Penn State Basketball

Penn State center Yanic Konan Niederhauser, a dominant 7-foot force who broke out for the Nittany Lions this past season, will test the professional waters this spring. Niederhauser has declared for the NBA Draft while maintaining his one remaining year of collegiate eligibility, he announced on Instagram on Wednesday. “After careful consideration, I’ve decided to…

Center Miles Goodman, a former four-star recruit who was the highest-rated member of Penn State men’s basketball’s 2024 recruiting class, has entered the transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. The 6-foot-11, 225-pound Goodman, who averaged 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds across 13 games this past season, joins guard Jahvin Carter and forward Hudson Ward as…

Ace Baldwin Jr. is gone. So are Puff Johnson, D’Marco Dunn, Zach Hicks, Nick Kern Jr. and Jahvin Carter. There’s no question Penn State men’s basketball will be active in the transfer portal. It’s a must entering the third season under Mike Rhoades, who will look to add instant star power to what currently stands…

The final game of Penn State’s season, an 86-75 upset win at No. 12 Wisconsin, put a unique seal on what was an overall wacky campaign. The Nittany Lions weren’t in position to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament. But with two wins over top-15 teams and a No. 66 placing in the NCAA NET…

Penn State men’s basketball is already losing five seniors who were out of eligibility. And now, the Nittany Lions will be tasked with filling another vacancy with guard Jahvin Carter set to enter the transfer portal, coach Mike Rhoades confirmed on Wednesday. Recruits Zone’s Blake Smith was the first to report the news. A former…

Penn State’s 86-75 win at Wisconsin on Saturday marked the conclusion of the team’s 2024-25 season. What began as a year with NCAA Tournament hopes ended in somewhat positive fashion for the Nittany Lions despite not not qualifying for the 15-team Big Ten Tournament after losing 13 of their final 17 games. With five seniors…

The second season of Mike Rhoades’ tenure as Penn State’s head coach featured a number of lowlights, especially over the past two months. But in the program’s final game of the year, the Nittany Lions concluded their rough 2024-25 season on a positive note, completing a 86-75 upset at No. 12 Wisconsin on Saturday. D’Marco…

Breathe. Penn State’s seven-game losing streak, the team’s longest since the 2018-19 season, has been snapped with a 89-72 win over Nebraska on Wednesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. Mike Rhoades’ program went just under a month without a victory, and, prior to facing the Cornhuskers, had lost 11 of its previous 12 games.…

Penn State’s two-game West Coast road trip concluded the same way it began, the same way it’s gone in almost every game for the past month: with a loss. This time it was a 92-67 blowout at USC on Tuesday, the Nittany Lions’ sixth consecutive defeat and 10th in their last 11 contests, an eye-opening…