You won’t often see a Big Ten basketball team playing a road game against a road game at a Northeast Conference school.

But that’s what Penn State is doing Saturday.

The Nittany Lions are traveling to New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut, for a 1 p.m. tipoff against the Chargers.

Their stadium, the Hazell Center, has a 1,000-person seating capacity. Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center seats more than 15,000.

Coach Mike Rhoades was asked why his team would do this, and the answer is pretty simple: New Haven agreed in exchange to play multiple future nonconference games in Happy Valley.

“Some people told me I’m crazy to do it. You gottta put yourself out there. Let’s do it,” Rhoades said. “Ted (Hotaling) runs a great program up there. He’s a very good coach, and they made a transition to

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