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Nittany Lions muck through Indiana, face Wisconsin Friday night – Patriot-News
It wasn’t pretty, but Penn State managed to hold off Indiana before a partisan Indianapolis crowd in the Big Ten Tournament. G Talor Battle played poorly, but a strong second half from F Jeff Brooks beat the Hoosiers. So, the good news is they won [...]

I’m sitting on my couch in my early 2000s Nittany Lions basketball jersey (#3, naturally) having just watched most of Penn State beating Minnesota, 66-63 to finish the season 9-9 in the Big Ten. They’ll get to pad their “last four out” resume at the Big Ten tournament later this week. I think they will [...]

Never a game, No. 1 Ohio State’s 82-61 beatdown of Penn State looks like NCAA crusher for Lions – Patriot-News
A real scorcher – CDT
A capacity Bryce Jordan Center crowd witnessed the 2010-2011 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team get blown out by #1 Ohio State. The Buckeyes dominated throughout, winning 82-61. Only a miracle run [...]

Nittany Lions face critical Tuesday showdown with No. 1 Ohio State as Battle and seniors say goodbye – Patriot News
A big crowd is expected at the Bryce Jordan Center for the final regular season home game of the 2010-2011 season. For seniors starters G Talor Battle, F David Jackson, F Jeff Brooks and C Andrew [...]

Once again, Penn State finds itself on the bubble for the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. I think their bubble is going to burst though, unless they can win out and/or make some noise in the Big Ten Tournament. David Jones spells this out in two separate, but very similar columns – one for CSN Philly: [...]

Dave Jones writes about how the Bryce Jordan Center treats Penn State Nittany Lions basketball as just another tenant.

People are starting to believe in Penn State men’s basketball.
Yesterday, over 14,000 people watched the Nittany Lions beat the Badgers, 56-52, for the frist time with Ed DeChellis as coach. It took 12 tries over 8 seasons.
Penn State is very tough to play against right now, beating 3 ranked opponents and coming close against [...]

Penn State’s men’s basketball team just did something they had not done since 1954 — beat two top 25 teams in a row. I like how my friend PSUGirl put it: Birds fall out of sky; Millions of dead fish found; Penn State MBB beats 2 ranked opponents.
First, the Nittany Lions beat Michigan State on [...]

In which I dream of Penn State delivering some MASCOT PWNAGE to my office.

Lions snap losing streak – The CollegianIt took 13 tries, but Penn State’s men’s basketball team finally got a Big Ten win. They upset Northwestern 81-70 in Evanston, Ill. last night. Northwestern can’t be too happy with themselves since they are on the bubble for their first NCAA tournament bid — yes there is a [...]