If you’re a student at Penn State, chances are you don’t remember the last time the Nittany Lions were ranked in the AP Top 25.
Don’t fret — you’re not suffering from a case of Penn State sports amnesia. The reason you can’t recall a number next to Penn State’s name is because you likely weren’t alive yet.
When Pat Chambers’ squad was ranked as the No. 23 team in the country in Monday’s AP Poll, it ended a nearly 24-year drought of top-25 basketball in Happy Valley, dating back to March 1996.
That’s a long time.