Experts around the college basketball world have projected that as many as ten teams from the Big Ten conference will make the NCAA Tournament. With all the challenges that Penn State has faced this season, the team currently sits in tenth place in the B1G. If Jim Ferry and his team are going to make it to the Big Dance, they will need to get to an even record overall. Right now they are 6-7 so there isn’t as much work to do as it might seem.
Not only did the Lions make ESPN’s list this past week as being one of the last four teams out of Joe Lundardi’s tournament field projection, they are ranked well within the range to make the NCAA Tournament with a No.