| 2023–24 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 9–9 (3–4 Big Ten) |
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| Associate head coach | Jamal Brunt (1st season) |
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| Home arena | Bryce Jordan Center (Capacity: 15,261) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Wisconsin | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Purdue | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Illinois | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 4 | – | 3 | .571 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 17, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023–24 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represents Penn State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led first-year head coach Mike Rhoades, and play their home games at Bryce Jordan Center located in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season
The Nittany Lions finished the season 23–14, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated Illinois, Northwestern, and Indiana in the Big Ten tournament to advance to the semifinals before losing to Purdue. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011 as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Texas A&M in the first round of the tournament, marking their first tournament win since 2001, before losing to Texas in the second round.
On March 22, 2023, head coach Micah Shrewsberry left the school to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame.[1] On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.[2]
Offseason
Coaching changes
With Mike Rhoades being hired as the team's new head coach, new assistant coaches were named to the coaching staff.[3] Jamal Brut and Brent Scott, who had been assistants with Rhoades at VCU, were named assistant coaches.[3] Jimmy Martelli, son of former Saint Joseph's head coach, Phil Martelli, was named the third assistant.[3] Former PSU player Joe Crispin was named assistant to the head coach.[3]
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lundy | 1 | F | 6'6" | 221 | Senior | Paulsboro, NJ | Declared for 2023 NBA draft |
| Myles Dread | 2 | G | 6'4" | 235 | Graduate student | Detroit, MI | Graduated |
| Kebba Njie | 3 | F | 6'10" | 235 | Freshman | Centerville, OH | Transferred to Notre Dame |
| Caleb Dorsey | 4 | F | 6'7" | 235 | Junior | Westminster, MD | Transferred to William & Mary |
| Andrew Funk | 10 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Graduate student | Warrington, PA | Graduated |
| Camren Wynter | 11 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Graduate student | Hempstead, NY | Graduated |
| Evan Mahaffey | 12 | G/F | 6'6" | 190 | Freshman | Cincinnati, OH | Transferred to Ohio State |
| Jalen Pickett | 22 | G | 6'4" | 202 | Graduate student | Rochester, NY | Graduated |
| Dallion Johnson | 23 | G | 6'3" | 182 | Junior | Haverhill, MA | Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast |
| Michael Henn | 24 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Graduate student | Bellevue, WA | Graduated |
| Ishaan Jagiasi | 35 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Senior | Wilmington, DE | Graduated |
Source:[4]
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Marco Dunn | G | 6'4" | 180 | Sophomore | Tucson, AZ | North Carolina | |
| Favour Aire | C | 6'10" | 215 | Freshman | Ekpoma, Nigeria | Miami | |
| RayQuawndis Mitchell | G | 6'5" | 200 | Graduate student | Blaine, MN | Kansas City | |
| Leo O'Boyle | F | 6'7" | 210 | Senior | Scranton, PA | Lafayette |
Source:[5]
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 27, 2023 7:00 p.m. |
at Robert Morris Coaches vs. Cancer and American Cancer Society |
W 68–58 | 15 – Wahab | 10 – Wahab | 6 – Baldwin Jr. | UPMC Events Center (2,417) Moon Township, PA | |||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN Plus |
Delaware State | W 79–45 | 1–0 |
22 – Clary | 13 – Wahab | 5 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (7,345) University Park, PA | ||||
| November 10, 2023* 7:30 p.m., BTN Plus |
Lehigh | W 74–65 | 2–0 |
20 – Clary | 18 – Wahab | 2 – Clary | Bryce Jordan Center (10,272) University Park, PA | ||||
| November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN |
Saint Francis (PA) | W 83–53 | 3–0 |
14 – Clary | 6 – Wahab | 4 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (7,546) University Park, PA | ||||
| November 17, 2023* 7:00 p.m., Peacock |
Morehead State | W 74–51 | 4–0 |
14 – Tied | 12 – Wahab | 4 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (7,558) University Park, PA | ||||
| November 23, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN |
vs. No. 12 Texas A&M ESPN Events Invitational quarterfinal |
L 77–89 | 4–1 |
19 – Clary | 5 – Wahab | 4 – Clary | State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL | ||||
| November 24, 2023* 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Butler ESPN Events Invitational consolation 2nd round |
L 78–88 | 4–2 |
28 – Clary | 8 – Hicks | 3 – Tied | State Farm Field House (2,194) Bay Lake, FL | ||||
