2009–10 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

2009–10 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball
WAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	22–12 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach	Marvin Menzies
Assistant coach	Mick Durham
Assistant coach	Chris Pompey
Assistant coach	Paul Weir
Home arena	Pan American 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 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was Marvin Menzies 3rd season as head coach. The Aggies played their home games at Pan American Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 11–5 in WAC play. They won the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 12 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the first round.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] New Mexico State was selected to finish 3rd in the coaches and media poll. Jr. Jahmar Young was selected to the coaches and media All-WAC first team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Tray Britt	6'3"	200	G	Sr.	Richmond, CA, U.S.	Hogan HS
1	Jahmar Young	6'5"	180	G	Jr.	Baltimore, MD, U.S.	Laurinburg Prep
3	Da'Shawn Gomez	6'1"	180	G	Fr.	Inglewood, CA, U.S.	Inglewood HS
5	Lamine Diame	6'6"	200	F	Fr.	Saint-Louis, Senegal	De La Fosse
10	Bandja Sy	6'8"	210	F	Fr.	Cergy, France	Stoneridge Prep
11	Justin Standley	6'3"	190	G	Fr.	Oakland, CA, U.S.	McClymonds HS
13	Hernst Laroche	6'1"	165	G	So.	Montreal, QB, Canada	Page-Concordia Vanier
15	Kelly Merker	6'4"	205	F	Sr.	Santa Fe, NM, U.S.	Monte del Sol HS
21	Makhtar Diop	6'6"	185	G	So.	Dakar, Senegal	St. Jeanne d'Arc Institute
22	Jonathan Gibson	6'1"	180	G	Sr.	West Covina, CA, U.S.	Calvary Christian Prep
24	Robert Lumpkins	6'7"	210	F	Jr.	Washington, DC, U.S.	Kilgore College
31	Wendell McKines	6'6"	225	F	Jr.	Oakland, CA, U.S.	Richmond HS
32	Hamidu Rahman	6'11"	255	C	So.	Somerset, NJ, U.S.	American Christian HS
33	Troy Gillenwater	6'8"	230	F	So.	Boston, MA, U.S.	Stoneridge Prep
34	Aaron Gordo Castillo	6'5"	180	G	Jr.	Las Cruces, NM, U.S.	Las Cruces HS
35	B.J. West	6'11"	220	F	Fr.	Cheneyville, LA, U.S.	Rapides HS
45	Tyrone Watson	6'5"	225	F	Fr.	Hamilton, ON, Canada	Cathedral HS
55	Abdoulaye N'doye	7'0"	215	C	Fr.	Dakar, Senegal	ISM

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at NMSU	Alma Mater (Year)
Marvin Menzies	Head Coach	3rd	UCLA (1987)
Mick Durham	Assistant Coach	2nd	Montana State (1979)
Chris Pompey	Assistant Coach	4th	Pittsburgh (1984)
Paul Weir	Assistant Coach	3rd	York (2004)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Mountain

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Mon, Nov 2	Western New Mexico	W 111–83	–	Pan American Center (4,738)
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13*	at Saint Mary's	L 68–100	0–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Tue, Nov 17*	New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	L 87–97	0–2	Pan American Center (8,469)
Sat, Nov 21*	Oklahoma Panhandle State	W 83–73	1–2	Pan American Center (4,738)
Tue, Nov 24*	at Cal State Fullerton	L 73–84	1–3	Titan Gym (1,001)
Thu, Nov 26*	North Carolina A&T	W 84–68	2–3	Pan American Center (4,462)
Tue, Dec 1*	UTEP (Battle of I-10)	L 79–58	2–4	Pan American Center (7,195)
Sat, Dec 5*	at New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	L 58–75	2–5	The Pit (14,586)
Sun, Dec 13*	at UTEP (Battle of I-10)	W 87–80	3–5	Don Haskins Center (10,459)
Tue, Dec 15*	at UCLA	L 68–100	3–6	Pauley Pavilion (5,933)
Fri, Dec 18*	at Pepperdine	W 78–72	4–6	Firestone Fieldhouse (471)
Mon, Dec 21*	Alcorn State	W 97–72	5–6	Pan American Center (4,730)
Wed, Dec 23*	Texas Southern (Lou Henson Classic)	W 79–75	6–6	Pan American Center (4,781)
Mon, Dec 28*	Prairie View A&M	W 95–76	7–6	Pan American Center (4,649)
Sat, Jan 2	Utah State	W 55–52	8–6 (1–0)	Pan American Center (5,070)
Mon, Jan 4	Nevada	L 67–77	8–7 (1–1)	Pan American Center (4,788)
Sat, Jan 9	at Boise State	W 88–85	9–7 (2–1)	Taco Bell Arena (3,896)
Mon, Jan 11	at Idaho	W 75–72	10–7 (3–1)	Cowan Spectrum (1,296)
Sat, Jan 16	Fresno State	W 86–77	11–7 (4–1)	Pan American Center (6,106)
Thu, Jan 21	at Hawai'i	W 71–69	12–7 (5–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,288)
Sat, Jan 23	at San Jose State	L 84–93	12–8 (5–2)	The Event Center (2,285)
Sat, Jan 30	at Louisiana Tech	W 91–77	13–8 (6–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (5,028)
Sat, Feb 6	San Jose State	W 94–82	14–8 (7–2)	Pan American Center (6,255)
Mon, Feb 8	Louisiana Tech	W 70–68	15–8 (8–2)	Pan American Center (5,549)
Thu, Feb 11	at Fresno State	L 64–83	15–9 (8–3)	Save Mart Center (7,889)
Mon, Feb 15	Hawai'i	W 88–64	16–9 (9–3)	Pan American Center (5,561)
Sat, Feb 20*	at Pacific (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 84–78	17–9	Alex G. Spanos Center (4,014)
Wed, Feb 24	Idaho	W 74–57	18–9 (10–3)	Pan American Center (5,834)
Sat, Feb 27	Boise State	W 95–92	19–9 (11–3)	Pan American Center (6,691)
Thu, Mar 4	at Nevada	L 92–100	19–10 (11–4)	Lawlor Events Center (5,878)
Sat, Mar 6	at Utah State	L 63–81	19–11 (11–5)	Smith Spectrum (10,270)
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11	vs. San Jose State (Quarterfinals)	W 90–69	20–11	Lawlor Events Center (NA)
Fri, Mar 12	at Nevada (Semifinals)	W 80–79	21–11	Lawlor Events Center (5,897)
Sat, Mar 13	vs. Utah State (Championship Game)	W 69–63	22–11	Lawlor Events Center (2,748)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Fri, Mar 19*	vs. #13 Michigan State (First round)	L 67–70	22–12	Spokane Arena (10,861)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

On December 14, Jr. Jahmar Young was named the WAC player of the week for the fifth week of the season with weekly averages of 24.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, and 47.0 FG%.^[4]

On February 1, So. Hamidu Rahman was named the WAC player of the week for the twelfth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.0 PPG, 12.0 RPG, and 66.7 FG%.^[5]

On February 8, Jr. Jahmar Young was named the WAC player of the week for the thirteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 25.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.0 AST, and 61.5 FG%.^[6]

References

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Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

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