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Updated June 18, 2009 9:30 PM
Talor Battle will be spending part of his summer representing the United States on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean as the point guard was named Thursday to the 2009 USA basketball World University Games team. Updated 9:30 PM
Updated May 23, 2009 10:57 AM
Penn State point guard Talor Battle is one of 15 collegiate players who have accepted invitations to the USA Basketball World University Games Team Trials, the Penn State Athletic Department announced Wednesday. Updated 10:57 AM
Updated April 17, 2009 4:59 AM
Jamelle Cornley just finished a four-year college basketball career that culminated with a 38-game season.
Updated April 17, 2009 4:00 AM
Jamelle Cornley walked into an all-star event in Columbus, Ohio, last weekend, and immediately received a standing ovation.
Jamelle Cornley will never forget what he said to Talor Battle moments after capturing the National Invitation Tournament title.
Updated April 7, 2009 4:00 AM
Elite-level recruits, a growing fanbase and wins are a must when building a program.
Updated April 6, 2009 4:52 AM
NEW YORK -- The floor shook and laptops and chairs on press row rattled.
NEW YORK -- Jamelle Cornley threw his arm around Talor Battle, both smiling to zoomed-in cameras seconds after winning the National Invitation Tournament.
Updated April 3, 2009 4:59 AM
ALL WRAPPED UP
NEW YORK -- The Madison Square Garden baseline reads "College basketball's beginning..." Fitting words for a group that just finished ushering in a new era of Penn State basketball.
NEW YORK -- Jamelle Cornley had just learned his career-long goal of making the NCAA tournament wasn't met before calling his father, Hank, for advice.
NEW YORK -- A hush fell over Madison Square Garden before being interrupted by thousands of white-clad Penn State fans who joined together in echoing chants of "Morriss-ey, Morriss-ey," throughout the historic arena.
NEW YORK -- Penn State's biggest victory may have come off the court Thursday night, as Taran Buie verbally committed to play for the Nittany Lions following their National Invitation Tournament win over Baylor.
Updated April 2, 2009 11:20 PM
NEW YORK - Penn State's biggest victory may have come off the court Thursday night, as Taran Buie verbally committed to play for the Nittany Lions following their National Invitation Tournament win over Baylor. Updated 11:20 PM
The Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Baylor Bears, 69-63, at Madison Square Garden Thursday night to win their first NIT championship. Updated 9:29 PM
NEW YORK -- His brother Bryce will always be remembered for his NCAA Tournament heroics, but Scott Drew has quickly made a name for himself as the savior of Baylor basketball over the last six years.
NEW YORK -- Andrew Jones' modest talk doesn't suffice his torrid National Invitation Tournament run.
NEW YORK -- Eight long months have passed since Penn State first assembled to prepare for a preseason exhibition trip to Canada.
The Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Baylor Bears, 69-63, at Madison Square Garden Thursday night to win their first NIT championship.
Updated April 1, 2009 4:59 AM
Garden Party
NEW YORK -- With the bright lights beaming on the Madison Square Garden hardwood, Penn State showed it is ready for the big time.
NEW YORK -- Nearly two hours before the opening tip between Penn State and Notre Dame, members of Nittany Nation filed into baseline seats and quickly chose sides in the night's NIT semifinal opener between Baylor and San Diego State.
NEW YORK -- Perhaps Joe Paterno knew something nobody else did as he entered Madison Square Garden Tuesday night.
NEW YORK -- With the bright lights beaming on the Madison Square Garden hardwood, Penn State showed it is ready for the big time.
NEW YORK -- Exiting the media room following the Baylor-San Diego State tilt to open the NIT semifinals doubleheader, the cheers from the arena above made the tunnel feel more like a corridor in the Bryce Jordan Center.
Updated March 31, 2009 11:57 PM
Andrew Jones scored 16 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and contained Notre Dame's star forward Luke Harangody for much of the night, leading the Penn State men's basketball team to a 67-59 win over Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night in the semifinals of the National Invitational Tournament. Updated 11:57 PM
NEW YORK -- When Jamelle Cornley looks across the Madison Square Garden floor at 9 tonight, he'll be staring at a taller, burlier version of himself for what is likely the first time in his four-year career.
Updated March 30, 2009 4:52 AM
Talor Battle was sitting in his RPTM 300Y class last Friday when the professor assigned a group project on Ground Zero in New York.
Updated March 28, 2009 1:57 PM
T.J. Macy planned on going with a splitter to get the strikeout. Updated 1:57 PM
The wrap job may have looked a little messy -- a criss-cross of two different colored bandages bunched together-- but the massive bandage protecting Jamelle Cornley's partially dislocated left shoulder Tuesday night hardly hampered him. Updated 1:56 PM
Updated March 27, 2009 7:04 PM
After Selection Sunday, Ed DeChellis presented a clear message to his team. Updated 7:04 PM
There's something to be said for a guy who shows up to play with half his arm in a bandage.
Nuts, crazy and delirious stick out. Before the Florida game, coach Ed DeChellis said one wrong jerk or whack and a 119-game career was over.
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