2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they lost in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas A&M. Their season ended in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost 76–67 to Kentucky.

2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
Saint Mary's Hilton Tournament champions
Big 12 Conference regular-season champion
2010 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig 12
DivisionNorth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
2009–10 record32–2 (16–0 Big-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sunny Smallwood
  • Kellie Lewis-Jay
  • Tony Verdi
Home arenaDevaney Sports Center
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

  • The Huskers will welcome three incoming freshmen to the program. The rookies will be led by 2009 Washington High School Player-of-the-Year Lindsey Moore. The 5-9 point guard from Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington. She earned third-team All-America honors from Parade Magazine after leading the Conquerors to the Class 4A state title and a final No. 2 national ranking in the USA Today Super 25 poll. California forward Meghin Williams and Minnesota forward Katya Leick are the other freshmen.[2]
  • May 7: Nebraska incoming freshman Lindsey Moore will be one of the nation's top 19-and-under players invited to the USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team Trials next week.[3]
  • Senior Kelsey Griffin was chosen as a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the league coaches for the third consecutive season.[4]
  • Nebraska was picked to finish sixth in the powerful Big 12 Conference in voting by the league's coaches announced on Thursday, Oct. 15, by the conference office in Irving, Texas.[5]
  • Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin was officially named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS award on Wednesday, Nov. 4, honoring women's basketball players across the nation who excel both on and off the court.[6]

Roster

Connie Yori, cutting the nets after leading Nebraska to the 2010 Big 12 Conference regular-season title with a perfect 16-0 record
NumberNameHeightPositionClassHometown
5BurkeKaitlyn Burke5-07Guard3JuniorNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
00MooreLindsey Moore5-09Guard1FreshmanCovington, Washington
10WilliamsMeghin Williams6-01Forward1FreshmanRancho Cucamonga, California
11NealsNicole Neals5-06Guard4SeniorChandler, Arizona
12Reeves Layne Reeves5-11Guard1Redshirt FreshmanLubbock, Texas
13KuhlmannKala Kuhlmann5-08Guard4SeniorCharter Oak, Iowa
20LeickKatya Leick6-01Forward1FreshmanGrey Cloud Township, Minnesota
21SidhuHarleen Sidhu6-01Forward2SophomoreSurrey, British Columbia, Canada
22TurnerYvonne Turner5-08Guard4SeniorOmaha, Nebraska
23GriffinKelsey Griffin6-02Forward4SeniorEagle River, Alaska
24KelleyDominique Kelley5-07Guard3JuniorLincoln, Nebraska
35PeriagoJessica Periago6-04Center3JuniorToulon, France
40MontgomeryCory Montgomery6-02Forward4SeniorCannon Falls, Minnesota
42BoberNikki Bober6-04Center4SeniorMurdock, Nebraska
44RedmonCatheryn Redmon6-03Center3JuniorGrand Prairie, Texas

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Schedule

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Preseason exhibitions

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 3Devaney Ctr.Pittsburg State68-541-0
Nov. 8Devaney Ctr.Nebraska-Kearney89-472-0

Regular season

DateLocationRankOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 13Devaney CenterNRDavidson86-621-0
Nov. 15Las VegasNRUNLV73-512-0
Nov. 19Devaney CenterNRIdaho State88-413-0
Nov. 22Devaney CenterNRWashington State107-544-0
Nov. 27Moraga, CA.NRUALR62-455-0
Nov. 29Moraga, CA.NRSaint Mary's College84-736-0
Dec. 3Devaney CenterNRSouth Dakota77-387-0
Dec. 5Coral Gables, FLNRMiami76-718-0
Dec. 9Devaney Center#24Creighton69-569-0
Dec. 13Devaney Center#24Northern Illinois69-4410-0
Dec. 20Devaney Center#20#5 LSU77-6311-0
Dec. 30Devaney Center#13Albany88-4112-0
Jan. 4Burlington, VT.#12Vermont94-5013-0
Jan. 9Ames, Iowa#12Iowa State57-4914-0 (1-0)
Jan. 12Devaney Center#11#19 Texas91-7915-0 (2-0)
Jan. 17Waco, Texas#11#9 Baylor65-5616-0 (3-0)
Jan. 23Devaney Center#7Kansas State71-5617-0 (4-0)
Jan. 27Lubbock, Texas#6Texas tech89-4718-0 (5-0)
Jan. 30Boulder, Colorado#6Colorado80-6419-0 (6-0)
Feb. 3Devaney Center#4#10 Oklahoma State88-6720-0 (7-0)
Feb. 6Devaney Center#4#12 Texas A&M71-6021-0 (8-0)
Feb. 10Lawrence, Kansas#3Kansas67-6022-0 (9-0)
Feb. 13Columbia, Missouri#3Missouri82-7823-0 (10-0)
Feb. 17Devaney Center#3#13 Iowa State60-5024-0 (11-0)
Feb. 20Devaney Center#3Colorado89-7325-0 (12-0)
Feb. 24Norman, Oklahoma#3#11 Oklahoma80-6426-0 (13-0)
Feb. 27Devaney Center#3Missouri67-5127-0 (14-0)
March 3Devaney Center#3Kansas77-5228-0 (15-0)
March 6Manhattan, Kansas#3Kansas State82-7229-0 (16-0)

