Lions Eyeing NCAA Tourney

Move over Jamie Dixon and Pitt, we have another pack of predator cats looking for some March Madness as the Penn State Nittany Lions knocked off #16 Illinois in Champaign last night. It's not often that a PSU team pulls off a winning score of 38-33 without the involvement of Joe Pa, but the hoops squad outlasted the Illini in a melee of offensive futility. With another quality win, and an overall record of 19-8, the Lions are now officially a bubble team. Look for the March 5 rematch with Illinois (in Happy Valley) to be a major event in determining which tourney the Lions get invited to.

Quick Hitters:

• Astonishingly, with this victory, the Lions tied their all time single season record of three road wins...three!!
• Another couple of regular season wins and at least one win in the Big Ten Tourney could have the Lions garnering NCAA's support.