Give me a siren! According to Rivals Penn State basketball has added another commitment to the class of 2011. Peter Alexis, a 6-11 center out of Holy Redeemer HS in Wilkes-Barre becomes the second player of the 2011 class with Trey Burke a PG out of Ohio. The 2011 class is really important to the development of the program with so many scholarships opening up. DeChellis got a much needed big man for the future today.

If one is supposed to go up delete this, otherwise. Who's in to talk about PSU's first game of the Charelston Classic. According to ED UNCW is the best team they will have faced so far. Sounds like JoePa speak to me. Last couple games Jeff Brooks and a few others have stepped up and played well. Hopefully they continue that success so that Battle doesn't have to do it all. I'd also like to see Jones improve his handling under the basket. Better hands will lead to more points.

Go State Beat the Seahawks!

Talor Battle is going to a training camp to compete for a spot in the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team. 5 other B11 players were invited to this camp and Wisky's Bo Ryan is the head coach. I believe there are 12 spots and 15 players trying out so hopefully Battle gets a chance to show his skills overseas. This is quite the honor for a PSU player and this is indicative of how Big Eddy is increasing the talent level on the bball team.

This will likely not be a very widely reported subject but there are some new developments in PSU basketball's schedule for next year. Firstly, PSU will be playing at Virginia next season on Monday, Novemember 30th in the first game of the Big 10/ACC challenge. It sucks PSU has to go away two years in a row but now PSU is guaranteed a home game in the BT/ACC challenge after next.

The other positive development is that PSU will be one of the 8 teams in the Charlston Classic to be played from Nov 19th to Nov 22nd. 7 of the 8 teams have been confirmed and they are: USF, Miami, South Caronlina, PSU, UNC-Wilmington, Tulane, LaSalle, and one other team from the Southern Conference. This is a step up from the Philly Classic and hopefully PSU will fair better and gain some decent wins in the OOC.

According to Rutgers the series will occur during the 2014-2015 seasons. PSU will travel in 2014 and stay home in 2015. I'm not as big of a fan of this series now that it doesn't coincide with the UVA series. I'm kinda nervous about this series turning into a Syracuse type situation. Hopefully PSU keeps adding quality games because they really should have 2 BCS opponents per OOC at least.