tendinitis in his left knee and the Wildcats will not rush him back

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- When Patrick Chambers looks down at his lineup sheet, he sees more potential and more options than in his five previous seasons at Penn State.Hes spent the last few weeks trying to figure out where they fit and acknowledges that may take a while. But thats a good thing considering they come from the programs two best recruiting classes and a group of solid veterans fresh off their best Big Ten season under Chambers. But that was still just 7-11 and Chambers knows itll take more than a one-man, sometimes two-man offensive show to do any better.By mixing up his lineups early in the season, Chambers hopes to take some of the pressure off of leading returning scorer Shep Garner. Distributing minutes will also be a focus as Chambers is implementing a new gameplan based on speed and maximizing possessions. Penn State was last in the Big Ten with 65.8 points per game last season.We want to score 80 (per game), Chambers said. Were going to press a little bit more. Were going to push it, make or miss, as often as we can. We need 8 to 10 more steals. Weve got to reduce fouls. So everybody understands and has a clear goal of who were going to be, what our identity is.A lot of that identity will be drawn from Garner.The soft-spoken junior is the teams leading returning scorer (14.8) and spent time organizing pickup games with his teammates, trying to be more vocal in the wake of do-it-all forward Brandon Taylors departure. Garner is looking forward to playing in a system where the focus will be on opening him up for more shots. He led Penn State with 75 3-pointers on 205 attempts.I think playing faster, it gets us used to taking what they give us, Garner said. It isnt going to be a bunch of pass the ball around. The quicker we can get down the basketball court and score, the better.OPTIONS FOR SHEP: Freshman Tony Carr is expected to help out at point guard as are Terrence Samuel and Josh Reaves. Its part of Chambers plan to free Garner up to play without the ball and set up his own shot. Chambers believes Garner can use his athleticism to get open the old fashioned way rather than relying on dribble hand-offs and screens to do so.Samuel is an intriguing option. He won a national championship as a freshman at UConn before transferring to Penn State and sitting out last season per NCAA rules.Terrence can bring a toughness that we sorely need. Hes been there. Hes done it, Chambers said.A look at some other storylines heading into the season:PHILLY GUYS: Garner is a Roman Catholic High School graduate and will be joined by three others this season. Carr was the top-rated recruit in the state and will play this season along with two more from the Philadelphia school. Penn States first Top 30 recruiting class also includes guard Nazeer Bostick and forward Lamar Stevens and Joe Hampton, the No. 3 overall recruit from Virginia.MORE FROM MOORE: Penn State will need a big improvement on the glass from its biggest player. Forward Julian Moore was fifth on the team with 102 rebounds last season but will have more chances with Taylor and Jordan Dickerson gone. Chambers said previously the 6-foot-10 junior was caught up with trying to score and has renewed his focus on defense.REAVES BIGGER: After a freshman season that started with back-to-back steals turned into dunks, finished with bumps and bruises with a long battle against mononucleosis sandwiched in between, Reaves experienced plenty of growing pains last year. Named the teams preseason MVP, Reaves spent the offseason growing. He added 20 pounds to better handle the rigors of Big Ten play. His absence was felt when he missed six games with mono. The team went 1-5 without the stingy defender. 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He glanced at the scoreboard for an update, and when there was nothing on the screen for UCLA-Kentucky, he simply thought it was something else.Think again.The national champion Wildcats are set to become the No. 1 Wildcats.Josh Hart had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double and led No. 2 Villanova to an 88-57 victory over Saint Josephs on Saturday.Top-ranked Kentuckys 97-92 loss to No. 11 UCLA on Saturday means the defending national champion Wildcats should slide into the top spot in the next AP Top 25 poll.Villanova hit No. 1 for the first time in program history for three weeks last season.Its something to deal with, Wright said. Last year, we really didnt know what to do about it.Well, winning the programs second national title was a pretty good solution.Villanova (8-0) is again on the short list of teams that should contend for a national championship. No team has gone back-to-back since Florida in 2006 and 2007.Anchored by seniors Hart and Kris Jenkins, Wright built this program to last deep into the NCAA Tournament. Hart, the preseason Big East player of the year, continued to shine as one of the best players in the nation. Hart hit three 3s and made 6 of 10 shots from the field overall en route to what was believed to be Villanovas first triple-double since Harold Pressley in 1986.Hes so complete in every way, Wright said. Hes the best competitor out there. Hes on the team with Kris and hes one of the best shooters. Hes a great decision maker. And, hes our best defensive player.Hart could soon be the best player on the best team in the country.We were No. 1 last year, so we know thats a possibility, Hart said. But I dont think theres a crazy difference between 1, 2, 3, 4, 25, this early in the year.ddddddddddddJenkins made four 3s and scored 20 points for the Wildcats. Villanova made 16 of 34 3-point attempts; 8 of 17 in each half.Villanova closed the first half on a 20-4 run and won its 16th straight Big 5 game against Philly-based teams La Salle, Penn, Drexel, Temple and the Hawks.Lamarr Kimble led the Hawks (3-4) with 15 points and Markell Lodge had 10 rebounds.The plan was to have them go over the top of us not through us, Hawks coach Phil Martelli said.BIG PICTURESAINT JOSEPHS: The Hawks have followed a 3-0 start with a four-game losing streak. They lost only eight games last season. The Hawks havent beat Villanova since Dec. 17, 2011, and they fell to 3-10 against AP Top 25 teams over the last three seasons.VILLANOVA: The Wildcats played without guard Phil Booth for the fifth straight game. Booth has tendinitis in his left knee and the Wildcats will not rush him back. Booth watched the Wildcats win their 42nd straight game at the Pavilion. The Wildcats sold out their 172nd straight game at their on-campus arena.POLL IMPLICATIONSVillanova, which had 20 first-place votes last week, will be No. 1 on Monday.BIG 5Martelli said Villanovas city dominance hasnt soured enthusiasm for the Big 5. But the 2004 AP coach of the year would like to see some changes to the round-robin format.Why dont we block out 2 1/2 weeks, he said. If we block this out, after those exempt tournaments, lets take those two weeks and call it `Philadelphia Basketball and get everyone of us to commit to playing games on different nights. We have to fight this. This is a treasure weve all been given to care take.UP NEXTSaint Josephs plays Dec. 11 at Drexel to cap a stretch of three straight Big 5 games.The Wildcats play Tuesday against La Salle at the Palestra.-----More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '