2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Basketball Louisiana Tech Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Western Athletic Conference WAC 24–11 9–7 Kerry Rupp Nikita Johnson Curtis Condie Dusty May Thomas Assembly Center CIT Quarterfinals The 2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Kerry Rupp's 3rd season as head coach. The Bulldogs played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center and compete in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–7 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Missouri State. Pre-season In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconferencehttp://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316 2009-10 WAC Basketball Preseason Polls Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130154/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316 2012-02-25 dead La Tech was selected to finish 5th in the coaches poll and 6th in the media poll. Sr. Kyle Gibson was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team. 2009–10 Team Roster Sourcehttp://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html Louisiana Tech Official Athletic Site 2009-11-23 2009-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20091211215501/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html dead #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)2Brandon Gibson6'5"225GSo.Marianna, FloridaMarianna HS3Jamel Guyton6'3"200GSr.Odessa, TexasOdessa HSOdessa CC5Olu Ashaolu6'7"220GSo.Toronto, OntarioHumble Christian (Texas)10Yonas Berhe6'0"170GSo.Toronto, OntarioFather Henry Carr SS11DeAndre Brown5'11"160GJr.Fort Worth, TexasPaul Laurence Dunbar HSNavarro CC13Trey Felder6'5"169GFFr.Jackson, MississippiMurrah HS15Magnum Rolle6'11"225FCSr.Freeport, BahamasBahamas National prep schoolLSU20Andres Marmolejo6'3"215GJr.Alamo Heights, TexasAlamo Heights SSOakton CC22Kyle Gibson6'5"205GSr.Los Angeles, CaliforniaDorsey HS24Darius Redding6'4"205FFr.Tallahassee, FloridaGodby HS30David Jackson6'8"205FSr.Tucson, ArizonaRincon HSMesa CC31Kaiser Stegall6'3"205FFr.Lancaster, TexasSkyline HS33Anson Bartlett6'3"175GSo.Little Rock, ArkansasPulaski Academy34Justin Rake6'3"200GFr.Mandeville, LouisianaSt. Paul's School45Shawn Oliverson6'10"250FCJr.Preston, IdahoPreston HSCornell Coaching staff Name Position Year at La TechAlma Mater (Year)Kerry RuppHead coach 3rd Southern Utah (1977)Nikita Johnson Associate head coach 3rd West Georgia (1989)Curtis Condie Assistant coach 3rd Utah State (1994)Dusty May Assistant coach 1st Indiana (2000)Cody Fueger Director of Basketball Operations 3rd Utah (2006) 2009–10 schedule and results Source http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html 2009-10 Schedule 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20091110082618/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html 10 November 2009 live All times are Central yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition Sat, Nov 7 7:00pm Lincoln (Mo.) Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 91–54 1,013 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season Sat, Nov 14 1:00pm yes yes Texas-Pan American UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, Texas 80–62 1–0 458 Fri, Nov 20 7:00pm yes yes Miami (OH) The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico World Vision Classic 74–62 2–0 NA Sat, Nov 21 9:30pm yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico World Vision Classic KASY 81–52 2–1 11,311 Sun, Nov 22 3:00pm yes yes Nicholls State The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico World Vision Classic 77–45 3–1 NA Wed, Nov 25 7:00pm yes Arkansas-Little Rock Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 86–66 4–1 1,497 Sat, Nov 28 7:00pm yes yes TCU Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas 68–63 5–1 3,384 Wed, Dec 2 7:00pm yes yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana 76–73 6–1 3,817 Sat, Dec 5 7:00pm yes Northwestern State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 98–70 7–1 2,217 Wed, Dec 9 8:00pm yes yes Arizona McKale Center Tucson, Arizona FSA/FSSW/KWBA 86–67 7–2 13,270 Sat, Dec 12 7:00pm yes yes Centenary Gold Dome Shreveport, Louisiana 102–96 2OT 8–2 2,863 Tue, Dec 15 7:00pm yes Murray State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 87-81 9–2 1,911 Sat, Dec 19 7:00pm yes McNeese State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 79–58 10–2 1,636 Tue, Dec 22 8:00pm yes Texas-Pan American Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 81–60 11–2 2,431 Tue, Dec 29 7:00pm yes yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 99–94 12–2 2,862 Sat, Jan 2 7:00pm Nevada Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana KAME-TV 77–71 13–2 (1–0) 2,088 Mon, Jan 4 7:00pm Utah State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 82–60 14–2 (2–0) 2,094 Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm yes Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho SWX 77–71 15–2 (3–0) 2,047 Mon, Jan 11 8:05pm yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho 79–64 16–2 (4–0) 2,186 Thu, Jan 14 8:00pm Fresno State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana ALT/BHSN/CST/ESPNFC/KAIL/MASN 81–73 17–2 (5–0) 4,146 Thu, Jan 21 9:00pm l yes San Jose State The Event Center Arena San Jose, California 87–76 17–3 (5–1) 1,516 Sat, Jan 23 11:00pm w yes Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii 65–60 18–3 (6–1) 5,857 Sat, Jan 30 8:00pm l New Mexico State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 91–77 18–4 (6–2) 5,028 Thu, Feb 4 8:00pm w San Jose State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana BHSN/CST/ESPNFC/MASN 71–64 19–4 (7–2) 2,467 Mon, Feb 8 8:00pm l yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico ALT2/CST/ESPNFC 70–68 19–5 (7–3) 5,549 Sat, Feb 13 8:00pm w Hawai'i Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 66–60 20–5 (8–3) 2,096 Wed, Feb 17 10:00pm l yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah ESPN2 67–61 20–6 (8–4) 10,049 Sat, Feb 20 12:00pm w yes yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts ESPN BracketBusters ESPN2 70–67 21–6 4,414 Thu, Feb 25 7:00pm l Boise State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 72–59 21–7 (8–5) 1,976 Sat, Feb 27 8:00pm w Idaho Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 60–49 22–7 (9–5) 2,669 Thu, Mar 4 9:00pm l yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, California 66–59 22–8 (9–6) 8,350 Sat, Mar 6 9:00pm l yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 79–68 22–9 (9–7) 7,558 |- !colspan=9| 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament Thu, Mar 11 4:30pm w yes Fresno State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada Quarterfinals ESPNU 74–66 23–9 NA Fri, Mar 12 8:00pm l yes Utah State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada Semifinals 85–55 23–10 NA |- !colspan=10| 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament Thu, Mar 18 7:00pm w Southern Miss Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana First Round 66–57 24–10 1,873 Mon, Mar 22 7:05pm l yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, Missouri Quarterfinals 69–40 24–11 3,015 Season highlights On December 7, Sr. Kyle Gibson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourth week of the season with weekly averages of 27.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.5 Steals and 59.3 FG%.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845416 Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130537/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845416 2012-02-25 dead On January 4, So. Olu Ashaolu was named the WAC player of the week for the eighth week of the season with weekly averages of 15.5 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 1.5 AST, 0.5 Steals and 52.4 FG%.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204864624 Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2010-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130819/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204864624 2012-02-25 dead See also Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball 2009–10 WAC men's basketball season References Louisiana Tech Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball seasons Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball