2019–20 Penn State Nittany Lions Basketball Team
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The 2019–20 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented
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in the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. They were led by head coach
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, in his ninth season with the team, and played their home games at the
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in
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as members of the
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. They finished the season 21–10, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the
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.


Previous season

The
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finished the 2018–19 season 14–18, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. They lost to
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in the second round of the
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.


Offseason


Departures


Incoming transfers


Recruiting classes


2019 recruiting class


2020 recruiting class


Roster


Coaching staff


Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings On December 16, 2019 Penn State was ranked #23 in the Associated Press Poll marking its first appearance in the poll since 1996.


References

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