
Lions need better formula to do ‘battle’ next season
UNIVERSITY PARK — Presuming Penn State hasn’t won four straight games in the Big Ten tournament and etched its name into the NCAA bracket by this time next Monday, and the NIT doesn’t grant a special exception to the sub-.500 Nittany Lions for past performance, whaddya say we look ahead at the 2010-11 season? The good news is everybody will be back. The bad news is everybody will be back. Penn State capped its regular season Saturday at the Jordan Center with a 64-60 loss to No. 7 Purdue, which clinched the Big Ten regular season championship with its best player, the injured Robbie Hummel, in street clothes. The Lions will limp into the conference tourney Thursday lugging an 11-19 overall record that includes a 3-15 league mark. Saturday was a microcosm of the season in that the Lions fell behind big early, staged a rally that woke up the BJC movie theater, er, crowd, and then lost.
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POSITION GRADE COMMENT
Quarterback B+ Clark took...


