{"id":292,"date":"2005-11-13T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-13T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/centre-daily-times-nittany-lions-still-a-work-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2005-11-13T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-13T08:22:00","slug":"centre-daily-times-nittany-lions-still-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/centre-daily-times-nittany-lions-still-a-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre Daily Times: Nittany Lions still a work in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/sports\/13154353.htm\">Centre Daily Times | 11\/13\/2005 | Nittany Lions still a work in progress<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UNIVERSITY PARK &#8212; The season opener is 12 days away, the exhibition with Edinboro three. Ed DeChellis is in the Penn State men&#8217;s basketball office at 8 a.m. Another full day &#8212; another full week &#8212; in the Bryce Jordan Center awaits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his third season as head coach of the Nittany Lions, DeChellis faces many of the obstacles that came to define his first two seasons, which yielded just 16 combined wins. His team is young again, with just two returnees who are upperclassmen. It has already been undercut by a serious injury &#8212; sophomore shooting guard Danny Morrissey, a projected starter, is out for the season after dislocating a tendon in his left knee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no quick fixes for the turnaround DeChellis, his staff, his team and its fans are hoping for, only hard work, commitment and, they hope, a bit of luck along the way. There is only one way to tackle the task &#8212; a day at a time. The following is a closer look at one of these days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;8:30 a.m. &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre Daily Times | 11\/13\/2005 | Nittany Lions still a work in progress: &#8220;UNIVERSITY PARK &#8212; The season opener is 12 days away, the exhibition with Edinboro three. 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