{"id":1536,"date":"2013-06-13T06:44:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2013-06-13T06:44:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:44:24","slug":"city-of-basketball-love-watkins-finds-perfect-opportunity-commits-to-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/city-of-basketball-love-watkins-finds-perfect-opportunity-commits-to-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Basketball Love: Watkins finds perfect opportunity, commits to Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More on Michael Watkins&#8217; commitment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When the perfect opportunity presents itself, it\u2019s impossible to turn your back.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what 2015 forward Michael Watkins realized, as he verbally committed to play for Penn State on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-8 forward believes that the opportunity the Nittany Lions presented was too good to pass up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPenn State is the right situation for me on and off the court,\u201d Watkins said via text message. \u201cThe coaching staff fits my personality and the school allows me to the opportunity to play right away in the Big Ten, allowing me the opportunity to play on the biggest stage and be close to home.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/cityofbasketballlove.com\/2013\/06\/watkins-finds-perfect-opportunity-commits-to-penn-state\/\">Watkins finds perfect opportunity, commits to Penn State | City of Basketball Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More on Michael Watkins&#8217; commitment: When the perfect opportunity presents itself, it\u2019s impossible to turn your back. That\u2019s what 2015 forward Michael Watkins realized, as he verbally committed to play for Penn State on Wednesday. The 6-foot-8 forward believes that the opportunity the Nittany Lions presented was too good to pass up. \u201cPenn State is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/city-of-basketball-love-watkins-finds-perfect-opportunity-commits-to-penn-state\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City of Basketball Love: Watkins finds perfect opportunity, commits to Penn State&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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>City of Basketball Love: Watkins finds perfect opportunity, commits to Penn State - 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\/city-of-basketball-love-watkins-finds-perfect-opportunity-commits-to-penn-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City of Basketball Love: Watkins finds perfect opportunity, commits to Penn State - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More on Michael Watkins&#8217; commitment: When the perfect opportunity presents itself, it\u2019s impossible to turn your back. 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