‘Don’t Sleep On Penn State’: Fans React To Penn State Hoops’ NCAA Tournament Bid

Mikey DeAngelis | Onward State

Get your dancing shoes on!

Penn State men’s basketball is heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. It will open tournament play as the No. 10 seed against No. 7 seed Texas A&M at 8:55 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, in Des Moines, Iowa.

In an eventful Sunday afternoon, the Nittany Lions appeared in the Big Ten Tournament Championship and then heard their name called on Selection Sunday for the Big Dance. Fans took to Twitter in celebration of Penn State playing meaningful basketball in March for the first time in 12 years.

Don’t sleep on Penn State!!!!!
— B L A K E B R O W N (@gym_picker) March 12, 2023

Some fans weren’t happy with Penn State’s draw and weren’t shy to share their thoughts.

Penn State got F’d. Should have been a better seed. And got matched up with the 2nd best SEC team.
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) March 12, 2023

It’s so laughable to me that they gave Illinois a 9 seed and Penn State a 10 seed. Sooo disrespectful to Penn State who beat Illinois all 3 times this year. Clearly seeded Illinois that way so there’s a potential matchup against former coach Bill Self for Kansas in 2nd round.
— Colt Smith (@ColtSmith18) March 12, 2023

Others were a little salty. Not all of us can win five out of the last six regular-season games, I suppose.

Wait, Rutgers didn’t get in and Penn State did?! Is that a joke?
— Greg A. Bedard (@GregABedard) March 12, 2023

UNC didn’t make the tournament and Penn State did. Just like what happened in 2020 pic.twitter.com/lFDXfskMuq
— plies stan account (@OF_tillwe_OD) March 12, 2023

Still, the Penn State hoops love ran deep.

https://twitter.com/LochNesJonster/status/1635047682065698816

Seth Lundy and Myles Dread played nine combined roller coaster years as Penn State Nittany Lions. They’ve been through some brutal circumstances and stuck through it all. 3 coaches, countless heartbreaks, & the world ending. Now they get to play together in the NCAA Tournament
— Erik (@Erikstotle) March 12, 2023

Penn State’s march to the Final Four begins Thursday!

Just realized Penn State’s run to the Final Four would be through Des Moines and Kansas City. (I’m not predicting that will happen but that’s the path)
— Mike McGrew (@Zavcurrent) March 12, 2023

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Owen Abbey

Owen Abbey was a Secondary Education major before he graduated from the wonderful institution known as Penn State. When he was not writing for the blog, he enjoyed rooting for the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens, supporting Penn State basketball and softball, dreaming of all of the ways he would win the TV show "Survivor," and yes mom, actually doing school work. All of this work prepared him to teach his own class of students, which was always his true passion. He still can be found on Twitter @theowenabbey and can be reached for questions and comments at coabbey22@gmail.com