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This article is about the men's basketball team atPennsylvania State University. For the women's basketball team, seePenn State Lady Lions basketball.

Men's basketball team of Penn State University

Penn State Nittany Lions basketball

2025–26 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

University

Pennsylvania State University

First season

1896–97

Head coach

Mike Rhoades (2nd season)

Conference

Big Ten

Location

University Park, Pennsylvania

Arena

Bryce Jordan Center
(capacity: 15,261)

Nickname

Nittany Lions

Student section

Legion of Blue

Colors

Blue and white^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament Final Four

1954

Other NCAA tournament results

Elite Eight	1942, 1954
Sweet Sixteen	1952, 1954, 1955, 2001
Appearances	1942, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2011, 2023

Conference tournament champions

1991

Conference division regular-season champions

1977

ThePenn State Nittany Lions basketball team is anNCAA Division I college basketball team representingthe Pennsylvania State University. They play home games at the 15,261-seatBryce Jordan Center, moving there fromRec Hall during the 1995–96 season. Their student cheering section is known as theLegion of Blue.

The team played its first season of basketball in 1897, finishing with a 1–1 record after playingBucknell twice. They lost the first game 4–24, and won the second 10–7. The team went without a formal head coach until Burke Hermann in 1916.^[2]

The program has tenNCAA tournament appearances with its best finish coming in1954, reaching theFinal Four. Its most recent appearance was in2023, when the team beatTexas A&M in the first round. The program also has 11 appearances in theNational Invitation Tournament, with the most recent being in2018, when they beatUtah to win the NIT championship. They also won the NIT championship in2009.

Position	Name	Year	Alma mater
Head Coach	Mike Rhoades	2023	Lebanon Valley (1995)
Associate Head Coach	Jamal Brunt	2023	Randolph-Macon College (2003)
Assistant Coach	Brent Scott	2023	Rice University (1993)
Assistant Coach	Jimmy Martelli	2023	Dickinson College (2005)
Assistant to the Head Coach	Joe Crispin	2023	Penn State (2001)
Director of Recruiting	Brandon Rozzell	2023	Virginia Commonwealth University (2011)
Associate Director of Athletic Training Services	Jon Salazer	2001	Penn State (1993)
Assistant Director of Athletic Performance	Greg Miskinis	2009	Penn State (2008)

No.	Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Cnf. Record	Pct.	Cnf. Titles	NCAA Appearances
N/A	No coach	1896-97–1914-15, 1917–1918	20	131–65–1	.668
1	Burke M. "Dutch" Hermann	1915-16–1917-18, 1919-20–1931–32	15	148–73	.716
Interim	Hugo Bezdek	1918-19	1	11–2	.846
2	Earl Leslie	1932-33–1935-36	4	29–28	.509	0–10	.000	0
3	John Lawther	1936-37–1948-49	13	150–93	.617	17–13	.567	0	1
4	Elmer Gross	1949-50–1953-54	5	80–40	.667				2
5	John Egli	1954-55–1967-68	14	187–135	.581				2
6	Johnny Bach	1968-69–1977-78	10	122–121	.502	9–11	.450	0	0
7	Dick Harter	1978-79–1982-83	5	79–61	.564	13–11	.564	0	0
8	Bruce Parkhill	1983-84–1994-95	12	181–169	.517	82–116	.414	1	1
9	Jerry Dunn	1995-96–2002-03	8	117–121	.492	45–87	.341	0	2
10	Ed DeChellis	2003-04–2010-11	8	114–138	.452	41–95	.301	0	1
11	Pat Chambers	2011-12–2019-20	9	148–150	.497	56–110	.337	0	0
Interim	Jim Ferry	2020-21	1	11–14	.440	7–12	.368	0	0
12	Micah Shrewsberry	2021-22–2022-23	2	37–31	.544	17–23	.425	0	1
13	Mike Rhoades	2023-24–Present	3	37–32	.536	15–25	.375	0	0
13	Totals	1896-97–Present	130	1582–1273–1	.554	302–513	.371	1	10

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1942		Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game	Dartmouth Illinois	L 39–44 W 41–34
1952		Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Kentucky NC State	L 54–82 L 60–69
1954		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Toledo LSU Notre Dame La Salle USC	W 62–50 W 78–70 W 71–63 L 54–69 W 70–61
1955		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Memphis State Iowa Kentucky	W 59–55 L 53–82 L 59–84
1965		First Round	Princeton	L 58–60
1991	#13	First Round Second Round	#4UCLA #12Eastern Michigan	W 74–69 L 68–71^OT
1996	#5	First Round	#12Arkansas	L 80–86
2001	#7	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#10 Providence #2North Carolina #11Temple	W 69–59 W 82–74 L 72–84
2011	#10	First Round	#7Temple	L 64–66
2023	#10	First Round Second Round	#7Texas A&M #2Texas	W 76–59 L 66–71

