Penn State Basketball

The Lady Lions will return to Rec Hall this season. During Penn State’s football game against Northwestern on Saturday afternoon, the women’s basketball team announced it would play multiple home games in Rec Hall for the 2025-26 season. An athletic department news release called it “a more permanent return” to the Lady Lions’ former home…

Penn State men’s basketball on Tuesday announced a quartet of team captains for the 2025-26 season. The Nittany Lions will be led by junior forward Saša Ciani, freshman guard Kayden Mingo, senior forward Josh Reed and redshirt sophomore guard Eli Rice. Ciani, who spent his freshman year at Xavier and sophomore year at the University…

The final details of the Penn State men’s basketball schedule have been revealed. The Nittany Lions nonconference slate and conference opponents had been announced, but on Thursday, the Big Ten revealed Penn State’s full 2025-26 conference schedule, including all opponents, locations and dates. Mike Rhoades and Co. will open conference play at Indiana on Dec.…

Penn State men’s basketball’s nonconference slate has been finalized. Between reports, rumors and other teams’ schedule releases, pieces of the puzzle had fallen into place already. But on Friday morning, the team officially revealed its full out-of-conference slate, including 11 opponents and dates for the matchups. The 2025 nonconference slate is as follows: Vs. Fairfield,…

Though questions still swirl regarding when the two will meet on the gridiron again, Penn State and Pittsburgh will clash on the basketball court in 2025. On Thursday, the Nittany Lions announced a nonconference matchup against the Panthers, slated for Dec. 21 at the Giant Center in Hershey, the home of the Hershey Bears hockey…

Penn State men’s basketball has added another player from the transfer portal as coach Mike Rhoades continues to build the roster for his third season at the helm of the Nittany Lions. Saša Ciani, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward from Slovenia, heads to Penn State with two years of eligibility remaining after playing for Illinois-Chicago last…

Penn State center Yanic Konan Niederhauser has made program history. Niederhauser was selected with the No. 30 overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in Wednesday’s NBA draft, becoming the Nittany Lions’ first player ever taken in Round 1. Niederhauser is also the first Penn State player drafted since Jalen Pickett and Seth Lundy each…

Penn State graduate Jordan Ott is moving forward in the NBA coaching ranks. Ott, a longtime assistant at the professional level, is set to be named the next head of the Phoenix Suns, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Wednesday. Ott, a McConnellsburg native, received his bachelor’s degree in sports management from Penn State in 2006.…

After a standout performance at the NBA Combine, Penn State center Yanic Konan Niedershauser is officially turning pro. Niederhauser will remain in the NBA draft and not return to the Nittany Lions for his senior year, ESPN reported on Wednesday. The 7-foot, 243-pound Niederhauser, who originally declared for the draft on April 2 while maintaining…