District and PIAA classification: 6-AAAA
Head coach: Drew Frank (18th season)
2012-13 record: 15-8 overall, 10-4 in Commonwealth, won District 6 championship and reached PIAA first round
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Key players
Michael Beattie, 6-2 sr G
Bryce Williams, 6-3 sr F
Lucas Cooper, 6-2 sr G/F
Patrick Irwin, 6-4 sr F
Michael Hall, 5-11 sr G/F
Back-door cuts: Sledding is always tough in the Commonwealth, but it will be even tougher for State College in its second season as a Mid-Penn member. Graduating seven seniors, including Big 15 first-teamers Bryan Sekunda and Kyle Kanaskie, does that. But Frank knows what he's doing (even though he claims his 18-year record at State is 0-0), and Beattie showed some flash last year. Plus some new talent always pops up in Centre County. It's a quality program for a reason.
Projected order of finish in Commonwealth: 6th of 8
First game (& first home game): Friday night, 7:30, vs. Norristown in own tip-off tourney
Song playing on Pandora when preview posted (completely meaningless stat!): "Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)" by Groove Armada
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