2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pac-10 Tournament Champions
NCAA, #11, East Region, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches #21
2009–10 record 26–10 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach Lorenzo Romar
Assistant coach Raphael Chillious
Assistant coach Paul Fortier
Assistant coach Jim Shaw
Home arena Bank of America Arena
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
y-California 13   5   .722     24   11   .686
Arizona State 12   6   .667     22   11   .667
†-Washington 11   7   .611     26   10   .722
Arizona 10   8   .556     16   15   .516
USC* 8   10   .444     16   14   .533
Oregon State 8   10   .444     14   18   .438
UCLA 8   10   .444     14   18   .438
Stanford 7   11   .389     14   17   .452
Oregon 7   11   .389     16   16   .500
Washington State 6   12   .333     16   15   .516
† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 25

, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament
y-Clinched conference championship

The 2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 8th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Pac-10 play and defeated California in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament to claim the conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the East Region where they upset 6 seed Marquette in the first round and 3 seed and AP #8 New Mexico in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by 2 seed and AP #6 West Virginia to end their season.

Contents

Pre-season

In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, CA during the Pac-10 media days[1] Washington was selected to finish 2nd in the conference.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Venoy Overton 5'11" 185 G Jr. Seattle, WA, U.S. Franklin HS
2 Isaiah Thomas 5'8" 185 G So. Tacoma, WA, U.S. South Kent School
10 Abdul Gaddy 6'3" 190 G Fr. Tacoma, WA, U.S. Bellarmine Prep
11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning 6'9" 240 F Jr. London, England, U.K. South Kent School
12 Clarence Trent 6'5" 225 F Fr. Tacoma, WA, U.S. The Patterson School
15 Scott Suggs 6'6" 185 G So. Washington, MO, U.S. Washington HS
20 Quincy Pondexter 6'6" 215 F Sr. Fresno, CA, U.S. San Joaquin Memorial HS
22 Justin Holiday 6'6" 180 F Jr. Chatsworth, CA, U.S. Campbell Hall School
23 C. J. Wilcox 6'5" 180 G Fr. Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S. Pleasant Grove HS
31 Elston Turner 6'4" 205 G So. Missouri City, TX, U.S. Elkins HS
33 Tyreese Breshers 6'7" 255 F Fr. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Price HS
42 Brendan Sherrer 6'9" 240 F So. Monroe, WA, U.S. Archbishop Murphy HS
44 Darnell Gant 6'8" 225 F So. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Crenshaw HS

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Washington Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar Head Coach 8th Washington (1980)
Raphael Chillious Assistant Coach 2nd Lafayette (1996)
Paul Fortier Assistant Coach 5th Washington (2003)
Jim Shaw Assistant Coach 6th Western Oregon State (1985)
Lance LaVetter Director of Basketball Operations 8th Northern Arizona (1992)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
11/04/2009 7:00pm Central Washington #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA W 77–48  8,570
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 7:00pm Wright State #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA
(Athletes In Action Basketball Classic)		 FSNNW W 74–69  8,239 1–0
11/14/2009* 7:00pm Belmont #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA
(Athletes In Action Basketball Classic)		 W 96–78  8,410 2–0
11/15/2009* 7:00pm Portland State #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA
(Athletes In Action Basketball Classic)		 FSNNW W 111–55  8,236 3–0
11/20/2009* 8:00pm San Jose State #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 80–70  8,155 4–0
11/29/2009* 6:00pm Montana #14 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 63–59  8,515 5–0
12/03/2009* 6:00pm at Texas Tech #12 United Spirit Arena • Lubbock, TX
(Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series)		 ESPN2 L 92–99 OT 9,912 5–1
12/06/2009* 7:00pm Cal State Northridge #12 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 88–76  8,125 6–1
12/12/2009* 11:00am vs. #15 Georgetown #17 Honda Center • Anaheim, CA
(John R. Wooden Classic)		 FSN L 66–74  NA 6–2
12/19/2009* 7:00pm Portland #24 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 89–54  9,275 7–2
12/22/2009* 8:00pm Texas A&M #22 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 73–64  10,000 8–2
12/27/2009* 12:00pm San Francisco #22 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 86–71  9,949 9–2
12/31/2009 7:00pm Oregon State #17 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 76–70  9,843 10–2 (1–0)
01/02/2010 2:00pm Oregon #17 Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW L 79–90  10,000 10–3 (1–1)
01/08/2010 7:30pm at Arizona State #24 Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, AZ FSNNW L 51–68  7,682 10–4 (1–2)
01/10/2010 2:30pm at Arizona #24 McKale Center • Tucson, AZ FSNNW L 70–87  12,899 10–5 (1–3)
01/14/2010 7:30pm Stanford Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 94–61  9,720 11–5 (2–3)
01/16/2010 11:30am California Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 84–69  9,897 12–5 (3–3)
01/21/2010 7:30pm at UCLA Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, CA FSN L 61–62  6,503 12–6 (3–4)
01/23/2010 7:30pm at USC Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA FSNNW L 61–87  5,876 12–7 (3–5)
01/26/2010* 7:00pm Seattle Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW W 123–76  10,000 13–7
01/30/2010 12:30pm Washington State Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 92–64  10,000 14–7 (4–5)
02/04/2010 7:30pm Arizona Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 81–75  9,917 15–7 (5–5)
02/06/2010 7:30pm Arizona State Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSN W 79–56  10,000 16–7 (6–5)
02/11/2010 6:00pm at California Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, CA ESPN2 L 81–93  9,839 16–8 (6–6)
02/13/2010 5:00pm at Stanford Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA FSNNW W 78–61  6,932 17–8 (7–6)
02/18/2010 7:30pm USC Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA FSNNW L 67–64  10,000 17–9 (7–7)
02/20/2010 6:00pm UCLA Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA ESPN W 97–68  10,000 18–9 (8–7)
02/27/2010 7:00pm at Washington State Beasley Coliseum • Pullman, WA FSNNW W 59–52  11,671 19–9 (9–7)
03/04/2010 7:00pm at Oregon McArthur Court • Eugene, OR W 86–72  8,004 20–9 (10–7)
03/06/2010 5:00pm at Oregon State Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, OR FSNNW W 82–70  8,014 21–9 (11–7)
2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/11/2010 7:40pm vs. Oregon State Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA
(Quarterfinals)		 FSN W 59–52  12,255 22–9
03/12/2010 8:45 pm vs. Stanford Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA
(Semifinals)		 FSN W 79–64  15,971 23–9
03/13/2010 3:00 pm vs. California Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA
(Finals)		 CBS W 79–75  15,851 24–9
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/18/2010* 4:20 pm vs. Marquette HP Pavilion • San Jose, CA
(First Round)		 CBS W 80–78  15,427 25–9
03/20/2010* 2:50 pm vs. #8 New Mexico HP Pavilion • San Jose, CA
(Second Round)		 CBS W 82–64   16,044 26–9
03/25/2010* 4:27 pm vs. #6 West Virginia Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY
(Sweet Sixteen)		 CBS L 56–69  22,271 26–10
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. ^ http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aac.html
  2. ^ http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wash-m-baskbl-mtt.html#Numerical
  3. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wash-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12.