With the conference tournaments behind us and a week to wait around before NCAAs begin, I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look at the remaining Hodge candidates and place them into tiers ahead of the NCAA Championships. What is the Hodge? The Hodge trophy is “wrestling’s Heisman”, awarded to the […]
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With the basketball team’s season over, and with the NCAA wrestling tournament ahead, we sit currently in a semi lull between major sporting events that normally might have been filled with idle football chatter. Instead, the men’s and women’s hockey teams are keeping us all on our toes! First up, the women. The women’s hockey […]
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A dominant women’s hockey season for the Nittany Lions continued on Saturday as Penn State defeated UConn in their NCAA Regional Final to secure a spot in the program’s first Frozen Four. Penn State got on the board early with Matilde Fantin scoring just one minute and 40 seconds into the game. That goal actually […]
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Happy Selection Sunday, college hoops fans! This month marks 25 years since arguably the greatest win in Penn State basketball history, when the No. 7 seed Nittany Lions, led by the Crispin Brothers, Titus Ivory, and Gyasi Cline-Heard, went on to upset the No. 2 seed North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future NBA champion […]
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What do we have here? After weeks of intense action, we’re at a calm before the storm as the Penn State Nittany Lion Wrestlers move into position to claim another bevy of national championships and the records they set along the way. In times like this, I spend too much time listening to wrestling podcasts, […]
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Penn State’s Big Ten Tournament run came to an end with a 5-2 loss to Michigan on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions made a bevy of mistakes that directly led to Michigan goals, and it was too much to overcome against the top team in the country on the road. Penn State will now wait […]
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One year after the Penn State men’s team beat UConn to make their first Frozen Four, the women’s team followed suit with a 3-0 win over UConn on Saturday afternoon: Matilde Fantin scored the opening goal of the game less than two minutes in when she deflected Nicole Hall’s shot past Tia Chan: Penn State […]
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After easily dispatching Minnesota 6-2 on Wednesday, Penn State will hit the road to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in the Big Ten semifinal today. The Wolverines are No. 1 in the NPI and won the regular season series 2-1-1. Penn State beat Michigan on the road twice last March in the first round […]
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Women’s Hockey (32-5) The women’s hockey team defeated Mercyhurst 3-2 to win their 4th straight AHA tournament title. The Nittany Lions withstood a furious rally from Mercyhurst in the conference title game after leading 3-0 going into the third period. Mya Vaslet, Nicole Hall, and Katelyn Roberts scored Penn State’s three goals, and Katie DeSa […]
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As of this morning, the NCAA hockey tournament picture looks like this, with projected conference tournament winners in italics: Locks (12): Michigan, North Dakota, Michigan State, Western Michigan, Providence, Denver, Quinnipiac, Minnesota-Duluth, Cornell, Penn State, Dartmouth, WisconsinBubble In (3): Augustana, UMass, UConnAutomatic Qualifiers (1): Bentley My projected bracket looks like this: Worcester Regional Loveland Regional […]
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Penn State needed a win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to extinguish any doubt about the team making the NCAA Tournament. They delivered with a dominant 6-2 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions never had a power play chance in the game but controlled the game strongly at […]
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The Penn State Nittany Lions were crowned the 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament Champions to compliment their regular season championship. The Nittany Lion squad crowned 7 tournament champions, setting a new school record of 184 points, with all 10 wrestlers finishing in an auto-qualifying position to make the NCAA tournament. At this level, success is […]
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We’re traveling back to 1994 for the latest edition of our bi-weekly offseason series over on our YouTube channel (please subscribe, you haven’t already done so), as we cover arguably the greatest comeback in program history where Penn State rallied from a 21-0 deficit at Illinois to clinch a Rose Bowl berth and preserve their […]
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After a four-game winless drought to end the regular season, Penn State will host Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament tonight. The Nittany Lions suddenly need a win to remain secure for the NCAA Tournament. With the tournament format shifting to single elimination in all three rounds, the winner of tonight’s […]
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Unlike the first meeting with Northwestern, where they gave up over 90 points in a 21-point loss in Evanston, Penn State was more competitive against the Wildcats in their opening round game of the Big Ten Tournament, leading at moments during the first half and keeping the game within five points through most of the […]
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Penn State hockey picked up a commitment from 2026 forward Will Yared. The Big Ten men’s hockey tournament bracket. The NCAA women’s hockey tournament bracket. Kendall Butze was named AHA Defenseman of the Month for the second straight month. An early list of candidates to replace Carolyn Kieger as Penn State’s women’s basketball coach. Matt […]
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Draft sites used: ESPN, NFL Network, CBS Sports, Yahoo, PFF Previous mock draft projections in italics Drew Allar: PFF: 93rd to Rams (Chadwick’s March 9th mock) Dani Dennis-Sutton: PFF: 84th to Packers (Wasserman’s February 23rd mock) Olaivavega Ioane: ESPN: 14th to Ravens* (Jordan Reid’s March 5th mock), 22nd to Chargers (Kiper’s February 24th mock. He […]
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Penn State men’s basketball is likely headed for an early end to their season, though honestly, not much earlier than in previous years. The team is last place in the conference, having gone just 3-17 in the B1G, and are 12-19 overall. A decent 9-2 start to the year in the non-conference quickly turned into […]
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Session III Results Consolation Semifinals 285 – (4) Cole Mirasola, Penn State vs (10) Ben Kueter, Iowa The wrestlers tied up for most of the first period, with each wrestler making a few attempts. Cole was able to get in on a single, switching to a double and dropping Kueter to his hips. Kueter fought […]
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A week ago, Penn State showed some life in a home victory against likely NCAA tournament selection Iowa. There seemed to be some life around the program and maybe a bit of a late season rally of entertaining play for the conference’s youngest team. Well, last Wednesday, Penn State was flattened at home by Ohio […]
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Unlike last season, Penn State does get to play in the Big Ten Tournament this year. So technically this isn’t their last game. But, with the way things have worked out for them, it’ll likely be one of two. Can the Lions put something together and split the series with Rutgers? We’ll find out in […]
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Session II Results Consolation Rd. of 12 141 (6) Braeden Davis, Penn State vs (12) Danny Pucino, Illinois Davis came out aggressive, looking to work an Russian tie that he transitioned into a single. Pucino attempted to hit an elevator but Davis was able to keep Pucino planted on his back. Pucino tried turning off […]
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Session I Recap Rankings/Seed Note: For the wrestler headings below, I’m showing Intermat Rankings denoted with the “#”, and then for the individual bouts, I show the tournament seeds in parentheses. 125 lbs – #1 Luke Lilledahl Quarterfinals (1) Luke Lilledahl, Penn State vs (8) Dean Peterson, Iowa Luke stepped laterally to start, peppering quick […]
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Schedule Upcoming Penn State Bouts Helpful Resources Bubbaland.net aka the “BubbaPage” BSDWrestle’s play-by-play maestro Bubba graciously provide timely and play-by-play updates. There’s a ton of great stuff on his site; some features: Penn State Wrestling Club Running Team Score Homepage BSDWrestle’s Big Ten Tourney Hub Housekeeping Here’s the rough BSDWrestle posting schedule we’ve mapped out […]
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The 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for this weekend in State College, Pennsylvania. This past Monday, the Big Ten released a laugher of a data set, rolled out as “pre-seeds.” As BSDWrestle’s JiC put it to us afterward: The B1G threw us a twist this year and parted with the old “coaches vote” […]
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