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For current information on this topic, see 2008-09 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team. Penn State Nittany Lions University The Pennsylvania State University Conference Big Ten Location University Park, PA Head coach Ed DeChellis (5th year) Arena Bryce Jordan Center (Capacity: 15,261) Nickname Nittany Lions Uniforms Home Away NCAA Tournament Final Four 1954 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 1942 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 1952, 1955, 2001 NCAA Tournament appearances 1942, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1991, 1996, 2001 Conference tournament champions 1991 (Atlantic 10) Conference regular season champions 1977 (Eastern 8) The Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team representing the Pennsylvania State University. They are a member of the Big Ten Conference and play home games at the 15,261-seat Bryce Jordan Center, moving there from boisterous Rec Hall during the 1995-96 season. Their student cheering section is known as Nittany Nation. The program has eight NCAA tournament appearances with its best finish coming in 1954, reaching the Final Four. Its most recent appearance was in 2001, when the team defeated #2-seeded North Carolina to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The program also has 10 appearances in the National Invitational Tournament, with the most recent being in 2009. Current coaching staff Ed DeChellis - Head Coach Kurt Kanaskie - Assistant Coach Lewis Preston - Assistant Coach Dan Earl - Assistant Coach Eldon Price - Director of Basketball Operations Coaches Overall Conference Name Years Won-Lost Pct. Won-Lost Pct. Note None 1897-1915 30-17 includes 1917-18 season Burke M. "Dutch" Hermann 1916-1932 148-74 PSU's first coach. None 1917-18 Hugo Bezdek 1918-19 11-2 Coached PSU football, MLB Pitt. Pirates and PSU Basketball in one year Earl "Spike" Leslie 1933-36 29-28 John Lawther 1937-49 150-93 1942 NCAA Elmer Gross 1950-54 80-40 1952 NCAA, 1954 NCAA Final Four, the First Person to both play and coach in the NCAA Tournament John Egli 1955-68 187-135 1955 & 1965 NCAA, 1966 NIT Johnny Bach 1969-78 122-121 Dick Harter 1979-83 79-61 1980 NIT Bruce Parkhill 1983-95 181-169 1991 NCAA - 1989, 1990 & 1992 NIT Jerry Dunn 1995-2003 117-121 1995 NCAA, 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen - 1998 & 2000 NIT Ed DeChellis 2003-Present 56-91 38.1 19-63 23.2 2006 & 2009 NIT, 2009 Media Big Ten Coach of the Year NBA Draft Picks 1947 John Rusinko Baltimore Bullets 1953 Herman Sledzik Baltimore Bullets 1955- Jesse Arnelle (2) Fort Wayne Pistons 1965- Bob Weiss (3) 76ers 1966- Carver Clinton (11) 76ers 1974- Ron Brown (7) Celtics 1981- Frank Brickowski (3) Knicks 1983- Mike Lang (8) Knicks 1984- Dick Mumma (10) Clippers 1995- John Amaechi (signed undrafted) Cavaliers 1999- Calvin Booth (2) Wizards Nittany Lion Men's Basketball Players Amaechi - Arnelle - Baltimore - Barr - Booth - Brickowski - Joe Crispin - Jon Crispin | ||||
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