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17 at Illinois........................................................... 2 p.m. 24 BUFFALO........................................................... 2 p.m. MARCH 9-10 Big Ten Championships at Minnesota...................... TBA 21-23 NCAA Championships at Pittsburgh, Pa....................TBA MEN'S BASKETBALL NOVEMBER 3 at West Virginia (Exh.)............................................ TBA 9-12 Cancun Challenge – U.S. Games 9 NORTH FLORIDA................... 7:30 p.m. (BTN Plus) 12 JACKSONVILLE STATE........................7 p.m. (BTN) 15 at DePaul (Gavitt Tipoff Games)..................9 p.m. (FS1) 20-21 Cancun Challenge -- Cancun, Mexico Games 20 Wright State......................................... 8:30 p.m. 21 Bradley or SMU..............................................TBA 27 VA. TECH (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)..7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU) DECEMBER 1 at Mar yland.............................................. 1 p.m. (BTN) 4 INDIANA................................................... 7 p.m. (BTN) 8 COLGATE........................................... 2 p.m. (BTN Plus) 15 N.C. State at Atlantic City, N.J. (Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic).............2 p.m. (ESPNU) 19 at Duquesne........................................ 7 p.m. (CBSSN) 21 at Alabama.................................. 9 p.m. (SEC Network) 29 UMBC................................................................... TBA JANUARY 3 at Michigan.................................7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) 6 WISCONSIN......................................... 7:30 p.m. (BTN) 10 at Nebraska............................ 9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2/U) 13 MICHIGAN STATE..................... 1:30 or 4:30 p.m. (CBS) 16 IOWA........................................................ 7 p.m. (BTN) 19 at Minnesota....................................... 8:30 p.m. (BTN) 26 RUTGERS............................................ 4:30 p.m. (BTN) 31 PURDUE....................................................7 p.m. (FS1) FEBRUARY 4 at Northwestern........................................ 8 p.m. (FS1) 7 at Ohio State...............................7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) 12 MICHIGAN........................................... 8:30 p.m. (BTN) 16 at Purdue................................................. 4 p.m. (BTN) 19 NEBRASKA................................................7 p.m. (FS1) 23 at Illinois.................................................... Noon (BTN) 27 MARYLAND.......................................... 6:30 p.m. (BTN) MARCH 2 at Wisconsin.............................................1 p.m. (BTN) 6 at Rutgers................................................ 7 p.m. (BTN) 10 ILLINOIS..................................................... Noon (FS1) WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOVEMBER 8 PROVIDENCE..................................................... 7 p.m. 11 CALIFORNIA....................................................... 2 p.m. 14 at Fordham........................................................ 7 p.m. 18 PRINCETON.............................................. 2 p.m. (BTN) 21 NORTH DAKOTA................................................. 2 p.m. 25 STONY BROOK.......................................... 1 p.m. (BTN) 29 at Florida State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)................. TBA DECEMBER 2 JACKSONVILLE STATE......................................... 2 p.m. 5 DUQUESNE........................................................7 p.m. 9 ST. BONAVENTURE............................................. 2 p.m. 16 AMERICAN......................................................... 2 p.m. 28 MARYLAND........................................................ 7 p.m. 31 at Indiana.......................................................... 7 p.m. JANUARY 3 WISCONSIN....................................................... 7 p.m. 6 at Rutgers......................................................... 4 p.m. 12 ILLINOIS............................................................ 2 p.m. 17 OHIO STATE....................................................... 7 p.m. 20 at Mar yland.......................................... 2 p.m. (ESPN2) 24 at Wisconsin......................................................8 p.m. 27 RUTGERS.......................................................... 2 p.m. 31 at Michigan State...............................................7 p.m. FEBRUARY 3 IOWA.................................................................2 p.m. 6 at Ohio State..................................................... 7 p.m. 10 MICHIGAN......................................................... 2 p.m. 14 at Northwestern.....................................................TBA 17 at Minnesota............................................ 2 p.m. (BTN) 21 PURDUE............................................................ 7 p.m. 24 at Illinois.................................................. 