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Centre Daily Times 12\/24\/2004 Nittany Lions will be better — maybe sooner than you think<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I know what you’re thinking. It’s OK, you can say it.<\/p>\n

“Buffalo?<\/p>\n

“They lost to Buffalo?<\/p>\n

“A loss to Pittsburgh, a legit top-10 team, is excusable. Georgetown on the road? Sure. Even neutral-site losses to Illinois State and South Carolina State, which, so early in the season, were essentially organized scrimmages, can be forgiven.<\/p>\n

“But Buffalo? At home?<\/p>\n

“There are rationales, excuses, explanations, if you will. That the Bulls, though a MAC team, were a darned good MAC team. That the game was held immediately following finals week, a time during which the Nittany Lions historically struggle. That it’s hard for any team to come to play after a 10-day layoff, let alone a team as frightfully young as Penn State.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, though, if the Nittany Lions had pulled Tuesday’s game out — as they nearly did, erasing a six-point deficit in the final two minutes — it might have been the Bulls who said: Penn State?<\/p>\n

“There is little doubt that the future is bright for Penn State basketball, that the program is moving forward. Where it is right now, though, is a place where wins over teams like Buffalo aren’t guarantees, a place where the Nittany Lions can play with and stay with anybody but can also, as they’ve recently showed, can get beat by anybody.”
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Centre Daily Times 12\/24\/2004 Nittany Lions will be better — maybe sooner than you think: “I know what you’re thinking. It’s OK, you can say it. “Buffalo? “They lost to Buffalo? “A loss to Pittsburgh, a legit top-10 team, is excusable. Georgetown on the road? Sure. Even neutral-site losses to Illinois State and South Carolina … <\/p>\n

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