After a good start to the season (10-3), and a 4-4 showing January... with tough losses against Purdue... and Michigan, Wisconsin and Rutgers on the road... Penn State BBall ( at 14-7 & 5-5 in the B10), might be set up for a better February. With Home games against likes of Wisconsin, Illinois and Rutgers, and winnable Road games against Nebraska, Maryland, Minnesota, and Ohio State... WITH a little bit of maturing, gelling, and LUCK of the team as a whole... PSU COULD emerge from February 6-2, and at 20-10 overall... THEN, a strong finish in March, and a good showing in the B10 tournament (all doable), the lions STILL have a GREAT chance to make the dance.
In my opinion, it ALL comes down to the guys taking that NEXT STEP... from a bunch of guys who were "thrown together" last summer, into a CONFIDENT, and COHESIVE "TEAM" from this point forward... it is COMPLETELY possible !!