The 2017–18 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented
Pennsylvania State University in the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 29 ...
. They are led by head coach
Pat Chambers
Patrick Brian Chambers (born December 13, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and is the current head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is formerly the head men's basketball coach at Penn State and Boston University.
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, in his seventh season with the team, and played their home games at the
Bryce Jordan Center in
University Park, Pennsylvania
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as members of the
Big Ten Conference
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. They finished the season 26–13, 9–9 in
Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. In the
Big Ten tournament, they defeated
Northwestern and
Ohio State
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before losing to
Purdue in the semifinals. They received a bid to the
National Invitation Tournament where they defeated
Temple
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,
Notre Dame,
Marquette, and
Mississippi State
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to advance to the NIT championship where they defeated
Utah
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to become NIT champions.
Previous season
The
Nittany Lions finished the
2016–17 season 15–18, 6–12 in
Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the
Big Ten tournament, they beat
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
in the first round before losing to
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
in the second round.
Offseason
Departures
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
Schedule and results
The
2018 Big Ten tournament was held at
Madison Square Garden in
New York City
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.
Due to the
Big East
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's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday.
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NIT
References
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