2009–10 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

2009–10 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball
Conference Mid-American Conference
West Division
2009–10 record 15–15 (9–7 MAC)
Head coach Ernie Zeigler
Assistant coach Keith Noftz
Assistant coach Darren Kohne
Assistant coach Terrance Chatman
Home arena Rose Arena
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 13   3   .813     24   10   .706
Akron 12   4   .750     24   11   .686
Miami 9   7   .563     14   18   .438
Buffalo 9   7   .563     18   12   .600
Ohio† 7   9   .438     22   15   .595
Bowling Green 6   10   .375     14   16   .467
West
Central Michigan 9   7   .563     15   15   .500
Eastern Michigan 8   8   .500     17   15   .531
Western Michigan 8   8   .500     18   15   .545
Ball State 8   8   .500     15   15   .500
Northern Illinois 6   10   .375     10   20   .333
Toledo 1   15   .063     4   28   .125
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Central Michigan Chippewas basketball team will represent Central Michigan University in the college basketball season of 2009–10. The team is coached by Ernie Zeigler and will play their homes game in Rose Arena.

Contents

Before the season

Roster Changes

The Chippewas lost two starters from their 2008–09 season. Marcus Van, who last year led the team with 13.0 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game, graduated.[1] The other starter, Jacolby Hardiman was convicted of a high-court misdemeanor and later transferred to Robert Morris University.[2] Hardiman was responsible for 9.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. The Chippewas also lost six other starters, which included one senior, two sophomores, and three freshmen. To replace them, the Chippewas are adding five players to their roster. Two of those are true freshman while the other three are transfers from junior colleges.

Recruiting

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyler Brown
SF		 Eau Claire, WI Eau Claire North HS 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) Sep 16,
2008 
Scout:   Rivals:N/A   ESPN grade: 85
Finis Craddock
PG		 Garland, TX Garland HS 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 21,
2009 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 80
William McClure
PF		 Mattoon, IL Lake Land College 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) 225 lb (102 kg) Apr 19,
2009 
Scout:   Rivals:N/A
Amir Rashid
PG		 Athens, TX Trinity Valley CC 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 165 lb (75 kg) Apr 21,
2009 
Scout:   Rivals:N/A
Jalin Thomas
SF		 Lithopolis, OH Pensacola JC 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 200 lb (91 kg)  
Scout:N/A   Rivals:N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Roster

Roster current as of September 15, when their summer prospectus was published.[1]

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Jordan Bitzer 15 G 6-3 195 Senior Unionville, Michigan
Tyler Brown 33 F 6-7 220 Freshman Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Finis Craddock 5 G 6-1 180 Freshman Garland, Texas
Brandon Ford 13 F/C 6-11 255 Senior Petrolia, Ontario
Robbie Harman 20 G 6-1 180 Senior Traverse City, Michigan
Chris Kellermann 21 F 6-8 245 Senior O'Fallon, Illinois
William McClure 41 F/C 6-7 240 Junior Indianapolis, Indiana
Amir Rashid 2 G 5-9 165 Junior Houston, Texas
Zach Saylor 00 F 6-8 235 Freshman Lansing, Michigan
Marko Spica 10 F/C 6-9 250 Junior Belgrade, Serbia
Jalin Thomas 31 G/F 6-4 200 Junior Columbus, Ohio
Antonio Weary 24 G 6-3 215 Junior Los Angeles, California

Coaching staff

Name Position College Graduating year
Ernie Zeigler Head Coach Cleary College 1994
Keith Noftz Assistant Coach Heidelberg University 1978
Darren Kohne Assistant Coach University of Toledo 2000
Terrance Chatman Assistant Coach University of Missouri – Kansas City 2001
Marcelo Olivarez Director of Basketball Operations Central Michigan University 2009

