2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team
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The 2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University
. Head Coach Ed DeChellis
was in his eighth season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania
at the Bryce Jordan Center
, which has a capacity of 15,000, for the twelfth consecutive season.
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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. Head Coach Ed DeChellis
Ed DeChellis
Edward Richard DeChellis is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to...
was in his eighth season with the team. The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania
University Park, Pennsylvania
University Park, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is the location of the flagship campus of the Pennsylvania State University....
at the Bryce Jordan Center
Bryce Jordan Center
Bryce Jordan Center is a 15,261-seat multi-purpose arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. The arena opened in 1995 and is the largest such venue between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It replaced Rec Hall as the home to the Penn State University Nittany Lions men's and women's basketball team, the...
, which has a capacity of 15,000, for the twelfth consecutive season.
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name | Year | Alma mater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Ed DeChellis Ed DeChellis Edward Richard DeChellis is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to... |
2003 | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... (1982) |
| Assistant coach | Kurt Kanaskie Kurt Kanaskie Kurt Kanaskie , is an assistant head men's basketball coach at Penn State University. Prior to coaching the Nittany Lions, Kanaskie held head coaching positions at Drake, Indiana and Lock Haven... |
2003 | La Salle La Salle University La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the school was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. As of 2008 the school has approximately 7,554... (1980) |
| Assistant coach | Lewis Preston Lewis Preston (basketball coach) Lewis Preston is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Kennesaw State University Owls men's basketball team in Kennesaw, Georgia... |
2008 | VMI Virginia Military Institute The Virginia Military Institute , located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Unlike any other military college in the United States—and in keeping with its founding principles—all VMI students are... (1993) |
| Assistant coach | Dan Earl Dan Earl Dan Earl is from Medford Lakes, New Jersey. He attended Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey, graduating in 1993. Dan was a highly successful basketball player.His accomplishments during his high school basketball career include the following;... |
2005 | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... (1997) |
| Director of basketball operations | Jon Perry | 2004 | ETSU East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State University is an accredited American university located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents system of colleges and universities, the nation's sixth largest system of public education, and is the fourth largest university in the state... (2002) |
| Athletic trainer | Jon Salazer | 2001 | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... (1993) |
| Video coordinator | DJ Black | 2008 | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... (2006) |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Brad Pantall | 2006 | Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... (1996) |
Roster
| Name | # | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Home Town |
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| Taran Buie | 2 | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Freshman | State College, PA State College, Pennsylvania State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double... |
| Jermaine Marshall | 3 | Guard | 6–4 | 190 | RS Freshman | Etters, PA |
| Tre Bowman | 10 | Guard | 6–4 | 185 | Freshman | York, PA York, Pennsylvania York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862... |
| Alan Wisniewski | 11 | Forward | 6–9 | 205 | Freshman | Sterling Heights, MI Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan, and one of Detroit's core suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 129,699... |
| Talor Battle Talor Battle Talor Battle is an American basketball player for Cholet Basket in France. In college he played for Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team... |
12 | Guard | 6–0 | 170 | Senior | Albany, NY Albany, New York Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River... |
| David Jackson | 15 | Forward | 6–7 | 210 | RS Senior | Farrell, PA Farrell, Pennsylvania Farrell is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,050 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:... |
| Nick Colella | 20 | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | Junior | New Castle, PA New Castle, Pennsylvania New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Pittsburgh and near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border just east of Youngstown, Ohio; in 1910, the total population was 36,280; in 1920, 44,938; and in 1940, 47,638. The population has fallen to 26,309 according to the... |
| Sasa Borovnjak | 21 | Forward | 6–9 | 235 | Sophomore | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Andrew Jones | 22 | Forward | 6–10 | 245 | RS Senior | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
| Tim Frazier | 23 | Guard | 6–1 | 160 | Sophomore | Houston, TX Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
| Cammeron Woodyard | 24 | Guard | 6–5 | 210 | Junior | Westminster, MD Westminster, Maryland Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV... |
| Jeff Brooks | 25 | Forward | 6–8 | 200 | Senior | Louisville, KY Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... |
| Jonathan Graham | 34 | Forward | 6–8 | 218 | Freshman | Baltimore, MD |
| Billy Oliver | 35 | Forward | 6–8 | 215 | RS Freshman | Chatham, NJ Chatham, New Jersey Chatham refers to two neighboring municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey – Chatham Borough and Chatham Township. The two are separate municipalities, the first a municipality that was settled in 1710 as a colonial English village in the Province of New Jersey... |
| Steve Kirkpatrick | 41 | Forward | 6–5 | 225 | Senior | Carlisle, PA Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough... |
Schedule and Results
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!colspan=9| Big Ten Tournament
2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament was held from March 10 through March 13 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. All 10 games were aired nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, the Big Ten Network and CBS Sports. ESPN2 carried the first two games on Thursday and the Big Ten Network aired...
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2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:First Four*March 15 and 16**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSecond and third rounds*March 17 and 19**Verizon Center, Washington, D.C....