For a long time last night, it looked like the #10 seeded Penn State Nittany Lions were going to pull the upset over #7 Minnesota in the United Center.
They were playing harder. They were attacking. They were holding Amir Coffey in check, and because of this, they were leading at halftime 34-30.
In the first half, Penn State hounded Coffey every time he caught the ball on a dribble hand-off with both the big man and the guard checking him the whole way through. They wouldn’t give him the corner, and so he had to settle for jumpers.