1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1995–96 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll; *Minnesota: 2 NIT wins vacated due to sanctions against the program; #Michigan: 20 games vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 NCAA tourn. win vacated; Disputed records: Michigan (21-11)(10-8); Minnesota-(19-13)(10-8)

Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
1995–96 record	21–7 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Dunn (1st season);
Home arena	Rec Hall; Bryce Jordan Center

The 1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1995–96 season. The team was led by long-time assistant Jerry Dunn, serving in his first-year as head coach. Penn State played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania – the first six at Rec Hall before opening the brand new Bryce Jordan Center on January 11, 1996[1]. After winning the first 13 games of the season, the Nittany Lions climbed as high as No. 9 in the AP poll, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Penn State lost to Arkansas in the opening round to finish the season with an overall record of 21–7 (12–6 Big Ten).

Roster

1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	32	Pete Lisicky	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Whitehall, Pennsylvania
C	52	Calvin Booth	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Groveport, Ohio

Head coach

Bruce Parkhill

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 25, 1995*		Morgan State	W 90–65	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Dec 29, 1995*		vs. Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	W 70–49	8–0	San Jose, California
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 3, 1996		at Ohio State	W 72–69	10–0 (1–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 7, 1996		Wisconsin	W 79–50	11–0 (2–0)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Jan 11, 1996	No. 20	Minnesota	W 76–61[1]	12–0 (3–0)	Bryce Jordan Center (14,852) University Park, Pennsylvania
Mar 9, 1996	No. 16	Ohio State	W 86–70	21–6 (12–6)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1996*	(5 E) No. 18	vs. (12 E) Arkansas First Round	L 80–86	21–7	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

– Source:[2][3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	14	14	10	10	9	14	12	16	18	Not released
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	22	14	14	11	10	8	12	13	17	18	NR

[4]

References

"Hoopla Doesn't Affect Penn State in Long Run". Los Angeles Times. January 12, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
"1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
"2019-20 Penn State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1042-1043. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

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[BJC-1] "Hoopla Doesn't Affect Penn State in Long Run". Los Angeles Times. January 12, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[2] "1995–96 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[3] "2019-20 Penn State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[rankings-4] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1042-1043. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Venues	Armory (1896–1929) Rec Hall (1929–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
Culture & lore	Legion of Blue Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics