2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2009–10 record	11–20 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ed DeChellis
Assistant coach	Kurt Kanaskie
Assistant coach	Lewis Preston
Assistant coach	Dan Earl
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Ohio State†	14	–	4	.778	29	–	8	.784
#10 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
#13 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
#16 Wisconsin	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	21	–	15	.583
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	20	–	14	.588
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355

† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University. Head Coach Ed DeChellis was in his seventh season with the team.^[1] The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center, which has a capacity of 15,000, for the twelfth consecutive season.^[2] This season marked team's the seventeenth consecutive season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions entered the season as the defending NIT champions.

On November 30, 2009, the Nittany Lions became the first Big Ten team to win three straight games in the ACC – Big Ten Challenge when they defeated the Virginia Cavaliers. Penn State defeated Virginia Tech in 2007 and Georgia Tech in 2008.^[3] The Nittany Lions completed the regular season with an 11–19 (3–15) record.^[4]

As the 11 seed they lost in the first round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to 6 seed Minnesota to end their season 11–20

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Year	Alma mater
Head coach	Ed DeChellis	2003	Penn State (1982)
Assistant coach	Kurt Kanaskie	2003	La Salle (1980)
Assistant coach	Lewis Preston	2008	VMI (1993)
Assistant coach	Dan Earl	2005	Penn State (1997)
Director of basketball operations	Jon Perry	2004	ETSU (2002)
Athletic trainer	Jon Salazer	2001	Penn State (1993)
Video coordinator	DJ Black	2008	Penn State (2006)
Strength and conditioning coach	Brad Pantall	2006	Penn State (1996)

Roster

Name ^[5]	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Justin Hamilton	2	Forward	6–5	200	Junior	Pittsburgh, PA
Jermaine Marshall	3	Guard	6–4	190	Freshman	Etters, PA
Chris Babb	10	Guard	6–5	215	Sophomore	Arlington, TX
Bill Edwards	11	Forward	6–6	235	Freshman	Middletown, OH
Talor Battle	12	Guard	6–0	170	Junior	Albany, NY
Joe Silko	13	Guard	5–11	165	Freshman	South Fayette, PA
Adam Highberger	14	Guard	6–2	180	RS Junior	Blairsville, PA
David Jackson	15	Forward	6–7	210	RS Junior	Farrell, PA
Sasa Borovnjak	21	Forward	6–9	235	Freshman	Belgrade, Serbia
Andrew Jones	22	Forward	6–10	245	RS Junior	Philadelphia, PA
Tim Frazier	23	Guard	6–1	160	Freshman	Houston, TX
Cammeron Woodyard	24	Guard	6–5	210	Sophomore	Westminster, MD
Jeff Brooks	25	Forward	6–8	200	Junior	Louisville, KY
Ryan Harro	33	Guard	5–11	165	Freshman	New Fairfield, CT
Billy Oliver	35	Forward	6–8	215	RS Freshman	Chatham, NJ
Steve Kirkpatrick	41	Forward	6–5	225	Junior	Carlisle, PA
Andrew Ott	54	Forward	6–10	240	RS Junior	Abington, PA

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov 6*	Slippery Rock	W 82–51		Bryce Jordan Center (—)
Regular Season
Nov 13*	Penn	W 70–55	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center (7,507)
Nov 16*	Robert Morris	W 80–61	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (6,286)
Nov 19*	vs. UNC-Wilmington (Charleston Classic)	L 69–80	2–1	Carolina First Arena (535)
Nov 20*	vs. Tulane (Charleston Classic)	L 60–63	2–2	Carolina First Arena (—)
Nov 22*	vs. Davidson (Charleston Classic)	W 59–57	3–2	Carolina First Arena (—)
Nov 25*	Sacred Heart	W 87–75	4–2	Bryce Jordan Center (5,323)
Nov 30*	at Virginia (ACC - Big Ten Challenge)	W 69–66	5–2	John Paul Jones Arena (8,898)
Dec 5*	at Temple	L 42–45	5–3	Liacouras Center (7,012)
Dec 8*	UMBC	W 58–42	6–3	Bryce Jordan Center (6,296)
Dec 12*	Virginia Tech	L 64–66	6–4	Bryce Jordan Center (11,237)
Dec 19*	Gardner-Webb	W 104–57	7–4	Bryce Jordan Center (4,697)
Dec 21*	American	W 76–57	8–4	Bryce Jordan Center (7,561)
Dec 29	at Minnesota	L 70–75	8–5 (0–1)	Williams Arena (14,625)
Jan 3	#23 Wisconsin	L 46–63	8–6 (0–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,114)
Jan 7	Michigan	L 55–64	8–7 (0–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (5,799)
Jan 12	at Illinois	L 53–54	8–8 (0–4)	Assembly Hall (14,469)
Jan 16	at Iowa	L 64–67	8–9 (0–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,651)
Jan 21	Indiana	L 61–67	8–10 (0–6)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,251)
Jan 24	at #18 Wisconsin	L 71–79 ^OT	8–11 (0–7)	Kohl Center (17,230)
Jan 27	Illinois	L 67–77	8–12 (0–8)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,085)
Jan 31	at Purdue	L 46–66	8–13 (0–9)	Mackey Arena (14,123)
Feb 3	at #13 Ohio State	L 62–75	8–14 (0–10)	Value City Arena (14,148)
Feb 6	Minnesota	L 64–66	8–15 (0–11)	Bryce Jordan Center (10,291)
Feb 13	#10 Michigan State	L 54–65	8–16 (0–12)	Bryce Jordan Center (14,017)
Feb 17	at Northwestern	W 81–70	9–16 (1–12)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,175)
Feb 20	at Michigan	W 55–51	10–16 (2–12)	Crisler Arena (13,751)
Feb 24	#9 Ohio State	L 67–75	10–17 (2–13)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,721)
Feb 28	Northwestern	W 79–60	11–17 (3–13)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,352)
Mar 4	at #11 Michigan State	L 65–67	11–18 (3–14)	Breslin Center (14,759)
Mar 6	#7 Purdue	L 60–64	11–19 (3–15)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,865)
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 11	vs. Minnesota (First round)	L 55–76	11–20	Conseco Fieldhouse (—)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "Ed Dechellis". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
↑ "Bryce Jordan Center". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
↑ Kurz Jr., Hank (2009-11-30). "Battle lifts Penn State over Virginia 69-66". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
↑ Armas, Genaro C. (2010-03-06). "No. 7 Purdue beats Penn St. for share of Big 10". Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
↑ "2009-10 Nittany Lion Basketball Roster". gopsusports.com. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

Penn State Nittany Lions basketball

Venues	Armory (1896–1929) Rec Hall (1929–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)

Culture & lore	Nittany Nation Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics