Right now, you could split the Penn State men’s basketball team into three categories — known commodities, new faces that could soon be known commodities, and everyone else.
The Nittany Lions open their season against Illinois State in the Black Coaches Association Classic at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee with a number of unknowns, a prospect at once unnerving and encouraging for a team that has won 23 games in the past three seasons.