PSU always screws themselves in non-con. Either they cruise through a cupcake schedule, or, like this year, they schedule some power conference teams and then lose to all of them. Beating Maine and one of those power teams puts them at 18-11 instead of 16-13, and they would be in the discussion more. They get 11th seed IU in the first round, which is a "nothing to gain" win. They have to hope Wisconsin gets upset