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
November 1* 4:30 p.m. Marygrove Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan
(Exhibition)		 W 85–38
Stats 		 1,065
November 7* 12:00 p.m. Indiana-South Bend Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan
(Exhibition)		 W 70–42
Stats 		 291
November 14* 12:00 p.m. Princeton Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan L 68–71
Stats 		 707 0–1
November 16* 7:00 p.m. Ferris State Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 82–69
Stats 		 1,705 1–1
November 18* 7:00 p.m. UIC Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 67-48
Stats 		  1,170 2-1
November 21* 7:00 p.m. at Fairleigh Dickinson Rothman Center • Teaneck, New Jersey L 62–53
Stats 		   2–2
November 24* 7:00 p.m. at Wright State Nutter Center • Dayton, Ohio L 69–53
Stats 		 5,588 2–3
November 28* 11:30 a.m. at Purdue #6 Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana Big Ten Network L 38–64
Stats 		 12,002 2–4
December 1* 7:00 p.m. Chicago State Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 78–40
Stats 		 1,059 3–4
December 5* 7:00 p.m. at Illinois State Redbird Arena • Normal, Illinois L 62–75
Stats 		 7,060 3–5
December 13* 2:00 p.m. at South Florida USF Sun Dome • Tampa, Florida W 59–56
Stats 		 3,364 4–5
December 19* 8:00 p.m. at South Dakota State Frost Arena • Brookings, South Dakota L 72–80
Stats 		 1,302 4–6
December 22* 7:00 p.m. at Detroit Calihan Hall • Detroit, Michigan L 58–76
Stats 		 2,388 4–7
December 30* 8:00 p.m. at Alcorn State Davey Whitney Complex • Lorman, Mississippi W 68–64  500 5–7
January 9 2:30 p.m. at Toledo Savage Arena • Toledo, Ohio W 59–48  5,199 6–7 (1–0)
January 13 7:00 p.m. Ball State Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 53–38  2,112 7–7 (2–0)
January 16 2:00 p.m. at Western Michigan University Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan L 61–70  4,656 7–8 (2–1)
January 20 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 71–63  1,207 8–8 (3–1)
January 23 6:30 p.m. Northern Illinois Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 81–75  2,317 9–8 (4–1)
January 28 7:00 p.m. at Miami (OH) Millett Hall • Oxford, Ohio L 51–64  1,407 9–9 (4–2)
January 30 7:00 p.m. at Bowling Green Anderson Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio W 64–52  2,222 10–9 (5–2)
February 4 7:00 p.m. Buffalo Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 88–82  1,029 11–9 (6–2)
February 6 7:00 p.m. Kent State Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan L 63–68  3,142 11–10 (6–3)
February 9 7:00 p.m. Akron Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan L 52–56  760 11–11 (6–4)
February 11 7:00 p.m. at Ohio Convocation Center • Athens, Ohio L 76–89  4,051 11–12 (6–5)
February 14 4:30 p.m. Toledo Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 63–46  2,074 12–12 (7–5)
February 17 7:00 p.m. at Ball State John E. Worthen Arena • Muncie, Indiana L 63–69  3,505 12–13 (7–6)
February 20* 6:30 p.m. Tennessee State Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan W 79–73  2,556 13–13 (7–6)
February 24 8:00 p.m. at Northern Illinois Convocation Center • DeKalb, Illinois L 65–67  925 13–14 (7–7)
February 27 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, Michigan Fox Sports Detroit W 74–66  3,504 14–14 (8–7)
March 4 6:30 p.m. at Eastern Michigan Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Michigan Fox Sports Detroit W 56–55  2,148 15–14 (9–7)
March 11 12 p.m. vs. Western Michigan Quicken Loans Arena • Cleveland, Ohio
(MAC Tournament quarterfinals)		 Fox Sports Detroit L 60–69  N/A 15–15 (9–7)
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Statistics

Player GP Min FG 3P FT Reb Ast Blk Stl Pts

Legend: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes Played; FG = Field Goals; 3P = Three Pointers; FT = Free Throws; Reb = Rebounds; Ast = Assists; Blk = Blocks; Stl = Steals; Pts = Points

After the season

Comments

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ a b (Press release). CMU Sports Information. 2009-09-15. http://admin.xosn.com/fls/9400/MBBPressBox/CMUp.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  2. ^ Bolitho, Jake (2009-09-28). "Ex-basketball player sentenced to jail, transfers to Robert Morris". Central Michigan Life. http://www.cm-life.com/2009/09/28/mens-basketball-ex-player-sentenced-to-jail-transfers/. 
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