Penn State's victory over Michigan State on Saturday solidified their NCAA Tournament spot according to college basketball experts all across the Internet. Read on after the jump to see where analysts have Penn State seeded and whether they have to win today in order to keep those seedings.
About two weeks ago, Penn State fans thought that they saw their NCAA Tournament hopes go down the drain as they either sat speechless in the Bryce Jordan Center or were bowing down to Jon Diebler's greatness as Ohio State waxed the floor with the Nittany Lions on Senior Night. On Sunday, they might be able to watch Penn State solidify their spot in the Dance against that same Buckeye team. Penn State secured a place in the finals of the Big Ten Tournament for the first time in team history Saturday as they came back from an early deficit to defeat Michigan State 61-48 in front of a sold out crowd at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
We've received a couple forwards in our tip box of an email that Roger Williams, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association, sent out to the organization's "announcement" list-- i.e., what must be a huge number of graduates spread throughout the Commonwealth and beyond. Check it out after the jump.
According to SB Nation's MMA blog, Kevin James will star in Here Comes The Boom, a movie produced by megastar Adam Sandler.
The list of candidates for the 2011 University Park Undergraduate Association elections has been released. Find out who's running this year for positions in Penn State's undergraduate student government.
For the first time in the six-year of history of BusinessWeek magazine's rankings of the "Best Undergraduate Business Schools," Penn State's Smeal College of Business has cracked the Top 25. Slotting in at #25, Smeal improved four spots from its performance in last year's rankings.