2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

The 200910 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 20092010. The team's head coach was Tubby Smith in his third year. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 2114, 99 in Big Ten play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 11 seed in the West Region. They lost to six-seed and AP #25 Xavier in the first round.

200910 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
200910 record2114 (99 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Ohio State144 .778  298  .784
No. 10 Purdue144 .778  296  .829
No. 13 Michigan State144 .778  289  .757
No. 16 Wisconsin135 .722  249  .727
Illinois108 .556  2115  .583
Minnesota99 .500  2114  .600
Northwestern711 .389  2014  .588
Michigan711 .389  1517  .469
Indiana414 .222  1021  .323
Iowa414 .222  1022  .313
Penn State315 .167  1120  .355
2010 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

Season

Royce White signed with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but did not play due to shoplifting and trespassing charges. He transferred to Iowa State in July 2010.[1]

Roster

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous team(s)
0 Al Nolen 6'1" 180 G Jr. Minneapolis Minneapolis Henry HS
1 Paul Carter 6'8" 205 F Jr. Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock Mills HS
Missouri State-West Plains
3 Justin Cobbs 6'3" 190 G Fr. Los Angeles Bishop Montgomery HS
5 Devoe Joseph 6'3" 170 G So. Ajax, Ontario, Canada Pickering HS
20 Lawrence Westbrook 6'0" 195 G Sr. Chandler, Arizona Winchendon Prep
22 Devron Bostick 6'5" 210 G Sr. Racine, Wisconsin St. Catharine's HS
SW Illinois
24 Blake Hoffarber 6'4" 200 G Jr. Minnetonka, Minnesota Hopkins HS
32 Trevor Mbakwe 6'8" 240 F RJr. Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Bernard's HS
Miami Dade College
33 Rodney Williams 6'7" 210 F Fr. Minneapolis Robbinsdale Cooper HS
34 Damian Johnson 6'7" 210 F RSr. Thibodaux, Louisiana Thibodaux HS
45 Colton Iverson 6'10" 235 F/C So. Yankton, South Dakota Yankton HS
50 Ralph Sampson III 6'11" 230 F/C So. Duluth, Georgia Northview HS

200910 Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2009*
7:00
Minnesota Duluth W 11447 
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
November 9, 2009*
7:00
Minnesota State Moorhead W 9849 
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
Regular season
November 13, 2009*
7:00
No. 25 Tennessee Tech W 8750  10
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
November 16, 2009*
7:00
No. 24 Stephen F. Austin State W 8242  20
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
November 19, 2009*
7:00, BTN
No. 24 Utah Valley W 7651  30
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
November 26, 2009*
7:30, ESPN2
No. 22 vs. No. 12 Butler
2009 76 Classic
W 8273  40
Anaheim Convention Center 
Anaheim, California
November 27, 2009*
8:30, ESPNU
No. 22 vs. Portland
2009 76 Classic
L 6156  41
Anaheim Convention Center 
Anaheim, California
November 29, 2009*
TBA, ESPN2
No. 22 vs. Texas A&M
2009 76 Classic
L 6665  42
Anaheim Convention Center 
Anaheim, California
December 2, 2009*
6:15, ESPNU
at Miami
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 6358  43
BankUnited Center 
Coral Gables, Florida
December 5, 2009*
2:30
Brown W 9155  53
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
December 8, 2009*
6:00, ESPNU
Morgan State W 9464  63
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
December 12, 2009*
3:00, BTN
St. Joseph's W 9774  73
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
December 15, 2009*
7:00, BTN
Northern Illinois W 8948  83
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
December 23, 2009*
6:00, BTN
South Dakota State W 9262  93
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
Big Ten Regular Season
December 29, 2009
8:00, ESPN2
Penn State W 7570  103
(10)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
January 2, 2010
3:00, BTN
at Iowa W 8674  113
(20)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, Iowa
January 5, 2010
6:00, ESPN
at No. 4 Purdue L 7960  114
(21)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana
January 9, 2010
2:30, BTN
Ohio State W 7362  124
(31)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
January 13, 2010
5:30, BTN
at No. 7 Michigan State L 6053  125
(32)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, Michigan
January 17, 2010
3:30, BTN
at Indiana L 8178 OT 126
(33)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
January 23, 2010
11:00 am, CBS
No. 6 Michigan State L 6564  127
(34)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
January 26, 2010
8:00, BTN
Northwestern W 6561  137
(44)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
January 31, 2010
12:00, CBS
at No. 20 Ohio State L 8563  138
(45)
Jerome Schottenstein Center 
Columbus, Ohio
February 6, 2010
1:00, BTN
at Penn State W 6664  148
(55)
Bryce Jordan Center 
University Park, Pennsylvania
February 11, 2010
6:00, ESPN
Michigan L 7163  149
(56)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
February 14, 2010
4:00, BTN
at Northwestern L 7774 OT 1410
(57)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, Illinois
February 18, 2010
8:00, ESPN/ESPN2
No. 14 Wisconsin W 6852  1510
(67)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
February 20, 2010
7:00, BTN
Indiana W 8158  1610
(77)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
February 24, 2010
7:30, BTN
No. 3 Purdue L 5958  1611
(78)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
February 27, 2010
3:00, BTN
at Illinois W 6260  1711
(88)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, Illinois
March 2, 2010
6:00, BTN
at Michigan L 8355  1712
(89)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 7, 2010
5:00, BTN
Iowa W 8853  1812
(99)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis
2010 Big Ten Tournament
March 11, 2010
6:30 pm, BTN
vs. Penn State
First Round
W 7655  1912
Conseco Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis
March 12, 2010
8:00 pm, BTN
vs. No. 11 Michigan State
Quarterfinals
W 7267 OT 2012
Conseco Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis
March 13, 2010
3:10 pm, CBS
vs. No. 6 Purdue
Semifinals
W 6942  2112
Conseco Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis
March 14, 2010
2:30 pm, CBS
vs. No. 5 Ohio State
Championship Game
L 9061  2113
Conseco Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
March 19, 2010
11:30 am, CBS
vs. No. 25 Xavier
First Round
L 6554  2114
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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 19 Final 
AP 25 24 22 RV RV RV NR Not released 
Coaches 18 18 16 RV NR RV RV RV NR

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References

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