PSU to face test in No. 11 Pitt:
“The big boys are coming to town Saturday.
“You can forget about all of the East Stroudsburg’s and Lock Haven’s of the world when No. 11 Pittsburgh comes to the Bryce Jordan Center to take on the Penn State men’s basketball team at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
“Unlike some of these lower division schools on the Nittany Lions schedule thus far, Pitt (6-0) is a well-oiled machine. The Panthers are led by senior forward Chevon Troutman, 6-10 sophomore forward Chris Taft and junior guard Karl Krauser. In its annual season preview, The Sporting News said, ‘there is no team with a better point-post duo’ than Krauser and Taft.
” ‘They’re big kids, strong kids, athletic kids,’ Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said. ‘It’s a very, very good front line, something that we’re obviously going to have to deal with.’ …”