Friday, September 30, 2005
"The Washington Monthly College Guide":
"The first question we asked was, what does America need from its universities? From this starting point, we came up with three central criteria: Universities should be engines of social mobility, they should produce the academic minds and scientific research that advance knowledge and drive economic growth, and they should inculcate and encourage an ethic of service. We designed our evaluation system accordingly...
"Given our very different way of measuring success, we suspected that the marquee schools routinely found at the top of U.S. News's list might not finish at the very top of ours—but even we were surprised by what the data revealed. Only three schools in the 2006 U.S. News top 10 are among our highest-ranked: MIT, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, while the private colleges of the Ivy League dominate most rankings of the nation's best colleges, they didn't dominate ours—only Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania made our top 10, and Princeton (tied with Harvard for the top slot on U.S. News's list) was all the way down at #44, a few slots behind South Carolina State University.
"Our list was also more heavily populated with first-rate state schools (the University of California system scored particularly well) than that of U.S. News, which has no public universities within its top ten. UCLA finished second in our overall ranking, UC-Berkeley third,
Penn State University sixth, Texas A&M seventh, UC-San Diego eighth and the University of Michigan tenth. Each of our highest-rated schools are, by any reasonable national measure, academically serious schools. But they are not the super-elite—the Harvards and Yales—that normally dominate lists of the nation's “best” universities..."
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
HoJo a free agent:
"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay dismissed transfer forward Aaron Johnson from the program on Sunday, citing an undisclosed violation of team policy.
"``All we can do as coaches is to provide an opportunity for young men to achieve their goals,'' McKay said in a statement. ``However, when you are working with this age group, sometimes decisions are made that warrant the removal of that opportunity, at least as it exists in our program.''
"The 6-foot-9 Johnson, who transferred from Penn State in May, was expected to sit out next season under NCAA transfer rules. He would have been eligible to play as a senior during the 2006-07 season.
"Johnson led the Big Ten last season by averaging 9.9 rebounds. His 24 rebounds in a win over Western Carolina, 20 against Sacred Heart and 21 against Northwestern made him the only NCAA player last season with multiple games of at least 20 rebounds.
"``I was looking forward to having Aaron as a part of our team for the next two years, but there is a standard of expectation that we have set for our student-athletes,'' McKay said. ``At this time he is unable to meet that standard.''
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PA Prep Report - Rozenblad Gets First Offer!:
"Blair Rozenblad of Kennedy Catholic received his first official scholarship offer today from Penn State University following an open gym in Hermitage, PA. Rozenblad (currently ranked PA Prep Report's #6 WF in 2007) is a 6'4' bruiser with outstanding athletic ability.
"Last Saturday at the Triple Threat Exposure Showcase, Rozenblad had at least 10 rim rattling dunks. I just got off the phone with Blair a few moments ago. Check out the results of our conversation...
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On His First Offer
"I asked Blair how it felt to be a wanted man, especially with the offer coming from a Big Ten school. 'It feels real good because of all the hard work I put in. Somebody finally noticed it and it is about to pay off. ..'
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Friday, September 23, 2005
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roanoke.com - Notebook Plus columns -Media takes issue with UVa access:
"TAKING IN THE Virginia-Duke football game will be two current high-school seniors, 6-6 Jonathan Mitchell from Mount Vernon, N.Y., and
6-9 Brad Sheehan from Shaker, N.Y, who will be making official visits.
"Coach Dave Leitao and his staff also have invited several juniors to campus for unofficial visits; reporter Chris Horne, who works for TheSabre.com and TechSideline.com, says that group will include point guard
Sam Zeglinski from Philadelphia and shooting guard Austin Freeman from DeMatha."
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
FightOnState.com: Scout™ Players:
Corey Fischer, a 5-11 PG from St. Patrick's High in Elizabeth, NJ, ranked in the top 50 of the Class of '07, reportedly has high interest in Penn State.
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Monday, September 19, 2005
Penn State was reportedly interested in Drew Lavender. Might losing him have cost us another? - .edSports digest:
"Jason Love needed only a couple of dinners to decide that Xavier University, one of the frontrunners for the 6-foot-8 power forward, was the place he wanted to play college basketball.
"Love, a senior from Abington Friends (Pa.) School, orally committed to Xavier University Sunday after his weekend visit to the school.
" 'I felt it was the right time to make a decision,' said Love, who also considered Penn State, Providence, Virginia and La Salle. 'Going to dinner with the players, though, that pretty much sealed the deal.'
"Love went to dinner with Xavier freshman Derrick Brown on Friday night. Then on Saturday, he went out to dinner with Drew Lavender, a transfer from Oklahoma who is ineligible to play this season because of NCAA transfer rules.
"Love said he had not planned on committing to Xavier before he made the trip to Cincinnati. Once at XU, he began to change his mind. ..."
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Sunday, September 18, 2005
Musketeerscoop.com - Love ends his recruitment:
"Jason Love, a 6-foot-9 270 pound, bruiser from Philadelphia. Xavier has long since coveted Love for his big body on the interior. This summer was a very impressive one for Love. He did a much better job of using his body on the inside, as well as improving his physical conditioning.
"Love decided to choose Xavier over offers from Penn State, LaSalle, George Washington, and Providence. Other schools that were starting to become heavily involved in his recruitment, included Pittsburgh and Virginia. ..."
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Friday, September 16, 2005
High School Notebook: Secret is out at Jeannette:
"The coaches at Jeannette weren't trying to keep Terrelle Pryor a secret.
"They simply tried to downplay him, trying not to put too much pressure on a teenager. They believed too much attention isn't good for a freshman or sophomore.
"But word is out. Too many people have seen Pryor's athleticism, promise and potential. Too many know Pryor could well be the next two-sport standout in Western Pennsylvania.
"Pryor is a 6-foot-6, 215-pound sophomore at Jeannette High School. He is a quarterback and defensive end on the football team. He is a forward on the basketball team.
"Everyone from opposing coaches to fans are talking about him. Even Jeannette's coaches know there is no more hiding Pryor.
"'I've made a conscious effort to try and downplay him,' Jeannette basketball coach Rick Klimchock said with a laugh. 'But he does have the potential to be a great two-sport star.'
"Jeannette football coach Ray Reitz said: 'I'm not knocking any other players. I saw [West Allegheny's] Dorin Dickerson play and he's a heckuva player. But Terrelle is as good of an athlete as Dickerson. This kid is as good as anybody.'
"Pryor has a lofty national reputation. After playing well in AAU basketball for the Pittsburgh J.O.T.S. this summer, he is rated one of the top 15 sophomores in the country by three scouting services. Scout.com ranks him No. 8. Basketball coaches from Pitt, Penn State, North Carolina State, Xavier, Michigan and Rutgers have called Klimchock to let him know they're interested. Reitz said Pitt coach Jamie Dixon was at Jeannette's football game Friday. Pryor averaged 16 points a game as a freshman last season..."
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Monday, September 12, 2005
No commitment, but a great visit - ed.Pay link:
BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Love rates visit a nine
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Friday, September 09, 2005
Rivals is reporting that Jason Love, 6-8, 250-pounds, is visiting Penn State this weekend.
The Nittany Lions
have one scholarship available for Love's class.
This is a pay link, I think:
BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Fastbreak Friday: "Penn State will host Philadelphia big man Jason Love"
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
New Orleans 2001
