http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com a Penn State basketball blog with an APBRmetrics twist Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:43:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Video courtesy of Mark Brennan of Fight on State. http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/06/07/coaches-vs-cancer-video-report/ CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports via kwout http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/06/07/coaches-vs-cancer-raises-more-than-1m/ http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/06/04/psu-version-of-one-shining-moment/ UncleLar Take: Watching certainly brought back some memories. Here's hoping we see many more thrills like this one from Talor. http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/21/battle-and-psu-in-big-ten-network-commercial/ Morehead State Athletics via kwout UncleLar Take: All of a sudden it's in to be a PSU assistant. Two new head coaches in two days with a PSU tour on their resumes. http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/16/slippery-rock-hires-former-psu-assistant-kevin-reynolds/ New Lynchburg College basketball coach a familiar face | Lynchburg News Advance via kwout UncleLar Take: Best wishes to Hilliary and his family. I'm particularly pleased that he will get to share the joy of his new position with old friends and family. Good luck H. http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/16/lynchburg-hires-psu-assistant-hilliary-scott/ Download the BTN Podcast http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/16/btn-studio-crew-previews-08-09-season/ A few weeks ago, Spartans Weblog did a rather complete game by game graphical analysis, including trendlines of all the Big Ten schools efficiency numbers for the past season. I decided to take a look at his Penn State numbers in a little more detail. First some background on the ... http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/09/penn-state-conference-only-efficiency-numbers/ The NCAA has released the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) reports.  Here's how the Big Ten schools stand in basketball. Illinois - 989 Northwestern - 972 Penn State - 964 Michigan State - 963 Iowa - 944 Wisconsin - 938 Michigan - 927 Minnesota - 910 Ohio State - 909 Indiana - 899 Purdue - 894 925 is the cutoff where sanctions ... http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/05/06/big-ten-conference-academic-progress-rate-apr-report/ Basketball recruits ready for transition - The Daily Collegian Online via kwout http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2008/04/29/collegian-basketball-recruits-ready-for-transition/