College basketball season seems to start earlier every year. For Penn State this year, it doesn’t seem to. It does.<\/p>\n
The Nittany Lions tip off at 6:30 p.m. today against Illinois State in the eight-team Black Coaches Association tournament at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It is the earliest start in PSU history.<\/p>\n
Should they beat the Redbirds, 10-19 and last place in the Missouri Valley Conference a year ago, the Nits probably will meet the host Marquette Golden Eagles in the second round tomorrow night. The final-round games are Tuesday.<\/p>\n
That’s three games in three nights, regardless of the results, for a team that finished last in the Big Ten (9-19, 3-13) for the third straight year in ’03-04, with five new faces and two new starting forwards this season.<\/p>\n
What is coach Ed DeChellis thinking? He’s thinking as much PT as possible as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
‘We wanted to do something where our young kids would have to play and we could get our young kids as much experience as we could,’ he said.
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College basketball season seems to start earlier every year. For Penn State this year, it doesn’t seem to. It does. The Nittany Lions tip off at 6:30 p.m. today against Illinois State in the eight-team Black Coaches Association tournament at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It is the earliest start in PSU history. Should they … <\/p>\n