• The Great Escape

    The Great Escape

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Whew! Everyone, please take a moment to place your hearts back in their rightful positions. That one was too close for comfort! Little Brother from Philly came to play and play they did right up until the bitter end; for...

  • Bring on Little Brother

    Bring on Little Brother

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    To be clear, in basketball I wouldn’t necessarily call Temple our 'little brother.’ Generally, that’s saved for the fall and football season, minus that one time in 2015, but we'll just ignore that hiccup for sanity’s sake. Under the circumstances...

  • The Waiting Game

    The Waiting Game

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Penn State basketball made a nice run over the weekend. A last hurrah for all those tasked with punching tickets to the “Big Dance” a.k.a. March Madness. For the record, Pat Chambers and crew are adamant they’ve done enough to...

  • Tournament Time

    Tournament Time

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Don’t worry friends, that hissing sound you hear is just the air coming out of the NCAA-bubble Penn State basketball has been on over the past month. It was fun to dream while it lasted, but there’s still work to...

  • Penn State on the Cusp

    Penn State on the Cusp

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    It’s not often a team loses while still finding themselves just a little bit closer to a dream come true. Yet here we are on the heels of a tough Sunday loss to Purdue with Penn State receiving votes in...

  • O-H...NO!

    O-H...NO!

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    In the end, the brooms came out, but they just couldn’t prevent a Blizzard from spilling onto the BJC floor. Penn State swept the Buckeyes in a complete beat-down last night in front of a Whiteout crowd of over 10k...

  • Two for Two

    Two for Two

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Don’t look now but Nittany Lion basketball is on fire heading into the home stretch with a four-game gauntlet as hard as you can find in the rugged world of Big Ten basketball. Last week Penn State went two-for-two with...

  • Thunder Dunks and a Near Miss

    Thunder Dunks and a Near Miss

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Well folks, we had them on the ropes! Penn State basketball walked into one of college basketball’s most intimidating atmospheres at mighty Michigan State and gave the Spartans all they could handle before the shots went cold and foul trouble...

  • Penn State's Dream Chasers

    Penn State's Dream Chasers

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    I preface this by letting you know up front that I'm a die-hard Penn State football junkie who just so happens to have fallen hard for our underdog basketball squad this year. I also admit that I’m a sucker for...