2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team

2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record 10–20 (3–13 WAC)
Head coach Bob Nash
Assistant coach Jackson Wheeler
Assistant coach Larry Farmer
Assistant coach Eran Ganot
Home arena Stan Sheriff 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 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10–20 and 3–13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament.

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Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference[1] Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings 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)
1 Petras Balocka 6'8" 250 C Sr. Vilnius, Lithuania Community Christian School
Pensacola JC
2 Hiram Thompson 6'2" 175 G Jr. Sacramento, CA, U.S. Oak Ridge HS
3 Zane Johnson 6'6" 210 G Jr. Phoenix, AZ, U.S. Thunderbird HS
Arizona
5 Dwain Williams 6'0" 175 G Jr. San Diego, CA, U.S. Vista Murrieta HS
Providence
12 Rykin Enos 5'11" 190 G So. Aiea, Hawaii, U.S. Kamehameha Schools
15 Beau Albrechtson 6'4" 205 G So. Honolulu, HI, U.S. Kaimuki HS
20 Jeremy Lay 6'0" 185 G Jr. Oklahoma City, OK, U.S. Southeast HS
Northern Oklahoma-Enid
21 Paul Campbell 6'10" 215 C Sr. Toronto, ON, Canada Northview Heights SS
Arkansas-Fort Smith
22 Leroy Lutu 6'3" 200 G So. Mercer Island, WA, U.S. Mercer Island HS
23 Roderick Flemings 6'7" 210 G Sr. Dallas, TX, U.S. DeSoto HS
Weatherford JC
24 Adhar Mayen 6'8" 195 F Sr. Pflugerville, TX, U.S. Pflugerville HS
Hill CC
25 Ji Xiang 6'10" 240 F So. Zhengzhou, Henan, China Zhengzhou No. 11 Middle School
32 Brandon Adams 6'7" 220 F Sr. Seattle, WA, U.S. San Ramon Valley HS
Diablo Valley College
33 Aleksandar Milovic 6'7" 220 F So. Cetinje, Montenegro Gymnasium
Duquesne
34 Douglas Kurtz 7'0" 265 C Jr. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Universitario in Porto Alegre
Marshalltown CC
41 Bill Amis 6'9" 220 F Sr. Oklahoma City, OK, U.S. Putnam City HS
Pratt CC

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Hawai'i Alma Mater (Year)
Bob Nash Head Coach 3rd as HC/31st overall Hawai'i (1984)
Jackson Wheeler Associate Head Coach 20th Marymount (1982)
Larry Farmer Assistant Coach 3rd UCLA (1973)
Eran Ganot Assistant Coach 4th Swarthmore College (2003)
Tim Shepherd Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Chaminade (2004)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 30 7:05pm Hawai'i-Hilo Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 76–65  5,057
Thu, Nov 5 7:05pm BYU-Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 83–69  5,575
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 7:35pm Southern Utah Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Classic)		 KFVE W 65–48  5,707 1–0
Sun, Nov 15* 5:05pm McNesse State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Classic)		 KFVE W 73–65  5,322 2–0
Mon, Nov 16* 11:00pm Northern Colorado Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Classic/
ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon)		 ESPN L 81–75  6,134 2–1
Fri, Nov 20* 7:05pm Brigham Young Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 83–65  5,891 2–2
Fri, Nov 27* 8:05pm New Mexico Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI L 83–71  5,256 2–3
Wed, Dec 2* 5:05pm at UC Irvine Bren Events Center • Irvine, CA L 80–70  1,248 2–4
Sun, Dec 6* 5:05pm Lamar Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 96–78  5,096 3–4
Wed, Dec 9* 7:05pm Chaminade Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE W 70–61  5,057 4–4
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm Chicago State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 83–58  5,158 5–4
Tue, Dec 22* 7:30pm Coll. of Charleston Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Diamond Head Classic)		 ESPNU W 84–71  7,119 6–4
Wed, Dec 23* 6:30pm UNLV Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Diamond Head Classic)		 ESPN2 L 77–53  NA 6–5
Fri, Dec 25* 2:30pm Saint Mary's Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI
(Diamond Head Classic)		 ESPN2 L 84–75  NA 6–6
Mon, Dec 28* 7:05pm Northwestern State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI W 81–62  5,770 7–6
Sat, Jan 2 7:05pm Idaho Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 59–52  5,611 7–7 (0–1)
Mon, Jan 4 7:05pm Boise State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE W 76–68  5,119 8–7 (1–1)
Sat, Jan 9 5:00pm at Fresno State Save Mart Center • Fresno, CA L 78–64  8,193 8–8 (1–2)
Mon, Jan 11 4:00pm at Utah State Smith Spectrum • Logan, UT L 98–54  9,888 8–9 (1–3)
Sun, Jan 17 7:05pm San Jose State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE W 68–67  5,723 9–9 (2–3)
Thu, Jan 21 7:05pm New Mexico State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 71–69  5,288 9–10 (2–4)
Sat, Jan 23 7:05pm Louisiana Tech Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 65–60  5,857 9–11 (2–5)
Thu, Jan 28 5:00pm at San Jose State The Event Center • San Jose, CA L 83–60  2,651 9–12 (2–6)
Sat, Jan 30 5:05pm at Nevada Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV L 66–60  7,490 9–13 (2–7)
Sat, Feb 6 8:05pm Fresno State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 61–51  5,456 9–14 (2–8)
Sat, Feb 13 4:00pm at Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, LA KFVE L 66–60  2,096 9–15 (2–9)
Mon, Feb 15 4:00pm at New Mexico State Pan American Center • Las Cruces, NM L 88–64  5,561 9–16 (2–10)
Sat, Feb 20* 8:00pm Cal Poly Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI L 102–89  5,381 9–17
Thu, Feb 25 7:05pm Utah State Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE L 61–50  5,446 9–18 (2–11)
Sat, Feb 27 7:05pm Nevada Stan Sheriff Center • Honolulu, HI KFVE W 74–63  6,025 9–18 (3–11)
Thu, Mar 4 4:05pm at Boise State Taco Bell Arena • Boise, ID L 82–63  2,183 9–19 (3–12)
Sat, Mar 6 3:05pm at Idaho Cowan Spectrum • Moscow, ID L 78–69  1,502 9–20 (3–13)
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. ^ http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316
  2. ^ http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&
  3. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&. Retrieved 2009-11-20.