Jeff Brooks update

by mundyscorner99 on Feb 3, 2011 4:27 PM EST

It sounds like Jeff Brooks' injured shoulder may likely keep him out of Sunday's home game vs Michigan. Based on the article, it sounds like things could've been worse and that a possible return vs Michigan State in East Lansing is a likely target.

http://blog.pennlive.com/davidjones/2011/02/jeff_brooks_dislocated_shoulde.html

Hopefully the diagnosis is correct and he only has to miss one full game. The question is - can PSU beat Michigan without him? I'm very skeptical based on how they played against Illinois. Fatigue is one thing, but putting guys in extended roles that are not used to it could be a huge factor in the game. Michigan has been playing teams tough for most of the season.

This may have to be a Talor Battle "get on my back and I'll carry us to the win" type of games.

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What concerns me is the outside defense.

Michigan’s offense is offensive in its simplicity.

Step 1: Drive to the basket
Step 2: Pass to the perimeter (Hence John Belein’s real name “John Three-line”)
Step 3: Shoot three pointer
Step 4: Rinse and repeat a MILLION FREAKING TIMES.

I have little confidence in our ability to stop this.

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by ReadingRambler on Feb 3, 2011 4:38 PM EST reply actions

It will be raining 3's on Sunday for sure

The defense on Tuesday was truly awful. So many dunks and layups. Hopefully Michigan’s interest in shooting 3’s will play into our hands since we have lost our best shot blocker.

This is a tough call for Ed…do you roll the dice and play Brooks and risk aggravating the injury or hold him out ’til the road game at MSU? They HAVE to win one out of these next two, and getting swept by UM would just be terrible.

The bench players (Marshall really) seem to play better at home so maybe Ed can piece something together without Brooks. I think that is what i would do.

by mundyscorner99 on Feb 3, 2011 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

as long as they aren't making a huge percentage of their 3's

by mundyscorner99 on Feb 3, 2011 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

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getting swept by UM would just be terrible.

That it would be, but it didn’t stop Tubby a year ago…Minnesota getting swept by Michigan, especially when Minesota was ranked, was hilarious.

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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Feb 4, 2011 9:41 AM EST up reply actions

I'm far more confident in Michigan's ability to stop itself.

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by Adam Collyer on Feb 3, 2011 6:58 PM EST up reply actions

Rooting interests

I also think it is definitely time to root against the teams that will be in the same boat as us on the bubble. It may seem early but when teams get huge wins. that hurts our chances. We don’t need a Maryland or a St John’s or Northwestern getting hot and being the new favorite bubble team and pushing us down a notch or two.

by mundyscorner99 on Feb 3, 2011 4:48 PM EST reply actions

Let's not underestimate gameplanning

Penn State clearly didn’t have a gameplan to deal with Brooks’ absence on the road in Champaign. There’s a difference between that and having days to gameplan for Michigan at home.

I think we’ll see a lot of three guard looks which might actually improve the perimeter defense marginally, which is priority No. 1 against Michigan.

I think PSU could be OK. Gotta bring the intensity this time, though.

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by Adam Bittner on Feb 3, 2011 5:12 PM EST reply actions

Good point, that will help...

unfortunately they will still involve Kirkpatrick and Oliver playing more minutes than they should. We are gonna need an efficient game from Battle, and Jackson and Jones to play well. then either frazier or a bench player to add some points (preferably both).

If we play like we have been playing (outside of Illinois), even minus Brooks, we will have a good shot.

by bigs26 on Feb 3, 2011 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

Gotta go 3 guard here.

This is a team we can afford to lose some size against based on their offensive scheme alone. Also, we just don’t have the personnel to play a standard 5 for the majority of the game without Brooks.

Liked what I saw out of Tim on Tuesday night. Battle’s gotta step it up again now. I know it’s unfair, but it’s the way it is.

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by Adam Collyer on Feb 3, 2011 7:00 PM EST up reply actions

Agree

Besides, Michigan’s inside game makes the PSU front court look like Hakeem and Shaq. The keys to beating Michigan:

1. Guard the perimeter
2. Don’t royally lay an egg

Even without Brooks, this is a game PSU should win.

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by ckmneon on Feb 4, 2011 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

That Michigan loss in the first week of the Big Ten looms pretty large right now.

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by Adam Collyer on Feb 4, 2011 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

It's amazing

But your first sentence really isn’t much of an exaggeration.

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by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2011 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

Storybook type stuff

the team is playing what is by far the most meaningful game of the season to date (at least in terms of how much it will alter PSU’s NCAA tournament chances) and has to do it without the team’s most efficient scorer and probably best defensive player. A win without Brooks would mean PSU is for real, a loss probably means the NIT.

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by ckmneon on Feb 3, 2011 6:36 PM EST reply actions

Can't they just staple his arm back in the socket?

How about crazy glue?
Don’t they have any pain killers in their little black bags?
Does he really need both arms to play?

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by joefromboalsburg on Feb 3, 2011 11:00 PM EST reply actions

Billy Oliver 3's or a one-armed Brooks?

You make the call.

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by Adam Collyer on Feb 3, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions

Brooks.

Can’t go as well as Cornley, who functionally played with one arm during the NIT (His one arm baby hooks were simply awesome), but can’t go too poorly.

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by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2011 12:10 AM EST up reply actions

Over/Under 14.5

Number of players at the IM building right now with more talent than Billy Oliver.

by NittanyBadger on Feb 4, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

Has to be under. Just has to be.

Sometimes he makes a big play and it’s like, “Nice Billy!” And then 10 seconds later I’m screaming at the TV again.

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by Adam Collyer on Feb 4, 2011 11:46 AM EST up reply actions

Oliver is a freshman that hasn't played in two years

yes, its his third year in the program, but he hasn’t played since his senior yr in high school. He has a nice shooting stroke and is getting better on D and rebounding. He will be a solid player in a year or two. This is very much an over exageration. There are not any 6’9" guys playing IM ball with close to the skills of Oliver, not close.

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by BMAN13 on Feb 4, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions

Don't trash Billy.

He’ll get there, you just have to believe.

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by dwf5095 on Feb 4, 2011 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

Over/Under 1.5

Number of teams who think they are on the NCAA tournament bubble yet can accurately describe their sixth man (on a 6 man team), whose Big Ten averages are 1.8 ppg/1.4 rpg, as “He has a nice shooting stroke and is getting better on D and rebounding. He will be a solid player in a year or two”.

Thank goodness when this season ends on/or before March 11th we’ll have the excitement of the 2012-2013 season to look forward to!

by NittanyBadger on Feb 4, 2011 1:58 PM EST reply actions

how many of those have teams have a first team all conference guard and 3 other seniors starting?

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by BMAN13 on Feb 4, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

Don't feed the troll.

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by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

Over/Under 1

Number of people who think rooting for two different Big Ten teams makes you look like a really shallow fair weather troll who frankly no one cares about?

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by Adam Bittner on Feb 4, 2011 8:06 PM EST up reply actions

Tell me how you really feel, fugi!

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by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2011 8:23 PM EST up reply actions

You cared enough to reply...

And for the record, I’m a Penn State fan. I have degrees from both schools and thus the username.
While I’m not a Badger basketball fan, it’s very easy to admire what Bo Ryan does year-in and year-out. He recruits for his defensive-minded, high shooting percentage system, thus despite classes that rank low nationally his teams compete for a Big Ten title every year.

But who would want that out of their basketball program? Its much more fun earning 1 NIT birth a decade.

by NittanyBadger on Feb 6, 2011 2:05 PM EST up reply actions