2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball
CIT, Quarterfinals
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record 24–11 (9–7 WAC)
Head coach Kerry Rupp
Assistant coach Nikita Johnson
Assistant coach Curtis Condie
Assistant coach Dusty May
Home arena Thomas Assembly Center
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Utah State 14   2   .875     27   7   .794
Nevada 11   5   .688     21   13   .618
New Mexico State† 11   5   .688     22   11   .667
Louisiana Tech 9   7   .563     24   11   .686
Fresno State 7   9   .438     15   18   .455
San Jose State 6   10   .375     14   17   .452
Idaho 6   10   .375     15   16   .484
Boise State 5   11   .313     15   17   .469
Hawaiʻi 3   13   .188     10   20   .333
† 2010 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Kerry Rupp's 3rd season as head coach. The Bulldogs played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center and compete in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–7 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Missouri State.

Contents

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference[1] La Tech was selected to finish 5th in the coaches poll and 6th in the media poll. Sr. Kyle Gibson was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
2 Brandon Gibson 6'5" 225 G So. Marianna, FL, U.S. Marianna HS
3 Jamel Guyton 6'3" 200 G Sr. Odessa, TX, U.S. Odessa HS
Odessa CC
5 Olu Ashaolu 6'7" 220 G So. Toronto, ON, Canada Humble Christian (Texas)
10 Yonas Berhe 6'0" 170 G So. Toronto, ON, Canada Father Henry Carr SS
11 DeAndre Brown 5'11" 160 G Jr. Fort Worth, TX, U.S. Paul Laurence Dunbar HS
Navarro CC
13 Trey Felder 6'5" 169 G
F		 Fr. Jackson, MS, U.S. Murrah HS
15 Magnum Rolle 6'11" 225 F
C		 Sr. Freeport, Bahamas Bahamas National prep school
LSU
20 Andres Marmolejo 6'3" 215 G Jr. Alamo Heights, TX, U.S. Alamo Heights SS
Oakton CC
22 Kyle Gibson 6'5" 205 G Sr. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Dorsey HS
24 Darius Redding 6'4" 205 F Fr. Tallahassee, FL, U.S. Godby HS
30 David Jackson 6'8" 205 F Sr. Tucson, AZ, U.S. Rincon HS
Mesa CC
31 Kaiser Stegall 6'3" 205 F Fr. Lancaster, TX, U.S. Skyline HS
33 Anson Bartlett 6'3" 175 G So. Little Rock, AR, U.S. Pulaski Academy
34 Justin Rake 6'3" 200 G Fr. Mandeville, LA, U.S. St. Paul's School
45 Shawn Oliverson 6'10" 250 F
C		 Jr. Preston, ID, U.S. Preston HS
Cornell

