2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

The 2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team were coached by Kim Mulkey. The Bears are a member of the Big 12 Conference and participated in the Final Four.

2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball
Maggie Dixon Classic champions
Las Vegas Hoops Classic champions
World Vision Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
2009–10 record27–10 (9–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
2009–10 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Nebraska160 1.000  322  .941
No. 16 Iowa State115 .688  258  .758
No. 12 Oklahoma115 .688  2711  .711
No. 9 Texas A&M106 .625  268  .765
No. 17 Texas106 .625  2211  .667
No. 14 Baylor97 .563  2710  .730
No. 20 Oklahoma State97 .563  2411  .686
Texas Tech511 .313  1815  .545
Kansas State511 .313  1418  .438
Kansas511 .313  1716  .515
Colorado313 .188  1317  .433
Missouri214 .125  1218  .400
2010 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Offseason

  • April 2: The 2009 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game presented by Nike will be televised on ESPNU. Baylor Lady Bear signees Brittney Griner and Mariah Chandler are two of the 20 players selected to participate in the All-Star game.[2]
  • April 7: The future stars of women’s basketball played in Saint Louis in the 2009 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game presented by Nike. State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year and Baylor signee Brittney Griner earned Blue Team MVP honors. She scored 20 points (9-of-15), nine rebounds, eight blocks and three steals.[3]
  • April 9: Baylor guard/forward Jessica Morrow was selected as the 27th overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. She became the program's seventh WNBA draftee. Morrow's selection marked the fifth straight season a Baylor player was taken in the WNBA Draft.[4]
  • April 14: The Baylor Lady Bear basketball program signed Brooklyn Pope, a 6-1 forward/guard, to a Letter of Athletic Aid. Pope is a transfer from the Rutgers University, intends to begin classes at Baylor in June. Pope will sit out the 2009-10 season in order to comply with NCAA transfer rules; she will have three seasons of eligibility beginning with the 2010-11 season but is eligible to practice with the Lady Bears next year. As a freshman for the Scarlet Knight, Pope appeared in 29 of the team's 34 games and logged one start. The 6-1 forward/guard averaged 2.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 6.0 minutes a game in 2008-09.[5]
  • April 29: Sophomore Whitney Zachariason has been named to the Academic All-Big 12 first-team it was recently announced by the league office. Zachariason, a general studies major from Little Rock, Ark., maintains a 3.3 GPA.[6]

Preseason

DateLocationOpponentBears PointsOpp. PointsRecord
Nov. 3Waco, TexasSt. Edwards97431-0
Nov. 7Waco, TexasIncarnate Word81522-0

Regular season

Brittney Griner set numerous NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference and Baylor records. She set a new single-season block mark with 218 and broke the NCAA Tournament blocked shot record, rejecting 35 through four tournament games.

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass
1Kimetria Hayden5-11GuardFreshman
2Cherrish Wallace5-6GuardSophomore
3Jordan Madden6-0GuardFreshman
4Whitney Zachariason6-2ForwardJunior
5Melissa Jones5-10GuardJunior
15Shanay Washington6-1GuardFreshman
20Terran Condrey5-7GuardSophomore
21Kelli Griffin5-8GuardJunior
24Ashley Field6-2CenterSophomore
25Lindsay Palmer5-10GuardSophomore
32Brooklyn Pope6-1Forward/GuardRedshirt Sophomore
42Brittney Griner6-8CenterFreshman
44Mariah Chandler6-2ForwardFreshman
55Morghan Medlock6-1ForwardSenior

[7]

