2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Spartans script.svg Big Ten Conference Isaiah Dahlman Draymond Green Kalin Lucas Raymar Morgan Big Ten 4 13 28–9 14–4 Tom Izzo Dwayne Stephens Mike Garland Breslin Center Big Ten regular season co-champions NCAA tournament Final Four 15th 120 7th Mark Montgomery 9th 3rd The 2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 15th year. The Spartans played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished the season 28–9, 14–4 in Big Ten play to earn a share of the Big Ten regular season championship for the 12th time in school history. They lost to Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed, their 13th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Izzo. They defeated New Mexico State, Maryland, Northern Iowa, and Tennessee to advance to the Final Four. In the Final Four, the Spartans' sixth trip to the Final Four under Izzo, they lost to Butler. Previous season The Spartans finished the 2008–09 season 31–7, 15–3 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten regular season championship. Michigan State received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, their 12th straight trip to the Tournament, and advanced to the National Championship game, their second trip to the title game under Tom Izzo, before losing to North Carolina. Offseason The Spartans lost Goran Suton (10.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game) to the NBA draft following the season. 2009 recruiting class no no 2009 Garrick Sherman #12 C Kenton, Ohio Kenton High School 6 10 220 09/19/08 4 4 90 Derrick Nix #10 C Detroit Pershing High School 6 9 275 04/21/08 4 4 91 2009 Michigan State Commit List for 2009 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Michigan State Spartans Basketball Recruiting 2009 michiganstate 175 127 Not Ranked Not Ranked 15 April 2009 yes Season summary Michigan State was led by junior Kalin Lucas (14.8 points and 4 assists per game), senior Raymar Morgan (11.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game), and sophomore Draymond Green (9.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3 assists per game). The Spartans began the season ranked No. 2 in the polls following their trip to the National Championship game in 2009. NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls - ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2010/week/1/seasontype/2 ESPN.com 2015-12-11 MSU competed in the Legends Classic and were upset by Florida in the semifinals. Unbeaten Florida Upsets No. 2 Michigan State, 77-74 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112709aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204959/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112709aaa.html dead In the third place game, the Spartans routed UMass. No. 2 Spartans Down Massachusetts 106-68 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112809aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204956/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112809aaa.html dead MSU fell to again to No. 10 North Carolina in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge in a rematch of the prior year's National Championship game. Spartans Fall Short In Rematch With Tar Heels, 89-82 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120109aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204951/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120109aaa.html dead The Spartans finished the non-conference schedule at 10–3, also losing at No. 2 Texas. No. 9 Michigan St. Falls To No. 2 Texas 79-68 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/122209aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204922/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/122209aaa.html dead The Spartans were ranked No. 11 in the country entering the Big Ten regular season. The Spartans began the Big Ten season on fire, winning their first nine games, with wins over No. 25 Northwestern No. 11 Spartans Dominate No. 25 Northwestern 91-70 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010210aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204826/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010210aaa.html dead and No. 17 Wisconsin in the first two games. Michigan State 54, Wisconsin 47 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010610aaf.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204821/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010610aaf.html dead The winning streak ended with three straight losses to Wisconsin, Michigan St. Falls To Wisconsin 67-49 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020210aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204740/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020210aaa.html dead Illinois, Spartans Fall To Illinois 78-73 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020610aab.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204735/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020610aab.html dead and No. 6 Purdue. MSU Falls to Purdue,76-64 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020910aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204731/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020910aaa.html dead The Spartans rebounded to finish 14–4 in Big Ten play and capture a share of the Big Ten regular season title. Michigan State completed the regular season at 24–7 and ranked 11th in the country. