2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack Basketball Nevada Wolf Pack wordmark.svg Western Athletic Conference WAC 21–13 11–5 David Carter 1st Doug Novsek Keith Brown Dennis Gates Lawlor Events Center NIT Second Round The 2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach David Carter's first season as head coach after being a Wolf Pack assistant coach for the previous ten years. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference and play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Rhode Island. 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 2009-11-18 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 Nevada was selected to finish 2nd in the coaches poll and received one first place vote. So. Luke Babbitt and Jr. Armon Johnson were selected to the coach's All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as pre-season WAC player of the year. The media poll almost mirrored the coaches poll as the Wolf Pack were selected to finish 2nd and received 12 first place votes, Babbitt and Johnson were selected to the All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as the media WAC pre-season player of the year. 2009–10 team Roster Sourcehttp://www.nevadawolfpack.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10000&SPID=4084&SPSID=45431 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235627/http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10000&SPID=4084&SPSID=45431 2011-06-10 University of Nevada Athletics - Official Athletics Website #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)0Brandon Fields6'4"190GSr.Arlington, TexasBowie HS1Patrick Nyeko6'6"180GFr.London, UKSeattle Prep3Joey Shaw6'6"210FSr.Glendale, ArizonaDeer Valley High School HSCollege of Southern Idaho5Luke Babbitt6'9"225FSo.Reno, NevadaGalena HS11London Giles6'3"185GSo.Dallas, TexasKimball HS12Keith Fuetsch5'11"170GFr.Reno, NevadaBishop Manogue HS14Marko Cukic6'9"240FFr.Belgrade, SerbiaIMG Academy20Ray Kraemer6'4"220GSr.Kemah, TexasClear Creek HSWeatherford CC21Malik Story6'5"225GSo.Pasadena, CaliforniaArtesia HSIndiana23Armon Johnson6'3"195GJr.Reno, NevadaHug HS33Adam Carp6'7"205FJr.Clayton, CaliforniaClayton Valley HS43Keith Olson6'9"260FSo.Gardnerville, NevadaDouglas HSNorthern Arizona54Dario Hunt6'8"230FSo.Colorado Springs, ColoradoCharis Prep Coaching staff Name Position Year at NevadaAlma Mater (Year)David CarterHead coach 1st Saint Mary's (1989)Doug Novsek Associate Head Coach 4th Southern Illinois (1987)Keith Brown Assistant coach 1st Hampton (1993)Dennis Gates Assistant coach 1st California (2001)Zac Claus Director of Basketball Operations 5th Eastern Washington (1998) 2009–10 schedule and results Sourcehttp://www.nevadawolfpack.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10000&SPID=4084&SPSID=45430 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235527/http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10000&SPID=4084&SPSID=45430 dead June 10, 2011 2009-10 Schedule November 18, 2009 All times are Pacific yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition Tue, Nov 10 7:05pm Chico State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 90–63 3,687 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season Sat, Nov 14 7:05pm yes Montana State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 75–61 1–0 7,371 Wed, Nov 18 7:30pm yes yes UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada 75–88 1–1 13,113 Sat, Nov 21 8:05pm yes Houston Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 112–99 2–1 5,721 Fri, Nov 27 4:30pm yes yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia 76–85 2–2 5,769 Sun, Nov 29 4:45pm yes yes North Carolina 11 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina FSN 73–80 2–3 17,321 Sat, Dec 5 7:00pm yes yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, California 58–61 2–4 2,801 Tue, Dec 8 7:05pm yes Fresno Pacific Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 89–67 3–4 3,778 Sat, Dec 12 7:05pm yes South Dakota State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 92–72 4–4 3,130 Thu, Dec 17 7:05pm yes Eastern Washington Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 73–70 5–4 4,713 Sat, Dec 19 7:05pm yes Wagner Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 74–61 6–4 4,692 Tue, Dec 22 7:30pm yes yes BYU Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada Las Vegas Classic 104–110 6–5 NA Wed, Dec 23 5:00pm yes yes Tulsa Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada Las Vegas Classic 99–68 7–5 NA Mon, Dec 28 7:05pm yes Portland Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 78–69 8–5 5,827 Sat, Jan 2 5:00pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana 71–77 8–6 (0–1) 2,088 Mon, Jan 4 8:00pm yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPNU 77–67 9–6 (1–1) 4,788 Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm San Jose State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 96–67 10–6 (2–1) 5,988 Wed, Jan 13 8:00pm Utah State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada ESPN2 72–79 OT 10–7 (2–2) 7,035 Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm w Idaho Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 76–68 11–7 (3–2) 6,030 Wed, Jan 20 7:15pm w yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho 88–62 12–7 (4–2) 2,833 Sat, Jan 23 7:00pm l yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, California 77–87 12–8 (4–3) 8,494 Sat, Jan 30 7:05pm w Hawai'i Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 66–60 13–8 (5–3) 7,490 Sat, Feb 6 7:00pm l yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah ESPNU 65–76 13–9 (5–4) 10,270 Wed, Feb 10 8:00pm w yes Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho ESPN2 67–66 14–9 (6–4) 1,580 Sat, Feb 13 7:05pm w Boise State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 88–80 OT 15–9 (7–4) 7,598 Wed, Feb 17 7:05pm w Fresno State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 74–70 16–9 (8–4) 5,479 Sat, Feb 20 12:00pm l yes yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, Missouri ESPN BracketBusters ESPN2 60–62 16–10 7,805 Thu, Feb 25 7:00pm w yes San Jose State The Event Center San Jose, California 83–79 17–10 (9–4) 2,385 Sat, Feb 27 9:00pm l yes Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii 74–63 17–11 (9–5) 6,025 Thu, Mar 4 7:05pm w New Mexico State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 100–92 18–11 (10–5) 5,878 Sat, Mar 6 7:05pm w Louisiana Tech Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 79–68 19–11 (11–5) 7,558 |- !colspan=9| 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament Thu, Mar 11 6:00pm w Idaho Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada Quarterfinals 87–71 20–11 NA Fri, Mar 12 9:00pm l New Mexico State Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada Semifinals ESPN2 79–80 20–12 5,897 |- !colspan=9| 2010 National Invitation Tournament Wed, Mar 17 5:05pm w yes Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, Kansas First Round 74–70 21–12 9,112 Mon, Mar 22 3:00pm l yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, Rhode Island Second Round ESPNU 83–85 21–13 3,419 Season highlights On November 23, Sr. Joey Shaw was named the WAC player of the week for the second week of the season with weekly averages of 20.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.5 AST and 61.9 FG%.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204839062 Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130344/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204839062 2012-02-25 dead On January 11, So. Luke Babbitt was named the WAC player of the week for the ninth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.0 AST and 58.3 FG%.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204867636 Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2010-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100123003309/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204867636 2010-01-23 dead On February 15, Jr. Armon Johnson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 50.0 FG%.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204887927 Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2010-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225131037/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204887927 2012-02-25 dead References Nevada Category:Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball seasons Nevada Nevada Wolf Pack men's bask Nevada Wolf Pack men's bask