The 2009–10 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented

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. Head Coach

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was in his seventh 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 15,000, for the twelfth consecutive season. This season marked team's the seventeenth consecutive season as a member of the

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. 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

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when they defeated the

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. Penn State defeated

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in 2007 and

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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

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to 6 seed

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to end their season 11–20

Current coaching staff

Roster

Schedule and Results

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References

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