{"id":671,"date":"2004-12-03T05:11:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/cdts-rice-bad-memories-nonexistent-for-young-nittany-lions\/"},"modified":"2004-12-03T05:11:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-03T05:11:00","slug":"cdts-rice-bad-memories-nonexistent-for-young-nittany-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdts-rice-bad-memories-nonexistent-for-young-nittany-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"CDT’s Rice: Bad memories nonexistent for young Nittany Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centre Daily Times | Bad memories nonexistent for young Nittany Lions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The worst part of playing for a losing program isn’t enduring the losses. It’s being afraid to win.<\/p>\n

“When one loss becomes 10, and 10 become 20, an unconscious level of despair sets in. Memories of defeat after painful defeat shove aside any confidence or optimism, plaguing the mind and the body. This, as much as any lack of talent, is what cripples losing teams, what allows them to lose games they can and often should win. They don’t know what to do with success if and when it ever comes along.<\/p>\n

“So how, then, did Penn State win at Rutgers on Wednesday night? How did a team with as many painful memories as any enter one of the naton’s toughest hoop houses, spit on the floor, take the game by the throat and hold on until the final buzzer?<\/p>\n

“Simple. These Nittany Lions don’t have those memories ….”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Centre Daily Times | Bad memories nonexistent for young Nittany Lions: “The worst part of playing for a losing program isn’t enduring the losses. It’s being afraid to win. “When one loss becomes 10, and 10 become 20, an unconscious level of despair sets in. Memories of defeat after painful defeat shove aside any confidence … <\/p>\n

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