2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	15–18 (7–9 WAC)
Head coach	Steve Cleveland
Home arena	Save Mart Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
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
Hawaii	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Fresno State University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Cleveland's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Fresno State finished the season 15–18, 7–9 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to New Mexico State.

Pre-Season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] Fresno State was selected to finish 6th in the coach's poll and 7th in the media poll. Sr. Sylvester Seay was selected to the coache's All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Mychal Ladd	6'5"	190	G	So.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Rainier Beach HS
2	Jonathan Wills	6'6"	180	G	Jr.	Carson, CA, U.S.	Mayfair HS New Mexico
3	Taylor Kelly	6'2"	220	G	Fr.	Bakersfield, CA, U.S.	Centennial HS
11	Jerry Brown, Jr.	6'7"	195	G F	Fr.	Richmond, CA, U.S.	Sacred Heart
12	Steven Shepp	6'2"	170	G	So.	Woodbridge, Va, U.S.	C.D. Hylton HS Allegany College of Maryland
15	Nedeljko Golubovic	6'8"	245	F	Jr.	Pljevlja, Serbia, Serbia	Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, NV)
20	Garrett Johnson	6'5"	190	G F	Fr.	Pomona, CA, U.S.	Diamond Ranch HS
22	Greg Smith	6'10"	250	C	Fr.	Fresno, CA, U.S.	Westwind Academy
24	Paul George	6'8"	210	G F	So.	Palmdale, CA, U.S.	Pete Knight HS
25	Justin Johnson	6'6"	205	F	Fr.	Phoenix, AZ, U.S.	Brophy College Prep
30	Sylvester Seay	6'10"	235	F	Sr.	San Bernardino, CA, U.S.	Winchendon School Arizona State
32	Brandon Sperling	6'4"	180	G	So.	Fresno, CA, U.S.	Buchanan HS
42	Brandon Webster	6'10"	275	C	Jr.	Bryan, TX, U.S.	Bryan HS

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Year at Fresno State	Alma Mater (Year)
Steve Cleveland	Head Coach	5th	UC Irvine (1976)
Jeff Reinert	Associate Head Coach	3rd	Gonzaga (1985)
Senque Carey	Assistant Coach	5th	New Mexico (2004)
Lee Moon	Assistant Coach	3rd	UNC-Wilmington (2002)
Don Slade	Director of Basketball Operations	3rd	Fresno State (1973)

2009-10 Schedule and Results

Source^[3]

All times are Pacific

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Wed, Nov 4	Chico State	W 78–67		Save Mart Center (8,433)
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13*	San Francisco State	W 65–59	1–0	Save Mart Center (8,213)
Tue, Nov 17*	at Northern Arizona (West Coast Classic)	W 65–59	2–0	J.C. Role Activity Center (1,123)
Thu, Nov 19*	at Seattle	L 85–84	2–1	KeyArena (4,713)
Mon, Nov 23*	San Diego State (West Coast Classic)	L 62–58	2–2	Save Mart Center (8,041)
Sat, Nov 28*	at Santa Clara (West Coast Classic)	L 74–67	2–3	Leavey Center (1,332)
Tue, Dec 1*	Pacific (West Coast Classic)	L 70–58	2–4	Selland Arena (7,506)
Sun, Dec 6*	San Diego	W 69–37	3–4	Save Mart Center (7,558)
Tue, Dec 8*	at Pepperdine	W 80–72	4–4	Firestone Fieldhouse (962)
Sat, Dec 12*	Brigham Young	L 72–67	4–5	Save Mart Center (NA)
Thu, Dec 17*	UC Davis	W 68–57	5–5	Save Mart Center (7,541)
Sat, Dec 19*	North Dakota State	W 68–54	6–5	Save Mart Center (7,460)
Mon, Dec 21*	at Montana	L 59–56	6–6	Dahlberg Arena (2,726)
Wed, Dec 23*	at Oregon State	L 73–65	6–7	Gill Coliseum (4,167)
Mon, Dec 28*	Colorado State	W 73–50	7–7	Save Mart Center (7,425)
Sat, Jan 2	Boise State	W 71–68	8–7 (1–0)	Save Mart Center (7,983)
Sat, Jan 9	Hawai'i	W 78–64	9–7 (2–0)	Save Mart Center (8,193)
Mon, Jan 11	San Jose State	W 80–70	10–7 (3–0)	Save Mart Center (7,991)
Thu, Jan 14	at Louisiana Tech	L 81–73	10–8 (3–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,146)
Sat, Jan 16	at New Mexico State	L 86–77	10–9 (3–2)	Pan American Center (6,106)
Thu, Jan 21	Utah State	L 69–43	10–10 (3–3)	Save Mart Center (8,302)
Sat, Jan 23	Nevada	W 87–77	11–10 (4–3)	Save Mart Center (8,494)
Thu, Jan 28	at Idaho	L 74–59	11–11 (4–4)	Cowan Spectrum (1,301)
Sat, Jan 30	at Boise State	L 65–49	11–12 (4–5)	Taco Bell Arena (5,019)
Sat, Feb 6	at Hawai'i	W 61–51	12–12 (5–5)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,456)
Thu, Feb 11	New Mexico State	W 83–64	13–12 (6–5)	Save Mart Center (7,889)
Sat, Feb 13	Idaho	L 68–59	13–13 (6–6)	Save Mart Center (8,186)
Wed, Feb 17	at Nevada	L 74–70	13–14 (6–7)	Lawlor Events Center (5,479)
Sat, Feb 20*	UC Santa Barbara	L 64–60	13–15	Save Mart Center (7,959)
Tue, Feb 23*	Cal State Bakersfield	W 79–68	14–15	Save Mart Center (7,607)
Sat, Feb 27	at San Jose State	L 72–45	14–16 (6–8)	The Event Center (3,047)
Mon, Mar 1	at Utah State	L 76–39	14–17 (6–9)	Smith Spectrum (10,257)
Thu, Mar 4	Louisiana Tech	W 66–59	15–17 (7–9)	Save Mart Center (8,350)
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11	vs. Louisiana Tech (Quarterfinals)	L 74–66	15–18	Lawlor Events Center (NA)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball

Venues	College Gym (1953–1967) Selland Arena (1967–2003) Save Mart Center (2003–present)

People	Head coaches

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