2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2011–12 record	12–20 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pat Chambers
Assistant coach	Eugene Burroughs
Assistant coach	Brian Daly
Assistant coach	Keith Urgo
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#7 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	31	–	8	.795
#5 Michigan State †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
#13 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
#14 Wisconsin	12	–	6	.667	26	–	10	.722
#16 Indiana	11	–	7	.611	27	–	9	.750
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
Northwestern	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Iowa	8	–	10	.444	18	–	17	.514
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	23	–	15	.605
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	17	–	15	.531
Nebraska	4	–	14	.222	12	–	18	.400
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375

† 2012 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University. Head coach Pat Chambers is in his first season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania, US at the Bryce Jordan Center (which has a capacity of 15,000) for the thirteenth consecutive season. They finished with a record of 12–20 overall, 4–14 in Big Ten play for a tied for a last place finish with Nebraska. They lost in the lost in the first round of the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament by Indiana.

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Year	Alma mater
Head coach	Patrick Chambers	2011	Philadelphia (1994)
Assistant coach	Eugene Burroughs	2011	Richmond (1994)
Assistant coach	Brian Daly	2011	Saint Joseph's (1992)
Assistant coach	Keith Urgo	2011	Fairfield (2002)
Director of operations	Ross Condon	2011	Villanova (2007)
Video coordinator	Adam Fisher	2011	Penn State (2006)
Strength and conditioning coach	Brad Pantall	2006	Penn State (1996)
Athletic trainer	Jon Salazer	2001	Penn State (1993)

Roster

Name	No.	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
D. J. Newbill	2	Guard	6–4	210	Sophomore	Philadelphia, PA
Trey Lewis	3	Guard	6–1	180	Freshman	Garfield Heights, OH
Matt Glover	5	Guard	6–4	210	Sophomore	Orange, CA
Jermaine Marshall	11	Guard	6–4	200	RS sophomore	Etters, PA
Kevin Montminy	14	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Centre Hall, PA
Nick Colella	20	Guard	6–3	195	Junior	New Castle, PA
Sasa Borovnjak	21	Forward	6–9	235	RS sophomore	Belgrade, Serbia
Tim Frazier	23	Guard	6–1	170	Junior	Houston, TX
Cammeron Woodyard	24	Guard	6–5	210	Senior	Westminster, MD
Jonathan Graham	25	Forward	6–8	240	Freshman	Baltimore, MD
Patrick Ackerman	32	Forward	6–11	230	Freshman	Rutland, MA
Alan Wisniewski	34	Forward	6–9	230	Sophomore	Sterling Heights, MI
Billy Oliver	35	Forward	6–8	230	RS junior	Chatham, NJ
Ross Travis	43	Forward	6–6	220	Freshman	Chaska, MN
Peter Alexis	52	Forward	6–10	255	Freshman	Wilkes-Barre, PA

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov 5*	Slippery Rock	W 64–47	—	Bryce Jordan Center (7,746)
Regular season
Nov 12*	Hartford	W 70–55	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center (4,152)
Nov 14*	Radford (Hall of Fame Tip Off)	W 62–46	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (4,916)
Nov 16*	Long Island (Hall of Fame Tip Off)	W 77–68	3–0	Bryce Jordan Center (5,258)
Nov 19*	vs. #2 Kentucky (Hall of Fame Tip Off semifinal)	L 47–85	3–1	Mohegan Sun Arena (2,500)
Nov 20*	vs. South Florida (Hall of Fame Tip Off 3rd place game)	W 53–49	4–1	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,755)
Nov 23*	Youngstown State	W 82–71	5–1	Bryce Jordan Center (4,461)
Nov 26*	at Saint Joseph's	L 47–65	5–2	Hagan Arena (4,200)
Nov 30*	at Boston College (ACC – Big Ten Challenge)	W 62–54	6–2	Conte Forum (4,326)
Dec 4*	Ole Miss	L 70–72	6–3	Bryce Jordan Center (6,001)
Dec 7*	Lafayette	L 57–61	6–4	Bryce Jordan Center (5,462)
Dec 10*	at Duquesne	L 59–66	6–5	CONSOL Energy Center (7,046)
Dec 18*	Mount St. Mary's	W 72–43	7–5	Bryce Jordan Center (7,202)
Dec 21*	Cornell	W 74–67	8–5	Bryce Jordan Center (4,414)
Dec 29	at #18 Michigan	L 53–71	8–6 (0–1)	Crisler Arena (12,751)
Jan 1	at Northwestern	L 56–68	8–7 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,389)
Jan 5	Purdue	W 65–45	9–7 (1–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (5,081)
Jan 8	#12 Indiana	L 82–88	9–8 (1–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,200)
Jan 11	at Nebraska	L 58–70	9–9 (1–4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,791)
Jan 15	Minnesota	L 66–80	9–10 (1–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,065)
Jan 19	#22 Illinois	W 54–52	10–10 (2–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,945)
Jan 22	at #11 Indiana	L 54–73	10–11 (2–6)	Assembly Hall (17,248)
Jan 25	at #4 Ohio State	L 54–78	10–12 (2–7)	Value City Arena (16,907)
Jan 31	#19 Wisconsin	L 46–52	10–13 (2–8)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,752)
Feb 4	at Iowa	L 64–77	10–14 (2–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,510)
Feb 8	at #11 Michigan State	L 57–77	10–15 (2–10)	Breslin Center (14,797)
Feb 11	Nebraska	W 67–51	11–15 (3–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (13,103)
Feb 16	Iowa	W 69–64	12–15 (4–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,794)
Feb 19	at #15 Wisconsin	L 55–65	12–16 (4–11)	Kohl Center (17,230)
Feb 25	Northwestern	L 66–67	12–17 (4–12)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,513)
Feb 29	at Purdue	L 56–80	12–18 (4–13)	Mackey Arena (14,565)
Mar 4	#13 Michigan	L 65–71	12–19 (4–14)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,564)
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 8	vs. #15 Indiana (First round)	L 58–75	12–20	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (17,936)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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