With the college basketball season inching closer, we’ll be taking a long look at the conference at large as well as Indiana’s roster over the next few weeks. Today, we begin our team previews with a look at the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Talor Battle’s sensational 2010-11 senior campaign led the Nittany Lions to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in a decade.
But the good vibes in Happy Valley aren’t likely to extend into the 2011-12 season. As we noted earlier this week, three publications have predicted a last-place finish for Penn State in the 12-team Big Ten.
And it’s not hard to see why.
Gone are Battle and fellow senior starters Jeff Brooks, Andrew Jones and David Jackson, three other significant contributors to the Nittany Lions’ 19-win season. Head coach Ed DeChellis also decided to leave the program in late May, which came as a surprise. He’s now the head coach at Navy.
Making matters more dire for the team, Battle’s half brother, Tar...
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