2009–10 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2009–10 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was Bill Coen 's fourth season as head coach at Northeastern. The Huskies competed in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games at Matthews Arena . They finished the season 20–13, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament to William & Mary and were invited to play in the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Connecticut .
Preseason
In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, DC , Northeastern was predicted to finish second in the CAA.[ 1] Matt Janning was selected to the preseason all conference first team and Sr. forward Manny Adako was selected the second team.
Roster
Source[ 2]
#
Name
Height
Weight (lbs.)
Position
Class
Hometown
Previous Team(s)
1
Chris Avenant
6'4"
193
G /F
Fr.
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento HS
3
Chaisson Allen
6'4"
190
G
Jr.
Murfreesboro, TN
Oakland HS
10
Kauri Black
6'7"
213
F
Fr.
Rialto, CA
Eisenhower HS
11
Vinny Lima
6'10"
210
F
Jr.
São Vicente, Cape Verde
Jose Augusto Pinto
14
Jonathan Lee
6'2"
196
G
Fr.
Flint, MI
Carman-Ainsworth HS
15
Brian McDonald
6'2"
180
G
Sr.
Southbury, CT
Pomperaug HS
20
Joel Smith
6'4"
175
G
Fr.
Leander, TX
Leander HS
21
Dinko Marshavelski
6'11"
240
F
Fr.
Plovdiv , Bulgaria
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
22
Alwayne Bigby
6'5"
207
G /F
Fr.
Toronto , Ontario Canada
Eastern Commerce C.I.
23
Matt Janning
6'4"
198
G /F
Sr.
Watertown, MN
Watertown-Mayer HS
24
Mathiang Muo
6'6"
227
G /F
Fr.
Sydney , Australia
Patterson School Quinnipiac
25
Baptiste Bataille
5'10"
189
G
Sr.
Férin , France
Community Christian
32
Manny Adako
6'8"
254
F
Sr.
Decatur, GA
The Winchendon School
33
Ben Felix
6'11"
240
C
So.
Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada
Brentwood College School
54
Nkem Ojougboh
6'9"
220
C
Sr.
Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale Christian Academy Texas San Antonio
Schedule and results
Source[ 3]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Regular season
11/17/2009 *12:00pm, ESPN
at Siena
L 53–59 0–1
Times Union Center Albany, NY
11/21/2009 *12:00pm
Utah State W 64–61 1–1
Matthews Arena Boston, MA
11/25/2009 *4:00pm
at Boston University
L 64–69 OT
1–2
Case Gym Boston, MA
11/28/2009 *2:00pm
Wright State W 70–67 2–2
Matthews Arena (945)Boston, MA
12/1/2009 *7:00pm, Cox
Providence L 72–76 2–3
Matthews Arena (2,622)Boston, MA
12/5/2009 4:00pm, TCN
at Drexel
L 47–49 2–4 (0–1)
Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA
12/10/2009 *7:00pm, Cox
at Rhode Island
L 76–79 2–5
Ryan Center Kingston, RI
12/22/2009 3:00pm, ESPNU
vs. Saint Mary's Diamond Head Classic L 67–78 2–6
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/23/2009 *3:00pm, ESPNU
vs. Western Michigan Diamond Head Classic L 60–75 2–7
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/25/2009 *2:00pm
vs. SMU Diamond Head Classic W 73–62 3–7
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/29/2009 *9:00pm
at Santa Clara Cable Car Classic W 62–50 4–7
Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
12/30/2009 *11:00pm
vs. Kent State Cable Car Classic W 61–58 5–7
Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
1/2/2010 4:00pm
James Madison W 73–61 6–7 (1–1)
Matthews Arena (824)Boston, MA
1/4/2010 7:00pm, CSN
at VCU
W 62–57 7–7 (2–1)
Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA
1/7/2010 7:00pm, CSN
George Mason W 71–46 8–7 (3–1)
Matthews Arena (1,148)Boston, MA
1/9/2010 7:00pm, CSN-NE /CSS
at Georgia State
W 66–54 9–7 (4–1)
GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA
1/13/2010 7:00pm
Delaware W 59–55 10–7 (5–1)
Matthews Arena (1,510)Boston, MA
1/16/2010 1:00pm
UNC Wilmington W 79–56 11–7 (6–1)
Matthews Arena (1,429)Boston, MA
1/20/2010 7:00pm
at Towson
W 73–48 12–7 (7–1)
Towson Center Towson, MD
1/23/2010 2:00pm, TCN/CSN-NE
VCU W 74–62 13–7 (8–1)
Matthews Arena (2,858)Boston, MA
1/27/2010 7:00pm
Drexel L 48–61 13–8 (8–2)
Matthews Arena (2,145)Boston, MA
1/30/2010 4:00pm, CSN
Old Dominion W 74–64 14–8 (9–2)
Matthews Arena (3,061)Boston, MA
2/2/2010 9:00pm, ESPNU
at Delaware
W 67–51 15–8 (10–2)
Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE
2/6/2010 4:00pm
at Hofstra
W 75–55 16–8 (11–2)
Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY
2/10/2010 7:00pm
Georgia State W 62–53 17–8 (12–2)
Matthews Arena (2,065)Boston, MA
2/13/2010 7:00pm
at William & Mary
L 52–53 17–9 (12–3)
Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA
2/16/2010 7:00pm
at UNC Wilmington
W 65–56 18–9 (13–3)
Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
2/20/2010 *1:00pm, ESPN2
Louisiana Tech ESPN BracketBusters L 67–70 18–10
Matthews Arena (4,414)Boston, MA
2/23/2010 9:00pm, ESPNU
Hofstra L 62–73 18–11 (13–4)
Matthews Arena (1,954)Boston, MA
2/27/2010 12:00pm, ESPN2
George Mason W 50–48 19–11 (14–4)
Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
CAA tournament
3/6/2010 6:00pm, CSN-NE
(2)
vs. (7) Hofstra Quarterfinals W 74–71 2OT
20–11
Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
3/7/2010 5:30pm, CSN-NE
(2)
vs. (3) William & Mary Semifinals L 45–47 20–12
Richmond Coliseum (11,200)Richmond, VA
NIT
3/16/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2
(5 VT)
at (4 VT) Connecticut NIT First Round L 57–59 20–13
Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
VT=NIT Virginia Tech bracket.
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