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Altoona Mirror – Making It Happen For You<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“With football schools like Florida and Texas being successful in college basketball, is it safe to say that Penn State can win in men\u2019s basketball?<\/span><\/p>\n

“He (Ed DeChellis) is probably one of the most admired coaches in the Big 10 right now. Having done a lot of Big 10 games, there is a fear of playing him now, and it\u2019s because he\u2019s starting to get guys. He\u2019s able to get a guy here. Maybe there\u2019s a kid in Chicago who thinks, \u2018Maybe I\u2019ll go to Illinois, or maybe I\u2019ll play right away at Penn State.\u2019 It can be done. You just have to keep working at it. I think facilities have become important, and certainly their facility is terrific.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Altoona Mirror – Making It Happen For You: “With football schools like Florida and Texas being successful in college basketball, is it safe to say that Penn State can win in men\u2019s basketball? “He (Ed DeChellis) is probably one of the most admired coaches in the Big 10 right now. Having done a lot of … <\/p>\n

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