2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 2009–10 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 125px Western Athletic Conference WAC 15–16 6–10 Don Verlin 2nd Ray Lopes Mike Freeman Mike Score Cowan Spectrum The 2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Don Verlin and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. The Vandals were 15–15 overall in the regular season and 6–10 in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings. They met second-seed and host Nevada in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament in Reno and lost by sixteen points. Pre-season In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Idaho was selected to finish fourth in both the media and coaches poll and senior guard Mac Hobson was selected to the All-WAC first team by both the media and coaches.http://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 2009-11-06 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 Roster No.NameHt.Wt.PositionYr.HometownPrevious School(s)0Stern, Corey6'–7"200ForwardFRSeattle, WashingtonRainier Beach HS1Hopson, Mac6'–2"185GuardSRPortland, OregonJefferson HS, Washington State2Ledbetter, Jeff6'–3"195GuardJRBrea, CaliforniaOrange Lutheran HS, Irvine Valley CC3Henderson, Shawn6'–3"178GuardJRRenton, WashingtonRenton HS, North Idaho College5Johnson, Steffan6'–1"180GuardSRKent, WashingtonKent-Meridian HS, Pacific10Tatum, Landon5'–11"196GuardJRSan Antonio, TexasO'Connor HS, South Plains CC11Wiley, Brandon6'–6"218ForwardSRPinole, CaliforniaPinole Valley HS, City College of San Francisco13de Souza, Luciano6'–7"210ForwardSRMatão, BrazilSouth Plains CC20Lawrence, Marcus5'–11"174GuardJRLas Vegas, NevadaBishop Gorman HS, UNLV 21Toledo, Luiz6'–8"225ForwardSOAraraquara, BrazilModesto Christian HS, St. Francis Xavier23Stewart, Justin6'–1"185GuardFRSpokane, WashingtonFerris HS32Watson, Kashif6'–4"186GuardSRLas Vegas, NevadaBishop Gorman HS, Irvine Valley CC33Barone, Kyle6'–10"220CenterFR Garden Grove, CaliforniaPacifica HS34Blackstock, Travis6'–5"206ForwardSRKuna, IdahoKuna HS42Kammerer, Joe6'–9"241CenterFREugene, OregonNorth Eugene HS53Jefferson, Marvin6'–9"250CenterSRMerced, CaliforniaGolden Valley HS, Modesto JC Sourcehttp://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17100&KEY=&SPID=10365&SPSID=87264 Men's Basketball Coaching staff Name Position Year at Idaho Alma mater (Year) Don VerlinHead Coach 2nd Stanislaus State (1991) Ray Lopes Associate Head Coach 2nd College of Idaho (1987)Mike Freeman Assistant Coach 3rd Iowa (2006)Mike Score Assistant Coach 3rd Washington (1996)Chris Helbling Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Gonzaga (2008) Schedule and results no yes |- !colspan=5 style=Idaho Vandals| Exhibition Fri, Nov 6 8:05 pm no St. Martin's Memorial Gym Moscow, Idaho 87–61 1,472 |- !colspan=5 style=Idaho Vandals| Regular Season Fri, Nov 13 6:00 pm yes yes no Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah 94–87 1–0 8,127 Sun, Nov 15 4:00 pm yes yes no Texas Southern Health and Physical Education Arena Houston, Texas 72–65 1–1 659 Sat, Nov 21 2:00 pm yes yes no North Dakota State Bison Sports Arena Fargo, North Dakota 81–69 2–1 3,247 Tue, Nov 24 7:05 pm yes no Sacramento State Memorial Gym Moscow, Idaho 75–61 3–1 740 Sat, Nov 28 7:05 pm yes no Eastern Washington Memorial Gym Moscow, Idaho 76–54 4–1 1,500 Thu, Dec 3 7:05 pm yes yes no Cal-State Northridge Matadome Northridge, California 93–95 4–2 1,175 Sun, Dec 6 5:05 pm yes no Portland 25 Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho SWX 68–48 5–2 1,500 Wed, Dec 9 8:00 pm yes yes no Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington FSN 64–76 5–3 7,285 Sat, Dec 12 5:05 pm yes no Eastern Oregon Memorial Gym Moscow, Idaho 82–77 6–3 1,023 Tue, Dec 22 7:00 pm yes no Portland Chiles Center Portland, Oregon 52–82 6–4 1,746 Tue, Dec 29 7:05 pm yes no Lewis-Clark State Qwest Arena Boise, Idaho 71–52 7–4 4,111 Sat, Jan 2 9:05 pm yes no Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii 59–52 8–4 1–0 5,611 Mon, Jan 4 7:05 pm yes no San Jose State The Event Center Arena San Jose, California 75–78 8–5 1–1 1,287 Sat, Jan 9 5:05 pm no Louisiana Tech Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 71–77 8–6 1–2 2,047 Mon, Jan 11 7:05 pm no New Mexico State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 72–75 8–7 1–3 1,296 Sat, Jan 16 7:05 pm l yes no Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 68–76 8–8 1–4 6,030 Sat, Jan 23 5:05 pm l no Utah State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 48–60 8–9 1–5 2,570 Mon, Jan 25 8:00 pm l no Boise State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho ESPNU 67–77 OT 8–10 1–6 4,104 Thu, Jan 28 7:05 pm w no Fresno State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho SWX 74–59 9–10 2–6 1,301 Sat, Jan 30 7:10 pm w yes yes no Seattle KeyArena Seattle, Washington 87–85 10–10 4,183 Wed, Feb 3 8:00 pm l yes no Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah ESPN2 62–80 10–11 2–7 9,777 Sat, Feb 6 6:05 pm w yes no Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho 79–55 11–11 3–7 7,734 Wed, Feb 10 8:00 pm l no Nevada Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho ESPN2 66–67 11–12 3–8 1,580 Sat, Feb 13 7:00 pm w yes no Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, California 68–59 12–12 4–8 8,186 Thu, Feb 18 7:05 pm w yes no Seattle Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 82–72 13–12 1,287 Sat, Feb 20 5:30 pm l yes no Long Beach State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho ESPNU BracketBusters 66–77 13–13 1,554 Wed, Feb 24 8:00 pm l yes no New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPN2 57–74 13–14 4–9 5,834 Sat, Feb 27 5:00 pm l yes no Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 49–60 13–15 4–10 2,669 Thu, Mar 4 7:00 pm w no San Jose State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho ESPN Regional 86–76 14–15 5–10 961 Sat, Mar 6 5:05 pm w no Hawai'i Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho SWX 78–69 15–15 6–10 1,502 |- !colspan=5 style=Idaho Vandals| WAC Tournament Thu, Mar 11 6:00 pm l yes no (2) Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada Quarterfinals 71–87 15–16   AP poll Pacific time Source http://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17100&KEY=&SPID=10365&SPSID=87257 2009-10 Schedule 2009-10-13 References Idaho Category:Idaho Vandals men's basketball seasons Idaho Idaho