2026–27 season
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +0.3
- No. 160 in Division I
- Head coach
- Mike Rhoades
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- University Park, PA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthBig, tall lineupAverage height: 6′7.0″96th
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 81.6%96th
- WeaknessWeak defensive reboundingDefensive rebound %: 61.6%8th
- WeaknessPoor three-point shootingThree-point %: 26.3%9th
- WeaknessRarely shoots threesThree-point rate: 33.9%13th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Penn State beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
2
Record
1–2
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202310Round of 32Beat 7 Texas A&M. Lost to 2 texas 71–66. Bracket
- 201110Round of 64Lost to 7 Temple 66–64. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Roko Prkacin
- 17.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Ivan Juric
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Josh Reed
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Josh ReedGuard · Atlanta, GA | 6′8″ | 220 | 2 | 3 | 29.0 | 16.0 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 91.7 | 22.3 |
| 5Dasonte BowenGuard · Boston, MA | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 29.0 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 50.0 | 86.7 | 17.5 |
| 22Brant ByersForward · Chambersburg, PA | 6′8″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 27.7 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 20.0 | 87.5 | 18.3 |
| 8Roko Prkacin · Zagreb, Croatia | 6′8″ | — | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 17.3 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 23.4 |
| 3Ivan JuricForward · Zagreb, Croatia | 7′0″ | 250 | 2 | 3 | 23.3 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 79.3 | 27.8 |
| 14Thomas Allard · Suwanee, GA | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 23.0 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 30.8 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| 11Francois Wibaut · Bergerac, France | 6′7″ | — | 1 | 3 | 20.7 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 28.6 | 75.0 | 21.3 |
| 45Roberts BlumsGuard · Riga, Latvia | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 17.8 |
| 1Jay RodgersGuard · Pickerington, OH | 6′3″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 7Andy Gemao · San Ildefonso, Philippines | 6′1″ | — | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| 33Tim ObohCenter · London, England | 6′11″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 19.7 |
| 12Reggie GrodinGuard · Larchmont, NY | 6′5″ | 200 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22.2 |
| 9Grant Spacciapolli · Pittsburgh, PA | 6′3″ | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 77Aleksandar Zecevic · Prokuplje, Serbia | 6′9″ | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 85.7 |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
0–1
ATS neutral court
0–1
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
2–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsCANCanisius | W97–57 | -23.75 | 154.25 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | vsCHAChattanooga | W97–93 | -12.5 | 159.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 8 | NPITTPittsburgh | L76–82 | +2.25 | 154 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 12 | vsmercyhurst | Scheduled | -20.5 | 147.5 | — | — |
| Nov 15 | vsnew-haven | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsIU IU Indianapolis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NMEMMemphis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsUALUAlbany | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vsNEB#25Nebraska4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @ILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsUT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | NLAFLafayette | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | NSAISaint Joseph's | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsOREOregon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @MINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 10 | vsNORNorthwestern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @WISWisconsin11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 17 | @OSUOhio State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | vsPURPurdue9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @IOWAIowa7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @MSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsMARMaryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 2 | vsINDIndiana12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsOSUOhio State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 12 | @NEB#25Nebraska4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | vsWASWashington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @RUTRutgers | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 23 | vsMIC#20Michigan4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @UCLA#9UCLA2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @USCUSC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7 | vsRUTRutgers | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |