{"id":54361,"date":"2014-07-17T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=54361"},"modified":"2014-07-17T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T16:16:50","slug":"deividas-zemgulis-a-steal-for-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/deividas-zemgulis-a-steal-for-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Deividas Zemgulis a \u201csteal\u201d for Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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City of Basketball Love:<\/p>\n

Nittany Lions head coach Pat Chambers had made the trip down to Gallaudet University to watch [Deividas “Davis” Zemgulis,] the 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing, who had 17 points in the losing effort.<\/p>\n

He was impressed with Zemgulis\u2019 performance enough to extend a scholarship offer, and quickly a relationship formed between Chambers, Somerville and Zemgulis.<\/p>\n

It was the only offer that Zemgulis would need.<\/p>\n

Though the original plan was to play through the whole July live period and see who else offered, by May 12, he\u2019d come to the conclusion that Chambers and PSU offered everything he wanted. Somerville didn\u2019t need to be convinced any further.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more Davis thought about it,\u201d he said, \u201cthe more he said \u2018what am I waiting for, they have everything I want?\u2019 And I said \u2018that\u2019s my opinion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That Penn State had only made the NCAA Tournament once in the past 13 years didn\u2019t bother him in the slightest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked the facility, the coaching staff is awesome, I could hang out with the players, I loved the campus,\u201d Zemgulis said. \u201cI want to help the team win, because I like being the underdog and just playing hard, playing tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a late-night consolation-bracket game at the Showdown, Zemgulis scored 13 points in a loss, with Chambers and assistant Brian Daly watching from the baseline. Though his shot wasn\u2019t falling as consistently as it usually does\u2013Somerville said he\u2019s seen Zemgulis hit 40 straight in a workout\u2013it was easy to see why the former Villanova assistant and Boston University head coach was so intrigued.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got a wingspan that\u2019s easily 6-9 or 6-10, with the ability to put the ball on the floor though he said that\u2019s the part of his game he needs to work on the most. Zemgulis can pull up from the mid-range with a quick release but also works well off screens and drifts to open spots on the perimeter while his guards drive-and-kick.<\/p>\n

Most impressively, though, is what he does on the other end. Far from a typical European shooter, Zemgulis is a very good athlete (and good student, with a 3.9 GPA) who will come off the weak side to block shots, rebounds well and doesn\u2019t mind mixing it up in the paint.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, Penn State got a steal,\u201d Somerville said. \u201cAnd I mean, that is no disrespect whatsoever to Penn State\u2026but in terms of the top 25 rankings, there\u2019s no doubt in my mind that he could have gone to a school in the top 15 or so. But he\u2019s at the absolute right place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Deividas Zemgulis a \u201csteal\u201d for Penn State | City of Basketball Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: Josh Verlin for City of Basketball Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of Basketball Love: Nittany Lions head coach Pat Chambers had made the trip down to Gallaudet University to watch [Deividas “Davis” Zemgulis,] the 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing, who had 17 points in the losing effort. He was impressed with Zemgulis\u2019 performance enough to extend a scholarship offer, and quickly a relationship formed between Chambers, Somerville … <\/p>\n

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