Latest updates, timeline on Shrewsberry's future

ALTOONA, Pa. -- One way to look at it is that no news is good news. Because if Notre Dame had blown away Micah Shrewsberry with an offer, he might have already made his decision to go there.

But that didn't happen. Not yet, anyway, as of late Tuesday night.

Here are the news tidbits that were revealed Tuesday about Penn State's basketball coach, and whether he will still be Penn State's basketball coach next season.

• That news, reported by college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, came as no surprise. We had already learned Monday that Shrewsberry was "in talks" with Notre Dame, according to PennLive's David Jones. Still, Rothstein is a well-connected national media member, and his tweet confirmed what we had already figured.

• That tidbit from Jeff Goodman confirmed what we had expected, and had been previously reported, in that Penn State was making as much of a commitment as it can to Shrewsberry.

What we don't know -- and may never fully know since these kinds of figures are rarely released -- is exactly how much of a commitment Penn State is willing to make here for a basketball coach.

Patrick Chambers was making less than $1 million a year just six or seven years ago, then was believed to be bumped up to $1 million at the end of his tenure. The school made a significant commitment when it hired Shrewsberry, who is believed to be making $2 million a year.

Can Penn State go up to $3 million? Maybe even $3.5 million? Well, maybe. But again, it wasn't that long ago that the school wasn't even paying $1 million a year, so any of these figures must be seen as a much bigger commitment than Penn State has ever made in the past.

• ESPN had some timeline information about when Shrewsberry is expected to make his decision. The outlet reported late Tuesday afternoon it could come "in the next 36 hours or so."

That means it could come as early as Wednesday afternoon, or perhaps later in the evening.

Here's what ESPN reported:

"The new headliner of the carousel is Penn State's Micah Shrewsberry, and he holds the keys to the next phase of the coaching cycle.

"After guiding the Nittany Lions to the NCAA Tournament and a first-round win over Texas A&M, he emerged as a target at Notre Dame and Georgetown. When Providence's Ed Cooley took Georgetown on Monday, (Shrewsberry) then became an option for the Friars.

"The latest buzz is that it's more likely he's choosing between two options: a move to Notre Dame or remaining at Penn State. The Nittany Lions have been in contract negotiations with Shrewsberry for the past couple of months, but his price, and leverage, have undoubtedly increased after the late-season surge."

• One comment I've seen a good bit from people over the past couple of days is that they weren't aware that Shrewsberry is from Indiana or that they didn't know how much history he has in the state.

OK, so here's a quick synopsis:

He's from Indianapolis, played his high school ball there and played collegiately at Hanover College. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Wabash and DePauw, both in Indiana, and became a head coach for the first time at IU South Bend. Yeah, the same South Bend where Notre Dame is located.

Shrewsberry served two stints as an assistant at Purdue and one at Butler.

He left Indiana for a two-year stint on the staff at Marshall and spent six years as an assistant with the Celtics. And now he's been at Penn State for two years.

So, the 46-year-old Shrewsberry has spent 36 years of his life living in and/or working in Indiana.