"I felt like the individual stuff, it wasn't about that for me at all. It was solely getting this team to the tournament and taking this team to places it hasn't been."
Voting for the award runs until Monday, March 23.
In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, please spare a moment to think of the student-athletes who were robbed of their last chances to compete to no fault of their own.
One day after cancelling remaining winter and spring sports, the NCAA has granted spring athletes an extra year of eligibility, according to multiple reports.
"I'm not really ready to move on yet. I know soon, I have to, but for the next couple days, I'm still a college basketball player in my mind -- still part of this Penn State basketball team. It's not something I was ready to let go of on March 12."
Despite 21 regular season wins, an eight-game Big Ten winning streak, and 10 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25, Penn State was unfortunately robbed of an NCAA Tournament appearance due to reactions to the coronavirus pandemic.