Shots Gotta Fall: A Penn State Basketball Podcast

Shots Gotta Fall: A Penn State Basketball Podcast

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May 1, 2024 54 mins

The deadline to enter the transfer portal has come and gone and Penn State's roster for the 2023-24 season is officially set!

We break it down and give you our pros and cons of the 13 scholarship players and give you our starting 5 lineups! 

We'll also talk about some additions to the nonconference schedule and pick the NBA playoffs!

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We are back to wrap season 2 of SGF by talking about the end of the men's and women's college basketball seasons and tallying up the final results of our Shots Gotta Fall bracket challenge! 

We'll be back throughout the offseason with some more fun stuff, including lots of TBT coverage so make sure to keep your downloads active!

Thanks for all your love and support over our second season and we are ...

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April 1, 2024 48 mins

We're back to recap the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, including a couple surprise entries to the Final Four. At the same time, we'll also update you all on our bracket challenge!

We also talk about some notable additions to the transfer portal, one returning Penn Stater and a new addition to the squad. 

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March 25, 2024 39 mins

We're back to recap the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament and talk about some recent PSU additions to the transfer portal. We also ask each other what we want to see Penn State do with its open scholarships approaching year 2 under Mike Rhoades.

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March 18, 2024 71 mins

We are back to give our post-mortem of the 2023-24 Penn State season including:

  • Letter grades for every player
  • Grading the team's performance 
  • Going over our pre-season bold predictions

We also open up the National Notebook yet again to give our upset picks for the upcoming NCAA Tournament

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March 15, 2024 19 mins

Evan Smith flies solo, recapping the Nittany Lions loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in the 2nd round of the Big Ten Tournament and a brief look at the unlikley postseason options for Penn State Basketball. 

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March 14, 2024 15 mins

Steve is back to recap a nearly wire-to-wire first round Big Ten Tournament victory and previews a second round meeting with the Indiana Hoosiers. However, these are not the same Hoosiers PSU has already beaten twice. Steve tells you why and also provides a pick for tonight's action. 

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March 11, 2024 43 mins

We're back to recap Penn State's senior night win against Maryland and preview the Big Ten Tournament. Unfortunately, no first round bye for the Nittany Lions as they will play Michigan as the 11 seed Wednesday evening. We'll also put the first season under Mike Rhoades into an historical context and open up the National Notebook. 

We'll be back on Thursday win or lose to recap Penn State's first g...

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March 4, 2024 65 mins

Wash the taste of Saturday's collapse out of your mouth with a brand new SGF. We'll get into how it happened and how Steve saw the writing on the wall before most anyone else. We will preview the final regular season game of the season against Maryland on Senior Night and open up the National Notebook to give our picks for 4 Mid-major conference tournaments going on this week, ramping up to March Madness.

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February 26, 2024 80 mins

We told ya so! Penn State goes 2-0 this week, including in exhilarating fashion in a familiar old building. This week we talk about the Return to Rec and all we can take away from it. We also hear from Amy Farkas (Class of 1996) to offer some perspective of stepping back into Rec Hall for a Big Ten game. We also recap Indiana and preview the final road trip of the season for Penn State. 

Lastly, we open up the National Not...

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February 19, 2024 13 mins

Steve is solo for this short episode going over the disappointing breaking news that Kanye Clary is no longer a Penn State Nittany Lion. 

He talks about what may have led to this decision and tries to predict how both sides will respond from this going forward. 

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February 19, 2024 59 mins

Well we're back and we hate to say we told you so but...

Okay well it didn't all go down necessarily the way we thought it would but the net result is an 0-2 week. We talk about it and also spend some time trying to unpack what may or may not be going on with Kanye Clary. 

We also preview the upcoming week at home for Penn State including their first conference game at Rec Hall since the 1995-96 season a...

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February 12, 2024 60 mins

Evan and Steve to recap what was essentially a strong week for the Nittany Lions even though they snapped their 3 game winning streak on Sunday. We also preview a difficult week ahead hosting Michigan State and travelling to Lincoln to take on a Nebraska team that is very dominant at home. 

Finally, as always, we hit you up with some National Notebook. 

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February 5, 2024 67 mins

Well that was fun!

Evan returns to gush over 2 consecutive, convincing road wins for the Nits and preview a home matchup with Iowa and a revenge game on the road at Northwestern. 

We also reset expectations for the rest of the season and open up the National Notebook. 

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January 29, 2024 44 mins

Steve is joined by longtime third man off the bench Matt Shaffer this week while Evan is away and we discuss a (to put it mildly) disappointing home loss to Minnesota on Saturday night. We break down Penn State's surprising defensive woes and try to figure out what has to change in order for them to win their first road game of the season this week traveling to Rutgers and Indiana. 

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January 22, 2024 64 mins

That is certainly the theme of the week. Penn State pulled off the first victory over an AP Top 25 ranked team in Mike Rhoades' career on Tuesday as the court got stormed in the Bryce Jordan Center. They also gave up a 16-0 run to start a game on the road on Saturday afternoon. 

Evan and Steve break it all down and preview a home matchup against Minnesota on Saturday night. 

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January 15, 2024 53 mins

We're back to talk about a disappointing week of Penn State hoops, starting with a second half collapse against Northwestern at home and ending with being on the wrong side of a 27-2 run against Purdue at West Lafayette on Saturday. 

We then preview a continuing tough stretch for PSU this week, hosting Wisconsin and traveling to Columbus for a rematch against the Buckeyes who will assuredly have revenge on their minds...

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January 8, 2024 67 mins

We're back to recap a truly wild week for the Nits that featured a second half comeback following a woeful night of basketball in East Lansing. We break it all down for you and look ahead to a step up in competition as PSU gets ready to host Northwestern on Wednesday and travel to the number one team in the land Saturday afternoon. 

As always, we'll also do a fun look across the college basketball landscape in ou...

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December 30, 2023 50 mins

Happy New Year!

We're back again a little early this week to recap PSU's convincing win over Rider on Friday afternoon and to preview the resumption to Big Ten play next week when Penn State travels to East Lansing to take on Michigan State and over to the Palestra in Philly on Sunday afternoon to play host to the Michigan Wolverines. 

We also clean up an omission from last week's "Where Are Th...

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December 22, 2023 72 mins

In our special holiday edition of SGF, it is time for the second annual "Where Are They Now?" Segment in which Evan and Steve check in on past Penn State names you may be familiar with and go over how they're doing in their new places. 

We'll also recap a win over the Le Moyne Dolphins from Thursday night and preview the last non-conference matchup with the Rider Broncs just before the new year. 

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