2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball

OVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2009–10 record	31–5 (17–1 OVC)
Head coach	Billy Kennedy
Assistant coach	Amir Abdur-Rahim
Assistant coach	Isaac Chew
Assistant coach	Steve Prohm
Home arena	Regional Special Events Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State†	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
Morehead State	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Eastern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Austin Peay	11	–	7	.611	17	–	15	.531
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Tennessee Tech	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Jacksonville State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Tennessee State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	23	.281
Southeast Missouri State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233
Tennessee–Martin	1	–	17	.056	4	–	25	.138

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

The 2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Billy Kennedy's fourth season at Murray State. The Racers competed in the Ohio Valley Conference and played their home games at the Regional Special Events Center, also known simply as the RSEC. They finished the season 31–5, 17–1 in OVC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 13 seed in the West Region where they upset 4 seed and AP #21 Vanderbilt in the first round before losing to 5 seed and AP #11 Butler in the second round.

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Isaac Miles	6'2"	205	G	Jr.	Kansas City, MO, U.S.	Bishop Miege HS
1	B. J. Jenkins	6'0"	180	G	Jr.	Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.	Green Run HS
2	Ed Daniel	6'7"	220	F	Fr.	Birmingham, AL, U.S.	Woodlawn HS
3	Isaiah Canaan	6'0"	175	G	Fr.	Biloxi, MS, U.S.	Biloxi HS
10	Jordan Burge	5'11"	170	G	Fr.	Mayfield, KY, U.S.	Northside Baptist Christian
11	Donte Poole	6'3"	185	G	So.	Las Vegas, NV, U.S.	Mojave HS
12	Danero Thomas	6'4"	190	F	Sr.	New Orleans, LA, U.S.	Mount Zion Christian Academy
14	Picasso Simmons	6'0"	170	G	Jr.	Gallatin, TN, U.S.	Lee Academy
22	Jeffery McClain	6'6"	230	F	Jr.	Hickman, KY, U.S.	Fulton County HS Three Rivers CC
23	A.J. Wilson	6'8"	215	F	Jr.	St. Paul, MN, U.S.	Saint Bernard's HS Northeastern JC (CO)
33	Jewuan Long	6'1"	180	G	So.	Jackson, TN, U.S.	Liberty Tech HS
42	Ivan Aska	6'7"	230	F	So.	Ft. Lauderdale, FL, U.S.	Boyd H. Anderson HS
43	Tony Easley	6'9"	200	F	Sr.	Auburn, AL, U.S.	Auburn HS
50	Georges Fotso	6'8"	240	F	Sr.	Douala, Cameroon	Piney Woods HS

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/5/2009		Bethel	W 93–39		RSEC (1,954)
Regular Season
11/9/2009*		at #13 California (Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)	L 75–70	0–1	Haas Pavilion (7,603)
11/14/2009*		Missouri–Kansas City	W 92–54	1–1	RSEC (2,936)
11/20/2009*		vs. James Madison (Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)	W 71–43	2–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (NA)
11/22/2009*		vs. North Carolina Central (Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)	W 84–61	3–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,043)
11/23/2009*		at Florida International (Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)	W 84–71	4–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (905)
12/28/2009*		Tennessee Wesleyan	W 108–49	5–1	RSEC (2,106)
12/3/2009		Eastern Kentucky	W 62–60	6–1 (1–0)	RSEC (3,984)
12/5/2009		Morehead State	W 86–56	7–1 (2–0)	RSEC (3,831)
12/12/2009*		at East Tennessee State	W 61–57	8–1	MSHA Athletic Center (2,888)
12/15/2009*		at Louisiana Tech	L 87–81	8–2	Thomas Assembly Center (1,911)
12/19/2009*		Chattanooga	W 73–62	9–2	RSEC (2,290)
12/22/2010*		at Western Kentucky	L 83–72	9–3	E. A. Diddle Arena (5,576)
12/30/2010*		at SIU–Edwardsville	W 82–51	10–3	Vadalabene Center (1,912)
1/4/2010		UT–Martin	W 83–59	11–3 (3–0)	RSEC (2,931)
1/7/2010		at Tennessee State	W 80–59	12–3 (4–0)	Gentry Center (348)
1/9/2010		at Austin Peay	W 69–53	13–3 (5–0)	Dunn Center (4,203)
1/11/2010		Eastern Illinois	W 75–59	14–3 (6–0)	RSEC (3,444)
1/14/2010		Jacksonville State	W 92–68	15–3 (7–0)	RSEC (3,832)
1/16/2010		Tennessee Tech	W 88–66	16–3 (8–0)	RSEC (4,837)
1/21/2010		at Eastern Illinois	W 60–51	17–3 (9–0)	Lantz Arena (1,169)
1/23/2010		at SE Missouri State	W 80–61	18–3 (10–0)	Show Me Center (3,261)
1/27/2010*		SIU–Edwardsville	W 84–51	19–3	RSEC (3,060)
1/30/2010		at UT–Martin	W 77–45	20–3 (11–0)	Skyhawk Arena (1,129)
2/4/2010		Tennessee State	W 76–54	21–3 (12–0)	RSEC (3,894)
2/6/2010		Austin Peay	W 65–63	22–3 (13–0)	RSEC (6,017)
2/11/2010		at Tennessee Tech	W 94–62	23–3 (14–0)	Eblen Center (4,221)
2/13/2010		at Jacksonville State	W 75–67	24–3 (15–0)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,919)
2/16/2010		SE Missouri State	W 80–68	25–3 (16–0)	RSEC (3,698)
2/20/2010*		Morgan State (ESPN Bracket Busters)	W 75–66	26–3	RSEC (5,125)
2/25/2010	#T-36	at Morehead State	L 70–65	26–4 (16–1)	Ellis Johnson Arena (5,103)
2/27/2010	#T-36	at Eastern Kentucky	W 88–74	27–4 (17–1)	Alumni Coliseum (4,800)
2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/2/2010	#38	Tennessee State (Quarterfinals)	W 84–51	28–4	RSEC (3,245)
3/5/2010	#38	vs. Eastern Illinois (Semifinals)	W 55–51	29–4	Bridgestone Arena (NA)
3/6/2010	#38	vs. Morehead State (Championship)	W 62–51	30–4	Bridgestone Arena (3,530)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010*	#(13)	vs. #21 (4) Vanderbilt (West Region First Round)	W 66–65	31–4	HP Pavilion (12,712)
3/20/2010*	#(13)	vs. #11 (5) Butler (West Region Second Round)	L 54–52	31–5	HP Pavilion (16,044)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time ( ) NCAA Tournament Seed.

References

↑ http://www.goracers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6700&KEY=&SPID=2583&SPSID=32205
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-23.

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