Penn State’s NCAA Tournament hopes are in the miracle zone at the moment. The Nittany Lions would effectively need to win out in order to comfortably find themselves in the field. Any other scenario, and we’re looking at deep tournament runs, if not outright winning the thing, as a requirement for the Tournament. Luckily, they have enough of a cushion that, worse comes to worst, merely three more wins still leaves the NIT on the table.
Penn State started this game quite poorly, as Maryland turned the Lions over 10 times in the first half alone. The Terps would open up a 12-point lead off the bevy of turnovers, and looked well in control of the game early.