The 2015–16 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Pat Chambers coached his fifth season with the team. They played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center, with two games at Rec Hall, and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost to Ohio State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2014–15 season with an overall record of 18–16, with a record of 4–14 in the Big Ten regular season to finish in 13th place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Purdue.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes John Johnson 1 G 6'1" 175 RS Junior Pittsburgh, PA Suspended D. J. Newbill 2 G 6'4" 205 RS Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Geno Thorpe 13 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Pittsburgh, PA Transferred to South Florida Kevin Montminy 14 G 6'3" 185 Senior Centre Hall, PA Graduated Alan Wisniewski 34 F 6'9" 230 Senior Sterling Heights, MI Graduated Ross Travis 43 F 6'6" 225 Senior Chaska, MN Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Terrence Samuel 13 G 6'4" 202 Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Connecticut Under NCAA transfer rules, Samuel will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Samuel will have three years of remaining eligibility entering the 2016–17 season.
Incoming recruits
2016 Recruiting Class
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach Patrick Chambers 2011 Philadelphia University (1994) Associate head coach Keith Urgo 2011 Fairfield University (2002) Assistant coach Dwayne Anderson 2013 Villanova University (2009) Assistant coach Ross Condon 2011 Villanova University (2007) Director of Basketball Operations David Caporaletti 2011 Philadelphia University (1993) On campus recruiting coordinator Nicholas Colella 2015 Penn State (2013) Athletic trainer Jon Salazer 2001 Penn State (1993) Director of player development Ryan Devlin 2013 Philadelphia University (2005) Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Spayd 2013 Juniata College (2010) Graduate Manager Evann Baker 2015 Quinnipiac University (2011) Graduate Manager Kevin Hacke 2015 West Virginia University (2013)
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
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See also 2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team
References