{"id":249750,"date":"2016-02-16T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=249750"},"modified":"2016-02-16T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:34:10","slug":"whos-your-all-time-psu-hoops-starting-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/whos-your-all-time-psu-hoops-starting-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s your all-time PSU hoops starting five?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2016\/02\/penn_state_basketball_btn_big.html\"><img class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-16-at-30326-pmpng-37352fbf508b444c.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave Jones&#8217; top five:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the last few weeks,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/btn.com\/2016\/01\/13\/who-lands-on-your-penn-state-mens-basketball-mt-rushmore\/\">the Big Ten Network has presented 12-15 nominees<\/a>\u00a0for each of the conference&#8217;s basketball programs and asked viewers to vote on their all-time starting five for each school&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;m taking the challenge. There&#8217;s two ways you can approach this. You can choose an all-star team of individual impact players which is the way I&#8217;m doing it. The other and very valid method would be an actual team that fits together, that you could put on the floor and mold as a unit, which is the way a coach would do it.<\/p>\n<p>One qualifier: I&#8217;m taking into consideration advances in the game since the 1970s or so. While basketball teamwork might have been more advanced in some enclaves in the 1950s and &#8217;60s, the speed and athleticism and especially ball-handling of today would run those guys off the floor. So, I&#8217;m not including anyone from, say, the early 1950s on this list, sorry. Different game.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2016\/02\/penn_state_basketball_btn_big.html\">Who&#8217;s your all-time PSU hoops starting five? BTN Live will announce fan vote on Wednesday<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Jones&#8217; top five: For the last few weeks,\u00a0the Big Ten Network has presented 12-15 nominees\u00a0for each of the conference&#8217;s basketball programs and asked viewers to vote on their all-time starting five for each school&#8230;. Yes, I&#8217;m taking the challenge. There&#8217;s two ways you can approach this. 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