Centre Daily Times | 02/25/2005 | Jeff Rice | Nittany Lions stepping back to move forward:
“The question of the day, Penn State men’s basketball fans: Can you move forward and move backward at the same time?
“As coach Ed DeChellis, his youthful players and that small but fervent section of Nittany Lion faithful continue to promise that sunny days are ahead, the losses that occupy the present grow uglier and more frequent, and the majority of the fans struggle to stay patient.
“Barring at least one more win, which would require a level of play the Nittany Lions haven’t displayed this season in its four (or more) remaining games, Penn State will record the worst season in its 109-year history.
“Losses in their final three regular-season games and the first round of the Big Ten Tournament would put the Nittany Lions at 7-23 and 1-15 in the Big Ten.
“No Penn State team has ever had that many losses (the 1984 Nittany Lions were 5-22) and only one has had more conference losses (the 1993 Nittany Lions were 2-16 in the Big Ten). …”