{"id":199746,"date":"2015-09-17T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=199746"},"modified":"2015-09-17T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:57:19","slug":"espns-myron-medcalf-penn-state-among-top-10-teams-expecting-bounce-back-seasons-in-2015-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/espns-myron-medcalf-penn-state-among-top-10-teams-expecting-bounce-back-seasons-in-2015-16\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Myron Medcalf: Penn State among top 10 teams expecting bounce-back seasons in 2015-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN blogger Myron Medcalf:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Penn State: After finishing 18-16 and 4-14 overall last season, Patrick Chambers is now 16-56 in the Big Ten and 56-75 overall after four seasons. And the Nittany Lions lost D.J. Newbill, who averaged 20.7 PPG. But Chambers has a talented recruiting class that will allow the program to spread the load more than it has in recent years. Josh Reaves and Mike Watkins are both four-star recruits who will join Shep Garner, Brandon Taylor and Geno Thorpe [sic &#8211; oops!]. The Nittany Lions finished top-50 in adjusted defensive efficiency and lost seven Big Ten games by six points or less. Don\u2019t be surprised if Penn State improves in 2015-16.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/collegebasketballnation\/post\/_\/id\/108610\/top-10-teams-ready-for-a-turnaround-in-2015-16\">Top 10 teams expecting bounce-back seasons in 2015-16 season &#8211; Men&#8217;s College Basketball Blog &#8211; ESPN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN blogger Myron Medcalf: Penn State: After finishing 18-16 and 4-14 overall last season, Patrick Chambers is now 16-56 in the Big Ten and 56-75 overall after four seasons. And the Nittany Lions lost D.J. Newbill, who averaged 20.7 PPG. But Chambers has a talented recruiting class that will allow the program to spread the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/espns-myron-medcalf-penn-state-among-top-10-teams-expecting-bounce-back-seasons-in-2015-16\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ESPN&#8217;s Myron Medcalf: Penn State among top 10 teams expecting bounce-back seasons in 2015-16&#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>ESPN&#039;s Myron Medcalf: Penn State among top 10 teams expecting bounce-back seasons in 2015-16 - 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\/espns-myron-medcalf-penn-state-among-top-10-teams-expecting-bounce-back-seasons-in-2015-16\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESPN&#039;s Myron Medcalf: Penn State among top 10 teams expecting bounce-back seasons in 2015-16 - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ESPN blogger Myron Medcalf: Penn State: After finishing 18-16 and 4-14 overall last season, Patrick Chambers is now 16-56 in the Big Ten and 56-75 overall after four seasons. 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