Lost in the commotion that is Penn State football's hectic coaching situation is that the Penn State men's basketball team (9-4, 0-0) kicks off Big Ten play tonight against the 5th ranked Michigan State Spartans (11-1, 0-0).
According to a report by NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the university is reportedly preparing to lose O'Brien by going after Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano.
A few days ago, we looked back on Penn State basketball's performance during its non-conference schedule. The team is off to its best start since 2008-09, and it's easy to argue that it could be even better. With that in mind, here are eight questions the team needs to answer heading into Big Ten play, which begins on Tuesday when the Nittany Lions host 5th ranked Michigan State.
After its first 13 games of the season, the Penn State basketball team is off to a 9-4 start, the best record since 2008-09, when the team went 11-2 out of conference and ended the season winning the NIT.
All the votes have been tallied, and with more than 4,100 votes, the Blue Band have been declared the winners for its rendition of the Doobie Brothers classic "Listen to the Music."
John Johnson was instrumental in Penn State’s 92-82 comeback victory over lowly Mount St. Mary’s, scoring 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting in his first game for the Blue and White after sitting out all of last season and the first half of this season to comply with the NCAA’s transfer rules.