“NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J – It’s usually foolhardy to draw season-long meaning from one early December game.
“Usually. Not always.
“What the painfully young Penn State Nittany Lions accomplished last night could have implications far into the future.
“When utterly nothing suggested it was plausible, the Lions (4-2) won against a representative Big East team in one of the toughest venues in college basketball. They beat Rutgers 83-80 in a beehive called the Louis Brown Athletic Center, affectionately known as the RAC.
“They did it with both of their starting guards essentially out for the entire game. And they did it in a fashion that suggests they will continue to fight for the remainder of their careers.
Not to get close. But to win. ”