2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 8th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 2610, 117 in Pac-10 play and defeated California in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament to claim the conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the East Region where they upset 6 seed Marquette in the first round and 3 seed and AP #8 New Mexico in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by 2 seed and AP #6 West Virginia to end their season.

2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pacific-10 Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
2009–10 record26–10 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Raphael Chillious
  • Paul Fortier
  • Jim Shaw
Home arenaBank of America Arena
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
California y135 .722  2411  .686
Arizona State126 .667  2211  .667
Washington117 .611  2610  .722
Arizona108 .556  1615  .516
USC*810 .444  1614  .533
Oregon State810 .444  1418  .438
UCLA810 .444  1418  .438
Stanford711 .389  1417  .452
Oregon711 .389  1616  .500
Washington State612 .333  1615  .516
2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament
y-Clinched regular season championship

Pre-season

In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, CA during the Pac-10 media days[1] Washington was selected to finish 2nd in the conference.

2009–10 Team

Roster

A number of players on this team would one day play in the NBA. The list includes:

  • Isaiah Thomas
  • Quincy Pondexter
  • Justin Holiday
  • CJ Wilcox
# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Venoy Overton 5'11" 185 G Jr. Seattle, WA, U.S. Franklin HS
2 Isaiah Thomas 5'8" 185 G So. Tacoma, WA, U.S. South Kent School
10 Abdul Gaddy 6'3" 190 G Fr. Tacoma, WA, U.S. Bellarmine Prep
11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning 6'9" 240 F Jr. London, England, U.K. South Kent School
12 Clarence Trent 6'5" 225 F Fr. Tacoma, WA, U.S. The Patterson School
15 Scott Suggs 6'6" 185 G So. Washington, MO, U.S. Washington HS
20 Quincy Pondexter 6'6" 215 F Sr. Fresno, CA, U.S. San Joaquin Memorial HS
22 Justin Holiday 6'6" 180 F Jr. Chatsworth, CA, U.S. Campbell Hall School
23 C. J. Wilcox 6'5" 180 G Fr. Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S. Pleasant Grove HS
31 Elston Turner 6'4" 205 G So. Missouri City, TX, U.S. Elkins HS
33 Tyreese Breshers 6'7" 255 F Fr. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Price HS
42 Brendan Sherrer 6'9" 240 F So. Monroe, WA, U.S. Archbishop Murphy HS
44 Darnell Gant 6'8" 225 F RS So. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Crenshaw HS

