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2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 2009–10 |
| team | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| image | Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg |
| image_size | 250 |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| record | 11–20 |
| conf_record | 3–15 |
| head_coach | Ed DeChellis |
| asst_coach1 | Kurt Kanaskie |
| asst_coach2 | Lewis Preston |
| asst_coach3 | Dan Earl |
| stadium | Bryce Jordan Center |
The 2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University. Head Coach Ed DeChellis was in his seventh season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center, which has a capacity of 15,000, for the twelfth consecutive season. This season marked team's the seventeenth consecutive season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions entered the season as the defending NIT champions.
On November 30, 2009, the Nittany Lions became the first Big Ten team to win three straight games in the ACC – Big Ten Challenge when they defeated the Virginia Cavaliers. Penn State defeated Virginia Tech in 2007 and Georgia Tech in 2008. The Nittany Lions completed the regular season with an 11–19 (3–15) record.
As the 11 seed they lost in the first round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament to 6 seed Minnesota to end their season 11–20
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name | Year | Alma mater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Ed DeChellis | 2003 | Penn State (1982) |
| Assistant coach | Kurt Kanaskie | 2003 | La Salle (1980) |
| Assistant coach | Lewis Preston | 2008 | VMI (1993) |
| Assistant coach | Dan Earl | 2005 | Penn State (1997) |
| Director of basketball operations | Jon Perry | 2004 | ETSU (2002) |
| Athletic trainer | Jon Salazer | 2001 | Penn State (1993) |
| Video coordinator | DJ Black | 2008 | Penn State (2006) |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Brad Pantall | 2006 | Penn State (1996) |
Roster
| Name | # | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Home Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Hamilton | 2 | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Junior | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jermaine Marshall | 3 | Guard | 6–4 | 190 | Freshman | Etters, PA |
| Chris Babb | 10 | Guard | 6–5 | 215 | Sophomore | Arlington, TX |
| Bill Edwards | 11 | Forward | 6–6 | 235 | Freshman | Middletown, OH |
| Talor Battle | 12 | Guard | 6–0 | 170 | Junior | Albany, NY |
| Joe Silko | 13 | Guard | 5–11 | 165 | Freshman | South Fayette, PA |
| Adam Highberger | 14 | Guard | 6–2 | 180 | RS Junior | Blairsville, PA |
| David Jackson | 15 | Forward | 6–7 | 210 | RS Junior | Farrell, PA |
| Saša Borovnjak | 21 | Forward | 6–9 | 235 | Freshman | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Andrew Jones | 22 | Forward | 6–10 | 245 | RS Junior | Philadelphia, PA |
| Tim Frazier | 23 | Guard | 6–1 | 160 | Freshman | Houston, TX |
| Cammeron Woodyard | 24 | Guard | 6–5 | 210 | Sophomore | Westminster, MD |
| Jeff Brooks | 25 | Forward | 6–8 | 200 | Junior | Louisville, KY |
| Ryan Harro | 33 | Guard | 5–11 | 165 | Freshman | New Fairfield, CT |
| Billy Oliver | 35 | Forward | 6–8 | 215 | RS Freshman | Chatham, NJ |
| Steve Kirkpatrick | 41 | Forward | 6–5 | 225 | Junior | Carlisle, PA |
| Andrew Ott | 54 | Forward | 6–10 | 240 | RS Junior | Abington, PA |
Schedule and results
|- !colspan=6 style=|Exhibition |- !colspan=6 style=|Non-conference regular season |- !colspan=6 style=|Big Ten regular season |- !colspan=6 style=|Big Ten tournament
References
References
- "Ed Dechellis". Pennsylvania State University.
- (April 2019). "Bryce Jordan Center". Pennsylvania State University}}{{Dead link.
- Kurz Jr., Hank. (2009-11-30). "Battle lifts Penn State over Virginia 69-66". Associated Press.
- Armas, Genaro C.. (June 2024). "No. 7 Purdue beats Penn St. for share of Big 10". Associated Press.
- "2009-10 Nittany Lion Basketball Roster". gopsusports.com.
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