At a Glance: The Penn State Nittany Lions

Quick Facts

-Established in 1855

-39,192 undergraduate students

-Located in University Park, PA 

-Main colors- Dark royal blue and white 

-2012/2013 results: 10-21

-Mark Parker (Nike CEO) attended 

-Men's basketball introduced in 1897? Who really knows...

-Final Four appearance in 1954 

-0 BIG titles

-9-33 against Indiana all time

Results Thus Far (12-12/3-8)

Notable Wins

Penn State coach Pat Chambers

Nebraska 58-54

@ Ohio State 71-70

Purdue 79-68                                                    

Notable Losses

Bucknell 90-80

Ole Miss 79-76

Princeton 81-79

*There are many more...

Kenpom Rating-94th

PPG-74.0 (84) 

Avg. Scoring Margin- +1.8 (135) 

APG-11.8 (228)

RPG-35.3 (148)

Pts. Against-72.2 (217)

Fouls per game-20.5 (256) 

Category Leaders

Penn State G Tim Frazier possesses a lot of talent 

Points

G #2 D.J. Newbill-17.7

G #23 Tim Frazier 16.2

Rebounds

F #43 Ross Travis-7.1

G #2 D.J. Newbill-5.4

Assists

G #23 Tim Frazier-6.0

G #2 D.J. Newbill-1.9

I'm not going to focus on the team rankings in this little analysis, because at this point in the season it means absolutely nothing. If IU is to get back into the tournament conversation, they simply have to win, no matter how tough or easy (seemingly) the opponent is. Penn State coming to Assembly Hall looks easy right (see Northwestern)? However, it seems that we have a hard time mustering up enough energy to get just as excited about this game as say, Michigan State. Am I saying it should be just as tough a game? Absolutely not, but these guys need our support, 110% of it. Also, let us not overlook Penn State, who recently won AWAY at Ohio State. They have won 3 of their last 5 and beat Nebraska. Although...that game was AT Penn State, but I digress. Long story short, this team is all over the place and you never know who's going to show up. We have a similar problem but probably not to the same extent that the Nittany Lions struggle with. In conclusion, we are at a crossroads and there is only one path to take: Ws. It starts tomorrow. 

Score prediction: IU-82 PSU-71

Most Valuable Player prediction- Noah Vonleh 

"We're going to shock the world!" -Mike Davis

Drink of choice

Bourbon and Coke