2009–10 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

2009–10 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball
Big West Regular Season Co-Champions
Big West Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference Big West Conference
2009–10 record 20–10 (12–4 Big West)
Head coach Bob Williams
Assistant coach Brad Holland
Assistant coach Matt Stock
Assistant coach Jonathan Metzger-Jones
Home arena The Thunderdome
2009–10 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UC Santa Barbara 12 4   .750     20 10   .667
Pacific 12 4   .750     23 12   .657
Cal State Fullerton 8 8   .500     16 15   .516
Long Beach St. 8 8   .500     17 16   .515
UC Davis 8 8   .500     14 18   .438
Cal Poly SLO 7 9   .438     12 19   .387
UC Irvine 6 10   .375     14 18   .438
Cal State Northridge 6 10   .375     11 21   .344
UC Riverside 5 11   .313     12 17   .414
2010 Big West Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This is head coach Bob Williams' twelfth season at UCSB. The Gauchos compete in the Big West Conference and played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, also known as The Thunderdome. They finished the season 20–10, 12–4 in Big West play to win a share of the regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they earned a 15 seed in the Midwest Region and were defeated in the first round by 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State.

Roster

Source[1]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Jaimé Serna 6'7" 235 F So. Laguna Beach, CA Santa Margarita HS
1 Chris Brew 6'3" 180 G Fr. Oakland, CA St. Mary's HS
3 Jordan Weiner 6'0" 173 G Jr. Encino, CA Birmingham HS
4 Paul Roemer 6'1" 180 G Sr. Martinez, CA De La Salle HS
11 Justin Joyner 6'0" 177 G Jr. Antioch, CA De La Salle HS
14 Brad Lewis 6'2" 170 G Fr. Simi Valley, CA Simi Valley HS
15 Sam Phippen 6'9" 193 F Jr. Durango, CO Durango HS
20 Will Brew 6'3" 175 G So. Oakland, CA St. Mary's HS
21 James Nunnally 6'5" 205 F So. San Jose, CA Weston Ranch HS
24 Christian Peterson 6'3" 219 G Jr. Carlsbad, CA Carlsbad HS
25 Lucas Devenny 6'9" 240 F Fr. Santa Rosa, CA Piner HS
32 Jon Pastorek 6'10" 210 F Jr. Anaheim, CA Canyon HS
San Diego State
33 Orlando Johnson 6'5" 205 G So. Seaside, CA Palma HS
Loyola Marymount
41 Seth Kamphoefner 6'9" 210 F So. Terra Linda, CA Terra Linda HS
42 James Powell 6'2" 185 G Sr. Glendora, CA Glendora HS
55 Greg Somogyi 7'3" 242 C So. Budapest, Hungary Woodside Priory School

Schedule and results

Source[2]

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/7/2009* Sonoma State W 101–64  The Thunderdome (1,655)
Regular Season
11/14/2009* Cal State Los Angeles W 85–57  1–0 The Thunderdome (1,864)
11/17/2009* Weber State W 66–57  2–0 The Thunderdome (2,021)
11/23/2009* San Francisco W 76–65  3–0 The Thunderdome (1,786)
11/28/2009* at Loyola Marymount W 89–84  4–0 Gersten Pavilion (1,813)
12/1/2009* Santa Clara L 79–68  4–1 The Thunderdome (1,746)
12/5/2009* San Diego State L 69–61  4–2 The Thunderdome (2,513)
12/18/2009* at Montana State L 76–64  4–3 Worthington Arena (2,587)
12/21/2009* at Arizona State L 69–42  4–4 Wells Fargo Arena (6,549)
12/28/2009* vs. Furman
(Golden Bear Classic)
W 72–60  5–4 Haas Pavilion (NA)
12/29/2009* at California
(Golden Bear Classic)
L 87–66  5–5 Haas Pavilion (9,052)
1/2/2010 at UC Irvine L 57–55  5–6 (0–1) Bren Events Center (1,696)
1/4/2010 at UC Riverside W 57–53  6–6 (1–1) Student Rec Center (726)
1/8/2010 UC Davis W 68–47  7–6 (2–1) The Thunderdome (4,282)
1/10/2010 Pacific W 68–67  8–6 (3–1) The Thunderdome (1,550)
1/14/2010 at Long Beach State L 67–47  8–7 (3–2) Walter Pyramid (2,298)
1/16/2010 UC Riverside W 63–56  9–7 (4–2) The Thunderdome (1,705)
1/23/2010 Cal State Fullerton W 85–80 OT 10–7 (5–2) The Thunderdome (2,222)
1/28/2010 Cal Poly W 80–57  11–7 (6–2) The Thunderdome (3,066)
1/30/2010 at Cal State Northridge L 76–69  11–8 (6–3) Matadome (1,482)
2/4/2010 at Pacific W 61–48  12–8 (7–3) Alex G. Spanos Center (3,578)
2/6/2010 at UC Davis W 81–77  13–8 (8–3) The Pavilion (2,851)
2/13/2010 Long Beach State W 64–62  14–8 (9–3) The Thunderdome (3,228)
2/17/2010 at Cal State Fullerton W 73–65  15–8 (10–3) Titan Gym (1,451)
2/20/2010* at Fresno State
(ESPNU BracketBusters)
W 64–60  16–8 Save Mart Center (7,959)
2/24/2010 Cal State Northridge W 74–69  17–8 (11–3) The Thunderdome (2,049)
2/27/2010 at Cal Poly L 60–57  17–9 (11–4) Mott Gym (3,032)
3/3/2010 UC Irvine W 77–74  18–9 (12–4) The Thunderdome (6,873)
2010 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/12/2010 vs. UC Davis
(Semifinals)
W 76–62  19–9 Anaheim Convention Center (NA)
3/13/2010 vs. Long Beach State
(Championship Game)
W 69–64  20–9 Anaheim Convention Center (3,113)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/19/2010 vs. #5 Ohio State
(First Round)
L 68–51  20–10 Bradley Center (17,580)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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