2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg 250 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 11–20 3–15 Ed DeChellis Kurt Kanaskie Lewis Preston Dan Earl Bryce Jordan Center 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.http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dechellis_ed00.html Ed Dechellis 2009-11-09 Pennsylvania State University October 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006031957/http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dechellis_ed00.html dead 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.https://www.bjc.psu.edu/Arena/default.asp?section=history Bryce Jordan Center 2009-11-09 Pennsylvania State UniversityApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 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. http://stats.pennlive.com/cbk/recap.asp?g=200911300618&home=618&vis=459 Battle lifts Penn State over Virginia 69-66 2009-11-30 2009-12-01 Kurz Jr., Hank Associated Press July 15, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063004/http://stats.pennlive.com/cbk/recap.asp?g=200911300618&home=618&vis=459 dead The Nittany Lions completed the regular season with an 11–19 (3–15) record. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5go3AbGNNj72Obrrj4haPitO9qNagD9E9D9LO0 No. 7 Purdue beats Penn St. for share of Big 10 Armas, Genaro C. Associated Press 2010-03-06 2010-03-07June 2024 medicmedic 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 thumb|180px|Chris Babb Name http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/psu-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2009-10 Nittany Lion Basketball Roster 2009-11-18 gopsusports.com March 27, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100327174150/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/psu-m-baskbl-mtt.html dead # 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 Saša 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 yes |- !colspan=6 style=Penn State Nittany Lions|Exhibition Nov 6 6:00 p.m. yes 2009-10 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN.com 82–51 — |- !colspan=6 style=Penn State Nittany Lions|Non-conference regular season Nov 13 7:30 p.m. yes 2009-10 Penn Quakers University of Pennsylvania Penn Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN.com 70–55 1–0 7,507 Nov 16 7:30 p.m. yes Robert Morris Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN.com 80–61 2–0 6,286 Nov 19 4:00 p.m. yes yes 2009-10 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks University of North Carolina at Wilmington UNC-Wilmington Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic ESPNU 69–80 2–1 535 Nov 20 12:30 p.m. yes yes 2009-10 Tulane Green Wave Tulane University Tulane Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic CSN 60–63 2–2 — Nov 22 10:00 a.m. yes yes 2009-10 Davidson Wildcats Davidson College Davidson Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic 59–57 3–2 — Nov 25 6:00 p.m. yes 2009-10 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 87–75 4–2 5,323 Nov 30 7:00 p.m. yes yes Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ACC - Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 69–66 5–2 8,898 Dec 5 4:00 p.m. yes yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA 42–45 5–3 7,012 Dec 8 6:30 p.m. yes 2009-10 UMBC Retrievers University of Maryland, Baltimore County UMBC Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 58–42 6–3 6,296 Dec 12 7:00 p.m. yes Virginia Tech Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN2 64–66 6–4 11,237 Dec 19 9:00 p.m. yes 2009-10 Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Gardner-Webb University Gardner-Webb Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPNU 104–57 7–4 4,697 Dec 21 5:00 pm yes 2009-10 American Eagles American University American Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN.com 76–57 8–4 7,561 |- !colspan=6 style=Penn State Nittany Lions|Big Ten regular season Dec 29 9:00 p.m. yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 70–75 8–5 (0–1) 14,625 Jan 3 2:00 p.m. Wisconsin 23 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 46–63 8–6 (0–2) 8,114 Jan 7 7:00 p.m. Michigan Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN2 55–64 8–7 (0–3) 5,799 Jan 12 9:00 p.m. yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 53–54 8–8 (0–4) 14,469 Jan 16 1:00 p.m. yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 64–67 8–9 (0–5) 9,651 Jan 21 7:00 p.m. Indiana Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN2 61–67 8–10 (0–6) 8,251 Jan 24 2:30 p.m. yes Wisconsin 18 Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 71–79 OT 8–11 (0–7) 17,230 Jan 27 6:30 p.m. Illinois Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 67–77 8–12 (0–8) 8,085 Jan 31 3:00 p.m. yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 46–66 8–13 (0–9) 14,123 Feb 3 6:30 p.m. yes Ohio State 13 Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 62–75 8–14 (0–10) 14,148 Feb 6 2:00 p.m. Minnesota Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 64–66 8–15 (0–11) 10,291 Feb 13 12:00 p.m. Michigan State 10 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN 54–65 8–16 (0–12) 14,017 Feb 17 8:30 p.m. yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 81–70 9–16 (1–12) 4,175 Feb 20 6:00 p.m. yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 55–51 10–16 (2–12) 13,751 Feb 24 6:30 p.m. Ohio State 9 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 67–75 10–17 (2–13) 8,721 Feb 28 12:00 p.m. Northwestern Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 79–60 11–17 (3–13) 9,352 Mar 4 7:00 p.m. yes Michigan State 11 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN2 65–67 11–18 (3–14) 14,759 Mar 6 2:30 p.m. Purdue 7 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 60–64 11–19 (3–15) 8,865 |- !colspan=6 style=Penn State Nittany Lions|Big Ten tournament Mar 11 7:30 p.m. yes 11 Minnesota 6 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First round BTN 55–76 11–20 — References Penn State Category:Penn State Nittany Lions basketball seasons