2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2009 and ended with the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 6, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The tournament opened with the first and second rounds on Thursday through Sunday, March 18–21, 2010. Regional games were played on Thursday through Sunday, March 28–31, 2010, with the Final Four played on Sunday and Tuesday, April 4 and 6, 2010.
2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
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NCAA Tournament | 2010 |
Tournament dates | March 21, 2010 – April 6, 2010 |
National Championship | Alamodome San Antonio, Texas |
NCAA Champions | Connecticut |
Other champions | California (|WNIT) Appalachian State (WBI) |
Player of the Year | Tina Charles, Connecticut (Naismith, Wooden) Maya Moore, Connecticut (Wade) |
The Connecticut Huskies successfully defended their national title from the previous season, defeating Stanford 53–47 in the final. This was the Huskies' second consecutive unbeaten championship season, unprecedented since the NCAA began to organize women's basketball in the 1981–82 season.
Season headlines
- May 4:The tenth annual 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a women's basketball tournament that will take place on November 26–28, 2009. Eight teams from the NCAA have been invited to participate in the tournament. The teams will be separated into two brackets, the Reef Division and the Island Division. The Reef Division will consist of Mississippi State, Rutgers, Southern California and Texas. The Island Division will consist of Notre Dame, Oklahoma, San Diego State and South Carolina[1]
- May 5: The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the pairings for the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women's basketball, which is in the third year of a four-year agreement. The 2009 Challenge, which will take on a two-day format this year, will open on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge matches 11 teams from each conference in head-to-head competition traditionally on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Thanksgiving, following the men's basketball Big Ten/ACC Challenge.[2] The Big Ten and ACC have been among the most successful conferences in women's basketball. During the 2008–09 season, the ACC was represented by six teams in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. It was the seventh straight year the league has had at least six teams in the tournament. Maryland advanced to the 2009 NCAA Regional Finals, giving the ACC at least one team in the Elite Eight for the eighth consecutive year. In 2005–06, the ACC became the first conference to send three teams: Duke, Maryland and North Carolina – to the same Final Four. Overall, the ACC has made 11 Final Four trips, including six in the past 13 years.[2]
- May 28, 2009: NBA referee Violet Palmer was hired as coordinator of women's basketball officials for the West Coast Conference and will remain with the NBA, where she has worked for 12 seasons.[3]
- July 1: Rutgers will play in the eighth annual Jimmy V Women's Classic when the Scarlet Knights host Florida on Dec. 7. This marks the fourth straight season the Scarlet Knights will take part in the game. They beat Georgia 45-34 last season. The games are part of the fundraising effort for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which is named for the late Jim Valvano, who led North Carolina State to the national championship in 1983.[4]
- July 7: Pat Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer will oppose each other in the fourth annual Maggie Dixon Classic. The women's doubleheader will be played Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden. The two Hall of Fame coaches teams will meet in regular season play for the seventh straight year. Baylor and freshman star Brittney Griner will face Boston College in the other contest. The two teams played once before at Madison Square Garden. Tennessee won 68-54 in 1999. Baylor will be making its first appearance at MSG.[5]
- August 4: Joan Bonvicini was introduced as the new women's basketball coach at Seattle University. She is one of only 18 coaches in Division I history with more than 600 victories.[6]
- August 18: On January. 16, Notre Dame and Connecticut will be part of the first-ever ESPN women's basketball College GameDay broadcast. The game will be broadcast from Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The matchup between the Fighting Irish and Huskies will tip off at 9 p.m. (ET) and will be televised live to a national cable audience by ESPN.[7]
