2009–10 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team

2009–10 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball

Mountain West Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2009–10 record	25–9 (11–5 Mountain West)
Head coach	Steve Fisher
Assistant coach	Brian Dutcher
Assistant coach	Justin Hutson
Assistant coach	Mark Fisher
Home arena	Viejas Arena

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 New Mexico	14	–	2	.875	30	–	5	.857
#17 BYU	13	–	3	.813	30	–	6	.833
UNLV	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
San Diego State†	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Colorado State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Utah	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
TCU	5	–	11	.313	13	–	19	.406
Wyoming	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Air Force	1	–	15	.063	10	–	21	.323

† 2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

The 2009–10 San Diego State men's basketball team represented San Diego State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Fisher's eleventh season at San Diego State. The Aztecs competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Viejas Arena. They finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in MWC play. They won the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the Midwest Region and were defeated by 6 seed and AP #15 Tennessee in the first round.

Off Season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ryan Amoroso	43	F	6'8"	263	Senior	Burnsville, Minnesota	Graduated
Tim Island	2	G	6'4"	207	Senior	San Diego, California	Graduated
Kyle Spain	15	F	6'5"	220	Senior	Newark, California	Graduated
Matt Thomas	21	G	6'4"	213	Senior	Riverside, California	Graduated
Lorenzo Wade	31	F	6'6"	225	Senior	Hawthorne, California	Graduated
Richie Williams	3	G	5'10"	162	Senior	San Diego, California	Graduated
Bryce Smith	25	G	6'3"	200	Freshman	Woodland Hills, California	Elected to transfer.^[1]

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
James Rahon	11	G	6'5"	202	Sophomore	San Diego, California	Elected to transfer from Santa Clara. Rahon will redshirt for the 2009-10 season, under NCAA transfer rules. Will have three years of eligibility.^[2]

2009 Recruiting Class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kawhi Leonard SF	Riverside, CA	Matin Luther King High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 22, 2008
Kawhi Leonard SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Eric Lawton SG	Hemet, CA	West Valley High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jun 27, 2008
Eric Lawton SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90
Chase Tapley SG	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 25, 2008
Chase Tapley SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 85
Alec Williams PF	San Juan Capistrano, CA	Junipero Serra Catholic High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Jun 13, 2008
Alec Williams PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Malcolm Thomas PF	San Diego, CA	San Diego City College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Nov 12, 2008
Malcolm Thomas PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC
Overall recruiting rankings:
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 2013-05-15.

Preseason

In the Mountain West preseason polls, released October 6 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, CO, San Diego State was selected to finish second in the media poll.^[3] Jr. Billy White was selected to the preseason MWC first team. Fr. Kawhi Leonard was selected as the preseason freshman of the year.

Roster

Kawhi Leonard

Source^[4]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Alec Williams	6'6"	268	F	Fr.	San Juan Capistrano, CA	JSerra HS
3	Tyrone Shelley	6'6"	225	G	So.	San Diego, CA	Crawford HS Pepperdine
4	Malcolm Thomas	6'9"	215	F	Jr.	San Diego, CA	Crawford HS San Diego City College
5	Brian Carlwell	6'11"	297	C	Jr.	Maywood, IL	Proviso East HS Illinois
11	James Rahon	6'5"	202	G	So.	San Diego, CA	Torrey Pines HS Santa Clara
15	Kawhi Leonard	6'7"	225	F	Fr.	Riverside, CA	King HS
20	Jason Deutchman	6'6"	220	G	Jr.	Los Angeles, CA	Santa Monica HS UW–Milwaukee
22	Chase Tapley	6'2"	205	G	Fr.	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento HS
23	D.J. Gay	6'0"	167	G	Jr.	Sun Valley, CA	Poly HS
24	Tim Shelton	6'7"	248	F	So.	Fresno, CA	Clovis West HS
32	Billy White	6'8"	235	F	Jr.	Las Vegas, NV	Green Valley HS
40	Kelvin Davis	6'3"	220	G	Sr.	Waterbury, CT	Sacred Heart HS College of Southern Idaho
42	Mehdi Cheriet	6'9"	218	F	Sr.	Tarare, France	Albert Thomas HS Arizona Western