Schedule

  • The Bears will participate in four notable events. On November 15, Baylor will play Tennessee in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. From November 27 to December 5, Baylor will participate in the World Vision Classic. The Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden will involve Baylor and Boston College on December 13. Baylor will be making its first appearance at MSG.[8] From December 19 to December 20, the Bears will participate in the Las Vegas Hoops Classic.
Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
2009/11/15*
4:02 p.m., ESPN2
No. 7 at No. 8 Tennessee
State Farm Tip-Off Classic
W 74-65  0-1 (0-0)
Thompson-Boling Arena (12,824)
Knoxville, Tennessee
2009/11/17*
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 Tennessee Tech W 100-55  1-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,266)
Waco, Texas
2009/11/22*
4:06 p.m., Fox Sports Net
No. 8 at No. 17 California W 69-49  2-1 (0-0)
Haas Pavilion (2,361)
Berkeley, California
2009/11/24*
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 Jacksonville State W 104-45  3-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,127)
Waco, Texas
2009/11/27*
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 Idaho
World Vision Classic
W 82-37  4-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,451)
Waco, Texas
2009/11/28*
12:00 p.m.
No. 8 Louisiana-Lafayette
World Vision Classic
W 89-42  5-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,177)
Waco, Texas
2009/11/29*
2:30 p.m.
No. 8 Lamar
World Vision Classic
W 87-65  6-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,006)
Waco, Texas
2009/12/05*
5:05 p.m., FSSouthwest
No. 8 Louisiana Tech W 77-67  7-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,582)
Waco, Texas
2009/12/13*
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 6 vs. Boston College
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 68-55  8-1 (0-0)
Madison Square Garden (7,190)
New York City, New York
2009/12/16*
7:00 p.m.
No. 6 Oral Roberts W 101-76  9-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,282)
Waco, Texas
2009/12/19*
10:45 p.m.
No. 6 vs. Gonzaga
Holiday Hoops Classic
W 70-49  10-1 (0-0)
South Point Arena (516)
Las Vegas, Nevada
2009/12/20*
8:30 p.m.
No. 6 vs. No. 14 Arizona State
Holiday Hoops Classic
W 70-66  11-1 (0-0)
South Point Arena (722)
Las Vegas, Nevada
2009/12/30*
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 Texas–Pan American W 100-46  12-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,713)
Waco, Texas
2010/01/02*
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 Texas State W 99-18  13-1 (0-0)
Ferrell Center (6,669)
Waco, Texas
2010/01/09
2:30 p.m., CSN
No. 5 at Oklahoma State W 78-65  13-2 (0-1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (3717)
Stillwater, Oklahoma
2010/01/13
7:00 p.m., ESPN Fullcourt
No. 9 Oklahoma W 57-47  14-2 (1-1)
Ferrell Center (7718)
Waco, Texas
2010/01/17
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net
Nebraska L 56-65  14-3 (1-2)
Ferrell Center (7883)
Waco, Texas
2010/01/23
1:00 p.m.
at Missouri L 62-70  14-4 (1-3)
Mizzou Arena (2521)
Columbia, Missouri
2010/01/27
7:00 p.m.
Texas A&M W 61-53  14-4 (2-3)
Ferrell Center (8702)
Waco, Texas
2010/01/31
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Texas L 50-61  14-5 (2-4)
Frank Erwin Center (9123)
Austin, Texas
2010/02/03
7:00 p.m.
at Kansas State W 65-47  15-5 (3-4)
Bramlage Coliseum (3893)
Manhattan, Kansas
2010/02/06
7:30 p.m.
Colorado W 76-42  16-5 (4-4)
Ferrell Center (7350)
Waco, Texas
2010/02/10
7:00 p.m.
at Oklahoma L 60-62  16-6 (4-5)
Lloyd Noble Center (8493)
Norman, Oklahoma
2010/02/13
11:00 a.m., Fox Sports Net
at Iowa State L 45-69  16-7 (4-6)
Hilton Coliseum (11210)
Ames, Iowa
2010/02/17
7:00 p.m.
Texas Tech W 65-48  17-7 (5-6)
Ferrell Center (7009)
Waco, Texas
2010/02/20
7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State W 80-69  18-7 (6-6)
Ferrell Center (8282)
Waco, Texas
2010/02/22
8:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Texas A&M W 65-63  19-7 (7-6)
Reed Arena (7233)
College Station, Texas
2010/02/28
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
Kansas W 70-47  20-7 (8-6)
Ferrell Center (8575)
Waco, Texas
2010/03/03
7:00 p.m.
at Texas Tech W 69-60  21-7 (9-6)
United Spirit Arena (7602)
Lubbock, Texas
2010/03/07
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net
Texas L 54-70  21-8 (9-7)
Ferrell Center (9758)
Waco, Texas
Big 12 Tournament
2010/03/11
7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net
Colorado W 72-65  22-8 (9-7)
Municipal Auditorium (4663)
Kansas City Missouri
2010/03/12
7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net
Oklahoma W 59-54  22-9 (9-7)
Municipal Auditorium (4239)
Kansas City Missouri
2010 NCAA Tournament
2010/03/20
9:50 p.m., ESPN2
Fresno State W 69-55  23-9 (9-7)
Haas Pavilion (2,572)
Berkeley, California
2010/03/22
9:05 p.m., ESPN2
Georgetown W 49-33  24-9 (9-7)
Haas Pavilion (1497)
Berkeley, California
2010/03/27
11:04 p.m., ESPN2
Tennessee W 77-62  25-9 (9-7)
FedEx Forum (6577)
Memphis, Tennessee
2010/03/29
6:04 p.m., ESPN2
Duke W 51-48  26-9 (9-7)
FedEx Forum (3263)
Memphis, Tennessee
2010/04/04
8:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 Connecticut W 70-50  26-10 (9-7)
Alamodome (25,817)
San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints
Brittney Griner35117423201802973522318644

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

The Lady Bears advanced to the Women's Final Four by defeating Duke 51-48. In that game, Griner set a new NCAA Woman's tournament record by getting her 31st block, breaking the old record set by Alison Bales of Duke in 2006. She currently has 35 blocks.[9]

Awards and honors

  • Lindsay Palmer, Elite 88 award[10]
  • Brittney Griner, Associated Press Second Team All-American[11]
  • Brittney Griner, National Freshman of the Year[12]
  • Brittney Griner, Memphis Regional's Most Outstanding Player
  • Brittney Griner, WBCA/State Farm All-Region 5 team
  • Brittney Griner, Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Year
  • Brittney Griner, Co-Defensive Player of the Year
  • Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 first team
  • Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 All-Defensive team
  • Brittney Griner, All-Big 12 All-Freshman team.

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club

See also

References

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