NCAA Tournament March Madness

#124 Penn St

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Projection: likely out

Penn State’s résumé is defined more by damaging defeats than by meaningful signature wins, because their season’s highlights are limited to a gritty home victory over Minnesota, a true road triumph at Washington and a competitive showing against Michigan State at home that hint at potential. Those moments are overwhelmed by brutal losses at Indiana, a second ugly trip to Michigan and heavy defeats at Purdue and Wisconsin that erase the impact of nonconference wins and leave the committee with little evidence of consistency. The Nittany Lions have struggled to win away from home in real tests, so the remaining slate — a home date with Rutgers, a difficult road trip to Nebraska, home opportunities against Iowa and Ohio State and a return visit to Rutgers — represents a narrow window to add the kind of quality results that matter. Until one of those chances yields a resume-changing victory, the body of work will read as short on impressive wins and long on damaging losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Fairfield263W76-68
11/8@New Haven333W87-43
11/11Navy157W80-71
11/15(N)La Salle239W83-69
11/19Harvard167W84-80
11/22(N)Providence63L77-65
11/25Boston Univ280W96-87
11/29Sacred Heart294W90-59
12/2Campbell195W87-76
12/9@Indiana35L113-72
12/13Michigan St13L76-72
12/21(N)Pittsburgh109L80-46
12/29NC Central346W90-67
1/3Illinois6L73-65
1/6Michigan1L74-72
1/10@Purdue8L93-85
1/14UCLA41L71-60
1/18@Maryland127L96-73
1/22Wisconsin29L98-71
1/26@Ohio St40L84-78
1/29@Northwestern70L94-73
2/1Minnesota80W77-75
2/5@Michigan1L110-69
2/8USC50L77-75
2/11@Washington47W63-60
2/14@Oregon100L83-72
2/18Rutgers16169%
2/21@Nebraska114%
2/28Iowa2419%
3/4Ohio St4026%
3/8@Rutgers16147%