2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference Big East Conference
2009–10 record 23–11 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach John Thompson III
Assistant coach Kenya Hunter
Assistant coach David Cox
Assistant coach Mike Brennan
Home arena Verizon Center
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 Syracuse 15   3   .833     30   5   .857
#6 West Virginia† 13   5   .722     31   7   .816
#9 Villanova 13   5   .722     25   8   .758
#18 Pittsburgh 13   5   .722     25   9   .735
Marquette 11   7   .611     22   12   .647
Louisville 11   7   .611     20   13   .606
#14 Georgetown 10   8   .556     23   11   .676
Notre Dame 10   8   .556     23   12   .657
South Florida 9   9   .500     20   13   .606
Seton Hall 9   9   .500     19   13   .594
Cincinnati 7   11   .389     19   16   .543
Connecticut 7   11   .389     18   16   .529
St. John's 6   12   .333     17   16   .515
Rutgers 5   13   .278     15   17   .469
Providence 4   14   .222     12   19   .387
DePaul 1   17   .056     8   23   .258
† 2010 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010[1] • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by John Thompson III and played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Hoyas are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 10–8 in Big East play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to West Virginia. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 3 seed in the Midwest Region, where they were upset by 14 seed Ohio in the first round.

Contents

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Hollis Thompson 6'7" 205 F Fr. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Loyola HS
4 Chris Wright 6'1" 208 G Jr. Bowie, MD, U.S. St. John's College HS
10 Greg Monroe 6'11" 247 C So. New Orleans, LA, U.S. Helen Cox HS
11 Vee Sanford 6'3" 180 G Fr. Lexington, KY, U.S. Lexington HS
12 Ryan Dougherty 6'0" 192 G Jr. Kensington, MD, U.S. St. Alban's HS
Rochester
15 Austin Freeman 6'3" 227 G Jr. Mitchellville, MD, U.S. DeMatha HS
20 Jerrelle Benimon 6'7" 242 F Fr. Warrenton, VA, U.S. Fauquier HS
21 Jason Clark 6'2" 170 G So. Arlington, VA, U.S. Bishop O'Connell HS
22 Julian Vaughn 6'9" 247 F Jr. Vienna, VA, U.S. Oak Hill Academy
Florida State
25 Stephen Stepka 6'6" 190 G Fr. Fairfax, VA, U.S. W.T. Woodson HS
30 Henry Sims 6'10" 230 C Jr. Baltimore, MD, U.S. Mount St. Joseph HS

Rankings

Main article: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 WK 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 20 19 18 16 15 11 14 13 12 11 12 7 7 7 10 11 19 22 14
Coaches 21 20 19 14 13 11 13 13 12 11 14 11 8 8 10 13 20 22 15 RV

2009–10 Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 7:00pm at Tulane #20 Avron B. Fogelman Arena • New Orleans, LA W 74–58  3,463 1–0
11/17/2009* 4:00pm Temple #19 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN W 46–45  8,712 2–0
11/21/2009* 1:00pm at Savannah State #19 Tiger Arena • Savannah, GA W 63–44  3,176 3–0
11/28/2009* 12:00pm Lafayette #18 Verizon Center • Washington, DC MASN W 97–64  9,712 4–0
11/30/2009* 7:30pm Mount St. Mary's #16 Verizon Center • Washington, DC MASN W 83–62  7,643 5–0
12/5/2009* 4:00pm American #16 Verizon Center • Washington, DC W 73–46  10,465 6–0
12/8/2009* 7:00pm vs. #22 Butler #15 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Jimmy V Classic)		 ESPN W 72–65  NA 7–0
12/12/2009* 2:00pm vs. #17 Washington #15 Honda Center • Anaheim, CA
(John R. Wooden Classic)		 FSN W 74–66  NA 8–0
12/19/2009* 7:00pm Old Dominion #11 McDonough Arena • Washington, DC MASN L 74–66  2,400 8–1
12/23/2009* 12:00pm Harvard #14 Verizon Center • Washington, DC MASN W 86–70  7,613 9–1
12/31/2009 8:00pm St. John's #13 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN2 W 64–59  9,376 10–1 (1–0)
1/3/2010 2:00pm at DePaul #13 Allstate Arena • Rosemont, IL MASN W 67–50  8,595 11–1 (2–0)
1/6/2010 8:00pm at Marquette #12 Bradley Center • Milwaukee, WI MASN L 62–59  15,984 11–2 (2–1)
1/9/2010 12:00pm #13 Connecticut #12 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN W 72–69  15,654 12–2 (3–1)
1/14/2010 7:00pm Seton Hall #11 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN W 85–73  12,824 13–2 (4–1)
1/17/2010 12:00pm at #4 Villanova #11 Wachovia Center • Philadelphia, PA MASN L 82–77  20,016 13–3 (4–2)
1/20/2010 7:00pm at #9 Pittsburgh #12 Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, PA ESPNU W 74–66  12,677 14–3 (5–2)
1/23/2010 12:00pm Rutgers #12 Verizon Center • Washington, DC MASN W 88–63  13,124 15–3 (6–2)
1/25/2010 7:00pm at #4 Syracuse #7 Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ESPN L 73–56  26,508 15–4 (6–3)
1/30/2010* 1:00pm #8 Duke #7 Verizon Center • Washington, DC CBS W 89–77  20,039 16–4 (6–3)
2/3/2010 7:00pm South Florida #7 Verizon Center • Washington, DC MASN L 72–64  12,207 16–5 (6–4)
2/6/2010 12:00pm #2 Villanova #7 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN W 103–90  10,387 17–5 (7–4)
2/9/2010 7:00pm at Providence #7 Dunkin' Donuts Center • Providence, RI ESPN2 W 79–70  9,073 18–5 (8–4)
2/14/2010 4:00pm at Rutgers #7 The RAC • Piscataway, NJ MASN L 71–68  6,225 18–6 (8–5)
2/18/2010 7:00pm #5 Syracuse #10 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN L 75–71  19,976 18–7 (8–6)
2/23/2010 7:00pm at Louisville #11 Freedom Hall • Louisville, KY ESPN2 W 70–60  19,917 19–7 (9–6)
2/27/2010 12:00pm Notre Dame #11 Verizon Center • Washington, DC CBS L 78–64  15,992 19–8 (9–7)
3/1/2010 7:00pm at #10 West Virginia #19 WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV ESPN L 81–68  13,211 19–9 (9–8)
3/6/2010 12:00pm Cincinnati #19 Verizon Center • Washington, DC ESPN W 74–47  17,054 20–9 (10–8)
Big East Tournament
3/10/2010 12:00pm vs. South Florida #22 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Second Round)		 ESPN2 W 69–49  19,375 21–9
3/11/2010 12:00pm vs. #3 Syracuse #22 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Quarterfinals)		 ESPN W 91–84  19,375 22–9
3/12/2010 7:00pm vs. Marquette #22 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Semifinals)		 ESPN W 80–57  19,375 23–9
3/13/2010 9:00pm vs. #7 West Virginia #22 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Final)		 ESPN L 60–58  19,375 23–10
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010 7:25pm vs. Ohio #12 Dunkin' Donuts Center • Providence, RI
(First round)		 CBS L 97–83  10,788 23–11
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.
  2. ^ http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gu-m-baskbl-mtt.html
  3. ^ "2009–10 Schedule". http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/gu-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
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