- September 8: The West Coast Conference (WCC) and its multi-media rights partner, IMG College, announced Zappos.com as the official title sponsor of the WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. The deal is effective through the 2011–12 season, and signifies the WCC's first-ever title sponsorship.[8]
Preseason
Preseason "Wade Watch" list
- On July 30, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009–2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. The nominees are made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The list are as follows:
- Jayne Appel, Stanford[9]
- Jessica Breland, North Carolina[10]
- Tina Charles, Connecticut[9]
- Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee
- Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State
- Alexis Gray-Lawson, California[11]
- Tiffany Hayes, Connecticut
- Allison Hightower, LSU
- Ashley Houts, Georgia
- Jantel Lavender, Ohio State [12]
- Danielle McCray, Kansas
- Jacinta Monroe, Florida State
- Maya Moore, Connecticut
- Jené Morris, San Diego State
- Deirdre Naughton, DePaul [13]
- Kayla Pedersen, Stanford
- Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier
- Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford
- Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State [12]
- Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State
- Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma[14]
- Jenna Smith, Illinois[15]
- Carolyn Swords, Boston College
- Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga[16]
- Monica Wright, Virginia [17]
Preseason Wooden Award nominees
- August 21: The 2009–10 preseason candidates list for the Women's Wooden Award was released, naming 31 student athletes.[18]
Name | Height | Class | Position | School |
Jayne Appel | 6-4 | Sr. | F/C | Stanford |
Erica Beverly | 6-0 | Sr. | F | Hartford |
Angie Bjorklund | 6-0 | Jr. | G/F | Tennessee |
Heather Bowman | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Gonzaga |
Jessica Breland* | 6-3 | Sr. | F | North Carolina |
Tina Charles | 6-4 | Sr. | C | Connecticut |
Alysha Clark | 5-10 | Sr. | F | Middle Tennessee |
Allyssa DeHaan | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Michigan State |
Tyra Grant | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Penn State |
Alexis Gray-Lawson | 5-8 | Sr. | G | California |
Allison Hightower | 5-10 | Sr. | G | LSU |
Ashley Houts | 5-6 | Sr. | G | Georgia |
Ify Ibekwe | 6-1 | Jr. | F | Arizona |
Jantel Lavender | 6-4 | Jr. | C | Ohio State |
Gabriela Marginean | 6-1 | Sr. | F | Drexel |
Danielle McCray | 5-11 | Sr. | G/F | Kansas |
Nicole Michael | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Syracuse |
Jacinta Monroe | 6-4 | Sr. | F/C | Florida State |
Maya Moore | 6-0 | Jr. | F | Connecticut |
Jené Morris | 5-9 | Sr. | G | San Diego State |
Dierdre Naughton | 5-10 | Sr. | G | DePaul |
Ta‘Shia Phillips | 6-6 | Jr. | C | Xavier |
Jeanette Pohlen | 6-0 | Jr. | G | Stanford |
Samantha Prahalis | 5-7 | So. | G | Ohio State |
Andrea Riley | 5-5 | Sr. | G | Oklahoma State |
Danielle Robinson | 5-9 | Jr. | G | Oklahoma |
Jenna Smith | 6-3 | Sr. | C | Illinois |
Ashley Sweat | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Kansas State |
Carolyn Swords | 6-6 | Jr. | C | Boston College |
Courtney Vandersloot | 5-8 | Jr. | G | Gonzaga |
Monica Wright | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Virginia |
Preseason WNIT
Ohio State headlines a field of 16-teams for the 2009 Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament. The field includes 11 teams that played in the postseason last spring: Arkansas-Little Rock, Bowling Green, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech, Marist, New Mexico, North Carolina A&T, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Winthrop. They will be joined in the Preseason WNIT field by Chicago State, Eastern Illinois, Northern Colorado, Towson, and UTEP.
The Preseason WNIT features a three-game guarantee format. The event opens Friday, November 13 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played November 15 and 16. The semifinals will be on November 18 and 19. The championship is set for Sunday, November 22. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, November 20–22. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round.[19] In last year's Preseason WNIT, North Carolina defeated Oklahoma 80-79.
