1896–97 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1896–1897 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1896–1897 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Conference	Independent
1896–1897 record	1–1
Head coach	none;
Captain	M.R. Stevenson
Home arena	Armory
	Seasons 1897–98 →

The 1896–1897 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 1896–97 college men's basketball season.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
*	at Bucknell	L 4–24	0–1	Lewisburg, PA
*	Bucknell	W 10–7	1–1	The Armory University Park, PA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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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	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 1953–54 1968–69 1970–71 1975–76 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 2000–01 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 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics