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2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney: Session III Recap & Session IV Preview
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 […]
Men’s Basketball: Rutgers 74, Penn State 62
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 […]
Penn State at Rutgers Preview, Open Thread: Lions Look To Close The Season With A Win
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 […]
2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney: Session II Recap & Session III Preview
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 […]
2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney: Session I Recap & Session II Preview
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 […]
2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney: Session I Preview & Open Thread
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 […]
2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney Brackets Released
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” […]
No. 11 Wisconsin 5, No. 6 Penn State 2: A Sinking Ship
Penn State lost its third straight game, an embarrassing 5-2 loss to Wisconsin at Pegula Ice Arena. Charlie Cerrato finally returned to the lineup, but his presence was not enough to wake up the team. The Nittany Lions fell behind 4-0 under siege from the Badgers’ attack early in the second period, and outside of […]
Winter/Spring Sports Update: Women’s Hockey Advances to AHA Title Game
Women’s Hockey (31-5) The women’s hockey team swept Syracuse with 7-0 and 2-1 wins to advance to their fourth straight AHA title game. Tessa Janecke recorded a hat trick in Game 1 to pace the Lions to an easy 7-0 win. Katie DeSa held the line with 15 saves in Game 2 to gain the […]
No. 12 Wisconsin 7, No. 5 Penn State 3: Mailing It In
Wisconsin turned in a dominant effort in the third period to cruise to a 7-3 win over Penn State on Thursday night. The Nittany Lions have suddenly gone cold with the postseason approaching. The game was tied entering the third period, but an ugly meltdown by Penn State allowed the game to spiral out of […]
Penn State Fires Women’s Basketball Coach Carolyn Kieger
At least one of the basketball programs will be searching for a new head coach this offseason, as Penn State announced a “change in leadership” regarding its women’s team. The announcement comes on the heels of the Lady Lions finishing 16th out of 18 Big Ten teams at 11-18 overall, and 4-14 in conference play, […]
Penn State Hockey Series Preview: No. 12 Wisconsin
No. 5 Penn State closes out its regular season with a home series against No. 12 Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions are locked into the three seed in the Big Ten Tournament and are a lock to make the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers are looking to secure their spot in the dance with at least a […]
NCAA Hockey Bracketology: March 5
As of this morning, the NCAA Tournament picture looks like this, based on NPI and conference standings. Please note that projected conference tournament winners are in italics and are based on current in-conference point percentage: Locks (11): Michigan, Michigan State, North Dakota, Western Michigan, Penn State, Providence, Quinnipiac, Denver, Cornell, Minnesota-Duluth, DartmouthBubble In (3): Wisconsin, Boston College, […]
Ohio State 94, Penn State 62: Is It Over Yet?
Ohio State beat Penn State 94-62 on Wednesday night in a pitiful effort on Josh Reed’s Senior Night. The Nittany Lions fell to 3-16 in conference play and are all but locked into the bottom spot in the Big Ten standings. Penn State shot just 4 for 22 from the floor in the first half, […]
BSD YouTube Show: Culture Changing, Spring Injuries, & The NFL Draft Combine
The offseason is chugging along and so are we. We’re back to discuss the culture shift at Penn State under the Campbell regime, Friday night games in the Big Ten, and how the NFL draft is shaping up for the Penn Staters. We’ll be live at 7:00 p.m. EST. As always, we’ll have the audio […]
BSD YouTube Show: Culture Changing, Spring Injuries, and the NFL Draft Combine
The offseason is chugging along and so are we. We’re back to discuss the culture shift at Penn State under the Campbell regime, Friday night games in the Big Ten, and how the NFL draft is shaping up for the Penn Staters. We’ll be live at 7:00 p.m. EST. As always, we’ll have the audio […]
Penn State Basketball Preview: Ohio State
Penn State will host Ohio State tonight in the final home game of the regular season. It has been a nightmare of a season for the Nittany Lions, but they will have a chance to ruin the Buckeyes’ NCAA Tournament aspirations with an upset win tonight. How to Watch Who: Ohio State BuckeyesNET Ranking (PSU): […]
This Week In Happy Valley: Hockey Postseason Underway
Women’s hockey advanced to the AHA championship game with an easy sweep of Syracuse. Friday’s men’s hockey game against Wisconsin will be a White Out. Student tickets are on sale for hockey’s Big Ten quarterfinal game on March 11. Tony Rojas on rehabbing his knee and his decision to return to Penn State in 2026. […]
Wrestling Media Availability with Cael Sanderson and Mitchell Mesenbrink
Head Coach Cael Sanderson and 165 lb starter Mitchell Mesenbrink met with the media ahead of the Big Ten Tournament, which gets underway at 10 am on Saturday, March 7 at the Bryce Jordan Center Cael Sanderson – Head Coach Thoughts on the New Big Ten Pre-seeding System I can’t explain it. I was there […]
2026 Wrestling Big Ten Tourney Hub
BSDWrestle should have a preseeds post up shortly, and will post more content to this hub throughout the week. Helpful Resources Bubbaland.net aka the “BubbaPage” BSDWrestle’s play-by-play maestro Bubba has a ton of great stuff on his site; some features:
B1G Wrestling Pre-seeds Released
Happy B1G Wrestling week! We start off the festivities with the highly anticipated tournament pre-seeds today. As expected, hands will be wrung, pearls will be clutched, and we will all reach the conclusion that the guys and gals in charge have no idea what they’re doing. Fortunately for us, Cael’s approach is that you wrestle […]
MMQB – Way Too Early Football Record Prediction
We’re still 5 months away from Penn State football returning to Beaver Stadium, but I thought it would be a good idea to take a way too early look at the schedule and see if we can sort out what record the Nittany Lions may have in 2026. Here’s the sched: The first 3 weeks […]
Notre Dame 4, No. 5 Penn State 3 (OT): Playing With Fire
Notre Dame upset No. 5 Penn State 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions struggled all weekend defensively and finally got burned on a horrible turnover that easily set up the game-winning goal for Notre Dame. Penn State will return home next weekend for one final regular season series before the postseason run […]
Men’s Basketball: Penn State 71, Iowa 69
Let’s celebrate! Penn State’s season of futility had a moment of happiness on Saturday as the Nittany Lions upset 20-win and probable NCAA tourney team Iowa at the Bryce Jordan Center. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Lions and gives them a chance at staying out of the Big Ten basement as […]
YAY HOOPS(?) Penn State vs. Iowa Open Thread
Apologies for dropping the ball on the preview of this game, life got in the way. Not that you were itching for one to begin with, since you’re probably also checked out on the season at this point. The Hawkeyes sit at 20-8 overall and 10-7 in the Big Ten and are currently projected as […]
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