Schedule and results

Source^[5]

All times are Pacific

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2009*	California Baptist	W 72–57	–	Viejas Arena (4,365)
11/10/2009*	Point Loma Nazarene	W 89–56	–	Viejas Arena (4,807)
Regular Season
11/14/2009*	UC–San Diego	W 77–52	1–0	Viejas Arena (5,520)
11/16/2009*	at Saint Mary's (ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon)	L 80–58	1–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,774)
11/19/2009*	Santa Clara (West Coast Classic)	W 86–53	2–1	Viejas Arena (5,401)
11/23/2009*	at Fresno State (West Coast Classic)	W 62–58	3–1	Save Mart Center (8,041)
11/25/2009*	at Pacific (West Coast Classic)	L 71–63	3–2	Alex G. Spanos Center (2,705)
11/28/2009*	Northern Arizona (West Coast Classic)	W 89–48	4–2	Viejas Arena (4,390)
12/02/2009*	at San Diego (Rivalry)	W 69–62 ^OT	5–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion (4,662)
12/05/2009*	at UC Santa Barbara	W 69–61	6–2	The Thunderdome (2,513)
12/09/2009*	Cal State Fullerton	W 82–68	7–2	Viejas Arena (4,774)
12/12/2009*	Arizona	W 63–46	8–2	Viejas Arena (12,414)
12/19/2009*	at Arizona State	L 55–52	8–3	Wells Fargo Arena (10,055)
12/22/2009*	at Drake (MWC–MVC Challenge)	W 76–73 ^OT	9–3	Knapp Center (4,012)
12/29/2009*	UC Riverside	W 58–53	10–3	Viejas Arena (5,315)
12/31/2009*	Pomona–Pitzer	W 89–54	11–3	Viejas Arena (4,061)
01/05/2010	#15 New Mexico	W 74–64	12–3 (1–0)	Viejas Arena (7,558)
01/09/2010	at Wyoming	L 85–83	12–4 (1–1)	Arena-Auditorium (4,826)
01/13/2010	at UNLV	L 76–66	12–5 (1–2)	Thomas & Mack Center (14,530)
01/16/2010	TCU	W 67–62	13–5 (2–2)	Viejas Arena (5,871)
01/19/2010	at Utah	W 70–68	14–5 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,520)
01/23/2010	#14 BYU	L 71–69	14–6 (3–3)	Viejas Arena (12,414)
01/30/2010	at Colorado State	W 64–52	15–6 (4–3)	Moby Arena (3,809)
02/02/2010	Air Force	W 70–48	16–6 (5–3)	Viejas Arena (6,126)
02/06/2010	at #15 New Mexico	L 88–86 ^OT	16–7 (5–4)	The Pit (14,586)
02/10/2010	Wyoming	W 88–57	17–7 (6–4)	Viejas Arena (6,606)
02/13/2010	#23 UNLV	W 68–58	18–7 (7–4)	Viejas Arena (9,224)
02/16/2010	at TCU	W 68–51	19–7 (8–4)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (3,615)
02/20/2010	Utah	W 68–61	20–7 (9–4)	Viejas Arena (10,695)
02/24/2010	at #13 BYU	L 82–68	20–8 (9–5)	Marriott Center (20,124)
03/03/2010	Colorado State	W 68–55	21–8 (10–5)	Viejas Arena (8,043)
03/06/2010	at Air Force	W 61–42	22–8 (11–5)	Clune Arena (3,352)
2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/11/2010	vs. Colorado State (Quarterfinals)	W 72–71	23–8	Thomas & Mack Center (11,031)
03/12/2010	vs. #8 New Mexico (Semifinals)	W 72–69	24–8	Thomas & Mack Center (NA)
03/13/2010	at UNLV (Finals)	W 55–45	25–8	Thomas & Mack Center (12,728)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/18/2010*	vs. #15 Tennessee (First round)	L 62–59	25–9	Dunkin Donuts Center (10,788)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "Player Bio Bryce Smith".
↑ "James Rahon to Join SDSU Men's Basketball Program".
↑ http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100609aab.html
↑ http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sdsu-m-baskbl-mtt.html
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

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