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2008–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
year	2008–09
team	Penn State Nittany Lions
sport	Basketball
image	Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg
image_size	250
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	27–11
conf_record	10–8
head_coach	Ed DeChellis
asst_coach1	Kurt Kanaskie
asst_coach2	Lewis Preston
asst_coach3	Dan Earl
stadium	Bryce Jordan Center
tourney	[National Invitation Tournament](2009-national-invitation-tournament)
tourney_result	Champions

The 2008–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University and completed the season by winning the 2009 National Invitation Tournament over the Baylor Bears at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Head Coach, Ed DeChellis, coached his sixth season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center, which has a capacity of 15,261, for the twelfth consecutive season. The season marked the team's sixteenth consecutive season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Year	Alma mater

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Chris Babb	10	Guard	6–5	210	Freshman	Arlington, TX
Talor Battle	12	Guard	5–11	165	Sophomore	Albany, NY
Jeff Brooks	25	Forward	6–8	200	Sophomore	Louisville, KY
Jamelle Cornley	2	Forward	6–5	240	Senior	Columbus, OH
Adam Highberger	14	Guard	6–2	170	Sophomore	Blairsville, PA
David Jackson	15	Forward	6–6	205	Sophomore	Farrell, PA
Andrew Jones III	22	Forward	6–9	245	Sophomore	Philadelphia
Steve Kirkpatrick	41	Forward	6–5	225	Sophomore	Carlisle, PA
Will Leiner	13	Guard	6–1	170	Senior	Coplay, PA
Danny Morrissey	33	Guard	6–3	190	Senior	Cleveland, OH
Billy Oliver	42	Forward	6–8	205	Freshman	Chatham, NJ
Andrew Ott	54	Forward	6–10	235	Sophomore	Abington, PA
Stanley Pringle	11	Guard	6–1	180	Senior	Virginia Beach, VA
Joonas Suotamo	21	Forward	6–10	230	Senior	Espoo, Finland
Cammeron Woodyard	24	Guard	6–5	205	Freshman	Westminster, MD

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular Season and Postseason

|- !colspan=10| Big Ten tournament |- !colspan=10| National Invitation Tournament

Awards

Players

Talor Battle
- Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 23)
- All Big Ten first team point guard
Jamelle Cornley
- Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan. 26)
- All Big Ten second team forward
- 2009 NIT MVP

Coaches

Ed DeChellis
- Big Ten Coach of the Year

References

"Ed Dechellis". Pennsylvania State University.
(April 2019). "Bryce Jordan Center". Pennsylvania State University}}{{Dead link.
"2008–09 Penn State Men's Basketball Roster". pennlive.com.
"PHGC – 2008 Results". Philly Hoop Group.
(2008-11-24). "Battle Earns Conference Player Of The Week Honor". The Pennsylvania State University.
Ross, Sam. "PSU coach, players honored by Big Ten". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
(2009-01-26). "Cornley Earns First Career Big Ten Player Of The Week Award". The Pennsylvania State University.

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