Ben Jones
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Penn State Hires Mike Rhoades as Men’s Basketball Coach
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Penn State men’s basketball has hired Mike Rhoades as its next head coach a week following the departure of Micah Shrewsberry to Notre Dame, the program announced on Wednesday. Rhoades had been in Penn State’s crosshairs for the majority of the week-long search process. The Penn State Board of Trustees Subcommittee on Compensation met on…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Transfer Exodus Continues as Jameel Brown Enters Transfer Portal
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Penn State basketball guard Jameel Brown has entered the transfer portal according to a report Brown later confirmed. He is the latest Nittany Lion to enter the portal following the departure of head coach Micah Shrewsberry to Notre Dame. Brown was a key piece to Shrewsberry’s 2022 recruiting class, opting to follow Shrewsberry to Penn State from…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey: Nittany Lions Fall 2-1 in Overtime to Michigan in Second Round of NCAA Tournament
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The cruelty of hockey is that goals are instantaneous. There is no opportunity to digest what is happening, most everything in sports develops and unfolds. You can watch a running back sprint down the field and score a touchdown. Even shots in basketball take a second or two. But a goal, an overtime goal? You…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey Routs Michigan Tech 8-0 to Advance in NCAA Tournament
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Three years ago, gathered in a team meeting room trying to digest the news, Penn State men’s hockey knew what it had lost. For a team with unquestionable potential, the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament due to the opening days of the COVID-19 pandemic also meant the end to the Nittany Lions’ very real national…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Carey Booth Requests Release from National Letter of Intent
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Penn State men’s basketball is already feeling the impacts of Micah Shrewsberry’s departure as Top 100 forward Carey Booth has requested to be released from his National Letter of Intent. Booth was the headline signing of Penn State’s 2023 recruiting class. Booth committed to Penn State back in August, choosing the Nittany Lions over Ohio State, Texas, Stanford…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: 6 Candidates to Replace Micah Shrewsberry
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The pressure is on for Penn State Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Pat Kraft to hire a replacement for now Notre Dame bound head coach Micah Shrewsberry. The problem of course is that good coaches, that are available to hire, don’t just grow on trees. While Shrewsberry was hired during a fairly robust crop of…
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Reports: Micah Shrewberry Leaving Penn State for Notre Dame Job
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Notre Dame is finalizing terms with Penn State men’s basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry to become the program’s next head coach, according to multiple national media reports. Shrewsberry will be announced as Notre Dame’s next head coach on Friday according to CBS Sports. Penn State confirmed Shrewsberry’s departure later on Wednesday night: “This afternoon, Penn…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Seth Lundy Declares for NBA Draft
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Penn State senior Seth Lundy will not exercise his extra year of eligibility and will enter the NBA Draft, he announced on Wednesday afternoon. Lundy did not indicate if he had hired an agent which would make him ineligible to return. Declaring for the draft does not make a player ineligible to return if a…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Four Roster Questions Heading Into Offseason
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After a historic 2022-23 campaign Penn State men’s basketball will head towards an offseason of change no matter how the status of head coach Micah Shrewsberry shakes out. The questions will quite obviously change if Shrewsberry opts to take over a different program, but even if Shrewsberry stays at Penn State the Nittany Lions will…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey to Face Michigan Tech in Opening Round of NCAA Tournament This Weekend in Allentown
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Penn State men’s hockey has officially made the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history and the first time since 2018. The Nittany Lions will face Michigan Tech at 5 p.m. on Friday at the PPL Center in Allentown, with the airing on ESPNU. While Penn State’s participation in the NCAA Tournament was…