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1966	First Round	San Francisco	L 77–89
1980	First Round	Alabama	L 49–53
1989	First Round Second Round	Murray State Villanova	W 89–73 L 67–76
1990	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Marquette Maryland Rutgers Vanderbilt New Mexico	W 57–54 W 80–78 W 58–55 L 62–75 W 83–81
1992	First Round	Pittsburgh	L 65–67
1995	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Miami (FL) Nebraska Iowa Marquette Canisius	W 62–56 W 65–59 W 67–64 L 79–81 W 66–62
1998	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Rider Dayton Georgia Tech Georgia Minnesota	W 82–68 W 77–74 W 77–70 W 66–60 L 72–79
2000	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Princeton Siena Kent State Notre Dame NC State	W 55–41 W 105–103 W 81–74 L 52–73 W 74–72
2006	Opening Round	Rutgers	L 71–76
2009	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	George Mason Rhode Island Florida Notre Dame Baylor	W 77–73^OT W 83–72 W 71–62 W 67–59 W 69–63
2018	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Temple Notre Dame Marquette Mississippi State Utah	W 63–57 W 73–63 W 85–80 W 75–60 W 82–66

Rank	Player	Points	Years	Rank	Player	Points	Years	Rank	Player	Points	Years
1	Talor Battle	2,213	2007–2011	17	John Amaechi	1,310	1992–1995	33	Gyasi Cline-Heard	1,058	1997–2001
2	Lamar Stevens⁺	2,207	2016–2020	18	Brandon Taylor	1,289	2012–2016	34	Steve Kuhn	1,057	1976–1980
3	Jesse Arnelle	2,138	1951–1955	19	Calvin Booth	1,288	1995–1999	35	James Barnes	1,025	1987–1991
4	Joe Crispin	1,986	1997–2001	20	Seth Lundy	1,283	2019–2023	36	Tony Ward	1,020	1984–1988
5	D.J. Newbill	1,812	2012–2015	21	Dan Earl	1,256	1993–1999	37	Mike Edelman	1,019	1978–1982
6	Shep Garner	1,629	2014–2018	22	Monroe Brown	1,244	1988–1992	38	Gene Harris	1,018	1959–1962
7	Pete Lisicky	1,605	1994–1998	23	Ron Brown	1,184	1972–1974	39	Mike Lang	1,014	1979–1983
8	Jamelle Cornley	1,579	2005–2009	24	Mike Watkins	1,171	2016–2020	40	Jeff Miller	1,008	1974–1978
9	DeRon Hayes	1,570	1989–1993	25	Carver Clinton	1,165	1963–1966
10	Tim Frazier	1,543	2009–2014	26	Tony Carr	1,161	2016–2018
11	Geary Claxton	1,542	2004–2008	27	Mark DuMars	1,139	1958–1961
12	Tom Hovasse	1,459	1985–1989	28	Myles Dread	1,097	2018–2023
13	Jarrett Stephens	1,372	1995–2000	29	Bob Weiss	1,091	1962–1965
14	Titus Ivory	1,369	1996–2001	30	Jeff Persson	1,090	1965–1968
15	Freddie Barnes	1,342	1988–1992	31	Josh Reaves	1,079	2015–2019
16	Ed Fogell	1,329	1985–1990	32	Jalen Pickett	1,068	2021–2023

Rank	Player	Rebounds	Years	Rank	Player	Rebounds	Years
1	Jesse Arnelle	1,238	1951–1955	12	Carvin Jefferson	713	1975–1979
2	Mike Watkins	956	2016–2020	13	Randy Meister	712	1972–1975
3	Mike Lang	912	1979–1983	14	Jarrett Stephens	703	1995–2000
4	Lamar Stevens	875	2016–2020	15	Andrew Jones	681	2007–2011
5	Ross Travis	816	2011–2015	16	Gyasi Cline-Heard	672	1997–2001
6	Gene Harris	762	1959–1962
7	Geary Claxton	755	2004–2008
	Jamelle Cornley	755	2005–2009
9	John Amaechi	745	1992–1995
10	Carver Clinton	734	1963–1966
11	Calvin Booth	728	1995–1999

Year	Team	Name	Outlet
1954	1st Team	Jesse Arnelle	Helms Foundation
1955	2nd Team	Jesse Arnelle	Helms Foundation
2023	2nd Team	Jalen Pickett	AP,NABC,SN

Year	Round	Pick	Name	Team
1947	3	10	John Rusinko	Baltimore Bullets
1953	7	2	Herman Sledzik	Baltimore Bullets
1955	2	13	Jesse Arnelle	Fort Wayne Pistons
1965	3	22	Bob Weiss	Philadelphia 76ers
1966	11	6	Carver Clinton	Philadelphia 76ers
1974	7	17	Ron Brown	Boston Celtics
1981	3	57	Frank Brickowski	New York Knicks
1983	8	12	Mike Lang	New York Knicks
1984	10	211	Dick Mumma	Los Angeles Clippers
1994	10	211	John Amaechi	Cleveland Cavaliers
1999	2	35	Calvin Booth	Washington Wizards
2018	2	51	Tony Carr	New Orleans Pelicans
2023	2	32	Jalen Pickett	Denver Nuggets
2023	2	46	Seth Lundy	Atlanta Hawks
2024	1	30	Yanic Konan Niederhauser	Los Angeles Clippers

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Venues	Armory (1896–1929) Rec Hall (1929–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
Culture & lore	Legion of Blue Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Big Ten Conference men's basketball
Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Conference challenges	ACC–Big Ten Challenge (1999–2022) Gavitt Tipoff Games (2015–2023)
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Current coaching staff

Coaching history

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

NIT results

CBI results

Statistical Leaders

1,000 Point Scorers

Assists

Rebounds (650+)

All-Americans

NBA players

NBA draft

Other NBA players

Season by Season Records

Penn State Men's Basketball Radio Affiliates

References

External links