{"id":283607,"date":"2016-05-26T09:40:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=283607"},"modified":"2016-05-26T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T13:40:56","slug":"looking-ahead-is-penn-state-about-to-solve-its-hoops-riddle-mens-college-basketball-blog-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/looking-ahead-is-penn-state-about-to-solve-its-hoops-riddle-mens-college-basketball-blog-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN: Is Penn State about to solve its hoops riddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2012%2F0214%2Frn_i_patchambers_ms_576.jpg&#038;w=570\" width=\"570\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dana O&#8217;Neil at ESPN:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With this year\u2019s incoming class, Patrick Chambers finally might have solved the riddle. The Penn State head coach signed three players from Philadelphia Catholic League traditional power Roman Catholic High School, signings that not only instantly make the Nittany Lions better but as important, give the program a legitimate footprint in Philly and a hope for the future. Because if this quartet, a class currently ranked 25th in the nation, performs well, there&#8217;s no doubt other Philly kids will consider making the quick trip west on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to play basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Now or never might seem a bit dramatic, but really if not now, when will Penn State change the tune on its basketball program?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/collegebasketballnation\/post\/_\/id\/115186\/looking-ahead-is-penn-state-about-to-solve-its-hoops-riddle\">Looking ahead: Is Penn State about to solve its hoops riddle? &#8211; Men&#8217;s College Basketball Blog- ESPN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana O&#8217;Neil at ESPN: With this year\u2019s incoming class, Patrick Chambers finally might have solved the riddle. The Penn State head coach signed three players from Philadelphia Catholic League traditional power Roman Catholic High School, signings that not only instantly make the Nittany Lions better but as important, give the program a legitimate footprint in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/looking-ahead-is-penn-state-about-to-solve-its-hoops-riddle-mens-college-basketball-blog-espn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ESPN: Is Penn State about to solve its hoops riddle?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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: Is Penn State about to solve its hoops riddle? - 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\/looking-ahead-is-penn-state-about-to-solve-its-hoops-riddle-mens-college-basketball-blog-espn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESPN: Is Penn State about to solve its hoops riddle? - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dana O&#8217;Neil at ESPN: With this year\u2019s incoming class, Patrick Chambers finally might have solved the riddle. 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