2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	15–16 (6–10 WAC)
Head coach	Don Verlin
Assistant coach	Ray Lopes
Assistant coach	Mike Freeman
Assistant coach	Mike Score
Home arena	Cowan Specturm

	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 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Don Verlin's second season at Idaho. The Vandals are members of the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at the Cowan Specturm. They finished the season 15–16, 6–10 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to Nevada.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Idaho was selected to finish 4th in both the media and coaches poll and Senior guard Mac Hobson was selected to the All-WAC first team by both the media and coaches.^[1]

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School(s)
0	Stern, Corey	6'–7"	200	Forward	FR	Seattle, WA	Rainier Beach HS
1	Hopson, Mac	6'–2"	185	Guard	SR	Portland, OR	Jefferson HS, Washington State
2	Ledbetter, Jeff	6'–3"	195	Guard	JR	Brea, CA	Orange Lutheran HS, Irvine Valley CC
3	Henderson, Shawn	6'–3"	178	Guard	JR	Renton, WA	Renton HS, North Idaho College
5	Johnson, Steffan	6'–1"	180	Guard	SR	Kent, WA	Kent-Meridian HS, Pacific
10	Tatum, Landon	5'–11"	196	Guard	JR	San Antonio, TX	O'Connor HS, South Plains CC
11	Wiley, Brandon	6'–6"	218	Forward	SR	Pinole, CA	Pinole Valley HS, City College of San Francisco
13	de Souza, Luciano	6'–7"	210	Forward	SR	Matão, Brazil	South Plains CC
20	Lawrence, Marcus	5'–11"	174	Guard	JR	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman HS, UNLV
21	Toledo, Luiz	6'–8"	225	Forward	SO	Araraquara, Brazil	Modesto Christian HS, St. Francis Xavier
23	Stewart, Justin	6'–1"	185	Guard	FR	Spokane, WA	Ferris HS
32	Watson, Kashif	6'–4"	186	Guard	SR	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman HS, Irvine Valley CC
33	Barone, Kyle	6'–10"	220	Center	FR	Garden Grove, CA	Pacifica HS
34	Blackstock, Travis	6'–5"	206	Forward	SR	Kuna, ID	Kuna HS
42	Kammerer, Joe	6'–9"	241	Center	FR	Eugene, OR	North Eugene HS
53	Jefferson, Marvin	6'–9"	250	Center	SR	Merced, CA	Golden Valley HS, Modesto JC

Indicates Red Shirt Year

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Idaho	Alma Mater (Year)
Don Verlin	Head Coach	2nd	Colorado State (1993)
Ray Lopes	Associate Head Coach	2nd	College of Idaho (1987)
Mike Freeman	Assistant Coach	3rd	Iowa (2006)
Mike Score	Assistant Coach	3rd	Washington (1996)
Chris Helbling	Director of Basketball Operations	2nd	Gonzaga (2008)

2009-10 Schedule and Results

Source^[3]

All times are Pacific

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Fri, Nov 6	St. Martin's	W 87–61		Memorial Gym (1,472)
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13*	at Utah	W 94–87	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,127)
Sun, Nov 15*	at Texas Southern	L 72–65	1–1	Health and Physical Education Arena (659)
Sat, Nov 21*	at North Dakota State	W 81–69	2–1	Bison Sports Arena (3,247)
Tue, Nov 24*	Sacramento State	W 75–61	3–1	Memorial Gym (740)
Sat, Nov 28*	Eastern Washington	W 76–54	4–1	Memorial Gym (1,500)
Thu, Dec 3*	at Cal-State Northridge	L 95–93	4–2	Matadome (1,175)
Sun, Dec 6*	#25 Portland	W 68–48	5–2	Cowan Spectrum (1,500)
Wed, Dec 9*	at Washington State	L 76–64	5–3	Beasley Coliseum (7,285)
Sat, Dec 12*	Eastern Oregon	W 82–77	6–3	Memorial Gym (1,023)
Tue, Dec 22*	Portland	L 82–52	6–4	Chiles Center (1,746)
Tue, Dec 29	vs. Lewis-Clark State	W 71–52	7–4	Qwest Arena (4,111)
Sat, Jan 2	at Hawai'i	W 59–52	8–4 (1–0)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,611)
Mon, Jan 4	at San Jose State	L 78–75	8–5 (1–1)	The Event Center Arena (1,287)
Sat, Jan 9	Louisiana Tech	L 77–71	8–6 (1–2)	Cowan Specturm (2,047)
Mon, Jan 11	New Mexico State	L 75–72	8–7 (1–3)	Cowan Specturm (1,296)
Sat, Jan 16	at Nevada	L 76–68	8–8 (1–4)	Lawlor Events Center (6,030)
Sat, Jan 23	Utah State	L 60–48	8–9 (1–5)	Cowan Specturm (2,570)
Mon, Jan 25	Boise State	L 77–67 ^OT	8–10 (1–6)	Cowan Spectrum (4,104)
Thu, Jan 28	Fresno State	W 74–59	9–10 (2–6)	Cowan Spectrum (1,301)
Sat, Jan 30*	at Seattle	W 87–85	10–10	KeyArena (4,183)
Wed, Feb 3	at Utah State	L 80–62	10–11 (2–7)	Smith Spectrum (9,777)
Sat, Feb 6	at Boise State	W 79–55	11–11 (3–7)	Taco Bell Arena (7,734)
Wed, Feb 10	Nevada	L 67–66	11–12 (3–8)	Cowan Spectrum (1,580)
Sat, Feb 13	at Fresno State	W 68–59	12–12 (4–8)	Save Mart Center (8,186)
Thu, Feb 18*	Seattle	W 82–72	13–12	Cowan Spectrum (1,287)
Sat, Feb 20*	Long Beach State	L 77–66	13–13	Cowan Spectrum (1,554)
Wed, Feb 24	at New Mexico State	L 74–57	13–14 (4–9)	Pan American Center (5,834)
Sat, Feb 27	at Louisiana Tech	L 60–49	13–15 (4–10)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,669)
Thu, Mar 4	San Jose State	W 86–76	14–15 (5–10)	Cowan Spectrum (961)
Sat, Mar 6	Hawai'i	W 78–69	15–15 (6–10)	Cowan Spectrum (1,502)
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11	at Nevada (Quarterfinals)	L 87–71	15–16	Lawlor Events Center (NA)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

Idaho Vandals men's basketball

Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976) Cowan Spectrum (1976–present)

Rivalries	Washington State

Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go

People	Head coaches Notable players

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