The 2008–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented

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and completed the season by winning the

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over the Baylor Bears at

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. Head Coach,

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, coached his sixth season with the team. The team played its home games in

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at the

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, 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

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Current coaching staff

Roster

Schedule and Results

Preseason

Regular Season and Postseason

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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

** Big Ten Coach of the Year

References

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