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. 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. 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. The Nittany Lions completed the regular season with an 11–19 (3–15) record.

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 # 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

!colspan=6 style=|Exhibition

!colspan=6 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=6 style=|Big Ten regular season

!colspan=6 style=|Big Ten tournament

References