The 2017–18 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by head coach Pat Chambers, in his seventh season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Northwestern and Ohio State before losing to Purdue in the semifinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Temple, Notre Dame, Marquette, and Mississippi State to advance to the NIT championship where they defeated Utah to become NIT champions.
Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2016–17 season 15–18, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they beat Nebraska in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Payton Banks 0 F 6'6" 223 RS Junior Orange, CA Graduate transferred to South Florida Terrence Samuel 5 G 6'3" 208 RS Junior Brooklyn, NY Graduate transferred to South Florida Isaiah Washington 21 G 6'2" 163 RS Sophomore Williamsport, PA Graduate transferred to Quinnpiac
2017 recruiting class
2018 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 Jim Ferry 2017 Keene State (1990) Director of Basketball Operations Ross Condon 2011 Villanova University (2007) On campus recruiting coordinator Nicholas Colella 2015 Penn State (2013) Athletic trainer Jon Salazer 2001 Penn State (1993) Director of player development David Caporaletti 2011 Philadelphia University (1993) Strength and conditioning coach Greg Miskinis 2009 Penn State (2008) Graduate Manager Stephen Griffin 2017 Philadelphia University (2014) Graduate Manager Nick Higgins 2017 Penn State (2017)
Schedule and results The 2018 Big Ten tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday.
!colspan=9 style=|Bahamas exhibition trip
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!colspan=9 style=|Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament
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