- First-round Preseason WNIT games to be held on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
- Eastern Illinois (24-9) at Ohio State (29-6), 5 p.m. ET
- UTEP (18-12) at Florida Gulf Coast (26-5), 7 p.m. ET
- Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) at Oklahoma State (17-16), 7 p.m. ET
- Towson (17-13) at West Virginia (18-15), 7 p.m. ET
- Winthrop (16-16) at Georgia Tech (22-10), 7:30 p.m. ET
- Chicago State (16-13) at Bowling Green (29-5), 7:30 p.m. ET
- North Carolina A&T (26-7) at Marist (29-4), 7:30 p.m. ET
- Northern Colorado (12-18) at New Mexico (25-11), 9 p.m. ET
Season outlook
- Nov. 11: The Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women's basketball. The challenge will span at least two years and will begin in the fall of 2010. The series will feature a home-and-home format over the initial two-year agreement, and each of the Big 12's teams will play in each Challenge, while one Big Ten team, Wisconsin, will play two Challenge games each year.[20]
Pre-season polls
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Preseason All-Americans
- Jayne Appel, Stanford
- Tina Charles, Connecticut
- Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
- Maya Moore, Connecticut
- Monica Wright, Virginia[22]
- November 3: Maya Moore became just the seventh unanimous choice on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team. She received all 40 votes from a national media panel. It's the third straight year a player has been a unanimous choice in the preseason. Moore was joined on the preseason squad by teammate Tina Charles. It was the fifth time that two players from the same team made the All-America squad. Connecticut has also had two of the four other pairs of teammates on a preseason team – Jen Rizzotti and Kara Wolters in 1995–96 and Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosimova in 2000–01.[22]
Big Ten
- 2009–10 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
- Jantel Lavender
- Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team
- Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
- Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
- JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
- Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
- Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU
- Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team
- Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
- Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
- JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
- Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
- Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU
Conference USA
- 2009–10 C-USA Preseason PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Emma Cannon, UCF
- 2009–10 C-USA Preseason Team
- Courtney Taylor, Houston
- Brittany Gilliam, SMU
- Pauline Love, Southern Miss
- Emma Cannon, UCF
- Jareica Hughes, UTEP[24]
Regular season
2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule
Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Score | Leading Scorer | Attendance |
Dec. 2/09 | Georgia Tech | Penn State | G Tech 64-60[25] | Tyra Grant, PSU (20) | TBD |
Dec. 2/09 | Illinois | Wake Forest | Illinois, 65-50[26] | Jenna Smith, Illinois (27) | TBD |
Dec. 2/09 | Boston College | Iowa | BC, 72-67[27] | Kamilee Wahlin, Iowa (23) | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Michigan | Virginia Tech | Mich, 71-51 | Veronica Hicks, Michigan (19)[28] | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Clemson | Northwestern | CLEM, 69-68 | Kirstyn Wright, Clemson (22) | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Minnesota | Maryland | MD, 66-45 | Kim Rodgers, Maryland (14)[29] | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | North Carolina | Michigan State | MSU, 72-66 | Italee Lucas, North Carolina (29)[30] | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Ohio State | Duke | Duke, 83-67 | Jasmine Thomas, Duke (29) | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Purdue | Virginia | VA, 56-49 | Brittany Rayburn, Purdue (19)[31] | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Florida State | Indiana | FSU, 82-74 | Jori Davis, Indiana (23)[32] | TBD |
Dec. 3/09 | Wisconsin | NC State | Wisc, 53-48 | Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin (13)[33] | TBD |
Early season tournaments
Name | Dates | Num. teams | Location | Championship |
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Aggie Hotel Encato Classic | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Las Cruces, New Mexico | New Mexico State Aggies |
ASU Classic | Dec. 4-5 | 4 | Tempe, Arizona | |
Bahamas Tournament | Dec. 19-20 | 4 | Nassau, Bahamas | |
Basketball Travelers Tip-Off Tournament | Nov. 27-29 | 4 | Lubbock, Texas | |
Big Easy Classic | Dec. 4-5 | 4 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
BTI Classic | Nov. 20-22 | 4 | West Lafayette, Ind. | Dayton Flyers |
BTI Tip-Off Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | |||
Buckeye Classic | Nov. 28-29 | 4 | Columbus, Ohio | Ohio State Buckeyes |
