Penn State Basketball: Reasonable expectations for this season

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Feb 8, 2022; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions forward Seth Lundy (1) gestures for his three-point basket against the Michigan Wolverines during the first half at the Bryce Jordan Center. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Play at least .500 in ball in the Big Ten

Penn State basketball went 7-13 in Big Ten play last season.

Winning just three more games than last season would put the Nittany Lions at a .500 record in the conference. For a rebuilding program playing in one of the toughest basketball conferences in the country, that’s not bad at all.

Of the Nittany Lions 13 regular season conference losses last year, eight were single-digit losses, including two by one score.

With veterans Seth Lundy, Jalen Pickett and Myles Dread back and healthy, along with three key transfers in Andrew Funk, Michael Henn and Camren Wynter on the roster, this team has plenty of experience.

When a team is experienced, close losses become close wins.

Add in the young talent of Dallion Johnson, Kanye Clary, Caleb Dorsey, Kebba Njie, Jameel Brown, Evan Mahaffey and Demetrius Lilley and you have one of the deeper rosters we’ve seen from Penn State.

Having a deep team is just important as having an experienced team because of grueling grind that is the Big Ten basketball season. These improvements in the roster alone should get the Nittany Lions to .500.

And that’s before we add in Shrewsberry making adjustments to his coaching style after a year on the job.

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