2009–10 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

2009–10 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2009–10 record	10–21 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Crean (2nd Season)
Assistant coach	Tim Buckley
Assistant coach	Bennie Seltzer
Assistant coach	Roshown McLeod
Home arena	Assembly Hall

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Ohio State†	14	–	4	.778	29	–	8	.784
#10 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
#13 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
#16 Wisconsin	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	21	–	15	.583
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	20	–	14	.588
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355

† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2009-10 college basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Crean, in his second season with the Hoosiers. The team played its home games at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 4–12 in Big Ten play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

2009–10 Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
0	Kory Barnett	F	6–5	195	So.	Rochester, Indiana / Rochester High School
23	Bobby Capobianco	F	6–9	238	Fr.	Loveland, Ohio / Loveland High School
3	Maurice Creek	G	6–5	200	Fr.	Oxon Hill, Maryland / Hargrave Military Academy
33	Devan Dumes	G	6–2	192	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana / Vincennes University
32	Derek Elston	F	6–9	220	Fr.	Tipton, Indiana / Tipton High School
4	Brett Finkelmeier	G	6–1	190	Jr.	Carmel, Indiana / Carmel High School
24	Steven Gambles	F	6–4	230	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana / Lambuth University
1	Jordan Hulls	G	6–0	172	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana / Bloomington High School South
40	Tijan Jobe	C	7–0	250	Sr.	Banjul, Gambia / Olney Central College
12	Verdell Jones III	G	6–5	183	So.	Champaign, Illinois / Champaign Central High School
11	Daniel Moore	G	5–10	172	So.	Carmel, Indiana / Carmel High School
15	Bawa Muniru	C	6–11	242	Fr.	Tumu, Ghana / Mount Zion Christian Academy
25	Tom Pritchard	F	6–9	248	So.	Westlake, Ohio / St. Edward High School
5	Jeremiah Rivers	G	6–5	214	Jr.	Winter Park, Florida / Georgetown University
30	Matt Roth	G	6–3	192	So.	Washington, Illinois / Washington Community High School
2	Christian Watford	F	6–9	220	Fr.	Birmingham, Alabama / Shades Valley High School

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bobby Capobianco PF	Loveland, OH	Loveland	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 17, 2008
Bobby Capobianco PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Maurice Creek SG	Oxon Hill, MD	Hargrave Military Academy (VA)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	May 4, 2008
Maurice Creek SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Derek Elston SF	Tipton, IN	Tipton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sep 10, 2007
Derek Elston SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Jordan Hulls PG	Bloomington, IN	South	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	May 20, 2008
Jordan Hulls PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Matt Roth SG	Metamora, IL	Washington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 22, 2007
Matt Roth SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87
Bawa Muniru C	Durham, NC	Mt. Zion	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Sep 26, 2008
Bawa Muniru C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Christian Watford SF	Birmingham, AL	Shades Valley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 9, 2008
Christian Watford SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 10 Rivals: 11 ESPN: 12
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular Season
11/13/2009*	Howard	W 83–60	1–0	Assembly Hall
11/16/2009*	USC Upstate	W 69–61	2–0	Assembly Hall
11/19/2009*	vs. Mississippi (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	L 89–71	2–1	Coliseo de Puerto Rico
11/20/2009*	Boston U (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	L 71–67	2–2	Coliseo de Puerto Rico
11/22/2009*	vs. George Mason (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	L 69–66	2–3	Coliseo de Puerto Rico
11/28/2009*	Northwestern State	W 90–72	3–3	Assembly Hall
12/1/2009*	Maryland (ACC – Big Ten Challenge)	L 80–68	3–4	Assembly Hall
12/8/2009*	vs. Pittsburgh	W 74–64	4–4	Madison Square Garden
12/12/2009*	#4 Kentucky	L 90–73	4–5	Assembly Hall
12/19/2009*	NC Central	W 81–58	5–5	Assembly Hall
12/22/2009*	Loyola (MD)	L 72–67	5–6	Assembly Hall
12/28/2009*	Bryant	W 90–42	6–6	Assembly Hall
12/31/2009	Michigan	W 71–65	7–6 (1–0)	Assembly Hall
1/6/2010	at Ohio State	L 79–54	7–7 (1–1)	Value City Arena
1/9/2010	Illinois	L 66–60	7–8 (1–2)	Assembly Hall
1/14/2010	at Michigan	L 69–45	7–9 (1–3)	Crisler Arena
1/17/2010	Minnesota	W 81–78 ^OT	8–9 (2–3)	Assembly Hall
1/21/2010	at Penn State	W 67–61	9–9 (3–3)	Bryce Jordan Center
1/24/2010	Iowa	L 58–43	9–10 (3–4)	Assembly Hall
1/30/2010	at Illinois	L 72–70	9–11 (3–5)	Assembly Hall
2/4/2010	#7 Purdue	L 78–75	9–12 (3–6)	Assembly Hall
2/7/2010	at Northwestern	L 78–61	9–13 (3–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
2/10/2010	#16 Ohio State	L 69–52	9–14 (3–8)	Assembly Hall
2/13/2010	at #13 Wisconsin	L 83–55	9–15 (3–9)	Kohl Center
2/16/2010	#11 Michigan State	L 72–58	9–16 (3–10)	Assembly Hall
2/20/2010	at Minnesota	L 81–58	9–17 (3–11)	Williams Arena
2/25/2010	#19 Wisconsin	L 78–46	9–18 (3–12)	Assembly Hall
2/28/2010	at Iowa	L 73–57	9–19 (3–13)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
3/3/2010	at #7 Purdue	L 74–55	9–20 (3–14)	Mackey Arena
3/6/2010	Northwestern	W 88–80 ^OT	10–20 (4–14)	Assembly Hall
Big Ten Tournament
3/11/2010	vs. Northwestern (First Round)	L 73–58	10–21	Conseco Fieldhouse
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present)

Rivalries	Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions A Season on the Brink (film) "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics