Penn State's offseason was going unusually smoothly up until Geno Thorpe's departure. In the current college basketball landscape, where transfers are the norm (which is fine), teams that dovetail in the second half of the season don't usually retain all of their non-seniors. So the calm surrounding the Nittany Lions for the first two months and change of the offseason was pretty surprising. But of course, this is Penn State basketball we're talking about here, and bad news is almost always accompanied by bad timing. Thorpe's release from the program became official on June 11, when most high-profile transfers and incoming freshmen had already found schools.
Penn State Basketball Recruiting Big Board 6.23.15 - July Live Period Preview and Replacing Geno Thorpe
