2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

The 2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's fifth season at BYU. The Cougars compete in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 306, 133 in MWC play. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to UNLV. They received an atlarge bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They beat 10 seed Florida in double overtime in the first round before losing to 2 seed and AP #7 Kansas State in the second round.

2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 17
2009–10 record306 (133 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Rice
  • John Wardenburg
  • Terry Nashif
Home arenaMarriott Center
2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 New Mexico142 .875  305  .857
No. 17 BYU133 .813  306  .833
UNLV115 .688  258  .758
San Diego State115 .688  259  .735
Colorado State79 .438  1616  .500
Utah79 .438  1417  .452
TCU511 .313  1319  .406
Wyoming313 .188  1021  .323
Air Force115 .063  1021  .323
2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

Pre-Season

In the Mountain West preseason polls, released October 6 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, Colorado, BYU was selected to finish first in the media poll.[1] Jr. Jimmer Fredette was selected as the preseason conference player of the year along with being selected to the preseason MWC first team. Sr. Jonathan Tavernari was also selected to the preseason first team.

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Brandon Davies 6'9" 230 F Fr. Provo, Utah, United States Provo HS
1 Charles Abouo 6'5" 210 G
F
So. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Brewster Academy
2 Lamont Morgan Jr. 5'10" 170 G Sr. Pomona, California, United States Diamond Ranch HS
Saddleback CC
4 Jackson Emery 6'3" 185 G Jr. Alpine, Utah, United States Lone Peak HS
10 Michael Loyd Jr. 6'1" 170 G So. Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Palo Verde HS
12 Logan Magnusson 6'6" 210 G
F
Jr. Heber City, Utah, United States Wasatch HS
Salt Lake CC
13 Brock Zylstra 6'6" 205 G
F
Jr. La Verne, California, United States Bonita HS
15 James Anderson 6'10" 230 F
C
So. Page, Arizona, United States Page HS
23 Tyler Haws 6'5" 200 G Fr. Alpine, Utah, United States Lone Peak HS
32 Jimmer Fredette 6'2" 195 G Jr. Glens Falls, New York, United States Glens Falls HS
34 Noah Hartsock 6'8" 215 F So. Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States Bartlesville HS
45 Jonathan Tavernari 6'6" 215 G
F
Sr. São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil Bishop Gorman HS
54 Chris Miles 6'11" 235 F
C
Sr. Provo, Utah, United States Timpview HS

Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2009*
7:05 pm, BYU TV
Trinity Western W 7456 
Marriott Center (7,533)
Provo, UT
11/10/2009*
7:35 pm, BYU TV
Central Washington W 8246 
Marriott Center (N/A)
Provo, UT
Regular Season
11/13/2009*
7:35 pm, The Mtn.
Bradley
MWC–MVC Challenge
W 7060  10
Marriott Center (16,276)
Provo, UT
11/17/2009*
7:35 pm
Idaho State W 8753  20
Marriott Center (8,367)
Provo, UT
11/20/2009*
10:05 pm, KFVE
at Hawai'i W 8365  30
Stan Sheriff Center (5,891)
Honolulu, HI
11/24/2009*
7:05 pm
Southern W 10751  40
Marriott Center (9,596)
Provo, UT
11/27/2009*
7:35 pm, The Mtn.
Weber State
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 8770  50
Marriott Center (11,892)
Provo, UT
12/02/2009*
7:05 pm, CW30
at Utah State
Old Oquirrh Bucket
L 6171  51
Smith Spectrum (10,270)
Logan, UT
12/05/2009*
4:05 pm, BYU TV/KJZZ
vs. San Francisco W 6943  61
EnergySolutions Arena (10,106)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/08/2009*
8:05 pm, The Mtn.
Arizona State W 8168  71
Marriott Center (11,587)
Provo, UT
12/12/2009*
8:00 pm, KJZZ
at Fresno State W 7267  81
Save Mart Center (4,853)
Fresno, CA
12/17/2009*
7:05 pm, BYU TV
Wagner
Las Vegas Classic
W 7761  91
Marriott Center (8,031)
Provo, UT
12/19/2009*
7:05 pm, BYU TV
Eastern Washington
Las Vegas Classic
W 9134  101
Marriott Center (8,003)
Provo, UT
12/22/2009*
12:00 pm, BYU TV
vs. Nevada
Las Vegas Classic semifinals
W 110104  111
Orleans Arena (N/A)
Paradise, NV
12/23/2009*
12:00 pm, BYU TV
vs. Nebraska
Las Vegas Classic championship
W 8866  121
Orleans Arena (1,817)
Paradise, NV
12/28/2009*
7:00 pm, FCS
at Arizona
Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic
W 9969  131
McKale Center (13,992)
Tucson, AZ
01/02/2010*
7:05 pm
Eastern New Mexico W 9549  141
Marriott Center (11,293)
Provo, UT
01/06/2010
8:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 25 UNLV W 7773  151 (10)
Marriott Center (15,546)
Provo, UT
01/09/2010*
7:00 pm, CBSCS
No. 25 at UTEP W 8377  161 (10)
Don Haskins Center (8,687)
El Paso, TX
01/13/2010
6:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 18 at Air Force W 6749  171 (20)
Clune Arena (3,185)
Colorado Springs, CO
01/16/2010
4:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 18 Colorado State W 9147  181 (30)
Marriott Center (20,155)
Provo, UT
01/20/2010
6:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 14 Wyoming W 8166  191 (40)
Marriott Center (10,931)
Provo, UT
01/23/2010
8:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 14 at San Diego State W 7169  201 (50)
Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
01/27/2010
8:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 12 at No. 23 New Mexico L 7276  202 (51)
The Pit (14,586)
Albuquerque, NM
01/30/2010
7:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 12 Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 8269  212 (61)
Marriott Center (22,644)
Provo, UT
02/02/2010
7:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 12 TCU W 7656  222 (71)
Marriott Center (11,454)
Provo, UT
02/06/2010
1:00 pm, Versus
No. 12 at UNLV L 7488  223 (72)
Thomas & Mack Center (18,557)
Paradise, NV
02/13/2010
4:05 pm, The Mtn.
No. 17 Air Force W 9148  233 (82)
Marriott Center (15,647)
Provo, UT
02/17/2010
6:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 16 at Colorado State W 9240  243 (92)
Moby Arena (3,738)
Fort Collins, CO
02/20/2010
4:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 16 at Wyoming W 8563  253 (102)
Arena-Auditorium (5,154)
Laramie, WY
02/24/2010
7:05 pm, CBSCS
No. 13 San Diego State W 8268  263 (112)
Marriott Center (20,124)
Provo, UT
02/27/2010
2:05 pm, Versus
No. 13 No. 10 New Mexico L 8183  264 (113)
Marriott Center (22,644)
Provo, UT
03/03/2010
7:00 pm, CBSCS
No. 14 at Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 7151  274 (123)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (14,901)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/06/2010
5:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 14 at TCU W 10777  284 (133)
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (6,469)
Fort Worth, TX
2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/11/2010
7:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 14 vs. TCU
Quarterfinals
W 9585  294
Thomas & Mack Center (N/A)
Paradise, NV
03/12/2010
9:30 pm, CBSCS
No. 14 vs. UNLV
Semifinals
L 6070  295
Thomas & Mack Center (18,500)
Paradise, NV
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/18/2010*
10:20 am, CBS
No. 17 vs. Florida
First Round
W 9992 2OT 305
Ford Center (13,382)
Oklahoma City, OK
03/20/2010*
6:10 pm, CBS
No. 17 vs. No. 7 Kansas State
Second Round
L 7284  306
Ford Center (15,668)
Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 18 14 12 12 17 16 13 14 14 17 Not released 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 17 13 10 12 17 14 11 15 15 16 22

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2010-01-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?SP=111
  3. "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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