The 2013–14 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University. Head coach Pat Chambers was in his third season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament to Minnesota. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Hampton in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Siena.
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sasa Borovnjak 21 F 6'9" 225 RS Junior Belgrade, Serbia Graduated, decided to forgo fifth year of eligibility Nick Colella 20 SG 6'3" 195 Senior New Castle, Pennsylvania Graduated Jermaine Marshall 11 SG 6'4" 200 RS Junior Etters, Pennsylvania Graduate Transfer to Arizona State Jon Graham 25 F 6'8" 240 RS Sophomore Baltimore, Maryland Transfer Patrick Ackerman 32 C 6'11" 230 Freshman Rutland, Massachusetts Transfer Akosa Maduegbunam 1 SG 6'3" 200 Freshman Boston, Massachusetts Transfer
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach Patrick Chambers 2011 Philadelphia University (1994) Associate head coach Keith Urgo 2011 Fairfield University (2002) Associate head coach Brian Daly 2011 St. Joseph's University (1992) Assistant coach Dwayne Anderson 2013 Villanova University (2009) Director of Basketball Operations Ross Condon 2011 Villanova University (2007) On campus recruiting coordinator David Caporaletti 2011 Philadelphia University (1993) Athletic trainer Jon Salazer 2001 Penn State (1993) Director of player development Ryan Devlin 2013 Philadelphia University (2005) Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Spayd 2013 Juniata College (2010) Graduate Manager Nicholas Colella 2013 Penn State (2013) Graduate Manager Andrew Jones III 2013 Penn State (2011)
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:white;"| Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:white;"| Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:white;"| College Basketball Invitational
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See also 2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team
References