{"id":1169,"date":"2011-02-25T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2011-02-25T10:22:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:22:44","slug":"new-york-times-albany-fans-unsurprised-by-rise-of-fredette-at-b-y-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/new-york-times-albany-fans-unsurprised-by-rise-of-fredette-at-b-y-u\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times: Albany Fans Unsurprised by Rise of Fredette at B.Y.U."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice piece on Jimmer Fredette in the New York Times that includes material from and about Talor Battle. Excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Battle recalled hitting the winning shot that day after Fredette fouled out, and it started a friendly rivalry and strong friendship. If Fredette saw that Battle scored 40, he wanted 41. If Battle saw that Fredette\u2019s Glens Falls High School team won by 15, he wanted his Bishop Maginn High School team to win by 16. Hart said that within the tight-knit Albany basketball circles, Battle and Fredette became the area\u2019s version of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Local folks would argue for hours over who was better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it raised both of our games to the next level,\u201d Fredette said. \u201cIt made us what we are today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/26\/sports\/ncaabasketball\/26fredette.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all\">Albany Fans Unsurprised by Rise of Fredette at B.Y.U. &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice piece on Jimmer Fredette in the New York Times that includes material from and about Talor Battle. Excerpt: Battle recalled hitting the winning shot that day after Fredette fouled out, and it started a friendly rivalry and strong friendship. If Fredette saw that Battle scored 40, he wanted 41. If Battle saw that Fredette\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/new-york-times-albany-fans-unsurprised-by-rise-of-fredette-at-b-y-u\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New York Times: Albany Fans Unsurprised by Rise of Fredette at B.Y.U.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York Times: Albany Fans Unsurprised by Rise of Fredette at B.Y.U. - PennStateHoops.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/new-york-times-albany-fans-unsurprised-by-rise-of-fredette-at-b-y-u\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York Times: Albany Fans Unsurprised by Rise of Fredette at B.Y.U. - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nice piece on Jimmer Fredette in the New York Times that includes material from and about Talor Battle. 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