Ben Jones

DES MOINES, Iowa – Tucked deep in the hallways of the Wells Fargo Arena you can find Penn State’s locker room. It is full, but it is quiet. And there are three emotions you can see, each with their own place in the story of Penn State’s season. The first is the feeling of what…

DES MOINES, Iowa — As Penn State takes on Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday evening the Nittany Lions will need to do a lot of things well against the No. 2 seed. Fortunately for Penn State, one of those things is something it has been great at all year:…

DES MOINES, Iowa — As Andrew Funk walked off the court Thursday night having hit eight of his 10 attempts from beyond the arc against Texas A&M, the prevailing emotion was excitement. Your first-ever NCAA Tournament game in the books, a blowout win no less, and there you were in the middle of it all,…

DES MOINES. Iowa.- With just about two minutes to go in the opening half of Penn State’s first round thumping of Texas A&M on Thursday night freshman Kebba Njie took a slashing pass from guard Cam Wynter, catching the ball quickly before looping up and around a defender for a pretty layup. The score read…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Penn State assistant coach Mike Farrelly is flanked by fellow assistant Aki Collins as they shuffle to their seats across from Texas’ bench hours prior to the Nittany Lions knocking off Texas A&M. In this case the Aggies’ home state brethren are in for a slightly better afternoon, holding off a…

DES MOINES, Iowa  — Well before Penn State took the court here on Thursday night, Kansas assistant coach Jeremy Case, a national title winner as both a player and assistant with the Jayhawks, pointed at the large bracket hanging from the media area wall and placed his finger on the name Penn State. “They’re good,…

DES MOINES, Iowa. – Just over 24 hours before the Nittany Lions’ first round meeting against Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament, Penn State took the court at the Wells Fargo Arena for a brief shoot around and practice session before heading back to the hotel. It will be a long day for the Nittany…

Jalen Pickett has another All-American honor on his resume following the release of the Associated Press’ All-American teams. Pickett was named to the second-team, the same honor he picked up from Sporting News last week. Pickett earned All-American honors makes him just the second Penn State player to ever receive second-team or higher All-American recognition.…