Penn State Basketball announces non-conference schedule
By Evan Smith
Penn State Basketball Official announced some non-conference schedule games Monday.
Penn State Basketball’s 2021 regular season is right around the corner, and the Nittany Lions Monday announced this year’s slate of nonconference games:
Your Nittany Lions are scheduled to open the 2020-21 season with 4️⃣ nonconference home games:
— Penn State Men’s Basketball (@PennStateMBB) November 16, 2020
Nov 25 vs Drexel | Nov 28 vs VMI
Dec 2 VCU | Dec 6 Seton Hall
Tip times & TV broadcast information TBA.https://t.co/BLnNysViP5
Penn State had previously announced games with Drexel and VCU. Sunday, news about a potential matchup versus VMI, coached by former PSU guard Dan Earl.
Seton Hall rumors have been abound all off season, and the Pirates will in fact travel to State College to take on the Nittany Lions in early December.
All four previously rumored games are official, along with the previously announced road game at Virginia Tech in the B1G-ACC Challenge.
Here is a look at Penn State’s non-conference schedule:
Wednesday November 25th — Drexel at Penn State
Saturday November 28 — VMI at Penn State
Tuesday December 2nd — VCU at Penn State
Sunday December 6th — Seton Hall at Penn State
Tuesday December 8th — Penn State at Virginia Tech
All times and television channels will be announced soon. No fans will be allowed in the Bryce Jordan Center at this point, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After Penn State finished last season 21-10 under former head coach Patrick Chambers, Jim Ferry will lead the Nittany Lions in his first season head coaching since 2017 (a 10-22 finish at Duquesne).