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated in overtime by No. 6 seed Minnesota in the quarterfinals. Spartans Fall Late In OT To Minnesota 72-67 - Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031310aaa.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204656/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031310aaa.html dead The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 13th straight appearance, earning a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region. Lucas scored a career high 25 points to pull off a controversial win against New Mexico State in the First Round. Lucas shines as Michigan St. hangs on vs. NMSU http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=300780127 ESPN.com 2016-01-31July 2024 medicmedic In the Second Round, Lucas went down with a serious knee injury and the Spartans needed a three-point shot from Korie Lucious at the buzzer to advance past Maryland. Michigan State sinks Maryland with 3 at buzzer http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=300800120 ESPN.com 2016-01-31July 2024 medicmedic Without Lucas for the remainder of the Tournament, MSU beat Northern Iowa and Tennessee to advance to their second consecutive Final Four and sixth in the last twelve years. Morgan's FT sends Spartans back to Final Four http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300870127 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401032222/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300870127 dead April 1, 2010 ESPN.com 2016-01-19 In the National Semifinal, they were defeated by National Runner-Up, Butler. Butler Bulldogs vs. Michigan State Spartans – NCAA Tournament Game – Box Score – April 03, 2010 – ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=300930127 ESPN.com 2015-12-11 Roster 2009 Michigan State Spartans y yes Chris Allen 3 G 6 3 205 JR Lawrenceville, Georgia Meadowcreek H.S. Jon Crandell 25 F 6 8 230 SR Rochester Hills, Michigan Rochester Adams H.S. W Isaiah Dahlman 22 G 6 6 195 SR Braham, Minnesota Braham Area Sec. C Draymond Green y 23 F 6 6 235 SO Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw H.S. C Tom Herzog 40 C 7 0 250 JR y Flint, Michigan Luke M. Powers Catholic H.S. Anthony Ianni 44 C 6 9 260 JR East Lansing, Michigan Okemos H.S. (Grand Valley State) Mike Kebler 20 G 6 4 205 JR Okemos, Michigan Okemos H.S. W Kalin Lucas y 1 G 6 0 190 JR Detroit, Michigan St. Mary Preparatory School C Korie Lucious y 34 G 5 11 170 SO Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pius XI H.S. Raymar Morgan y 2 F 6 8 230 SR Canton, Ohio McKinley H.S.note=C Derrick Nix y 50 C 6 8 280 FR Detroit, Michigan Pershing H.S. Delvon Roe y 10 F 6 8 230 SO Lakewood, Ohio St. Edward H.S. Garrick Sherman y 41 C 6 10 235 FR Kenton, Ohio Kenton H.S. Durrell Summers y 15 G 6 4 205 JR Detroit, Michigan Covenant H.S. Austin Thornton 13 G 6 5 220 SO y Sand Lake, Michigan Cedar Springs H.S. Tom Izzo (Northern Michigan) Mark Montgomery (Michigan State) Dwayne Stephens (Michigan State) Mike Garland (Northern Michigan) http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/msu-m-baskbl-mtt.html 6 November 2009 Schedule and results yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan State Spartans| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2009 yes 7:00 pm 2 Florida Gulf Coast Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN360 97–58 1–0 14,759 Nov 17, 2009 yes 8:00 pm 2 Gonzaga Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 75–71 2–0 14,759 Nov 20, 2009 yes 6:30 pm 2 Toledo Breslin Center East Lansing, MI Legends Classic BTN 75–62 3–0 14,759 Nov 22, 2009 yes 12:00 pm 2 Valparaiso Breslin Center East Lansing, MI Legends Classic BTN 90–60 4–0 14,759 Nov 27, 2009 yes 8:00 pm 2 yes Florida Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Legends Classic HDNet 74–77 4–1 5,154 Nov 28, 2009 yes 5:30 pm 2 yes Massachusetts Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Legends Classic HDNet 106–68 5–1 3,626 Dec 1, 2009 yes 9:00 pm 9 yes 10 North Carolina Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC ESPN 82–89 5–2 21,346 Dec 4, 2009 yes 7:00 pm 9 Wofford Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 72–60 6–2 14,759 Dec 7, 2009 yes 7:00 pm 12 yes The Citadel McAlister Field House Charleston, SC ESPNU 69–56 7–2 5,194 Dec 10, 2009 yes 7:00 pm 12 Oakland Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 88–57 8–2 14,759 Dec 19, 2009 yes 12:00 pm 12 IPFW Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 80–58 9–2 14,759 Dec 22, 2009 yes 9:00 pm 9 yes 2 Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 68–79 9–3 16,734 Dec 30, 2009 yes 7:00 pm 11 Texas-Arlington Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 87–68 10–3 14,759 |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan State Spartans|Big Ten regular season Jan 2, 2010 6:30 pm 11 yes 25 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 91–70 11–3 1–0 8,117 Jan 6, 2010 6:30 pm 10 17 Wisconsin Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 54–47 12–3 2–0 14,759 Jan 9, 2010 5:30 pm 10 yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 71–53 13–3 3–0 9,924 Jan 13, 2010 6:30 pm 7 Minnesota Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 60–53 14–3 4–0 14,759 