Thursday, September 28, 2006
Men's Basketball's Clash With Seton Hall To Be TelevisedTip set for 1 p.m. in East Rutherford, N.J.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 26, 2006 - The Nittany Lion basketball team's Dec. 9 contest at Seton Hall has been selected for broadcast by ESPN Regional television. Local clearances will be announced at a later date. Tip time for the game, to be held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., has been set for 1:00 p.m. Penn State now has 18 regular season contests scheduled to be televised on the 2006-07 season, at least four on ESPN's national networks.
The Seton Hall game will be one of 12 contests against 2006 NCAA Tournament teams for Penn State on the year. The Nittany Lions and Pirates will be meeting for the fifth time and first since a 71-57 Penn State victory at Seton Hall in 1973. Penn State owns a 4-0 lead in the series. Seton Hall posted an 18-12 mark last year and returns three starters and eight lettermen.
Penn State, which returns four starters and 10 lettermen, will play home exhibition games against Edinboro (Nov. 1) and Shippensburg (Nov. 6) before opening coach Ed DeChellis' fourth campaign on Friday, Nov. 10 in the Bryce Jordan Center against Morehead State. The Nittany Lions are coming off their best campaign in five years having posted a 15-15 record and hosted an opening round NIT game last season. Junior forward Geary Claxton, a 2006 first team USBWA All-District I selection, returns as the second leading scorer (15.2 ppg) and top rebounder (7.5 rpg) in the Big Ten. Senior point-guard Ben Luber (7.5 ppg/4.4 apg), senior guard David Jackson (6.7 ppg/3.2 rpg), and 2006 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jamelle Cornley (11.4 ppg/5.7 rpg) are also returning starters. The Nittany Lions return 80 percent or more of their scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks and steals from last year's team.
All Penn State basketball games can be heard live on the Penn State Sports Network and GoPSUsports.com. For information on Nittany Lion basketball tickets visit GoPSUsports.com.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Scout.com: PA Guard Getting Plenty Of Attention:
"Despite recruiting websites like scout.com and other recruiting services, every once in a while a player goes relatively unnoticed. That was the case this past summer until a junior-to-be combo guard from Moon High School in Pennsylvania decided to try-out for the chance to attend the Reebok ABCD camp and match his skills against some of the best high school players in the country.
"Now that player is getting calls and offers from some of the best programs in the country.
"Mike Walsh was an outstanding athlete at Moon High School in the early 70’s. His primary sport was baseball, and he played well enough to earn a scholarship at Ohio University where he became the Bobcats’ starting third baseman. Now his alma mater, along with plenty of other schools, are returning to Moon to recruit another Walsh-Mike’s son Brian...."
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Penn State Live: Paterno, Penn State to be featured on CBS Evening News
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Katie Couric's premiere week as anchor of the CBS Evening News will feature a story about Joe Paterno and Penn State. The story goes beyond football and will focus on Penn State's principles and values feeding the Success With Honor athletic brand, around which Penn State alumni and fans rally. The story, which is scheduled to air on Thursday's evening newscast, could be pre-empted if there is breaking news.
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Monday, September 04, 2006
Slowly we rebuild.
The
discussion forum has been a go for about a week, and this morning the crown jewel -- the
UncleLar Recruiting Matrix™ -- came back online.
Thanks to everyone for hanging with us!
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