The 2025–26 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Rhoades, and played their home games at Bryce Jordan Center located in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 3–17 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost to Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2024–25 season 16–15, 6–14 in Big Ten play to finish in 17th place. As a result of finishing in the bottom three, they failed to qualify for the Big Ten tournament.

Offseason Departures Penn State departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jahvin Carter 0 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Alcoa, TN Transferred to Middle Tennessee State Ace Baldwin Jr. 1 G 6'1" 190 Graduate Student Baltimore, MD Graduated, signed with the Osceola Magic D'Marco Dunn 2 G 6'5" 195 Senior Tucson, AZ Graduated Nick Kern Jr. 3 G 6'6" 200 Senior St. Louis, MO Graduated Puff Johnson 5 G/F 6'8" 205 Graduate Student Moon Township, PA Graduated Miles Goodman 8 F 6'11" 205 Freshman Seattle, WA Transferred to UT Arlington Joe Sedora 10 F 6'5" 185 Freshman York, PA Walk-on; Transferred to West Chester Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 14 F 7'0" 225 Junior Fräschels, Switzerland Declared for the 2025 NBA draft; Selected 30th overall by Los Angeles Clippers Kachi Nzeh 15 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Upper Darby, PA Transferred to Little Rock Zach Hicks 24 F 6'8" 200 Senior Camden, NJ Graduated Hudson Ward 52 F 6'7" 210 Freshman Leduc, AB, Canada Transferred to Western Michigan

Incoming transfers Penn State incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Josh Reed 10 F 6'8" 230 Senior Atlanta, GA Cincinnati Saša Ciani 22 F 6'10" 240 Junior Nova Gorica, Slovenia UIC

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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