{"id":202239,"date":"2015-09-24T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=202239"},"modified":"2015-09-24T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T14:59:36","slug":"penn-states-stunning-philadelphia-hoop-recruiting-not-just-roman-empire-but-due-to-aau-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/penn-states-stunning-philadelphia-hoop-recruiting-not-just-roman-empire-but-due-to-aau-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones: Penn State&#8217;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &#8220;Roman empire&#8221; but due to AAU attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2015\/09\/penn_state_basketball_lamar_st.html\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lamar-stevens00png-909b3d01b9afe220.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDave Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Never in its forlorn history has Penn State basketball dared to so audaciously recruit Philadelphia, let alone enjoy the stunning success it is now in gaining commitments. Attention to the city&#8217;s AAU scene has been vital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2015\/09\/penn_state_basketball_lamar_st.html\">Penn State&#8217;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &#8220;Roman empire&#8221; but due to AAU attention | PennLive.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Jones: Never in its forlorn history has Penn State basketball dared to so audaciously recruit Philadelphia, let alone enjoy the stunning success it is now in gaining commitments. Attention to the city&#8217;s AAU scene has been vital. Source: Penn State&#8217;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &#8220;Roman empire&#8221; but due to AAU attention | &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/penn-states-stunning-philadelphia-hoop-recruiting-not-just-roman-empire-but-due-to-aau-attention\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jones: Penn State&#8217;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &#8220;Roman empire&#8221; but due to AAU attention&#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>Jones: Penn State&#039;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &quot;Roman empire&quot; but due to AAU attention - 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\/penn-states-stunning-philadelphia-hoop-recruiting-not-just-roman-empire-but-due-to-aau-attention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jones: Penn State&#039;s stunning Philadelphia hoop recruiting not just &quot;Roman empire&quot; but due to AAU attention - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dave Jones: Never in its forlorn history has Penn State basketball dared to so audaciously recruit Philadelphia, let alone enjoy the stunning success it is now in gaining commitments. 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