{"id":379,"date":"2005-04-27T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-27T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/patriot-news-dave-jones-penn-states-image-doesnt-worry-recruit\/"},"modified":"2005-04-27T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-27T06:41:00","slug":"patriot-news-dave-jones-penn-states-image-doesnt-worry-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/patriot-news-dave-jones-penn-states-image-doesnt-worry-recruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot-News’ Dave Jones: Penn State’s image doesn’t worry recruit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penn State’s image doesn’t worry recruit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“For a guy with as theatrical sounding a name as Maxwell Dubois, you would expect a flamboyant presence.<\/p>\n

“But Penn State’s newest recruit of what is now a five-man class presents a facade that’s all business.<\/p>\n

“Here’s a kid from Hollywood, Fla., between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, who has enlisted willingly with the figurative and literal Siberia of college basketball. A place with four straight last-place finishes on its ledger, no sun in its winter sky and no high-rises — aquamarine, coral or otherwise — on its skyline.<\/p>\n

” ‘I’m fine with the weather,’ Dubois said by phone from Florida. ‘I was born in Brooklyn.’<\/p>\n

” Although he was in the Sunshine State by age 5. And the year upon year of losing?<\/p>\n

” ‘I understand that,’ he said. ‘The beginning of something good always starts off bad. It had no effect on me. I’m there to make the team better.’<\/p>\n

“No sizable city within 90 miles?<\/p>\n

” ‘I’m not really going up there for pleasure. I’m going up to get an education and play ball.’<\/p>\n

“From all indications, play ball Dubois will. At 6-3 and a skinny 175 but with superior athleticism and skills, he figures to fit in nicely with Ed DeChellis’ ostensible overhaul of the program from feeble to full-throttle. …”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Penn State’s image doesn’t worry recruit: “For a guy with as theatrical sounding a name as Maxwell Dubois, you would expect a flamboyant presence. “But Penn State’s newest recruit of what is now a five-man class presents a facade that’s all business. “Here’s a kid from Hollywood, Fla., between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, who has … <\/p>\n

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