Английская Википедия:2017–18 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

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The 2017–18 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by head coach Pat Chambers, in his seventh season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. 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 before losing to Purdue in the semifinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Temple, Notre Dame, Marquette, and Mississippi State to advance to the NIT championship where they defeated Utah 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 in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Payton Banks	0	F	6'6"	223	RS Junior	Orange, CA	Graduate transferred to South Florida
Terrence Samuel	5	G	6'3"	208	RS Junior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduate transferred to South Florida
Isaiah Washington	21	G	6'2"	163	RS Sophomore	Williamsport, PA	Graduate transferred to Quinnpiac

Personnel

Coaching staff

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Head coach	Patrick Chambers	2011	Philadelphia University (1994)
Associate head coach	Keith Urgo	2011	Fairfield University (2002)
Assistant coach	Dwayne Anderson	2013	Villanova University (2009)
Assistant coach	Jim Ferry	2017	Keene State (1990)
Director of Basketball Operations	Ross Condon	2011	Villanova University (2007)
On campus recruiting coordinator	Nicholas Colella	2015	Penn State (2013)
Athletic trainer	Jon Salazer	2001	Penn State (1993)
Director of player development	David Caporaletti	2011	Philadelphia University (1993)
Strength and conditioning coach	Greg Miskinis	2009	Penn State (2008)
Graduate Manager	Stephen Griffin	2017	Philadelphia University (2014)
Graduate Manager	Nick Higgins	2017	Penn State (2017)

Schedule and results

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