After another tough road loss on Saturday against Nebraska, Penn State fell to 12-14 overall this basketball season. Now two games under .500 with just five games remaining in the regular season before heading to the Big Ten tournament in Minnesota, Penn State is seeing its chance of playing in a second straight NCAA tournament fading quickly.
All hope is not lost, but the Nittany Lions face quite the uphill climb to get back to the big dance in back-to-back seasons for the first time since joining the Big Ten and the second time in program history (1954 and 1955). Penn State has five games remaining in the regular season to turn things around, and a deep run in the Big Ten championship is essential.
But let’s take a closer look to see just how much work needs to be done for the Nittany Lions in the final stages of the 2023-24 college basketball season.