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Penn State men’s basketball looks to bring home its 1st-ever Big Ten Championship against Purdue

Penn State narrowly beat Indiana in the semifinals to advance to the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 2011.

The Nittany Lions have never won the Big Ten Championship, and if they want to do so this year they will have to knock off No. 1-seeded Purdue.

Micah Shrewsberry will face his former team for the fifth time in the two seasons he’s coached at Penn State. He has yet to beat Purdue and is 0-for-2 this season facing Matt Painter’s squad.

“It’s never fun,” Shrewsberry said on playing Purdue again. “They beat our brains in every single time we play them.