# 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.
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

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 6* 6:00 p.m., BTN.com | | Slippery Rock | W 82–51 | | Bryce Jordan Center (—) University Park, PA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 13* 7:30 p.m., BTN.com | | Penn | W 70–55 | 1–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (7,507) University Park, PA |
| Nov 16* 7:30 p.m., BTN.com | | Robert Morris | W 80–61 | 2–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (6,286) University Park, PA |
| Nov 19* 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | | vs. UNC-Wilmington Charleston Classic | L 69–80 | 2–1 | Carolina First Arena (535) Charleston, SC |
| Nov 20* 12:30 p.m., CSN | | vs. Tulane Charleston Classic | L 60–63 | 2–2 | Carolina First Arena (—) Charleston, SC |
| Nov 22* 10:00 a.m. | | vs. Davidson Charleston Classic | W 59–57 | 3–2 | Carolina First Arena (—) Charleston, SC |
| Nov 25* 6:00 p.m., BTN | | Sacred Heart | W 87–75 | 4–2 | Bryce Jordan Center (5,323) University Park, PA |
| Nov 30* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Virginia ACC - Big Ten Challenge | W 69–66 | 5–2 | John Paul Jones Arena (8,898) Charlottesville, VA |
| Dec 5* 4:00 p.m. | | at Temple | L 42–45 | 5–3 | Liacouras Center (7,012) Philadelphia, PA |
| Dec 8* 6:30 p.m., BTN | | UMBC | W 58–42 | 6–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (6,296) University Park, PA |
| Dec 12* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Virginia Tech | L 64–66 | 6–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (11,237) University Park, PA |
| Dec 19* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Gardner-Webb | W 104–57 | 7–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (4,697) University Park, PA |
| Dec 21* 5:00 pm, BTN.com | | American | W 76–57 | 8–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (7,561) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| Dec 29 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Minnesota | L 70–75 | 8–5 (0–1) | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN |
| Jan 3 2:00 p.m., BTN | | No. 23 Wisconsin | L 46–63 | 8–6 (0–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,114) University Park, PA |
| Jan 7 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Michigan | L 55–64 | 8–7 (0–3) | Bryce Jordan Center (5,799) University Park, PA |
| Jan 12 9:00 p.m., BTN | | at Illinois | L 53–54 | 8–8 (0–4) | Assembly Hall (14,469) Champaign, IL |
| Jan 16 1:00 p.m., BTN | | at Iowa | L 64–67 | 8–9 (0–5) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,651) Iowa City, IA |
| Jan 21 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Indiana | L 61–67 | 8–10 (0–6) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,251) University Park, PA |
| Jan 24 2:30 p.m., BTN | | at No. 18 Wisconsin | L 71–79 $^{OT}$ | 8–11 (0–7) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| Jan 27 6:30 p.m., BTN | | Illinois | L 67–77 | 8–12 (0–8) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,085) University Park, PA |
| Jan 31 3:00 p.m., BTN | | at Purdue | L 46–66 | 8–13 (0–9) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| Feb 3 6:30 p.m., BTN | | at No. 13 Ohio State | L 62–75 | 8–14 (0–10) | Value City Arena (14,148) Columbus, OH |
| Feb 6 2:00 p.m., BTN | | Minnesota | L 64–66 | 8–15 (0–11) | Bryce Jordan Center (10,291) University Park, PA |
| Feb 13 12:00 p.m., ESPN | | No. 10 Michigan State | L 54–65 | 8–16 (0–12) | Bryce Jordan Center (14,017) University Park, PA |
| Feb 17 8:30 p.m., BTN | | at Northwestern | W 81–70 | 9–16 (1–12) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,175) Evanston, IL |
| Feb 20 6:00 p.m., BTN | | at Michigan | W 55–51 | 10–16 (2–12) | Crisler Arena (13,751) Ann Arbor, MI |
| Feb 24 6:30 p.m., BTN | | No. 9 Ohio State | L 67–75 | 10–17 (2–13) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,721) University Park, PA |
| Feb 28 12:00 p.m., BTN | | Northwestern | W 79–60 | 11–17 (3–13) | Bryce Jordan Center (9,352) University Park, PA |
| Mar 4 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at No. 11 Michigan State | L 65–67 | 11–18 (3–14) | Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI |
| Mar 6 2:30 p.m., BTN | | No. 7 Purdue | L 60–64 | 11–19 (3–15) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,865) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten tournament ||||||
| Mar 11 7:30 p.m., BTN | (11) | vs. (6) Minnesota First round | L 55–76 | 11–20 | Conseco Fieldhouse (—) Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||