2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team

2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record 21–13 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach David Carter
Assistant coach Doug Novsek
Assistant coach Keith Brown
Assistant coach Dennis Gates
Home arena Lawlor Events 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 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach David Carter's first season as head coach after being a Wolf Pack assistant coach for the previous ten years. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference and play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Rhode Island.

Contents

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference[1] Nevada was selected to finish 2nd in the coaches poll and received one first place vote. So. Luke Babbitt and Jr. Armon Johnson were selected to the coach's All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as pre-season WAC player of the year.

The media poll almost mirrored the coaches poll as the Wolf Pack were selected to finish 2nd and received 12 first place votes, Babbitt and Johnson were selected to the All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as the media WAC pre-season player of the year.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Brandon Fields 6'4" 190 G Sr. Arlington, TX, U.S. Bowie HS
1 Patrick Nyeko 6'6" 180 G Fr. London, England, U.K. Seattle Prep
3 Joey Shaw 6'6" 210 F Sr. Glendale, AZ, U.S. Deer Valley High School HS
College of Southern Idaho
5 Luke Babbitt 6'9" 225 F So. Reno, NV, U.S. Galena HS
11 London Giles 6'3" 185 G So. Dallas, TX, U.S. Kimball HS
12 Keith Fuetsch 5'11" 170 G Fr. Reno, NV, U.S. Bishop Manogue HS
14 Marko Cukic 6'9" 240 F Fr. Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia IMG Academies
20 Ray Kraemer 6'4" 220 G Sr. Kemah, TX, U.S. Clear Creek HS
Weatherford CC
21 Malik Story 6'5" 225 G So. Pasadena, CA, U.S. Artesia HS
Indiana
23 Armon Johnson 6'3" 195 G Jr. Reno, NV, U.S. Hug HS
33 Adam Carp 6'7" 205 F Jr. Clayton, CA, U.S. Clayton Valley HS
43 Keith Olson 6'9" 260 F So. Gardnerville, NV, U.S. Douglas HS
Northern Arizona
54 Dario Hunt 6'8" 230 F So. Colorado Springs, CO, U.S. Charis Prep

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Nevada Alma Mater (Year)
David Carter Head Coach 1st Saint Mary's (1989)
Doug Novsek Associate Head Coach 4th Southern Illinois (1987)
Keith Brown Assistant Coach 1st Hampton (1993)
Dennis Gates Assistant Coach 1st California (2001)
Zac Claus Director of Basketball Operations 5th Eastern Washington (1998)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
Tue, Nov 10 7:05pm Chico State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 90–63  3,687
Regular Season
Sat, Nov 14* 7:05pm Montana State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 75–61  7,371 1–0
Wed, Nov 18* 7:30pm at UNLV Thomas & Mack Center • Paradise, Nevada L 88–75  13,113 1–1
Sat, Nov 21* 8:05pm Houston Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 112–99  5,721 2–1
Fri, Nov 27* 4:30pm at VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center • Richmond, VA L 85–76  5,769 2–2
Sun, Nov 29* 4:45pm at #11 North Carolina Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC FSN L 80–73  17,321 2–3
Sat, Dec 5* 7:00pm at Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center • Stockton, CA L 61–58  2,801 2–4
Tue, Dec 8* 7:05pm Fresno Pacific Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 89–67  3,778 3–4
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm South Dakota State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 92–72  3,130 4–4
Thu, Dec 17* 7:05pm Eastern Washington Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 73–70  4,713 5–4
Sat, Dec 19* 7:05pm Wagner Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 74–61  4,692 6–5
Tue, Dec 22* 7:30pm vs. BYU Orleans Arena • Paradise, NV
(Las Vegas Classic)		 L 110–104  NA 6–5
Wed, Dec 23* 5:00pm vs. Tulsa Orleans Arena • Paradise, NV
(Las Vegas Classic)		 W 99–68  NA 7–5
Mon, Dec 28* 7:05pm Portland Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 78–69  5,827 8–5
Sat, Jan 2 5:00pm at Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA L 77–71  2,088 8–6 (0–1)
Mon, Jan 4 8:00pm at New Mexico State Pan American Center • Las Cruces, NM ESPNU W 77–67  4,788 9–6 (1–1)
Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm San Jose State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 96–67  5,988 10–6 (2–1)
Wed, Jan 13 8:00pm Utah State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV ESPN2 L 79–72 OT 7,035 10–7 (2–2)
Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm Idaho Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 76–68  6,030 11–7 (3–2)
Wed, Jan 20 7:15pm at Boise State Taco Bell Arena • Boise, ID W 88–82  2,833 12–7 (4–2)
Sat, Jan 23 7:00pm at Fresno State Save Mart Center • Fresno, CA L 87–77  8,494 12–8 (4–3)
Sat, Jan 30 7:05pm Hawai'i Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 66–60  7,490 13–8 (5–3)
Sat, Feb 6 7:00pm at Utah State Smith Spectrum • Logan, UT ESPNU L 76–65  10,270 13–9 (5–4)
Wed, Feb 10 8:00pm at Idaho Cowan Spectrum • Moscow, ID ESPN2 W 67–66  1,580 14–9 (6–4)
Sat, Feb 13 7:05pm Boise State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 88–80 OT 7,598 15–9 (7–4)
Wed, Feb 17 7:05pm Fresno State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 74–70  5,479 16–9 (8–4)
Sat, Feb 20* 12:00pm at Missouri State JQH Arena • Springfield, MO
(ESPN BracketBusters)		 ESPN2 L 62–60  7,805 16–10
Thu, Feb 25 7:00pm at San Jose State The Event Center • San Jose, CA W 83–79  2,385 17–10 (9–4)
Sat, Feb 27 9:00pm at Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI L 74–63  6,025 17–11 (9–5)
Thu, Mar 4 7:05pm New Mexico State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 100–92  5,878 18–11 (10–5)
Sat, Mar 6 7:05pm Louisiana Tech Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV W 79–68  7,558 19–11 (11–5)
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 6:00pm Idaho Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV
(Quarterfinals)		 W 87–71  NA 20–11
Fri, Mar 12 9:00pm New Mexico State Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV
(Semifinals)		 ESPN2 L 80–79  5,897 20–12
2010 National Invitation Tournament
Wed, Mar 17 5:05pm at Wichita State Charles Koch Arena • Wichita, KS
(First Round)		 W 74–70  9,112 21–12
Mon, Mar 22 3:00pm at Rhode Island Ryan Center • Kingston, RI
(Second Round)		 ESPNU L 85–83  3,419 21–13
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Season highlights

On November 23, Sr. Joey Shaw was named the WAC player of the week for the second week of the season with weekly averages of 20.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.5 AST and 61.9 FG%.[4]

On January 11, So. Luke Babbitt was named the WAC player of the week for the ninth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.0 AST and 58.3 FG%.[5]

On February 15, Jr. Armon Johnson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 50.0 FG%.[6]

See also

References

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