1897–98 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1897–98 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1897–98 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1897–98 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Conference	Independent
1897–98 record	2–1
Head coach	student coaches;
Captain	Clay Spreacher
Home arena	Armory
	Seasons ← 1896–97 1898–99 →

The 1897–1898 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 1897–98 college men's basketball season. The team finished with a final record of 2–1.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
*	Bucknell	W 12–4	1–0	Armory University Park, PA
*	at Bucknell	L 5–18	1–1	Lewisburg, PA
*	Cornell	W 26–5	2–1	Armory University Park, PA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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v t Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
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

1897–98 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago		–		–	1	–	0	1.000
Mount Union		–		–	8	–	1	.889
Bloomsburg		–		–	5	–	1	.833
Temple		–		–	22	–	5	.815
Penn State		–		–	2	–	1	.667
Westminster (PA)		–		–	4	–	2	.667
Hiram		–		–	3	–	2	.600
Yale		–		–	12	–	9	.571
Allegheny		–		–	2	–	2	.500
Bucknell		–		–	4	–	4	.500
Butler		–		–	2	–	3	.400
Minnesota		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Notre Dame		–		–	1	–	2	.333
Wisc.–Stevens Point		–		–	1	–	2	.333
Macalester		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Nebraska		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Iowa		–		–	0	–	1	.000
North Dakota State		–		–	0	–	6	.000
Wabash		–		–	0	–	2	.000


Rankings from AP Poll