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at WashingtonAlma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo RomarHead Coach8thWashington (1980)
Raphael ChilliousAssistant Coach2ndLafayette (1996)
Paul FortierAssistant Coach5thWashington (2003)
Jim ShawAssistant Coach6thWestern Oregon State (1985)
Lance LaVetterDirector of Basketball Operations8thNorthern Arizona (1992)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2009
7:00 pm
No. 14 Central Washington W 77–48 
Bank of America Arena (8,570)
Seattle, WA
Regular Season
11/13/2009*
7:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 14 Wright State
Athletes In Action Basketball Classic
W 74–69  1–0
Bank of America Arena (8,239)
Seattle, WA
11/14/2009*
7:00 pm
No. 14 Belmont
Athletes In Action Basketball Classic
W 96–78  2–0
Bank of America Arena (8,410)
Seattle, WA
11/15/2009*
7:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 14 Portland State
Athletes In Action Basketball Classic
W 111–55  3–0
Bank of America Arena (8,236)
Seattle, WA
11/20/2009*
8:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 14 San Jose State W 80–70  4–0
Bank of America Arena (8,155)
Seattle, WA
11/29/2009*
6:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 14 Montana W 63–59  5–0
Bank of America Arena (8,515)
Seattle, WA
12/03/2009*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 at Texas Tech
Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series
L 92–99 OT 5–1
United Spirit Arena (9,912)
Lubbock, TX
12/06/2009*
7:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 12 Cal State Northridge W 88–76  6–1
Bank of America Arena (8,125)
Seattle, WA
12/12/2009*
11:00 am, FSN
No. 17 vs. No. 15 Georgetown
John R. Wooden Classic
L 66–74  6–2
Honda Center (N/A)
Anaheim, CA
12/19/2009*
7:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 24 Portland W 89–54  7–2
Bank of America Arena (9,275)
Seattle, WA
12/22/2009*
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 22 Texas A&M W 73–64  8–2
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
12/27/2009*
12:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 22 San Francisco W 86–71  9–2
Bank of America Arena (9,949)
Seattle, WA
12/31/2009
7:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 17 Oregon State W 76–70  10–2 (1–0)
Bank of America Arena (9,843)
Seattle, WA
01/02/2010
2:00 pm, FSNNW
No. 17 Oregon L 79–90  10–3 (1–1)
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
01/08/2010
7:30 pm, FSNNW
No. 24 at Arizona State L 51–68  10–4 (1–2)
Wells Fargo Arena (7,682)
Tempe, AZ
01/10/2010
2:30 pm, FSNNW
No. 24 at Arizona L 70–87  10–5 (1–3)
McKale Center (12,899)
Tucson, AZ
01/14/2010
7:30 pm, FSN
Stanford W 9461  115 (23)
Bank of America Arena (9,720)
Seattle, WA
01/16/2010
11:30 am, FSN
California W 8469  125 (33)
Bank of America Arena (9,897)
Seattle, WA
01/21/2010
7:30 pm, FSN
at UCLA L 6162  126 (34)
Pauley Pavilion (6,503)
Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2010
7:30 pm, FSNNW
at USC L 6187  127 (35)
Galen Center (5,876)
Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2010*
7:00 pm, FSNNW
Seattle W 12376  137
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
01/30/2010
12:30 pm, FSN
Washington State W 9264  147 (45)
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/04/2010
7:30 pm, FSN
Arizona W 8175  157 (55)
Bank of America Arena (9,917)
Seattle, WA
02/06/2010
7:30 pm, FSN
Arizona State W 7956  167 (65)
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/11/2010
6:00 pm, ESPN2
at California L 8193  168 (66)
Haas Pavilion (9,839)
Berkeley, CA
02/13/2010
5:00 pm, FSNNW
at Stanford W 7861  178 (76)
Maples Pavilion (6,932)
Stanford, CA
02/18/2010
7:30 pm, FSNNW
USC L 6467  179 (77)
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/20/2010
6:00 pm, ESPN
UCLA
ESPN College GameDay
W 9768  189 (87)
Bank of America Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/27/2010
7:00 pm, FSNNW
at Washington State W 5952  199 (97)
Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
Pullman, WA
03/04/2010
7:00 pm
at Oregon W 8672  209 (107)
McArthur Court (8,004)
Eugene, OR
03/06/2010
5:00 pm, FSNNW
at Oregon State W 8270  219 (117)
Gill Coliseum (8,014)
Corvallis, OR
Pac-10 Tournament
03/11/2010
7:40 pm, FSN
vs. Oregon State
Quarterfinals
W 5952  229
Staples Center (12,255)
Los Angeles, CA
03/12/2010
8:45 pm, FSN
vs. Stanford
Semifinals
W 7964  239
Staples Center (15,971)
Los Angeles, CA
03/13/2010
3:00 pm, CBS
vs. California
Finals
W 79–75  24–9
Staples Center (15,851)
Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
03/18/2010*
4:20 pm, CBS
vs. Marquette
First Round
W 8078  259
HP Pavilion (15,427)
San Jose, CA
03/20/2010*
2:50 pm, CBS
vs. No. 8 New Mexico
Second Round
W 8264  26–9
HP Pavilion ( 16,044)
San Jose, CA
03/25/2010*
4:27 pm, CBS
vs. No. 6 West Virginia
Sweet Sixteen
L 5669  26–10
Carrier Dome (22,271)
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
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