2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team

2009-10 USC Trojans women's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2009-10 record	18–11 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Michael Cooper
Assistant coach	Ervin Monier
Home arena	Galen Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 †-Stanford	18	–	0	1.000	36	–	2	.947
#23 UCLA	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
USC	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
California	11	–	7	.611	24	–	13	.649
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Oregon	7	–	11	.389	18	–	16	.529
Washington	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
Arizona	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Washington State	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Oregon State	2	–	16	.111	11	–	20	.355

† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 6, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team represent the University of Southern California in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans are coached by Michael Cooper. The Trojans are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

Offseason

April 8: Head coach Mark Trakh resigned after guiding the Women of Troy for 5 seasons. Trakh had a 90–64 (.584) record. The Women of Troy won 20 games in 2005 and then 19 in 2006 as both advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney. Four of his teams made it to the semifinals of the Pac-10 Tournament and had an 8–3 mark against crosstown rival UCLA. His players made various All-Pac-10 teams 20 times and Pac-10 All-Academics squads 14 times. He signed Top 10 recruiting classes the past 4 seasons, including the nation's No. 1 group in 2006, and 7 of his signees were named McDonald's All-Americans. This past season, the Women of Troy went 17–15 overall, tied for fourth in the Pac-10 with a 9–9 mark and made it to the Pac-10 Tournament final for the first time in history before losing to eventual NCAA Final Four participant Stanford.^[1]
April 9: USC senior point guard Camille LeNoir was selected in the second-round of the 2009 WNBA Draft. She was chosen by the Washington Mystics as the 23rd pick overall. LeNoir becomes the eighth Trojan to be selected in the WNBA Draf.^[2]
May 1: Los Angeles Sparks head coach and former Los Angeles Lakers great Michael Cooper has been named head coach of the USC women's basketball team, effective at the completion of the Sparks' 2009 season.^[3] Joining Cooper's USC staff will be long-time collegiate and high school assistant Ervin Monier, who will oversee the program as associate head coach until Cooper's arrival.
May 4: The Women of Troy will participate in the 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam at the University of Virgin Islands. The event is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Games will be played at UVI's Sports and Fitness Center, the Caribbean's premier basketball facility located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.^[4]
June 9:USC guard Jacki Gemelos has had her playing career delayed to a knee injury. Already the victim of three ligament tears that have kept her out of action for her first three seasons at USC, Gemelos has suffered another setback when she recently had surgery to replace the ACL graft in her left knee. Gemelos is expected to be sidelined from competition until January 2010.^[5]

Season summary

January 21, 2010 – Pacific-10 Conference issued a public reprimand to Michael Cooper for his post-game comments following USC's game with UCLA on Sunday, January 17.^[6]

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class

Games

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Non-Conference Regular Season Schedule
November 13*	#11 Xavier	L 81–71 ^OT	0–1	Galen Center
November 15*	Fresno State	W 68–63	1–1	Galen Center
November 19*	at Gonzaga	L 70–58	1–2	McCarthey Athletic Center
November 26*	vs. Rutgers	L 66–51	1–3	Sports and Fitness Center
November 27*	vs. #13 Texas	W 61–54	2–3	Sports and Fitness Center
November 28*	vs. #19 Mississippi State	W 64–60	3–3	Sports and Fitness Center
December 3*	at Long Beach State	W 83–77	4–3	Walter Pyramid
December 6*	at #11 Duke	L 78–72	4–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium
December 19*	Dartmouth	W 78–46	5–4	Galen Center
December 20*	Cal State Bakersfield	W 93–56	6–4	Galen Center
December 30*	North Carolina State	L 59–53	6–5	Galen Center
Pacific-10 Conference Regular Season Schedule
January 1	at Arizona State	W 60–56	7–5 (1–0 Pac-10)	Wells Fargo Arena
January 3	at Arizona	W 81–78 ^OT	8–5 (2–0 Pac-10)	McKale Center
January 8	#2 Stanford	L 82–62	8–6 (2–1 Pac-10)	Galen Center
January 10	California	W 67–64	9–6 (3–1 Pac-10)	Galen Center
January 17	UCLA	W 70–63	10–6 (4–1 Pac-10)	Galen Center
January 21	at Washington	W 69–65	11–6 (5–1 Pac-10)	Bank of America Arena
January 23	at Washington State	W 61–51	12–6 (6–1 Pac-10)	Beasley Coliseum
January 28	Oregon State	W 61–34	13–6 (7–1 Pac-10)	Galen Center
January 30	Oregon	L 85–77	13–7 (7–2 Pac-10)	Galen Center
February 4	at California	L 61–55	13–8 (7–3 Pac-10)	Haas Pavilion
February 7	at #2 Stanford	L 77–39	13–9 (7–4 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion
February 13	at UCLA	L 74–56	13–10 (7–5 Pac-10)	Pauley Pavilion
February 18	Washington State	L 64–52	13–11 (7–6 Pac-10)	Galen Center
February 20	Washington	W 56–51	14–11 (8–6 Pac-10)	Galen Center
February 25	at Oregon	W 87–84	15–11 (9–6 Pac-10)	McArthur Court
February 27	at Oregon State	W 53–50	16–11 (10–6 Pac-10)	Gill Coliseum
March 4	Arizona State	W 55–53	17–11 (11–6 Pac-10)	Galen Center
March 6	Arizona	W 62–52	18–11 (12–6 Pac-10)	Galen Center
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Postseason

Pac-10 Basketball Tournament

See 2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club

References

External links

Official Site