I Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 NCAA Basketball Mississippi at Kentucky 7 p.m., ESPN Michigan at Northwestern 7 p.m., BTN Michigan State at Wisconsin 9 p.m., ESPN NHL Minnesota at Dallas 8 p.m., Versus To read full stories: psucollegian.com Changes in lineup spark Nittany Lions With the team’s lineup in flux, gymnasts are stepping it up to claim their spot. Club sports teams have busy weekend While the powerlifting and rifle club teams succeeded, the club swimming team fell just short against UConn. Chicago signs Martz as offensive coach Mike Martz, the headstrong coach who orchestrated the “Greatest Show on Turf” while molding Kurt Warner into a Pro Bowl quarterback with the St. Louis Rams, is the Chicago Bears’ new offen sive coordinator. Martz’s hiring on Monday ended a nearly monthlong search to replace the fired Ron Ttimer. His job is to turn around a struggling offense and get the most out of Jay Cutler after the quarterback and team failed to meet high expectations this season. Pro Bowl TV ratings highest since 2000 The Pro Bowl’s new, earlier date resulted in more viewers tuning in to the NFEs all-star game. Sunday’s AFC-NFC matchup on ESPN was watched by an average of 12.3 million viewers, the most since 2000. That’s up 40 per cent from last year’s Pro Bowl on NBC, which drew 8.8 million viewers when the event was held after the Super Bowl. This season’s game was in a later time slot, when more people watch TV But it also had to compete against the Grammys on CBS, which attracted 25.8 million viewers, the most since 2004. Personality quirks only good for golf So now Scott McCarron is saying he never called Phil Mickelson a cheater. Well that’s just great. Now how are we supposed to Mow the PGA Tour this season? With Tiger Woods out until who-knows-when, the audi ence needs something more than boring, say-nothing golfers to tune in every week. Fbr more of our thoughts, and to share yours, visit the MAKE PLAYS blog at psucol leglan.com. Q: Who holds the record for most Super Bowl wins as a head coach? Monday’s answer Randall McDaniel (1990-2001) and Will Shields (1996-2007) share the record for Pro Bowls played with 12 apiece. Inconsistency plagues Lions By Andrew J. Cassavell COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER All season, Penn State men's basketball coach Ed DeChellis has pointed out his players' inability to performance with another MEN’S IWo games ago, BASKETBALL the Nittany Lions had out-rebounded each of their Big Ten opponents this season. In Wednesday’s loss to Illinois, they lost the battle on the boards, 35-27. In that game, sophomore guard Chris Babb set a career-high with 18 points. But in Sunday’s loss to Purdue, he was held scoreless. During Monday’s press confer ence, DeChellis said the only thing his team has consistently done well Reserve senior a leader off court By Alex Angert COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Freshman Alex Bentley is used to looking down at her cell phone and seeing a text message from senior Nicole Arcidiaeono. Sometimes the WOMFN .c message tells wulv,tr * =» Bentley where she BASKETBALL needs to be, what - time to show up or what to wear. No matter the reason, Bentley knows a text message reminder will be sent. “She’s always telling us what we need to be doing and always sending us text messages reminding us about every little thing there is to know,” Bentley said. “She’s almost like the Team Mom." Arcidiaeono doesn’t score 20 points a night, let alone 10 or even four. She’s not going to pull down five rebounds a game or finish with more than two assists. And odds are she's probably not going to play more than three min utes in a game—if she even plays at all. “Her role on this team can never be measured by stats,” coach Coquese Washington said. “It’s what she does for us off the court. It’s the leadership role she provides us and the direction she gives us.” It’s been an interesting two-and a-half years for Arcidiacono See CAPTAIN, Page 10. With a pair of losses, Penn State fell out of the top-25 rankings after claiming the ™ No. 23 spot last week: psucollegian.com Big Ten title still in reach despite struggles By Bill Landis Only in the Big Ten. Only in the Big Ten can a team, Purdue, knock off the top two teams in the conference and follow that up with a 20-point loss to the eighth place team in the conference Only