Jump ball Saturday: Penn State vs. Texas, 7:45 p.m. Records: Nittany Lions (23-13); Longhorns (27-8) TV: CBS Region: Midwest Series record: First-ever meeting DES MOINES, Iowa — Micah Shrewsberry stood on the court at Wells Fargo Arena and waved a towel in the air. Jalen Pickett and ...
TULSA, Okla. — With a semifinal tour de force Friday night that is becoming more the norm than exception, the Penn State wrestling team has all but locked up a second consecutive NCAA championship, 10th under coach Cael Sanderson and 11th in program history. For the second year in a row, ...
Jump ball Tonight: Penn State vs. Texas A&M, 9:55 p.m. Records: Nittany Lions (22-13); Aggies (25-9) TV: TBS Region: Midwest Seedings: PSU (No. 10); A&M (No. 7) Shrews non-committal Micah Shrewsberry’s future remains a hot topic. Harrisburg reporter Dave Jones asked Shrewsberry directly on Wednesday if he’d be the Nittany Lions’ coach next season. Shrewsberry, who has been linked to openings at Notre Dame and Georgetown, said, “That’s a good question.” When Jones pressed, Shrewsberry answered, “I don’t know.” The Lions (22-13) face Texas A&M (25-9) in the ...
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: First round Tipoff: 9:55 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Records: Penn State (22-13); Texas A&M (25-0) TV: TBS Radio: Penn State Radio Network Notable: This is the Midwest Region. Penn State is the No. 10 seed. A&M is the No. 7 seed. ... Penn State is 8-2 in its last 10 games. ... The winner gets the Texas-Colgate winner on Saturday. ... The Aggies finished 15-3 in the SEC and lost to Alabama in the conference tournament final. ... A&M head coach Buzz Williams runs his offense through Wade Taylor IV, who averages 16.5 ppg and 4.0 apg. ...
James Franklin approached last season with a specific plan at quarterback. Sean Clifford was the starter, and opportunities would be identified for Drew Allar to gain experience as the backup. It played out as Franklin hoped, and the Nittany Lions wound up 11-2, Rose Bowl champions and ranked No. 7. Now, although the Lions will enter the 2023 season highly ranked — some early polls have them in or around the top 5 — their projected No. 1 quarterback, probably Allar, has zero career starts. That’s one of the reasons Franklin said Tuesday that all three quarterbacks — Allar, ...
Penn State will have four returning national champions coming back for another shot at glory this weekend, and two of them have received top-seeds in their respective brackets. Roman Bravo-Young is No. 1 at 133 pounds, while Carter Starocci is top seed at 174. The other two returning national champs in Aaron Brooks (184) and Max Dean (197) are seeded third and ninth, respectively. The Lions will have wrestlers in nine of the 10 weight classes. Also competing for PSU are sixth-seeded Beau Bartlett (141), 13th-seeded Shayne Van Ness (149), second-seeded Levi Haines (157), 13th-seeded ...
