Penn State Basketball: Where Nebraska blowout ranks in 20 years of bad losses
By Evan Smith
Penn State Basketball’s home slate ended on a nightmarish note, with one of the most lopsided and disappointing losses in recent program history
Penn State Basketball’s humiliating blowlout loss to Nebraska sparks the question just how bad a loss was it?
Where does Sunday’s 93-70 loss to the Cornhuskers it rank on the pantheon of bad Nittany Lions hoops losses in the past 20 years?
They say misery loves company so without further ado, the worst Penn State Basketball losses in the last twenty years:
No. 5 — March 24, 2014: Siena 54 – Penn State 52, CBI (College Basketball Invitational) Quarterfinal
A team that just missed the NIT at 16-18 (6-12 in conference), Penn State Basketball accepted an invitation to a sub-NIT postseason tournament called the CBI. After squeaking by Hampton in the first round, the Nittany Lions, despite being the higher seed, was forced to travel to Siena because the Bryce Jordan Center was hosting Women’s NCAA Tournament games.
Led by Tim Frazier (still playing in the NBA), Penn State had a horriffic day shooting (29.8% from the field, 35.3% from three) at the MVP arena, in front of a whopping 3,598 fans.
Two D.J. Newbill free throws cut the Saints lead to 1 with 20 seconds left and after one Siena free throw, Penn State tied the game after a Brandon Taylor lay-up. Siena’s Evan Hymes drove to the basket, and-1, ball game. Feel free to relive the ‘highlights’ below as the Siena student section stormed the court after their upset victory.