{"id":79481,"date":"2014-10-03T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=79481"},"modified":"2014-10-03T10:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T14:34:46","slug":"city-of-basketball-love-names-d-j-newbill-its-preseason-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/city-of-basketball-love-names-d-j-newbill-its-preseason-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Basketball Love Names D.J. Newbill its Preseason Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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D.J. Newbill is the CoBL 2014-15 College Preseason Player of the Year. Photo: Maddy Pryor<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Without further ado, this year\u2019s 2014-15 CoBL College Preseason Awards:<\/p>\n

Preseason Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

D.J. Newbill<\/strong>, Sr., Penn State<\/p>\n

You may be asking yourself something along the lines of, \u201cD.J. Newbill? Is Penn State even good? Why would you vote for him when DeAndre Bembry is going to blow up this year?\u201d<\/p>\n

Because\u00a0Newbill, who has seemingly gone under the national radar his entire collegiate career may be ready to produce one of the best individual seasons by a Penn Stater in years.<\/p>\n

Newbill started his career at Southern Miss, where he averaged 9.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game his freshman year before transferring to Happy Valley. He was the first major \u201crecruit\u201d that head coach snagged from the Philadelphia area, following that up Team Philly alumnus Brandon Taylor\u00a0, along\u00a0with Pitt transfer\u00a0John Johnson\u00a0and redshirt sophomore\u00a0Julian Moore. Newbill basically opened up the Philly pipeline.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s improved his game dramatically every year.\u00a0His redshirt year proved to be crucial in his development considering his scoring average nearly doubled to 16.3 ppg as a redshirt sophomore while learning the point guard position on the fly as he carried the majority of the offense with\u00a0Tim Frazier\u00a0sidelined with an Achilles\u2019 injury. Newbill\u00a0upped his scoring average to 17.8 ppg last year while pulling in 4.9 rpg, though saw his assist numbers drop with Frazier back in the fold.<\/p>\n

But Frazier is gone now, which means the offense is going to run through Newbill nearly every offensive possession. Freshman Shep Garner and JuCo transfer Devin Foster are the only point guards on the roster, though both are considered more combo guards than point guards.<\/p>\n

The point is, Newbill will have the ball in his hands a lot, directing the offense and being the leader of this team. He added a consistent 3-point shot last year and improved his on-ball defense. He\u2019s the second-leading returning Big Ten scorer behind Nebraska\u2019s Terran Petteway. His assist numbers are sure to increase this year and his scoring numbers likely will as well being the first option on offense.<\/p>\n

\u2013Austin Lederman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via CoBL\u2019s 2014-15 College Preseason Awards | City of Basketball Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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