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MEN'S BASKETBALL 18-9, 8-6 NOVEMBER 4 W at Lafayette (Exh.).................................... 102-80 5 W BLOOMSBURG (Exh.).................................. 84-67 10 W CAMPBELL................................................. 86-75 12 W FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON................................ 81-57 15-17 Legends Classic – University Park Regional 15 W MONTANA...........................................70-57 17 W COLUMBIA..........................................79-65 20-21 Legends Classic – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 20 W Pittsburgh...........................................85-54 21 L Texas A&M......................................... 98-87 24 W ORAL ROBERTS (Legends Classic)............... 86-48 29 L at N.C. State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)......... 85-78 DECEMBER 2 W at Iowa...................................................... 77-73 4 L WISCONSIN................................................64-63 9 W GEORGE WASHINGTON............................... 74-54 17 W at George Mason........................................72-54 19 W BINGHAMTON.............................................80-65 22 L RIDER........................................................71-70 30 W COPPIN STATE............................................ 88-43 JANUARY 2 L at Mar yland................................................75-69 5 W NORTHWESTERN........................................ 78-63 9 L at Indiana.................................................. 74-70 12 W NEBRASKA.......................................... 76-74 (OT) 15 L MINNESOTA........................................ 95-84 (OT) 20 L at Northwestern......................................... 70-61 25 W at Ohio State..............................................82-79 27 W RUTGERS...................................................60-43 31 L at Michigan State....................................... 76-68 FEBRUARY 3 W IOWA......................................................... 82-58 7 W MARYLAND................................................ 74-70 11 W at Illinois....................................................74-52 15 OHIO STATE 18 at Purdue 21 MICHIGAN.................................................7 p.m. (BTN) 25 at Nebraska.........................................5:15 p.m. (BTN) 28-M4 Big Ten tournament at New York 28 First round.....................................................TBA MARCH 1 Second round................................................TBA 2 Quarter final round......................................... TBA 3 Semifinal round............................................. TBA 4 Championship game...................................... TBA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 14-12, 5-8 OCTOBER 29 L CEDARVILLE (Exh.)..................................... 59-53 NOVEMBER 10 W SIENA........................................................ 86-72 12 W DREXEL..................................................... 84-70 15 W at Marshall................................................ 80-65 18 W at Providence............................................. 60-51 20 W CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE....................83-66 24-25 South Point Shootout at Las Vegas 24 L Louisiana Tech....................................71-59 25 L Kansas State......................................70-65 T H E M A I N E V E N T MEN'S BASKETBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT F E B . 2 8 - M A R C H 4 | M A D I S O N S Q U A R E G A R D E N | B T N / C B S | Ever since Rutgers and Maryland joined Penn State on the Big Ten's eastern 5ank, the league has been working to boost its pro4le in some of the country's biggest media markets. Last year, league o6cials chose to hold their basketball tournament in Washington, D.C. This year, the tourney moves to an even bigger stage: New York. The decision to take its show to the city that never sleeps – to storied Madison Square Garden, where we will 4nd out who's king of the hill, top of the heap – was not with- out its di6culties. Big Ten members had to rearrange their nonconference schedules, jamming league games into early December in order to get the regular season com- pleted a week early. The Big East will play its postseason tournament at MSG from March 7-10, so the only way for the Big Ten to have the venue was to wrap things up quickly. The early start means that New York probably won't be fully thawed out a7er a long, cold winter. But Penn State's little town blues will be melting away, at least for a night, as it looks to 4nish better than it did a year ago, when it beat Nebraska in the 4rst round only to fall hard to Michigan State, 78-51, in the second. –M.H. FALL SPORTS Directors' Cup fall finish is PSU's best since '05 Penn State was second in the 4nal fall standings for the Lear4eld Direc- tors' Cup, its highest 4nish since 2005-06. Five Nittany Lion teams quali4ed for their respective NCAA championships, while the football team won the Fiesta Bowl. The women's soccer and women's volley- ball teams captured Big Ten champi- onships this past fall. Penn State posted its highest fall 4nish in the Directors' Cup since placing No. 2 in 2005-06. This year marks the seventh time in the sur- vey's 25-year history that the Nittany Lions have 4nished either No. 1 or No. 2 in the 4nal fall standings. The Lions earned their 13th top-4ve fall placing overall and their 11th con- secutive top-10 fall 4nish. They have 4nished in the top 10 in the 4nal fall standings in 21 of the 25 years of the Directors' Cup. Penn State and Stanford are the na- tion's only institutions to place in the top 10 in the 4nal fall Directors' Cup standings in each of the past 11 years. Five of Penn State's fall teams were ranked in their respective top-10 4nal rankings: women's volleyball (third), women's soccer (47h), 4eld hockey (sixth), football (eighth) and women's cross country (10th). Stanford leads the Directors' Cup with 523 points and is followed by Penn State (386), Wisconsin (352.5), UCLA (332), Michigan (319.5), Michi- gan State (313.5), North Carolina State (303.5), USC (280.5), Colorado (269.5) and Texas (269). The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences dominate the fall Directors' Cup standings, with each conference hav- ing four schools in the top 10. Penn State and Stanford were the only schools to have three teams ad- vance to the NCAA quarter4nals among this past fall's 4ve team- bracketed NCAA championships. ■ SCORECARD

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