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at La Tech Alma Mater (Year)
Kerry Rupp Head Coach 3rd Southern Utah (1977)
Nikita Johnson Associate Head Coach 3rd West Georgia (1989)
Curtis Condie Assistant Coach 3rd Utah State (1994)
Dusty May Assistant Coach 1st Indiana (2000)
Cody Fueger Director of Basketball Operations 3rd Utah (2006)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
Sat, Nov 7 7:00pm Lincoln (Mo.) Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 91–54  1,013
Regular Season
Sat, Nov 14* 1:00pm at Texas-Pan American UTPA Fieldhouse • Edinburg, TX W 80–62  458 1–0
Fri, Nov 20* 7:00pm vs. Miami (OH) The Pit • Albuquerque, NM
(World Vision Classic)		 W 74–62  NA 2–0
Sat, Nov 21* 9:30pm at New Mexico The Pit • Albuquerque, NM
(World Vision Classic)		 L 81–52  11,311 2–1
Sun, Nov 22* 3:00pm vs. Nicholls State The Pit • Albuquerque, NM
(World Vision Classic)		 W 77–45  NA 3–1
Wed, Nov 25* 7:00pm Arkansas-Little Rock Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 86–66  1,497 4–1
Sat, Nov 28* 7:00pm at Texas Christian Daniel-Meyer Coliseum • Fort Worth, TX W 68–63  3,384 5–1
Wed, Dec 2* 7:00pm at Louisiana-Monroe Fant-Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, LA W 76–73  3,817 6–1
Sat, Dec 5* 7:00pm Northwestern State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 98–70  2,217 7–1
Wed, Dec 9* 8:00pm at Arizona McKale Center • Tucson, AZ L 86–67  13,270 7–2
Sat, Dec 12* 7:00pm at Centenary Gold Dome • Shreveport, LA W 102–96 2OT 2,863 8–2
Tue, Dec 15* 7:00pm Murray State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 87-81  1,911 9–2
Sat, Dec 19* 7:00pm McNeese State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 79–58  1,636 10–2
Tue, Dec 22* 8:00pm Texas-Pan American Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 81–60  2,431 11–2
Tue, Dec 29* 7:00pm at Houston Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, TX W 99–94  2,862 12–2
Sat, Jan 2 7:00pm Nevada Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 77–71  2,088 13–2 (1–0)
Mon, Jan 4 7:00pm Utah State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 82–60  2,094 14–2 (2–0)
Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm at Idaho Cowan Spectrum • Moscow, ID W 77–71  2,047 15–2 (3–0)
Mon, Jan 11 8:05pm at Boise State Taco Bell Arena • Boise, ID W 79–64  2,186 16–2 (4–0)
Thu, Jan 14 8:00pm Fresno State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA ESPN Plus W 81–73  4,146 17–2 (5–0)
Thu, Jan 21 9:00pm at San Jose State The Event Center Arena • San Jose, CA L 87–76  1,516 17–3 (5–1)
Sat, Jan 23 11:00pm at Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 65–60  5,857 18–3 (6–1)
Sat, Jan 30 8:00pm New Mexico State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA L 91–77  5,028 18–4 (6–2)
Thu, Feb 4 8:00pm San Jose State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA ESPN Plus W 71–64  2,467 19–4 (7–2)
Mon, Feb 8 8:00pm at New Mexico State Pan American Center • Las Cruces, NM ESPN Plus L 70–68  5,549 19–5 (7–3)
Sat, Feb 13 8:00pm Hawai'i Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 66–60  2,096 20–5 (8–3)
Wed, Feb 17 10:00pm at Utah State Smith Spectrum • Logan, UT ESPN2 L 67–61  10,049 20–6 (8–4)
Sat, Feb 20* 12:00pm at Northeastern Matthews Arena • Boston, MA
(ESPN BracketBusters)		 ESPN2 W 70–67  4,414 21–6
Thu, Feb 25 7:00pm Boise State Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA L 72–59  1,976 21–7 (8–5)
Sat, Feb 27 8:00pm Idaho Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA W 60–49  2,669 22–7 (9–5)
Thu, Mar 4 9:00pm at Fresno State Save Mart Center • Fresno, CA L 66–59  8,350 22–8 (9–6)
Sat, Mar 6 9:00pm at Nevada Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV L 79–68  7,558 22–9 (9–7)
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 4:30pm vs. Fresno State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV
(Quarterfinals)		 W 74–66  NA 23–9
Fri, Mar 12 8:00pm vs. Utah State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV
(Semifinals)		 L 85–55  NA 23–10
2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Thu, Mar 18 7:00pm Southern Mississippi Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA
(First Round)		 W 66–57  1,873 24–10
Mon, Mar 22 7:05pm at Missouri State JQH Arena • Springfield, MO
(Quarterfinals)		 L 69–40  3,015 24–11
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Season highlights

On December 7, Sr. Kyle Gibson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourth week of the season with weekly averages of 27.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.5 Steals and 59.3 FG%.[4]

On January 4, So. Olu Ashaolu was named the WAC player of the week for the eighth week of the season with weekly averages of 15.5 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 1.5 AST, 0.5 Steals and 52.4 FG%.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316
  2. ^ http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html
  3. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 
  4. ^ http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845416
  5. ^ http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204864624