Last night’s Rally in the Valley was a big hit ahead of tonight’s primetime matchup with Ohio State, but the most exciting thing to come from the pep rally had nothing to do with football.

The men’s basketball team unveiled some sleek new throwback alternative uniforms in Penn State’s original colors: pink and black. Head coach Pat Chambers unveiled the new uniforms at the rally and said that the team would wear them for two games, presumably at the Bryce Jordan Center, in the coming season.

Here’s a look at the sweet pink and black unis:

Thrilled to debut our alternate unis for this season at #RallyInTheValley14. #pinkandblack pic.twitter.com/SxAjvRWHAU

— Penn State Hoops (@PennStateMBB) October 25, 2014

.@Coach_Chambers just announced that @PennStateMBB will wear throwback uniforms for two games this year! pic.twitter.com/lZdgbHnmAm

— Onward State (@OnwardState) October 25, 2014

Long before the days of blue and white, Penn State sported a unique color combination of pink and black. The university implemented the colors in 1887 when a committee of three students chose them.

“We wanted something bright and attractive but we could not use red or orange as those colors were already used by other colleges, so we chose a very deep pink – really cerise – which with black made a very pretty combination,” George R. Meek, Class of 1890, said at the time.

After the baseball team was mocked by opposing teams and the pink faded to white in just two years, the school switched to royal blue and white, a pair of colors that has become synonymous with Penn State.

Does this mean we can expect to see the football team wear pink and black throwbacks at some point in the near future? Probably not, but one can dream. The team is rumored to be wearing the uniforms on Nov. 28 at Bucknell and Dec. 3 vs. Virginia Tech.