2025-26 PSU MBB Thread
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Penn State notebook | Mike Rhoades provides updates on team ahead of 2025-26 season opener
There are mere days until Penn State’s season opener, and Mike Rhoades met with the media to discuss a few topics.
Much better second 4 minutes. This team will struggle to score in the half court this season, but we forced some turnovers and got some runouts to turn it around.
What I’d like to know from somebody like you, whose opinion I respect about PSU basketball, is if you think that this program under the current head coach has any chance to gain any traction? It just seems like after every season, the whole roster departs and there’s never any continuity from one season to the next.
Obviously, this is going to be another wretched season under this coach, especially in the Big 10, and I’m very skeptical that he’ll ever make this program competitive.
Meanwhile, the Next 5 have 5 assists and 9 buckets (by 4 of those players).
Is Rhoades trying to punt the season so we can get a higher draft pick next year?
Is Rhoades trying to punt the season so we can get a higher draft pick next year?
The second team definitely looked better than the first team. There really is a lack of any kind of half court offense….just dribble around and try to drive or shoot a three.
It seems the wait will be going on for years to come when it comes to Penn State basketball.Can we reinstate the wait?
There is certainly a chance to gain traction, but the next 8-9 months will likely determine it. We get someone like Dylan Mingo to follow his brother here next year and it could be a game changer. We put together a 14-18 season, lose some contributors to the portal, and have no real difference makers coming in, and it’s time to think about turning the page.
Everyone has laughed at him (and laughed at my for supporting what he’s doing), but I’ve really like what Shrewsberry has done at ND…he came in and built with freshmen. They took their lumps for a few years, but he’s got a better foundation and this year’s team could make some noise. We built with several upperclassmen, and they’ve moved on and we’re back at square one starting year #3.
Losing Konan was a tough break, as no one saw his stock shooting up that quickly and being one and done for us. But it’s left us in a tough spot…really young (or at least lacking in NCAA experience), no bigs that are natural scorers, and not a good outside shooting team…it all makes us pretty easy to defend.
Unfortunately we’re getting beat by a team of a lot of freshmen from Fairfield…that doesn’t bode well for the future of this group.
I’ve advocated for shutting down the PSU football program, but they absolutely should shut down the men’s basketball program. It serves no purpose other than providing wins for other “schools”.
This is really ugly.I’ve advocated for shutting down the PSU football program, but they absolutely should shut down the men’s basketball program. It serves no purpose other than providing wins for other “schools”.
Didn’t turn the ball over much, didn’t shoot the three or free throws all that well but shot better than the other team from the field, won the rebounding by a narrow margin as well. Seems like this should’ve been a 15 point win