PSU hoops hits rock bottom – PittsburghLIVE.com:
“UNIVERSITY PARK — Ex-Penn State basketball star Bob Weiss initially declined to be interviewed for this story, saying he’d lost touch with the Nittany Lions’ program.
“Well, who hasn’t?
“‘They’re not really on the radar here,’ said Penn State sophomore Bobby Mannino, who sat in the student section Wednesday and watched top-ranked Illinois humiliate his team. ‘We just don’t get the recruits in basketball.’
“The Nittany Lions fell to 1-10 in the Big Ten that night, dropping their conference record to 9-50 since the beginning of the 2001-02 season.
“Average margin of their conference losses this season: 16.9 points.
“Second-year coach Ed DeChellis, a Monaca native and former Penn State assistant, can only hope this is rock bottom. …”