Luber and Smith: Planned PSU resurgence on hold:
“It hasn’t turned out exactly as they planned, just yet.
“They were going to be Penn State’s newest version of Fred and Barney, Lenny and Carl, Oscar and Felix, Simon and … well, you get the point. They were good friends, teammates, even roommates beginning last fall.
“It was their task to try and turn around a struggling program on the court — together.
“Heading into their second year on the men’s basketball team, guards Ben Luber and Marlon Smith were ready to take charge and rescue Penn State from its perennial spot at the bottom of the Big Ten. But there’s been one obstacle after another in their way. …”