THE DAILY NEWS would have to plead guilty if Penn State fans accused it of acting as if the campus dropped off the face of the Earth between the end of the football season and the start of spring practice.
In part, it is because with Drexel, La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Villanova all playing in the vicinity, there is plenty of college basketball to fill the sports section.
Another factor, however, falls on the Penn State basketball program.
Unlike the football team, Nittany Lions hoops hasn’t produced a lot of reasons to inspire many caravan trips up to Happy Valley.
But this season, things seem a little bit different.