Talor Battle News

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 11, 2009 - Penn State landed one of the most highly sought after recruits in Nittany Lion basketball program history Wednesday when 6-2 guard Taran Buie signed his national letter of intent to play for the Lions on the first day of the early signing period.

Balance is so important in many aspects of life. In team sports, it is all-encompassing. The men's basketball team at Penn State had a unique mix last year that dragged it from chronic obscurity into the first division of the league for the first time in 13 years.

Talor Battle paced the Penn State men's basketball team to a 82-51 win over Slippery Rock Friday night.

Talor Battle had 16 points and 10 rebounds Friday night, leading Penn State to an 82-51 exhibition victory over Division II Slippery Rock.

When Bruce Weber sees anything about Big Ten Conference men's basketball in the national media these days, he's pleasantly surprised.

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas goes for a lay up at the Illinois home game at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, March 1, 2009.

That might be the best way to describe the state of the University of Wisconsin men's and women's basketball programs, at least relative to their Big Ten Conference counterparts.

Penn State's Talor Battle and Siena's Edwin Ubiles are among the finalists on the Naismith Award Preseason Watch List.

Penn State junior guard Talor Battle, coming off one of the best statistical seasons in team history, was named to the all-Big Ten Conference preseason team during the league's annual media day Thursday in Chicago.

Posted on Oct 29, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Michigan State's men's basketball team was selected as the preseason favorite to repeat as Big Ten champions by a 24-member media panel.

Ed DeChellis insists last year's weak nonconference schedule was never in the plan.

Celebrating the "Safest Night on Campus" was a combined university and community-wide effort on the HUB lawn Thursday night when the University Park Undergraduate Association held its first ever "Campus Night Out" event.

Alfonso "Trey" Burke III, a 5-11, 155-pound junior point man from Columbus Northland High, has decided he'll attend Penn State.

Penn State's basketball team had one of those years it seems to have every so often in 2008-09, making the NIT and then going ahead and winning the thing.

Sophomore guard Chris Babb practiced Monday after missing Sunday's practice with flu-like symptoms, head coach Ed DeChellis said.

Andrew Jones channeled his inner Dwight Howard, coming out for the second round of a dunk contest in costume.

If you looked at the 2008-09 Big Ten standings, Penn State was no worse than the sixth-best team in the league.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Ed DeChellis brought in four scholarship freshmen who cover every position on the floor.

So 40 days until the Lions head back onto the court and look to improve on 27-11 record and a NIT Championship.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Oct. 13, 2009 - Fresh off a school-record 27 wins and 2009 NIT Championship, the Nittany Lion basketball team will ring in new season with a Blue White Hoops Fest this Saturday prior to the football team's kickoff with Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. in Beaver Stadium.