Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8:52 PM | 12 comments |
 

Brandon Austin commits to Penn State
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Imhotep Charter point guard Brandon Austin gave an oral commitment to play basketball at Penn State Thursday night.

The 6-foot-6 junior chose the Nittany Lions over scholarship offers from Temple, Syracuse, Georgetown, Villanova, Miami, Tennessee and Rutgers. Austin averages 13 points and 7.5 assists for the Panthers.
Posted by Keith Pompey @ 8:52 PM  Permalink | 12 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:52 PM, 02/09/2012
    Enjoy losing.
    — Period
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:17 AM, 02/10/2012
    I can see a football recruit choosing PSU over some of those other schools but PSU instead of Temple, Syracuse, Georgetown and Villanova for basketball!
    — jd587
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:09 AM, 02/10/2012
    He gets to play right away, it's as simple as that.
    — Clifton
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:40 AM, 02/10/2012
    Pat Chambers has better gfacilities than most programs, has a top ranked university with post graduate networking unlike 99% of schools.

    Smart kid. Remember what U COnn was before Jim Calhoun and Mr Clifford Robinson. It was PSU pre-Chambers.

    Attitude!!!

    Can't wait to see you Brandon.
    — UR2stupid
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:43 AM, 02/10/2012
    Still has time to change his mind...6-6 PG creates alot of mismatches...would have been a nice edition
    — wjmtemple
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:52 PM, 02/10/2012
    But, he likes to watch basketball on TV in March.
    — xxx
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:54 PM, 02/10/2012
    PSU has no college basketball history. Have fun losing.
    — Temple U Owls
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:19 PM, 02/10/2012
    It's a triple play. He'll be playing, losing, and freezing at the same time.
    — damnels
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:54 AM, 02/11/2012
    I am glad for Penn State to have at least gotten a recruit, even if it is for basketball. The word is out, that many of their football recruits have not just second thoughts about going to state, third and fourth takes on the situation in unhappy valley. It is a darn shame how just a few people could cause such pain to a great university and a formerly great football program. I wish the Sanducky trial were done and over with unfortunately, this will drag on and reach all the way to Harrisburg and ruin many a political creer on the way, beside setting back the "Lions for several seasons.
    — boggie
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:22 PM, 02/12/2012
    would you ever think that a potentially good bb player would choose PS over TU? If he's a player he goes to TU.
    — rich62
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:39 PM, 02/19/2012
    PSU has a tough battle when it comes to recruiting against the other teams listed. Good get for Chambers, who is a very good coach. Temple already has a PG for next season and he would have to wait to play at the other schools too.
    — Macon Noise


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About Keith Pompey
Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010. His other duties include small-college football and college recruiting. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after intially focusing on high school sports. He is also the Pennsylvania representative on the McDonald's All-American High School boys' basketball contact committee.

Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock.

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