Centre Daily Times | 11/29/2005 | Nittany Lions face first major challenge:
“Now that the turkeys — those served with cranberry sauce and those on the schedule — have been digested, the time has come for the Penn State men’s basketball team to prove its mettle against an opponent that is, to this point, at least its equal.
” ‘We’re playing a whole different level (tonight) than we’ve played,’ said Nittany Lions coach Ed DeChellis.
“Penn State, 3-0 for the first time since 1999, will host 4-0 Clemson at 8 p.m. tonight in the Bryce Jordan Center as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Athletic, balanced and deep, the Tigers will almost assuredly give the Nittany Lions more to handle than any of Penn State’s three previous opponents.
” ‘It’s an opportunity to play a high-level team from a high-level conference and kind of find out where we’re at,’ DeChellis said. ‘If it’s a good outcome, then it doesn’t mean a whole lot, and if it’s not a good outcome, then we know what we need to work on.’ …”