2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball

NIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2009–10 record	20–14 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Carmody
Assistant coach	Mitch Henderson
Assistant coach	Tavaras Hardy
Assistant coach	Ivan Vujic
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena

	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 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's tenth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 20–14, 7–11 in Big Ten play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the University of Rhode Island. Northwestern received its first national (AP) ranking in 41 years, when it was ranked #25 in the December 28th AP poll.

2009–10 Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
3	Capocci, Mike	F	6–6	200	JR	Lombard, Illinois/Glenbard East
44	Coble, Kevin	F	6–8	210	SR*	Phoenix, Arizona/Scottsdale Christian Academy
1	Crawford, Drew	G/F	6–5	185	FR	Naperville, Illinois/Naperville Central
30	Curletti, Davide	F	6–9	232	SO	Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's
15	Fruendt, Nick	G	6–5	195	SO	Batavia, Illinois/Batavia
11	Hearn, Reggie	G	6–4	195	FR	Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider
4	Marcotullio, Alex	G	6–3	180	FR	Warren, Michigan/De La Salle
12	Mirković, Luka	F/C	6–11	235	SO	Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)
23	Nash, Jeremy	G	6–4	191	SR	Chicago, Illinois/Marist
21	Peljusic, Ivan	F	6–8	215	JR	Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium
54	Rowley, Kyle	C	7–0	280	SO	Arima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy
5	Ryan, Jeff	G/F	6–7	205	SR*	Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South
24	Shurna, John	F	6–8	210	SO	Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West
33	Steger, Matt	G/F	6–5	195	SR	Northfield, Illinois/Loyola Academy
22	Thompson, Michael	G	5–10	182	JR	Chicago, Illinois/Lincoln Park

Source:^[1]

"*"=indicates player used redshirt season.

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Central

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular Season
Nov 13, 2009*		Northern Illinois	W 77–55	1–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 18, 2009*		#11 Butler	L 67–54	1–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 22, 2009*		Tennessee State	W 69–92	2–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 24, 2009*		Liberty	W 69–53	3–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 27, 2009*		vs. #23 Notre Dame (Chicago Challenge Invitational)	W 72–58	4–1	UIC Pavilion
Nov 28, 2009*		vs. Iowa State (Chicago Challenge Invitational)	W 67–65	5–1	UIC Pavilion
Dec 1, 2009*		at North Carolina State (ACC-Big Ten Challenge)	W 65–53	6–1	RBC Center
Dec 13, 2009*		North Carolina A&T	W 90–65	7–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 16, 2009*		North Florida	W 84–54	8–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 19, 2009*		Stanford	W 70–62	9–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 22, 2009*		Central Connecticut St	W 74–54	10–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 30, 2009	#25	at Illinois	L 89–83 ^OT	10–2 (0–1)	Assembly Hall
Jan 2, 2010	#25	#11 Michigan St	L 91–70	10–3 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 7, 2010*		Texas-Pan American	W 53–44	11–3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 10, 2010		at Michigan	W 68–62	12–3 (1–2)	Crisler Arena
Jan 13, 2010		#13 Wisconsin	L 60–50	12–4 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 16, 2010		#6 Purdue	W 72–64	13–4 (2–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 19, 2010		at #21 Ohio State	L 76–56	13–5 (2–4)	Schottenstein Center
Jan 23, 2010		Illinois	W 73–68	14–5 (3–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 26, 2010		at Minnesota	L 65–61	14–6 (3–5)	Williams Arena
Jan 30, 2010		at #5 Michigan St	L 79–70	14–7 (3–6)	Breslin Center
Feb 2, 2010		Michigan	W 67–52	15–7 (4–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 7, 2010		Indiana	W 78–61	16–7 (5–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 10, 2010		at Iowa	L 78–65	16–8 (5–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Feb 14, 2010		Minnesota	W 77–74 ^OT	17–8 (6–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 17, 2010		Penn State	L 81–70	17–9 (6–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 21, 2010		at #14 Wisconsin	L 70–63	17–10 (6–9)	Kohl Center
Feb 25, 2010		Iowa	W 74–57	18–10 (7–9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 28, 2010		at Penn State	L 79–60	18–11 (7–10)	Bryce Jordan Center
Mar 3, 2010*		Chicago State	W 72–49	19–11	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 6, 2010		at Indiana	L 88–80 ^OT	19–12 (7–11)	Assembly Hall
2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 11, 2010		vs. Indiana (First Round)	W 73–58	20–12	Conseco Fieldhouse
March 12, 2010		vs. #6 Purdue (Quarterfinals)	L 69–61	20–13	Conseco Fieldhouse
2010 National Invitation Tournament
March 17, 2010		at Rhode Island (First Round)	L 76–64	20–14	Ryan Center
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "2009-10 Northwestern Roster". Retrieved 2009-12-24.
↑ "2009-10 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved 2009-12-24.

Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball

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