DJones: What Penn State’s upset of first-place Indiana means to program that must progress next year

Dave Jones on PennLive:

On Saturday night, Penn State’s struggling men’s basketball team won a game that stands to have far-reaching consequences in the program’s future. The Nittany Lions’ upset of the Indiana Hoosiers knocked them out of a share of first place in the Big Ten.

Is this the real starting point of Patrick Chambers’ build toward a contending program? Or just another brief anomaly, something that can happen during a long season much like Rutgers’ now-unthinkable upset of a Wisconsin team that ended up in the national championship game?

I say it has nothing in common with the latter. And that it has a chance to be the former for one reason: Belief.

The Penn State team I saw on the Jordan Center floor came out from the tip with a conviction and drive that lasted for all 40 minutes. They did not defeat a team playing under par. They outfought an Indiana team playing at its normal energy level. And the Nittany Lions were simply better….

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