{"id":11937,"date":"2014-02-03T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=11937"},"modified":"2014-02-03T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T20:54:13","slug":"maddening-but-tenacious-penn-state-hoopsters-on-a-little-roll-with-trip-to-see-sparty-on-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/maddening-but-tenacious-penn-state-hoopsters-on-a-little-roll-with-trip-to-see-sparty-on-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddening but tenacious Penn State hoopsters on a little roll with trip to see Sparty on deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2014\/02\/maddening_but_tenacious_penn_s.html\"><img src='http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14208161-mmmain.jpg' alt='Maddening but tenacious Penn State hoopsters on a little roll with trip to see Sparty on deck | PennLive.com' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the first time in five years, Penn State has won three straight Big Ten games. That is worth some praise if for no other reason than it\u2019s hard to get your feet under you when you\u2019re 0-6.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s where the Nittany Lions were just two weeks ago. Now, not actually that improbably, they stand at 12-10 and 3-6 in the Big Ten and at 98 in the Rating Percentage Index. Yeah, well, it\u2019s still unlikely for the NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>The sad fact is, had the Lions simply won two of three games they flat-out squandered &#8212; Indiana, Minnesota and at Purdue &#8212; they would now sit in fourth place in the Big Ten at 5-4. But at least there\u2019s something to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State fights. Penn State has talent at key spots. That much has been established. You don\u2019t lift yourselves out of such a hole without either.<\/p>\n<p>Now, smart basketball? Not always this team\u2019s forte and that\u2019s what\u2019s impeded it so far and probably will eventually kill it from an NCAA standpoint. They do too many dopey things at late junctures. Simple in-bounds plays have been a continuing adventure.<\/p>\n<p>But guts? This team has it. And it also has one of the very best players in the Big Ten in D.J. Newbill. Nobody in the conference is harder to guard. That remained apparent during the Lions\u2019 maddening 79-68 defeat of Purdue yesterday at the Jordan Center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2014\/02\/maddening_but_tenacious_penn_s.html\">Maddening but tenacious Penn State hoopsters on a little roll with trip to see Sparty on deck | PennLive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Jones: For the first time in five years, Penn State has won three straight Big Ten games. That is worth some praise if for no other reason than it\u2019s hard to get your feet under you when you\u2019re 0-6. And that\u2019s where the Nittany Lions were just two weeks ago. 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