Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

Purdue did the Lions a favor by knocking off Illinois 11-2 in the second game of their doubleheader today, thus handing the Lions the third seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
Play starts in Ann Arbor on Wednesday. #3 PSU will meet $6 Indiana and #5 Ohio State matches up with #4 Illinois. The teams [...]

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

The Nits came out flat and never really got it going today as they dropped the last game of the four game series in Minnesota. That gave PSU a dissappointing 2-2 split against the basement dwelling Gophers and means that PSU will have to await the outcome of Illinois games against Purdue this evening.
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The Hoosiers completed their miraculous weekend by finishing their sweep of Michigan State and claiming the sixth spot in the Big Ten tournament.
The Hoosiers’s opponent will be the third seed, either PSU or Illinois, depending on outcomes of games later today.
#1 seed Michigan has earned the right to host the Big Tens which will start [...]

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Coach Wine comments on PSU doubleheader win over Minnesota

The Hoosiers won game two over MSU 7-3. The Spartan loss coupled with Northwestern’s split with Michigan means that Michigan State is officially out of the Big Ten tournament. They can only hope to play spoiler for Indiana as the Hoosiers, Ohio State, and Northwestern fight it out for the last spots. [...]