The Nittany Lions are back in the NIT for the first time since 2009, when it defeated Baylor in the NIT Championship Game.
Maria Auth's five-point game helped the Nittany Lions cruise past the Great Danes Sunday in New York.
"It sounds like a Penn State football game. It sounds like an Ohio State football game," Trump said about the crowds who come out to his rallies.
A Notre Dame goal with 30.9 seconds left pushed the Irish past the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten Tournament.
The likelihood of the former Penn State standout going No. 1 overall became even more likely Friday evening.
Penn State is making provost Nick Jones and graduate school dean Regina Vasilatos-Younken available to graduate students in a town hall meeting March 13 focused on graduate student unionization.