| November 26, 2023* 10:30 a.m., ESPNU |
vs. VCU ESPN Events Invitational 7th place game |
L 74–86 | 4–3 |
27 – Baldwin, Jr. | 6 – Wahab | 5 – Baldwin, Jr. | State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL | ||||
| December 2, 2023* 12:00 p.m., BTN |
Bucknell | L 67–76 | 4–4 |
18 – Wahab | 8 – Wahab | 6 – Clary | Bryce Jordan Center (8,590) University Park, PA | ||||
| December 6, 2023 7:00 p.m., BTN |
at Maryland | L 75–81 OT | 4–5 (0–1) |
25 – Clary | 9 – Wahab | 5 – Baldwin Jr. | Xfinity Center (15,290) College Park, MD | ||||
| December 9, 2023 6:00 p.m., BTN |
Ohio State | W 83–80 | 5–5 (1–1) |
19 – Clary | 6 – Hicks | 5 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (9,732) University Park, PA | ||||
| December 16, 2023* 12:00 p.m., BTN |
vs. Georgia Tech | L 81–82 OT | 5–6 |
23 – Clary | 10 – Wahab | 7 – Baldwin Jr. | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||
| December 21, 2023* 7:00 p.m., Peacock |
Le Moyne | W 72–55 | 6–6 |
20 – Clary | 9 – Wahab | 6 – Clary | Bryce Jordan Center (5,023) University Park, PA | ||||
| December 29, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BTN Plus |
Rider | W 90–63 | 7–6 |
29 – Clary | 7 – Wahab | 9 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (6,807) University Park, PA | ||||
| January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock |
at Michigan State | L 61–92 | 7–7 (1–2) |
21 – Clary | 8 – Wahab | 5 – Clary | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI | ||||
| January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., BTN |
vs. Michigan The Palestra Game |
W 79–73 | 8–7 (2–2) |
25 – Baldwin Jr. | 8 – Kern Jr. | 4 – Baldwin Jr. | The Palestra (6,200) Philadelphia, PA | ||||
| January 10, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN |
Northwestern | L 72–76 | 8–8 (2–3) |
25 – Clary | 10 – Wahab | 5 – Baldwin, Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (7,822) University Park, PA | ||||
| January 13, 2024 2:15 p.m., BTN |
at No. 1 Purdue | L 78–95 | 8–9 (2–4) |
18 – Kern Jr. | 4 – Tied | 13 – Baldwin Jr. | Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN | ||||
| January 16, 2024 9:00 p.m., BTN |
No. 11 Wisconsin | W 87–83 | 9–9 (3–4) |
27 – Clary | 6 – Lilley | 5 – Baldwin Jr. | Bryce Jordan Center (8,462) University Park, PA | ||||
| January 20, 2024 12:00 p.m., BTN |
at Ohio State | Value City Arena Columbus, OH | |||||||||
| January 27, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN |
Minnesota | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| January 31, 2024 8:30 p.m., BTN |
at Rutgers | Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ | |||||||||
| February 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., FS1 |
at Indiana | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||||
| February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN |
Iowa | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| February 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN |
at Northwestern | Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | |||||||||
| February 14, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN |
Michigan State | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| February 17, 2024 12:00 p.m., BTN |
at Nebraska | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
| February 21, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN |
Illinois | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| February 24, 2024 12:00 p.m., BTN |
Indiana | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| February 27, 2024 9:00 p.m., BTN |
at Iowa | Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA | |||||||||
| March 2, 2024 3:15 p.m., BTN |
at Minnesota | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN | |||||||||
| March 10, 2024 7:30 p.m., BTN |
Maryland | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA | |||||||||
| Big Ten Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 13–17, 2024 |
vs. TBA | Target Center Minneapolis, MN | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Rankings
| Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
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*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
References
- ↑ "Notre Dame hires Micah Shrewsberry: Next Irish coach led Penn State to first NCAA Tournament win since 2001". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ↑ "PSU hires Rhoades as coach; VCU lands Odom". ESPN.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Jones, Ben (March 30, 2023). "Penn State Men's Basketball: Mike Rhoades Announces Coaching Staff". StateCollege.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ↑ Borezello, Jeff. "Men's college basketball roster changes, departures, newcomers for 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 Penn State Basketball Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ "First Look at Penn State's 2023-24 Basketball Schedule". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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