Shots Gotta Fall: A Penn State Basketball Podcast

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.  Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The P...

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...

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...

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, w...

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.  Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The Penn State Basketball Podcast...

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...

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.  Support the show Follow us on X and Instagra...

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.  Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The Penn State Basketball...

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.  Support t...

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.  Support the show...

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 h...

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...

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 &...

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 be...

Well it happened again. Penn State falls on the road in overtime, this time in controversial fashion.  Evan and Steve talk about  THAT  call but also go over some other critical moments leading up to the final seconds in what amounted to a tough loss to stomach Saturday afternoon in New York City.  We also preview the team's return to the BJC Thursday evening when they host the Le Moyne Dolph...

After a disappointing and frustrating performance against Bucknell last week, Penn State opened Big Ten play this week and gave two strong efforts, one of which resulted in a major comeback victory.  Evan and Steve break down what went down at Maryland and at the BJC Saturday night and look ahead to a suddenly pivotal matchup at Madison Square Garden next weekend.  We also re-open the college bask...

Goodness this was a bad loss.  Host Evan Smith and special guest-host Matt Shaffer break down the worst Penn State Basketball loss in the KenPom era.  We take a trip down memory lane reviewing some other horrific non-conference losses, decipher some of the post games quotes from Head Coach Mike Rhoades  and talk about where we go from here. We preview the start of Big Ten Conference play and make...

In a word: Defense. The Mike Rhoades' defensive identity that helped to get him this Penn State job fell apart in Orlando during the ESPN Events Invitational, the first Thanksgiving tournament in over a decade in which a PSU team went 0-3.  We break down all the bad news and try to find some silver linings? Maybe?  We also preview Bucknell and try to figure out a way for this team to get back...

New week, new episode, same undefeated Nittany Lions...or are they? Evan and Steve take the temperature of this Penn State team through 2 weeks and attempt to diagnose what ails the group, how they excel, and what to watch as they get ready for their toughest test yet.  It all starts Thanksgiving Day at Noon when Penn State faces Top-25 ranked Texas A&M in a rematch of last year's first r...

2-0 so no complaints right? Well...not exactly.  We recap the first two games of the season and preview another week of (underwhelming) non-conference opponents, but also... What have we learned, good and bad? What would we like to see from this team in week two? Anything interesting come out of the first week of college basketball outside of Happy Valley? Support the show Follow us on X and Insta...

The season is about ready to begin and we preview the first two matchups of the regular season in this week's episode! We also: Provide our thoughts after attending the charity exhibition vs Robert Morris Present our three bold predictions for the upcoming season Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The Penn State Basketball P...

Evan and Steve are back to preview the Big Ten Conference schedule and our predictions may surprise you!  We also talk about: PSU/Ga Tech date and site announced Student season tickets Promotional schedule released Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The Penn State Basketball Podcast Send us an e-mail Shotsgottafallpod@gmail.com H...

We're back! After a long period of waiting, the full* 2023-24 men's basketball schedule is out! Evan and Steve break it down and offer early predictions as to how it will play out.  We also talk about: International trip to play the Bahamas National Team Names on the back of jerseys returning Palestra game is back Why that asterisk is showing up in the above paragraph We'll return s...

Evan and Steve are joined by one time co-host Matt Shaffer to recap their trip to Syracuse and the Happy Valley Hoopers' first round defeat in the TBT to The Nerd Team on Monday afternoon. Despite the result, we had a phenomenal experience that we'll tell you all about and encourage all of you to make the trip should the team return next year!  Support the show Follow us on X and Instagr...

At long last, Evan and Steve are back to preview the first round of the TBT before they head up to Syracuse to check out the Happy Valley Hoopers in person!  In this episode, we also give our thoughts on  that  Matt Norlander article that details the Micah Shrewsberry jump to South Bend Support the show Follow us on X and Instagram @ShotsGottaFall  Like us on Facebook at Shots Gotta Fall: The Penn...