Penn State men’s basketball coach Patrick Chambers is denying any connection between his Nittany Lion program and an NBA agent associated with a federal investigation.
The linking to Penn State arose after former Nittany Lion D.J. Newbill’s name appeared in a Yahoo Sports report, among many college basketball players past and present, about Andy Miller and his ASM Sports agency.
Newbill’s name was on a balance sheet under “Loan to Players” with the note “as of December 31, 2015” for a loan of $2,000. An additional document had the same amount for Newbill with the notation, “paying back July 2017.