{"id":950,"date":"2009-11-30T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2009-11-30T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T16:10:09","slug":"cdt-lions-gear-for-acc-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdt-lions-gear-for-acc-foe\/","title":{"rendered":"CDT: Lions gear for ACC foe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Rice<\/p>\n<p>If early-season rankings and big-game performances are any indication, this could be the first year the Big Ten wins the 11-year-old ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which begins at 7 p.m. tonight when Penn State (4-2) visits Virginia (4-2) at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.<\/p>\n<p>But the Nittany Lions, who have won their last two games in the Challenge, are playing for more than their conference tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to go beat somebody,\u201d Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to play well, we\u2019ll be on national TV (ESPN2) \u2026 this game\u2019s big for a lot of reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn State missed its first chance to generate buzz outside of the Bryce Jordan Center, losing two of three games in the Charleston Classic. The Cavaliers, who lost by five to Stanford and by 17 to South Florida, are unlikely to finish near the top of the ACC this season but will present the toughest test to date for the Nittany Lions&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Read it all:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/sports\/colleges\/penn_state\/story\/1650493.html\">Lions gear for ACC foe | Penn State News | Penn State Sports &#8211; Centre Daily Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Rice If early-season rankings and big-game performances are any indication, this could be the first year the Big Ten wins the 11-year-old ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which begins at 7 p.m. tonight when Penn State (4-2) visits Virginia (4-2) at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. 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