Cal Poly Holiday Beach Classic | Nov. 28-29 | 4 | San Luis Obispo, California | Illinois Fighting Illini |
Caribbean Challenge | Nov. 26-27 | 4 | Cancún, Mexico | Duke Blue Devils |
Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic | Dec. 4 | |||
Desert Sun Classic | Dec. 19-20 | 4 | Las Vegas | |
Great Alaska Shootout | Nov. 24-25 | 4 | Anchorage | Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves |
Holiday Inn & Suites Express Thanksgiving Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Toledo Rockets |
Hukilau Tournament | Dec. 4-5 | Laie, Hawai'I | ||
Iona Tip-Off Tournament | Nov. 14-15 | 4 | New Rochelle, New York | Arizona Wildcats |
Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic | Nov. 27-29 | 4 | Honolulu, HI | Arizona State Sun Devils |
Junkanoo Jam | Nov. 27-28 | Bahamas | Michigan State Spartans | |
KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge | Nov. 14-15 | 4 | Iowa City, Iowa | Iowa Hawkeyes |
Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | Nov 27-28 | 4 | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | Georgia Lady Bulldogs |
Las Vegas Hoops Classic (Duel in the Desert) | Dec. 19-20 | 4 | Las Vegas | Baylor Lady Bears |
LIU Thanksgiving Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Brooklyn, New York | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
Maggie Dixon Classic | Dec. 13 | 2 | New York | Baylor Lady Bears |
Maine Classic | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Orono, Maine | Penn State Lady Lions |
Mildred and Roger L. White Invitational | Nov. 29-Dec. 2 | Evanston, Ill. | ||
Navy Classic | Nov. 20-21 | 2 | Annapolis, Maryland | Navy Midshipmen |
Northwestern Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Evanston, Ill. | Iowa State Cyclones |
Nugget Classic | Nov. 7-8 | 4 | Reno, Nevada | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Omni Hotels Classic | Nov. 27-28 | Boulder, Colorado | Colorado Buffaloes | |
Paradise Jam Tournament | Nov. 25-28 | 8 | US Virgin Islands | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
Saint Mary's Hilton Tournament | Nov. 27-29 | 4 | Moraga, California | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
San Diego Surf and Slam | Dec. 28-30 | San Diego, California | ||
Seminole Classic | Nov. 27-29 | 4 | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida State Seminoles |
SMU Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Dallas, Texas | Boston College Eagles |
Subway Basketball Classic | Nov. 21-22 | 4 | Minneapolis | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
Terrapin Classic | Dec. 27-29 | College Park, Maryland | ||
Tulane DoubleTree Classic | Dec. 28-29 | 4 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
University of Miami Thanksgiving Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Coral Gables, Florida | Miami Hurricanes |
University of Miami Holiday Tournament | Dec. 28-29 | Coral Gables, Florida | ||
Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament | Nov. 27-28 | 4 | Nashville, Tennessee | Vanderbilt Commodores |
Villanova Tournament | Dec. 28-29 | Villanova, Pennsylvania | ||
Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic | Dec. 29-30 | Honolulu, HI | ||
WBCA Classic | Nov. 27-Nov. 29 | 4 | Connecticut Huskies | |
Women of Troy Classic | Dec. 19 – Dec. 20 | Galen Center | ||
World Vision Classic | Nov. 27-Nov. 29 | 4 | Waco, Texas | Baylor Lady Bears |
World Vision Invitational | Nov. 27-Nov. 29 | 4 | Eugene, Oregon | Wisconsin Badgers |
Conference winners and tournaments
Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers applied if more than one team tops the season standings. In the table below, if teams tied for the regular-season title, the first team listed won the tiebreaker for top seed in the tournament.
The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. The Great West Conference began play in 2009–10 and does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Post-Season Tournaments
NCAA Tournament
National Invitation Tournament
Women's Basketball Invitational
This season saw the debut of a third national postseason tournament in the Women's Basketball Invitational, a 16-team affair with all games played on home courts.
The inaugural title was won by Appalachian State, who came back from a 19-point deficit to defeat Memphis 79–71 in the final held on the Mountaineers' home floor in Boone, North Carolina.[70]
Awards and honors
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
- Wooden Award: Tina Charles, Connecticut
- Naismith Award: Tina Charles, Connecticut
- Wade Trophy: Maya Moore, Connecticut
Major coach of the year awards
- Kay Yow Award: Connie Yori, Nebraska
- Maggie Dixon Award: Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Connie Yori, Nebraska
- WBCA National Coach of the Year: Connie Yori, Nebraska
Other major awards
- Nancy Lieberman Award (Best point guard): Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player 5'8"/1.73 m or shorter): Alexis Gray-Lawson, California
- Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska
See also
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