Penn State notebook | Mike Rhoades talks support from administration, insight from Ohio State loss

Penn State head men's basketball coach Mike Rhoades speaks during a press conference in the Bryce Jordan Center on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 in University Park, Pa.After a ninth straight conference loss for Penn State, Mike Rhoades was back in the Bryce Jordan Center media room for his weekly presser Tuesday afternoon.

Rhoades spoke on the support he gets from Penn State’s administration in addition to some insight into the defeat to Ohio State on Monday night.

Here’s more of what Rhoades said.

Support from administration

Rhoades is in Year 3 of his attempt to build a basketball program at Penn State. There hasn’t been much historical success by the Nittany Lions, with Rhoades often referring that…