The Penn State men's basketball team opens the season with a Nov. 3 exhibition contest vs. Northwood (Fla.) before the regular-season lid-lifter Nov. 9 against Wagner. The 17-game home schedule is punctuated by a Dec. 14 matchup vs. Princeton in historic Rec Hall and fourcontests vs. teams in the USA Today preseason Top 25.

First-team All-Big Ten guard Tim Frazier (Houston, Texas), who ranked second in the Big Ten in scoring (18.8 ppg) and led the league in assists (6.2) in 2011-12, returns with an NCAA medical hardship waiver after playing in just four games in 2012-13. He will join 2013 All-Big Ten honorable-mention honorees D.J. Newbill (Philadelphia, Pa.) to form one of the most potent backcourts in the nation.

Sophomore forward Ross Travis (Chaska, Minn.), who finished fifth in the Big Ten in rebounding (7.4 rpg) and posted double-doubles in three of his last seven games, and Brandon Taylor (Tabernacle, N.J.), who made 32 threes in his freshman season, will anchor the frontcourt.