4 p.m. (BTN) MARCH 2 NEBRASKA............................................... 3 p.m. (BTN) 6-10 Big Ten tournament at Indianapolis..... TBA (BTN/ESPN2) MEN'S GOLF* SEPTEMBER 8-9 Rod Myers Invitational at Durham, N.C.....................1st 17-18 VCU Janney Invitational at Richmond, Va..........Canceled 24-25 Bearcat Invitational at Cincinnati, Ohio............ Canceled OCTOBER 12-14 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at Jonesborough, Tenn..........................................10th 27-28 Grandover Collegiate at Greensboro, N.C.............All Day * Fall schedule only WOMEN'S GOLF* SEPTEMBER 9-11 Cougar Classic at Charleston, S.C.......................T-11th 22-23 NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL.................................... 1st 29-30 at Princeton Invitational...........................................1st OCTOBER 5-7 Betty Lou Evans Invitational at Lexington, Ky............ 2nd 26-28 Landfall Tradition at Wilmington, N.C................... 8 a.m. * Fall schedule only MEN'S TENNIS OCTOBER 1-2 ITA All-Americans at Tulsa, Okla.............................. NTS 18-21 ITA Regionals at Blacksburg, Va. 26-28 Big Ten Indoors at Michigan.................................... TBA JANUARY 19-21 at Virginia Tech Invitational..................................... TBA 25-27 at LSU Invite..........................................................TBA FEBRUARY 2 at Har vard........................................................... Noon 3 Vanderbilt at Cambridge, Mass............................1 p.m. 8 CHARLOTTE....................................................... 4 p.m. 10 at Princeton..................................................... 11 a.m. 15 WILLIAM & MARY............................................... 5 p.m. 27 PENN................................................................ 5 p.m. MARCH 1 OHIO STATE....................................................... 4 p.m. 6 Florida Gulf Coast at Orlando, Fla........................ 6 p.m. 8 at UCF...............................................................6 p.m. 16 at Michigan State...............................................4 p.m. 22 MICHIGAN..........................................................5 p.m. 24 CORNELL............................................................ Noon 24 JMU.................................................................. 5 p.m. 29 MINNESOTA....................................................... 5 p.m. 31 WISCONSIN......................................................... Noon APRIL 5 at Iowa..............................................................6 p.m. 7 at Nebraska.......................................................1 p.m. 12 at Illinois........................................................... 6 p.m. 14 at Northwestern...................................................Noon 19 INDIANA............................................................ 5 p.m. 21 PURDUE.............................................................. Noon 24-28 Big Ten tournament at Michigan.............................. TBA WOMEN'S TENNIS* SEPTEMBER 14-16 Racquet Club Collegiate Invite at Midland, Texas......NTS 21-23 Cissie Lear y Invitational at Philadelphia...................NTS 28-30 Hokie Invitational at Blacksburg, Va........................ NTS Seahawk Invitational at Wilmington, N.C..................NTS OCTOBER 12-16 ITA Regionals at Blacksburg, Va. NOVEMBER 2-4 Dickie V Invitational at Tampa, Fla....................... All Day 2-4 Kitty Harrison Invitational at Chapel Hill, N.C........All Day * Fall schedule only MENS & WOMEN'S FENCING SEPTEMBER 22-23 NITTANY LION CUP OPEN OCTOBER 12-15 Olympic Trials - Div. 1&2/Cadet at Milwaukee, Wis. 27-28 at Temple Open......................................................TBA True freshman P.J. Mustipher, who had been given the green light earlier this year and played in the Lions' 0rst four games, didn't play against the Buckeyes, nor did redshirt freshman Damion Barber. Pry said Shelton has shown signs that he's ready to emerge as a key backup at defensive tackle, but he added that the players behind Givens and Windsor are "a pack right now." Could Thorpe, a former four-star re- cruit from Pittsburgh Central Catholic, create some separation when he accli- mates to the position? At 6-foot-3, 328 pounds, he has the size to excel in the middle of Penn State's defensive line. And his teammates and coaches like his potential on that side of the ball. "He's a big, strong aggressive, power- ful, violent kid with a motor," James Franklin said. "You see it on o1ense, and that's why the o1ensive coaches weren't real 0red up about losing him. And I would still make the argument [that] his greatest long-term potential is on the o1ensive side of the ball. He's got a lot of characteristics where you would like to recruit 10 C.J.s and plug them into a lot of di1erent places. It just came to the point where we had a need – a more ur- gent, pressing need. We waited on it this summer and then obviously got to a point where we felt like we needed to make a move." ■ THORPE FROM PAGE 37

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