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

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Big West men's basketball standings
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]

All times are Pacific

Date	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.

References

↑ http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ucsb-m-baskbl-mtt.html
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball

Venues	Robertson Gymnasium (1959–1979) The Thunderdome (1979–present)

Culture & lore	Olé Fantom of the Thunderdome

People	Head coaches

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