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Penn State Basketball: Previewing and Predicting the 2019-20 season

By Dylan Burd

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - JANUARY 03: Lamar Stevens #11 of the Penn State Nittany Lions reacts in the second half while playing the Michigan Wolverines at Crisler Arena on January 03, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 68-55. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - JANUARY 03: Lamar Stevens #11 of the Penn State Nittany Lions reacts in the second half while playing the Michigan Wolverines at Crisler Arena on January 03, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 68-55. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MARCH 14: Myles Dread #2 of the Penn State Nittany Lions and Dupree McBrayer #1 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers battle for a loose ball at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MARCH 14: Myles Dread #2 of the Penn State Nittany Lions and Dupree McBrayer #1 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers battle for a loose ball at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

Big Ten Schedule

Here’s Penn State’s Big Ten schedule.

  • 12/7/19: @ Ohio State
  • 12/10/19: vs. Maryland
  • 1/4/20: vs. Iowa (Palestra)
  • 1/7/20: @ Rutgers
  • 1/11/20: vs. Wisconsin
  • 1/15/20: at Minnesota
  • 1/18/20: vs. Ohio State
  • 1/22/20: at Michigan
  • 1/29/20: vs. Indiana
  • 2/1/20: at Nebraska
  • 2/4/20: at Michigan State
  • 2/8/20: vs. Minnesota
  • 2/11/20: at Purdue
  • 2/15/20: vs. Northwestern
  • 2/18/20: vs. Illinois
  • 2/23/20: at Indiana
  • 2/26/20: vs. Rutgers
  • 2/29/20: at Iowa
  • 3/3/20: vs. Michigan State
  • 3.7/20: at Northwestern

The Big Ten is extremely good this year. In KenPom, out of the 14 teams in the conference, 10 of them are in the top-45. The entire conference is inside the top-100. In order to make the tournament, Penn State is going to likely need to have at least nine conference wins to go along with some sold wins out-of-conference.

Penn State plays the bottom three teams in the conference (according to KenPom), Rutgers, Minnesota, and Northwestern a combined six times, which is good. However, as I said before, in college basketball, you need to win the games you are supposed to win. Penn State will need to win at least five of those six games to have a shot at the tournament.

The Nittany Lions also have No. 1 Michigan State, No. 7 Maryland, and No. 18 Ohio State coming to the Bryce Jordan Center this season, which will be a huge opportunity to grab a big win.

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