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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 ...

Purdue eager to get after national championship dreams

Big Ten Tournament Penn State vs. Michigan, PEACOCK, 9 p.m. By Dave Campbell The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — For as powerful of a program Purdue has built, the Boilermakers have had a rather tenuous relationship with the postseason. Their last date was as painful as it gets, an ignominious defeat by undersized Farleigh Dickinson that went down as just the second time in NCAA Tournament history a No. 1 seed lost in the first round in 152 games against 16th seeds. Every year brings a fresh opportunity, though. This team still has Zach Edey, the 7-foot-4 picture of ...

Lions use spring time to test out new looks

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Tuesday was the first day of spring football practice at Penn State, which means it was also the first day of Abdul Carter’s transition to a defensive end. Last season’s First Team selection by the coaches at linebacker is making the switch to a position that was vacated by Chop Robinson and Adisa Isaac. Robinson is an expected first round pick in next month’s NFL Draft, while Isaac is a possible second day prospect. PSU coach James Franklin said the move to defensive end was a choice made by Carter rather than the ...