The 2019–20 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Pat Chambers, in his ninth 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 21–10, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2018–19 season 14–18, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. They lost to Minnesota in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Deividas Zemgulis 1 F 6'6" 220 Senior Kaunas, Lithuania Graduated Satchel Pierce 3 F/C 7'0" 255 RS Senior Barberton, OH Graduated Daniil Kasatkin 4 G 6'7" 205 Freshman Vichuga, Russia Pursue to play professional basketball Rasir Bolton 13 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Petersburg, VA Transferred to Iowa State Josh Reaves 23 G 6'4" 210 Senior Fairfax, VA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Curtis Jones 4 G 6'4" 185 Senior Richmond, VA Oklahoma State

Recruiting classes

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Coaching staff Head coach Patrick Chambers 2011 Philadelphia University (1994) Associate head coach Keith Urgo 2011 Fairfield University (2002) Assistant coach Kevin Freeman 2018 University of Connecticut (2000) 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 K.J. Baptiste 2019 Brandeis University (2018) Graduate Manager Kevin Hudash 2018 Penn State (2017)

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

On December 16, 2019 Penn State was ranked #23 in the Associated Press Poll marking its first appearance in the poll since 1996.

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