It certainly looked like this portion of the game preview would come true early in the game:
How will the Lions look with a week off, after scoring a massive upset? Penn State finished playing what is arguably their toughest road game of the season, and scored a victory. One would assume that a week off would allow the Lions to come back down to earth and play focused against an inferior opponent. Will it happen? We shall see.
In the first 10 minutes of the game, it certainly looked like Penn State still needed to ground themselves and play focused basketball.