2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–20 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pat Chambers
Assistant coaches	Eugene Burroughs Brian Daly Keith Urgo
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Michigan State†	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 13 Michigan	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
No. 7 Ohio State	13	–	5		.722			31	–	8		.795
No. 14 Wisconsin	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
No. 16 Indiana	11	–	7		.611			27	–	9		.750
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
Northwestern	8	–	10		.444			19	–	14		.576
Iowa	8	–	10		.444			18	–	17		.514
Illinois	6	–	12		.333			17	–	15		.531
Minnesota	6	–	12		.333			23	–	15		.605
Nebraska	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Penn State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	20		.375
† 2012 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University. Head coach Pat Chambers was in his first season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania, US at the Bryce Jordan Center (which has a capacity of 15,000) for the thirteenth consecutive season. They finished with a record of 12–20 overall, 4–14 in Big Ten play for a tied for a last place finish with Nebraska. They lost in the lost in the first round of the 2012 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament by Indiana.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Year	Alma mater
Head coach	Pat Chambers	2011	Philadelphia (1994)
Associate head coach	Eugene Burroughs	2011	Richmond (1994)
Assistant coach	Brian Daly	2011	Saint Joseph's (1992)
Assistant coach	Keith Urgo	2011	Fairfield (2002)
Director of Basketball Operations	Ross Condon	2011	Villanova (2007)
Video coordinator	Adam Fisher	2011	Penn State (2006)
Strength and conditioning coach	Brad Pantall	2006	Penn State (1996)
Athletic trainer	Jon Salazer	2001	Penn State (1993)
On Campus Recruiting Coordinator	David Caporaletti	2011	Philadelphia University (1993)
Graduate Manager	Brendan Smith	2011	Penn State (2011)

Roster

Name	No.	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
D. J. Newbill	2	Guard	6–4	210	Sophomore	Philadelphia, PA
Trey Lewis	3	Guard	6–1	180	Freshman	Garfield Heights, OH
Matt Glover	5	Guard	6–4	210	Sophomore	Orange, CA
Jermaine Marshall	11	Guard	6–4	200	RS sophomore	Etters, PA
Kevin Montminy	14	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Centre Hall, PA
Nick Colella	20	Guard	6–3	195	Junior	New Castle, PA
Sasa Borovnjak	21	Forward	6–9	235	RS sophomore	Belgrade, Serbia
Tim Frazier	23	Guard	6–1	170	Junior	Houston, TX
Cammeron Woodyard	24	Guard	6–5	210	Senior	Westminster, MD
Jonathan Graham	25	Forward	6–8	240	Freshman	Baltimore, MD
Patrick Ackerman	32	Forward	6–11	230	Freshman	Rutland, MA
Alan Wisniewski	34	Forward	6–9	230	Sophomore	Sterling Heights, MI
Billy Oliver	35	Forward	6–8	230	RS junior	Chatham, NJ
Ross Travis	43	Forward	6–6	220	Freshman	Chaska, MN
Peter Alexis	52	Forward	6–10	255	Freshman	Wilkes-Barre, PA

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 5* 4:00 p.m.		Slippery Rock	W 64–47	—	Bryce Jordan Center (7,746) University Park, PA
Regular season
Nov 12* 4:30 p.m.		Hartford	W 70–55	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center (4,152) University Park, PA
Nov 14* 7:00 p.m.		Radford Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 62–46	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (4,916) University Park, PA
Nov 16* 7:00 p.m.		Long Island Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 77–68	3–0	Bryce Jordan Center (5,258) University Park, PA
Nov 19* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3		vs. No. 2 Kentucky Hall of Fame Tip Off semifinal	L 47–85	3–1	Mohegan Sun Arena (2,500) Uncasville, CT
Nov 20* 2:30 p.m., ESPN3		vs. South Florida Hall of Fame Tip Off 3rd place game	W 53–49	4–1	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,755) Uncasville, CT
Nov 23* 7:00 p.m.		Youngstown State	W 82–71	5–1	Bryce Jordan Center (4,461) University Park, PA
Nov 26* 3:30 p.m.		at Saint Joseph's	L 47–65	5–2	Hagan Arena (4,200) Philadelphia, PA
Nov 30* 7:15 p.m., ESPNU		at Boston College ACC – Big Ten Challenge	W 62–54	6–2	Conte Forum (4,326) Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 4* 6:00 p.m., BTN		Ole Miss	L 70–72	6–3	Bryce Jordan Center (6,001) University Park, PA
Dec 7* 7:00 p.m.		Lafayette	L 57–61	6–4	Bryce Jordan Center (5,462) University Park, PA
Dec 10* 7:00 p.m.		at Duquesne	L 59–66	6–5	CONSOL Energy Center (7,046) Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 18* 4:00 p.m., BTN		Mount St. Mary's	W 72–43	7–5	Bryce Jordan Center (7,202) University Park, PA
Dec 21* 7:30 p.m., BTN		Cornell	W 74–67	8–5	Bryce Jordan Center (4,414) University Park, PA
Dec 29 7:30 p.m., BTN		at No. 18 Michigan	L 53–71	8–6 (0–1)	Crisler Arena (12,751) Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 1 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Northwestern	L 56–68	8–7 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,389) Evanston, IL
Jan 5 8:00 p.m., BTN		Purdue	W 65–45	9–7 (1–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (5,081) University Park, PA
Jan 8 12:00 p.m., BTN		No. 12 Indiana	L 82–88	9–8 (1–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,200) University Park, PA
Jan 11 8:30 p.m., BTN		at Nebraska	L 58–70	9–9 (1–4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,791) Lincoln, NE
Jan 15 4:00 p.m., BTN		Minnesota	L 66–80	9–10 (1–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,065) University Park, PA
Jan 19 9:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 22 Illinois	W 54–52	10–10 (2–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,945) University Park, PA
Jan 22 12:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 11 Indiana	L 54–73	10–11 (2–6)	Assembly Hall (17,248) Bloomington, IN
Jan 25 6:30 p.m., BTN		at No. 4 Ohio State	L 54–78	10–12 (2–7)	Value City Arena (16,907) Columbus, OH
Jan 31 8:00 p.m., BTN		No. 19 Wisconsin	L 46–52	10–13 (2–8)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,752) University Park, PA
Feb 4 3:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Iowa	L 64–77	10–14 (2–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,510) Iowa City, IA
Feb 8 6:30 p.m., BTN		at No. 11 Michigan State	L 57–77	10–15 (2–10)	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
Feb 11 1:00 p.m., ESPNU		Nebraska	W 67–51	11–15 (3–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (13,103) University Park, PA
Feb 16 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Iowa	W 69–64	12–15 (4–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,794) University Park, PA
Feb 19 4:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 15 Wisconsin	L 55–65	12–16 (4–11)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
Feb 25 9:00 p.m., ESPNU		Northwestern	L 66–67	12–17 (4–12)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,513) University Park, PA
Feb 29 6:30 p.m., BTN		at Purdue	L 56–80	12–18 (4–13)	Mackey Arena (14,565) West Lafayette, IN
Mar 4 1:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 13 Michigan	L 65–71	12–19 (4–14)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,564) University Park, PA
Big Ten tournament
Mar 8 2:00 p.m., BTN		vs. No. 15 Indiana First round	L 58–75	12–20	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (17,936) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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