2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

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.

2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–20 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBryce Jordan Center
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Ohio State144 .778298  .784
No. 10 Purdue144 .778296  .829
No. 13 Michigan State144 .778289  .757
No. 16 Wisconsin135 .722249  .727
Illinois108 .5562115  .583
Minnesota99 .5002114  .600
Northwestern711 .3892014  .588
Michigan711 .3891517  .469
Indiana414 .2221021  .323
Iowa414 .2221022  .313
Penn State315 .1671120  .355
2010 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

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 1119 (315) 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 1120

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