The 2022–23 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Micah Shrewsberry and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated Illinois, Northwestern, and Indiana to advance to the championship game of the Big Ten tournament. There they lost to Purdue. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011 as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Texas A&M in the first round of the tournament, marking their first tournament win since 2001, before losing to Texas in the second round.
On March 22, 2023, Micah Shrewsberry left the school to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2021–22 season 14–17, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Minnesota and Ohio State before losing to Purdue in the quarterfinals.
Offseason Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Irekefe Oweh 0 G 6'2" 188 Sophomore North Brunswick, NJ Walk-on; transferred Sam Sessoms 3 G 6'0" 189 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduate transferred to Coppin State Greg Lee 5 F 6'9" 217 GS Senior Rockford, IL Graduated Jaheam Cornwall 11 G 6'0" 190 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated Jevonnie Scott 13 F 6'7" 252 Junior Toronto, ON Transferred to Brock Jalanni White 14 F 6'8" 205 GS Senior New Haven, CT Graduated John Harrar 21 F 6'9" 240 GS Senior Wallingford, PA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college Andrew Funk 10 G 6'5" 188 GS Senior Warrington, PA Bucknell Camren Wynter 11 G 6'2" 185 GS Senior Hempstead, NY Drexel Michael Henn 24 F 6'8" 225 GS Senior Bellevue, WA Denver
2022 recruiting class
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach Micah Shrewsberry 2021 Hanover (1999) Associate head coach Adam Fisher 2021 Penn State (2006) Assistant Coach Aki Collins 2021 Clark Atlanta (1997) Assistant Coach Mike Farrelly 2011 Saint Joseph's (2003) Director of Basketball Operations Nicholas Colella 2015 Penn State (2013) Director of Recruiting Brian Snow 2021 Ohio State (2007) Athletic trainer Justin Pomar 2021 Penn State (2014) Director of player development Mike Green 2021 Butler (2008) Strength and conditioning coach Greg Miskinis 2009 Penn State (2008)
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
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