Penn State and the Big Ten are set for a new era of conference basketball with the additions of four new teams into the conference this season. Welcoming Oregon, Washington, Southern Cal, and UCLA into the Big Ten this season, the Nittany Lions and its conference brethren will enter a new cycle of home and away opponents as a result. Wednesday afternoon, the earliest shape of that new schedule took form. Announced by the Big Ten, the Nittany Lions will face three teams as home and away opponents. Seven other opponents will be home games only, while seven more are away games only. On the home d…