Penn State basketball started a perfect 4-0, a tradition under Mike Rhoades, as he’s done it every year in charge, yet in the second week of play, the momentum couldn’t be maintained.
The wins came against inferior KenPom-rated opponents, Fairfield, New Haven, La Salle, and Navy, but when the Nittany Lions met their first foes on their level, it looked to thump the blue and white.
For one of the youngest units in the Big Ten and college basketball as a whole, the recent week's games against Harvard and Providence have shaken the squad’s outlook, even though it split the results.