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament
DateLocationRankOpponentScoreRecord
March 12Kansas City, Missouri#1#9 Kansas State63-4630-0
March 13Kansas City, Missouri#1#4 Texas A&M70-8030-1
NCAA Tournament
DateLocationSeedOpponentScoreRecord
March 21Minneapolis#1#16 Northern Iowa83-4431-1
March 23Minneapolis#1#8 UCLA83-7032-1
March 28Kansas City, Missouri#1#4 Kentucky67–7632–2

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints
Bober, Nikki--------------------
Burke, Kaitlyn65.7.286.2001.0000.53----1.2
Griffin, Kelsey3227.4.607.250.76210.358225820.4
Kelley, Dominique3224.1.427.408.7783.95912612.0
Kuhlmann, Kala3216.8.340.313.8061.6271103.4
Leick, Katya105.8.222.000.8331.42021.8
Montgomery, Cory3227.6.503.380.7925.23371712.8
Moore, Lindsey3227.4.349.266.6902.21416435.8
Neals, Nicole3215.0.324.284.3641.0462203.0
Periago, Jessica288.4.302.238.2861.7131061.2
Redmon, Catheryn3215.9.620--.2754.6663134.3
Reeves, Layne236.7.385.533.3330.77351.3
Sidhu, Harleen125.2.385.286.5001.73112.2
Turner, Yvonne3226.9.406.368.6943.65146211.8
Williams, Meghin132.9.222.000.6670.70000.9

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Awards and honors

Players

  • Big 12 Player of the Year — Kelsey Griffin[10]
  • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year — Yvonne Turner (with Brittney Griner of Baylor)[10]
  • First-team All-Big 12 — Griffin (unanimous selection), Cory Montgomery, and Turner[10]
  • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award — Kelsey Griffin

Coach

All of the following were awarded to head coach Connie Yori:

Rankings

Ranking Movement
PollPre-
season
Nov
16
Nov
23
Nov
30
Dec
7
Dec
14
Dec
21
Dec
28
Jan
4
Jan
11
Jan
18
Jan
25
Feb
1
Feb
8
Jan
15
Jan
22
March
1
March
8
March
15
Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll[12] NR NR NR NR 23 18 14 14 13 9 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
Associated Press[13] NR NR NR NR 24 20 14 13 12 11 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4
NR = Not Ranked

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club
13Kelsey GriffinMinnesota Lynx
(traded to Connecticut Sun)
325Cory MontgomeryNew York Liberty

See also

References

  1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Montgomery Earns Husker Offensive MVP Award". Huskers.com. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  3. "Moore Earns USA Basketball U19 Invite". Huskers.com. 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  4. "Griffin Earns Preseason All-Big 12 Honor". Huskers.com. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  5. "Huskers Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll". Huskers.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  6. "Griffin Among 30 Candidates for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award". Huskers.com. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  7. "Women's Basketball 2009-10 Roster". Huskers.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  8. "2009-10 Schedule/Results". Huskers.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  9. "2009-10 Season Statistics". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  10. "2009-10 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  11. "Yori Named WBCA National Coach of the Year" (Press release). Huskers.com. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  12. "USA Today/ESPN". Rivals.com from Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  13. "AP 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
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