September 7, 2023: In perhaps the most surprising season in the Big Ten (outside of Purdue winning and then face planting in the NCAA tourney), the Penn State Nittany Lions did what few thought possible. Micah Shrewsberry cobbled together a team of veterans, grad transfers, and portal additions without any size and managed to get a .500 record and NCAA tourney berth. 

Not only did PSU make the NCAA and win a game, they almost knocked out a really tough Texas team to make the Sweet 16. However, the most shocking thing about the Lions was that they have to be the most unconventional Big Ten team in recent memory usually playing 5 guards and no one over 6' 5". Despite the size limitations on the team, Penn State managed to be competitive and just pesky enough to defeat a lot of teams who looked much better than them on paper.

But then forces that were working in the background (or not working) as Penn State's successful coach - a real diamond in the rough for this sorry basketball program - and let him slip away. Clearly, the administration at Penn State never saw the real value in Shrewberry (and basketball in general) and were way too late in providing any overtures to keep him from leaving Happy Valley.

So now Shrewsberry is at Notre Dame and Penn State's roster has been reduced to rubble. They only have 3 remaining players on the roster - none of whom played much last year - and ten new bodies as the new coach, Mike Rhodes, tries to bring his success in the A-10 at VCU to the Big Ten. Much like Minnesota, Penn State is filled with more questions than answers this year.

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