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Marley Paul in CoBL:<\/p>\n

Before diving into conference play, a young Penn State roster \u2014 expected to play five freshmen \u2014 will face some early adversity as games against at least five teams that finished higher than the Nittany Lions in the RPI rankings last season are already on the confirmed non\u00a0conference slate. Chambers has placed an emphasis on strengthening out-of-conference competition for his team, which finished 124th nationally and fourth-worst in the Big Ten in RPI, with hopes to fare better in late season meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to put them in the fire, early and often, and see how they react,\u201d Chambers said June 3, addressing the media at the 20th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Golf Tournament on campus, \u201cand that\u2019s only going to help us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd there\u2019s going to be good times and there\u2019s going to bad times, that\u2019s part of the process but when we get to January, when we play in that Big Ten I think we\u2019re going to be that much prepared. Is that 10-3, 13-0, 8-5? I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s going to be, but it\u2019s exciting to know that we\u2019re going to face these challenges earlier and maybe get these guys a little bit further along by the time January comes around.”<\/p>\n

Their non-con schedule is highlighted by meetings with three ACC teams (Duke, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech) and a trip to D.C. for reigning NIT champion Georgia Washington (the front end of a reported home and home series.) Penn State will face either Cincinnati or Rhode Island in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The aforementioned teams scheduled for non\u00a0conference play, except for 116th place Rhode Island, all finished in the top 70 in RPI.<\/p>\n

“I did a lot of research in putting this non conference schedule together,\u201d Chambers said, adding that he consulted with two people with heavy influence in the NCAA basketball committee\u2019s postseason selection: ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi and an \u201canalytics guy\u201d from the Big Ten, presumably Kevin Pauga, who created his own algorithm, KPI, which evaluates and weighs each game played with an array of variables.<\/p>\n

“So there\u2019s no stone left unturned in this situation,\u201d Chambers added. \u201cWe really put a lot of thought into this and I just want to give these kids a chance.\u201d…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Marley Paul in CoBL: Before diving into conference play, a young Penn State roster \u2014 expected to play five freshmen \u2014 will face some early adversity as games against at least five teams that finished higher than the Nittany Lions in the RPI rankings last season are already on the confirmed non\u00a0conference slate. Chambers has … <\/p>\n

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