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The team played its first season of basketball in 1897, finishing with a 1-1 record after playing Bucknell twice. They lost the first game 4-24, and won the second 10-7. The team went without a formal head coach until Burke Hermann in 1916. [2] The program has ten NCAA tournament appearances with its best finish coming in 1954, reaching the ...
Penn State is one of the premier programs in the nation with 28 NCAA Tournament appearances, the third most in the nation. [22] Since joining the Big Ten in 1992, the Nittany Lions have been dominant with more Big Ten Tournament titles than any other team and the second most regular season titles behind Michigan .
Team Appearances First Last Wins Losses Pct. Titles Alabama: 5 1950 1999 11 10 .524 0 Arizona: 18 1954 2021 43 32 .573 4 Arizona State: 22 1964 2010 61 38 .616 5 Arkansas: 11 1979 2022 18 22 .450 0 Auburn: 6 1967 2022 4 11 .267 0 Baylor: 3 1977 2005 2 6 .250 0 Boston College: 4 1953 1967 6 8 .429 0 Bradley: 2 1950 1956 2 4 .333 0 BYU: 2 1968 ...
Between 1939 and 1950, there were only 8 teams in the tournament, so all teams can claim an Elite Eight appearance. Between 1951 and 1952, there were sixteen teams in the tournament, so all could claim a Sweet Sixteen appearance. Between 1953 and 1974, participating teams fluctuated from 22 to 25 teams and some received byes to the Sweet Sixteen.
The current program traces its roots back to 1971 when the program was restarted at the non-NCAA level. [10] Consensus in the ice hockey community considered Penn State to play on a level comparable to NCAA Division III teams, with whom Penn State routinely scheduled games prior to the move to Division I. [11] [12] The Icers also played Division I, in-state opponent Robert Morris.
This is a list of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament all-time records, updated through the 2023 tournament. [1] [2] Schools whose names are italicized are no longer in Division I, and can no longer be included in the tournament. Teams with (*) have had games vacated due to NCAA rules violations. The records do include vacated games.
After a rebuilding 2011 season, Doherty led Penn State to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years in 2012, and the quarterfinal for the first time in thirteen years as well. Penn State has made seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances under her watch from 2012 to 2018, including five quarterfinals and back-to-back Final Fours in ...
This is a list of seasons completed by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1887, the Nittany Lions have participated in 1,368 officially sanctioned games, including 52 bowl games.