Centre Daily Times | 01/29/2005 | Penn State plays host to former teammate:
“There will be smiles, handshakes, applause from the crowd, but don’t expect too much fanfare tonight when Sharif Chambliss returns home.
“The Nittany Lion-turned Badger is more concerned with getting Wisconsin, which meets Penn State at 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center, back on track than with the team he will try to do it against.
“Penn State, too, has enough to worry about already. The Nittany Lions (7-12, 1-5 Big Ten), who haven’t cracked 70 points in a month, will face the conference’s best scoring defense. Coming off a 75-65 loss to No. 1 Illinois that snapped its 38-game home winning streak, Wisconsin (13-4, 4-2) has lost six of its last eight games in the Jordan Center, most recently a 58-57 defeat in February 2003.
“Chambliss, then a sophomore at Penn State, led all scorers with 16 points in that game. He led the Nittany Lions in scoring in both 2001-02 and 2002-03 and was the Big Ten’s best 3-point shooter in 2003.
“But Chambliss wanted to play point guard, and then-Penn State coach Jerry Dunn wanted him at shooting guard. Chambliss asked for and was granted his release from the team following the 2003 season. When Dunn resigned three days later, Chambliss decided to linger until Dunn’s replacement was hired and go over his options with the new Penn State coach. He met with Ed DeChellis in early April before announcing he would transfer to Wisconsin….”