2009–10 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2009–10 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 9
Regular Season
Champion Utah State
Season MVP Luke Babbitt
Tournament
Tournament champions New Mexico State
Basketball 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 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 17, 2009 and ended with the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament March 11–13, 2010 at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, NV on the campus of the University of Nevada. Utah State won the regular season championship while New Mexico State won the WAC Tournament.

Contents

Pre-season

The WAC conducted a media teleconfrence on October 20, 2009 and released the media and coaches poll, as well as the preseason All-WAC teams and player of the year.[1]

WAC Media Poll[2]

Rank Team Votes
1 Utah State (15) 273
2 Nevada (12) 269
3 New Mexico State (6) 226
4 Idaho 193
5 Boise State 145
6 Louisiana Tech 140
7 Fresno State 130
8 San Jose State (1) 88
9 Hawai'i 66

Media All-WAC Team

Player of the Year

WAC Coaches Poll[3]

Rank Team Votes
1 Utah State (8) 64
2 Nevada (1) 53
3 New Mexico State 50
4 Idaho 42
5 Louisiana Tech 31
6 Fresno State 30
7 Boise State 23
8 San Jose State 19
9 Hawai'i 12

Coaches All-WAC Team

First Team

Second Team

Player of the Year

Rankings

Main article: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Conference games

Players of the Week

Players of the Week

Week Player School Weekly Stats
1 - Nov 16[4] Roderick Flemings Hawai'i 18.5 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.5 AST, 55.6 FG%
2 - Nov 23[5] Joey Shaw Nevada 20.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.5 AST, 61.9 FG%
3 - Nov 30[6] Ike Okoye Boise State 17.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 2.5 AST, 4.5 BLKS, 61.9 FG%
4 - Dec 7[7] Kyle Gibson La Tech 27.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 4.0 AST, 59.3 FG%
5 - Dec 14[8] Jahmar Young New Mexico State 24.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, 47.0 FG%
6 - Dec 21[9] Adrian Oliver San Jose State 31.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.0 AST, 52.6 FG%
7 - Dec 28[10] Tai Wesley Utah State 16.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 4.0 AST, 65.4 FG%
8 - Jan 4[11] Olu Ashaolu La Tech 15.5 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 1.5 AST, 52.4 FG%
9 - Jan 11[12] Luke Babbitt Nevada 23.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.0 AST, 58.3 FG%
10 - Jan 18[13] Jared Quayle Utah State 14.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 5.7 AST, 55.2 FG%
11 - Jan 25[14] Adrian Oliver San Jose State 30.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.0 AST, 54.3 FG%
12 - Feb 1[15] Hamidu Rahman New Mexico State 22.0 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 66.7 FG%
13 - Feb 8[16] Jahmar Young New Mexico State 25.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.0 AST, 61.5 FG%
14 - Feb 15[17] Armon Johnson Nevada 23.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.5 AST, 50.0 FG%
15 - Feb 22[18] Roderick Flemings Hawai'i 32.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.5 AST, 45.1 FG%
16 - Mar 1[19] Robert Arnold Boise State 22.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, 75.0 FG%
17 - Mar 7[20] Tai Wesley Utah State 22.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.5 AST, 82.6 FG%

On January 26 San Jose State's Adrian Oliver was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for games ending the week of January 24.[21]

Conference tournament

Main article: 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
  Quarterfinals,
Thursday, March 11		 Semifinals,
Friday, March 12		 Championship,
Saturday, March 13
                           
  1  Utah State 84  
8  Boise State 60  
  1  Utah State 85  
  4  Louisiana Tech 55  
4  Louisiana Tech 74
  5  Fresno State 66  
    1  Utah State 63
  3  New Mexico State 69
  3  New Mexico State 90  
6  San Jose State 69  
  3  New Mexico State 80
  2  Nevada 79  
2  Nevada 87
  7  Idaho 71  

Head coaches

Greg Graham, Boise State (fired on March 12, 2010)[22]
Steve Cleveland, Fresno State
Bob Nash, Hawai'i (fired on March 8, 2010)[23]
Don Verlin, Idaho
Kerry Rupp, Louisiana Tech
David Carter, Nevada
Marvin Menzies, New Mexico State
George Nessman, San Jose State
Stew Morrill, Utah State

Post season

NCAA Tournament

First Round

(12) New Mexico State vs. (5) Michigan State L 70–67

(12) Utah State vs. (5) Texas A&M L 69–53

NIT

First Round

(6) Nevada @ (3) Wichita State W 74–70

Second Round

(6) Nevada @ (2) Rhode Island L 85–83

CollegeInsider.com Tournament

First Round

Louisiana Tech vs. Southern Mississippi W 66–57

Quarterfinals

Louisiana Tech @ Missouri State L 69–40

2010 NBA Draft

PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 10 George, PaulPaul George SF  United States Indiana Pacers Fresno State (So.)
1 16 Babbitt, LukeLuke Babbitt SF  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Charlotte via Denver,[c] traded to Portland)[B] Nevada (So.)
2 34 Johnson, ArmonArmon Johnson PG  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State)[k] Nevada (Jr.)
2 51 Rolle, MagnumMagnum Rolle PF/C  Bahamas Oklahoma City Thunder (from Portland via Dallas and Minnesota,[d] traded to Indiana)[L] Louisiana Tech (Sr.)

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

Draft-day trades

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.[34][35][36]

Highlights and notes

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All WAC teams[39]

First team
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Jahmar Young, New Mexico State
Adrian Oliver, San Jose State
Jared Quayle, Utah State
Tai Wesley, Utah State
Second team
Paul George, Fresno State
Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech
Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech
Armon Johnson, Nevada
Jonathan Gibson, New Mexico State
Honorable mention
Daequon Montreal, Boise State
Sylvester Seay, Fresno State
Roderick Flemings, Hawai'i
Mac Hopson, Idaho
Wendell McKines, New Mexico State
All–defensive team
Marvin Jefferson, Idaho
Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech
Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech
Dario Hunt, Nevada
Pooh Williams, Utah State
All–newcomer team
Daequon Montreal, Boise State
Greg Smith, Fresno State
DeAndre Brown, Louisiana Tech
Nate Bendall, Utah State
Brian Green, Utah State
Player of the year
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Freshman of the year
Greg Smith, Fresno State
Don Haskins coach of the year
Stew Morrill, Utah State

All-Academic

USBWA All-District team

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