2009–10 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

2009–10 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season Champions
NIT, First Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record20–11 (13–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Eric Duft
  • Tim Gardner
  • Charles Harral
Home arenaDee Events Center
Seasons
2009–10 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Weber State 13 – 3   .813 20 – 11   .645
Northern Colorado 12 – 4   .750 25 – 7   .781
Montana State 10 – 6   .625 15 – 14   .517
Montana † 10 – 6   .625 22 – 9   .710
Northern Arizona 8 – 8   .500 14 – 14   .500
Portland State 7 – 9   .438 12 – 19   .387
Eastern Washington 5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
Idaho State 4 – 12   .250 7 – 22   .241
Sacramento State 3 – 13   .188 9 – 21   .300
† Conference tournament winner

The 2009–10 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Rahe's fourth season at Weber State. The Wildcats competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Dee Events Center.

Weber State won the Big Sky regular season championship for the third time in the last four years and as the champion hosted the semifinals and championship game of the 2010 Big Sky men's basketball tournament. The Wildcats lost to Montana in the championship game and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round for the second consecutive year.

Roster

Source[1]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Damian Lillard 6'2" 185 G So. Oakland, CA Oakland HS
3 Kyle Bullinger 6'6" 215 F So. Mountain View, WY Mountain View HS
11 Dee Crandall 6'2" 170 G Fr. Salt Lake City, UT Judge Memorial Catholic HS
12 Nick Hansen 6'4" 200 G Sr. Pocatello, ID Pocatello HS
College of Southern Idaho
15 Lindsey Hughey 6'3" 200 G Jr. Grand Prairie, TX South Grand Prairie HS
Seminole State
20 Pablo Coro 6'3" 190 G Fr. Osorno, Chile Juan Diego Catholic HS
21 Josh Noble 6'2" 195 G/F Jr. Brooklyn, NY Hillcrest High School HS
Snead State CC
23 Franklin Session 6'2" 175 G/F Jr. Los Angeles, CA Jordan HS
Saddleback CC
25 Byron Fulton 6'7" 220 F Fr. Phoenix, AZ St. Mary's HS
30 Darin Mahoney 6'8" 225 F So. Heber City, UT Wasatch HS
33 Matt Washington 6'7" 210 F Jr. New Orleans, LA John Ehret HS
West Hills College Coalinga
40 Blake Davis 6'5" 210 F Fr. Phoenix, AZ St. Mary's HS
45 Steve Panos 6'8" 240 C Sr. Salt Lake City, UT Highland HS
55 Tevor Morris 6'9" 240 C Jr. Nampa, ID Nampa HS

Schedule and results

Source[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/2/2009*
7:00pm 		Colorado–Colorado Springs W 110–58 
Dee Events Center (NA)
Ogden, UT
11/7/2009*
7:00pm 		Colorado Christian W 75–65 
Dee Events Center (NA)
Ogden, UT
Regular Season
11/13/2009*
7:30pm 		Utah State
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		L 66–60  0–1
 Dee Events Center (9,272)
Ogden, UT
11/17/2009*
8:00pm 		at UC Santa Barbara L 66–57  0–2
 UC Santa Barbara Events Center (2,021)
Santa Barbara, CA
11/22/2009*
3:00pm 		at Seattle L 91–87  0–3
 KeyArena (2,213)
Seattle, WA
11/24/2009*
7:00pm 		Western State W 89–62  1–3
 Dee Events Center (3,354)
Ogden, UT
11/27/2009*
7:30pm 		at BYU
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		L 87–70  1–4
 Marriott Center (11,892)
Provo, UT
12/2/2009*
7:00pm 		Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		W 83–76  2–4
 Dee Events Center (5,779)
Ogden, UT
12/5/2009
8:00pm 		at Sacramento State W 80–65  3–4 (1–0)
 Colberg Court (703)
Sacramento, CA
12/9/2009*
7:30pm 		Montana Tech W 73–70  4–4
 Dee Events Center (3,383)
Ogden, UT
12/12/2009*
7:00pm 		Southern Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		W 84–66  5–4
 Dee Events Center (3,518)
Ogden, UT
12/17/2009*
8:00pm 		at UNLV L 73–62  5–5
 Thomas & Mack Center (15,715)
Las Vegas, NV
12/21/2009*
5:30pm 		vs. Cal State Fullerton
Basketball Travelers Invitational 		W 82–71  6–5
 Smith Spectrum (708)
Logan, UT
12/22/2009*
5:30pm 		vs. Morehead State
Basketball Travelers Invitational 		W 66–64  7–5
 Smith Spectrum (1,187)
Logan, UT
12/23/2009*
8:00pm 		at Utah State
Basketball Travelers Invitational 		L 85–73  7–6
 Smith Spectrum (9,427)
Logan, UT
12/31/2010
3:00pm 		Montana State W 75–62  8–6 (2–0)
 Dee Events Center (4,182)
Ogden, UT
1/2/2010
7:00pm 		Montana W 64–56  9–6 (3–0)
 Dee Events Center (4,490)
Ogden, UT
1/7/2010
7:00pm 		at Northern Colorado L 84–75  9–7 (3–1)
 Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,340)
Greeley, CO
1/9/2010
6:30pm 		at Northern Arizona W 87–62  10–7 (4–1)
 Walkup Skydome (982)
Flagstaff, AZ
1/16/2010
7:00pm 		at Idaho State W 95–93 3OT 11–7 (5–1)
 Holt Arena (2,923)
Pocatello, ID
1/22/2010
7:00pm 		Portland State W 86–83  12–7 (6–1)
 Dee Events Center (6,011)
Ogden, UT
1/23/2010
7:00pm 		Eastern Washington W 89–67  13–7 (7–1)
 Dee Events Center (5,728)
Ogden, UT
1/29/2010
7:00pm 		Sacramento State W 81–59  14–7 (8–1)
 Dee Events Center (5,118)
Ogden, UT
2/5/2010
7:00pm 		at Montana L 75–61  14–8 (8–2)
 Dahlberg Arena (4,557)
Missoula, MT
2/6/2010
7:00pm 		at Montana State W 75–71  15–8 (9–2)
 Worthington Arena (3,686)
Bozeman, MT
2/12/2010
7:00pm 		Northern Arizona W 76–66  16–8 (10–2)
 Dee Events Center (5,791)
Ogden, UT
2/13/2010
7:00pm 		Northern Colorado W 81–76  17–8 (11–2)
 Dee Events Center (5,819)
Ogden, UT
2/20/2010
7:00pm, Altitude 		Idaho State W 89–64  18–8 (12–2)
 Dee Events Center (6,508)
Ogden, UT
2/26/2010
8:00pm 		at Eastern Washington W 85–57  19–8 (13–2)
 Reese Court (2,113)
Cheney, WA
2/28/2010
3:00pm, Altitude 		at Portland State L 84–79  19–9 (13–3)
 Peter Stott Center (1,102)
Portland, OR
2010 Big Sky men's basketball tournament
3/9/2010
7:00pm 		Portland State
Semifinals 		W 69–60  20–9
 Dee Events Center (4,387)
Ogden, UT
3/10/2010
7:00pm, ESPN2 		Montana
Finals 		L 66–65  20–10
 Dee Events Center (6,308)
Ogden, UT
2010 National Invitation Tournament
3/17/2010
5:00pm, ESPN2 		at Cincinnati
First round 		L 76–62  20–11
 Fifth Third Arena (2,410)
Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball".
  2. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.