in the Big Ten can the top team in the con ference, Ohio Peter Tesoriero/Collegian Senior outside hitter Will Price aims a kill against Juniata Jan. 26 at Rec Hall. The Lions are 3-2 against teams outside the EIVA this season. this season is play inconsistently. ‘‘We've had a couple of good games and a couple of bad games,” DeChellis said about his players' individual performances. “We can't seem to put everybody together on a certain night." Junior guard Talor Battle, the Lions’ leading scorer, agreed with DeChellis, pointing out the sev enth-year coach began stressing that lack of stability during the first day of practice. With the Lions sitting at 8-13, Battle said steadiness may be a product of winning something the Lions have not done yet in nine conference games. Without a con ference win, he said, it is difficult to establish a rhythm. “That's what we've lacked all season long,'' Battle said. “Some See INCONSISTENT. Page 10. Steph Witt/Collegian Senior captain Nicole Arcidiacono yells from the bench during the Lady Lions’ game Jan. 28 at the Bryce Jordan Center. Though she doesn’t see many minutes, Arcidiacono has a pivotal leadership role on the team. State, beat seventh-place Indiana by 17 points and then lose to that same Hoosiers team by five points just 14 days later. All this could serve as evidence of how tough women's basketball in the Big Ten is. And it is tough. It’s college basketball. But this could also serve as evi dence that maybe the Big Ten isn’t as good as many of its partici pants thought it would be. Or rather, the top teams aren't as good as everybody thought they would be and some of the oiler teams are a bit better. MY OPINION Ohio-native Edwards excited for homecoming In Middletown, Ohio, many high school basketball players dream of continuing their playing careers at Ohio State. Bill Edwards was an exception. The freshman forward has quickly established himself as one of the Penn State men’s basketball team’s most versatile players. With a road trip to Columbus, Ohio, looming Wednesday, Edwards is excited to go home and send a message to his friends ‘TEAM MOM’ In the preseason coaches poll, Ohio State was picked to finish in the top of the conference. No big surprise there. But picked to fol low the Buckeyes, in order, were Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue, lowa, Illinois, Penn State, Northwestern, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. As of Jan. 31., the Buckeyes are first, Penn State is second, Wisconsin is third, Michigan State is fifth and Michigan is sixth. Not even close, coaches. Yes, there is still a lot of basket ball left to be played seven lions ready for Feb. following recent loss Less than a week ago, the No. 5 Penn State men’s volleyball team dominated Juniata College in a rematch of the : previous year’s EIVA conference mc ” s championship, VOLLEYBALL and at least for one night, the Nittany Lions looked as if they had hit mid-season form. But with a glance at his watch, Penn State coach Mark Pavlik believed otherwise. By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By Eddie Gentile COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The Daily Collegian at Ohio State. "My cousin, she goes to Ohio State and I’m friends with one of their football guys DeVier Posey,” Edwards said. “We kind of trash talked during the football season about the football team and stuff like that. But pretty much all of my family wants me to take Ohio State out.” See EDWARDS, Page 10. games for most teams but that is all the more reason for the Lady Lions not to let their recent two-game skid get them off track toward obtaining their goal of win ning the Big Ten. Penn State coach Coquese Washington said in the beginning of the year that one of the goals See COLUMN, Page 10. oThe Lady Lions look to regroup from their last two conference losses: psucollegian.com “We aren’t there yet,’ - Pavlik said last Tuesday after the win. Rightly so, this past weekend, in the final match of January, Penn State was upset by Loyola- Chicago, 3-2. The Lions (6-2, 3-0 EIVA) now enter February playing January volleyball. That is, “January volleyball" —- a term coined by Pavlik to See V. BALL Page 10. Keep up with the latest men's volleyball news with the Collegian's Twitter feed: TWITTER twtttercom / Co,, eglanMenVß Edwards
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