBIT will be hosted at campus sites with the semifinals and ...

Penn State defeated in final seconds

MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Leal put back a missed jumper by Malik Reneau with seven seconds left to give short-handed and sixth-seeded Indiana to a 61-59 win over No. 11 seed Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday night. Indiana was without guard Trey Galloway, who injured his knee during pregame warmups before Sunday’s regular-season finale with Michigan State. The Hoosiers advance to face third-seeded Nebraska in the quarterfinals today. The Cornhuskers received a double bye in the tournament, the first ever in program history. The Cornhuskers ...

Barkley jukes tampering accusations

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley was already set this week to visit Happy Valley and catch up with his old Penn State coach, James Franklin. Barkley says now he might have to give Franklin a hard time for getting the Philadelphia Eagles in hot water with the NFL before ...

College football near new expansion deal

The Associated Press The College Football Playoff is moving toward a revenue-sharing agreement among participating conferences that is needed in order to finalize a new media rights contact with ESPN. Discussions of what the format for the postseason system will be starting in 2026 are being tabled for now. Conference officials were meeting separately this week with their schools to consider a deal that would commit them to the College Football Playoff for another six years, three people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The people spoke on ...