Jan 16, 2010 3:30 pm 7 Illinois Breslin Center East Lansing, MI CBS 73–63 15–3 5–0 14,759 Jan 20, 2010 6:30 pm 6 Iowa Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 70–63 16–3 6–0 14,759 Jan 23, 2010 12:00 pm 6 yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis CBS 65–64 17–3 7–0 14,625 Jan 26, 2010 7:00 pm 5 yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI Rivalry ESPN 57–56 18–3 8–0 13,751 Jan 30, 2010 7:00 pm 5 Northwestern Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 79–70 19–3 9–0 14,759 Feb 2, 2010 9:00 pm 5 yes 16 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 49–67 19–4 9–1 17,230 Feb 6, 2010 9:00 pm 5 yes Illinois ESPN College GameDay Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 73–78 19–5 9–2 16,618 Feb 9, 2010 9:00 pm 10 6 Purdue Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 64–76 19–6 9–3 14,759 Feb 13, 2010 12:00 pm 10 yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN 65–54 20–6 10–3 14,017 Feb 16, 2010 7:00 pm 11 yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ESPN 72–58 21–6 11–3 16,075 Feb 21, 10 12:00 pm 11 9 Ohio State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI CBS 67–74 21–7 11–4 14,759 Feb 28, 2010 4:00 pm 14 yes 3 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN CBS 53–44 22–7 12–4 14,123 Mar 4, 2010 7:00 pm 11 Penn State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 67–65 23–7 13–4 14,759 Mar 7, 2010 4:00 pm 11 Michigan Breslin Center East Lansing, MI Rivalry CBS 64–48 24–7 14–4 14,759 |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan State Spartans|Big Ten tournament Mar 12, 2010 8:55 pm 11 3 yes Minnesota 6 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN quarterfinals BTN 67–72 OT 24–8 17,563 |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan State Spartans|NCAA tournament Mar 19, 2010 yes 7:35 pm 13 5 MW yes 12 MW New Mexico State Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA First Round CBS 70–67 25–8 10,851 Mar 21, 2010 yes 2:30 pm 13 5 MW yes 20 4 MW Maryland Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Second Round CBS 85–83 26–8 11,015 Mar 26, 2010 yes 9:37 pm 13 5 MW yes 9 MW Northern Iowa Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO Sweet Sixteen CBS 59–52 27–8 26,377 Mar 28, 2010 yes 2:37pm 13 5 MW yes 15 6 MW Tennessee Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO Elite Eight CBS 70–69 28–8 25,242 Apr 3, 2010 yes 6:07 pm 13 5 MW yes 11 5 W Butler Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Final Four CBS 50–52 28–9 71,298 AP Poll Eastern TimeSourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/2010.html Sports Reference 2016-02-11 2009-10 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats Player statistics +Individual player statistics (Final) MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAStlBlkTovAllen, Chris3691725.52968.2105244.43053133.3983345.73332691012.87316352Crandell, Jon12171.400.002.00000000220.21011Dahlman, Isaiah22884.0291.31220.60038.375221.0002790.43203Green, Draymond3794525.53669.9139265.525216.12586128.672812052867.7112453462Herzog, Tom15553.7201.3911.8180024.50099181.20236Kebler, Mike251034.180.3110.10001.000610.600310130.59216Lucas, Kalin33102731.149014.8165364.4533599.354125162.7722240621.913140280Lucious, Korie3682522.92015.670205.34144139.3171723.7391150611.711827568Morgan, Raymar3697927.240711.3154291.529517.29494140.671771452226.263382569Nix, Derrick362797.8832.33569.507001348.2713442762.197613Roe, Delvon3776420.62386.583150.5530072109.661681171855.043313550Sherman, Garrick362597.2691.93152.59600711.631839571.634518Sims, Dion111.000.001.00000000000.00000Summers, Durrell379719.341711.3156343.45543120.3586278.795561181740.73125365Thornton, Austin331951.2341.01441.341210.200441.0001421350.1103013 Legend  GP  Games played Avg  Average per game  FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds  A Assists  TO Turnovers Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals High  Team high Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/2010.html 2009-10 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats Rankings 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 2 (5) 2 (5) 2 (7) 9 12 12 9 11 10 7 6 5 5 10 11 14 11 11 13 Coaches 0 19 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (2) 9 14 12 9 11 11 8 7 5 5 10 11 14 12 11 12 4 *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings Awards and honors Draymond Green Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year All Big Ten Third Team Kalin Lucas All Big Ten First Team Lucas Selected First-Team All-Big Ten – Michigan State Official Athletic Site http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aaj.html www.msuspartans.com 2016-02-15 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204658/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aaj.html dead NABC All District First Team USBWA All-District Team Raymar Morgan All Big Ten Third Team (Coaches) All Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media) Durrell Summers Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Tournament, Midwest Regionhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2010/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=5035776 Forde: Perfectly flawed MSU finds its way back 2010-03-28 ESPN.com 2018-03-20 References 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