2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Washington Huskies Washington Huskies logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 21 26–10 11–7 Lorenzo Romar Raphael Chillious Paul Fortier Jim Shaw Bank of America Arena Pacific-10 Tournament champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 8th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Pac-10 play and defeated California in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament to claim the conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the East Region where they upset 6 seed Marquette in the first round and 3 seed and AP #8 New Mexico in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by 2 seed and AP #6 West Virginia to end their season. Pre-season In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, CA during the Pac-10 media dayshttp://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aac.html California Picked to Capture Pac-10 Men's Basketball Title in 2009-10 - PAC-10 OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE 2009-01-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091101063127/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aac.html 2009-11-01 Washington was selected to finish 2nd in the conference. 2009–10 Team Roster A number of players on this team would one day play in the NBA. The list includes: Isaiah Thomas Quincy Pondexter Justin Holiday CJ Wilcox #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Venoy Overton 5'11"185GJr.Seattle, WA, U.S.Franklin HS2Isaiah Thomas5'8"185GSo.Tacoma, WA, U.S.South Kent School10Abdul Gaddy6'3"190GFr.Tacoma, WA, U.S.Bellarmine Prep11Matthew Bryan-Amaning6'9"240FJr.London, England, U.K.South Kent School12Clarence Trent 6'5"225FFr.Tacoma, WA, U.S.The Patterson School15Scott Suggs6'6"185GSo.Washington, MO, U.S.Washington HS20Quincy Pondexter6'6"215FSr.Fresno, CA, U.S.San Joaquin Memorial HS22Justin Holiday6'6"180FJr.Chatsworth, CA, U.S.Campbell Hall School23C. J. Wilcox 6'5"180GFr.Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S.Pleasant Grove HS31Elston Turner 6'4"205GSo.Missouri City, TX, U.S.Elkins HS33Tyreese Breshers 6'7"255FFr.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Price HS42Brendan Sherrer 6'9"240FSo.Monroe, WA, U.S.Archbishop Murphy HS44Darnell Gant 6'8"225FRS So.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Crenshaw HS Coaching staff Name Position Year at WashingtonAlma Mater (Year) Lorenzo RomarHead coach 8th Washington (1980)Raphael Chillious Assistant coach 2nd Lafayette (1996)Paul Fortier Assistant coach 5th Washington (2003)Jim Shaw Assistant coach 6th Western Oregon State (1985)Lance LaVetter Director of Basketball Operations 8th Northern Arizona (1992) 2009-10 Schedule and results Source http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wash-m-baskbl-sched.html 2009-10 Schedule 2009-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130192710/http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wash-m-baskbl-sched.html 2010-11-30 dead All times are Pacific yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/04/2009 7:00 pm 14 Central Washington Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA 77–48 – 8,570 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/13/2009 7:00 pm yes 14 Wright State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA Athletes In Action Basketball Classic FSNNW 74–69 1–0 8,239 11/14/2009 7:00 pm yes 14 Belmont Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA Athletes In Action Basketball Classic 96–78 2–0 8,410 11/15/2009 7:00 pm yes 14 Portland State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA Athletes In Action Basketball Classic FSNNW 111–55 3–0 8,236 11/20/2009 8:00 pm yes 14 San Jose State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 80–70 4–0 8,155 11/29/2009 6:00 pm yes 14 Montana Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 63–59 5–0 8,515 12/03/2009 6:00 pm yes yes 12 Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ESPN2 92–99 OT 5–1 9,912 12/06/2009 7:00 pm yes 12 Cal State Northridge Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 88–76 6–1 8,125 12/12/2009 11:00 am yes yes 17 Georgetown 15 Honda Center Anaheim, CA John R. Wooden Classic FSN 66–74 6–2 N/A 12/19/2009 7:00 pm yes 24 Portland Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 89–54 7–2 9,275 12/22/2009 8:00 pm yes 22 Texas A&M Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 73–64 8–2 10,000 12/27/2009 12:00 pm yes 22 San Francisco Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 86–71 9–2 9,949 12/31/2009 7:00 pm 17 Oregon State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 76–70 10–2 (1–0) 9,843 01/02/2010 2:00 pm 17 Oregon Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 79–90 10–3 (1–1) 10,000 01/08/2010 7:30 pm yes 24 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ FSNNW 51–68 10–4 (1–2) 7,682 01/10/2010 2:30 pm yes 24 Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ FSNNW 70–87 10–5 (1–3) 12,899 01/14/2010 7:30 pm w Stanford Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 94–61 11–5 (2–3) 9,720 01/16/2010 11:30 am w California Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 84–69 12–5 (3–3) 9,897 01/21/2010 7:30 pm l yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN 61–62 12–6 (3–4) 6,503 01/23/2010 7:30 pm l yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA FSNNW 61–87 12–7 (3–5) 5,876 01/26/2010 7:00 pm w yes Seattle Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA Rivalry FSNNW 123–76 13–7 10,000 01/30/2010 12:30 pm w Washington State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 92–64 14–7 (4–5) 10,000 02/04/2010 7:30 pm w Arizona Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 81–75 15–7 (5–5) 9,917 02/06/2010 7:30 pm w Arizona State Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSN 79–56 16–7 (6–5) 10,000 02/11/2010 6:00 pm l yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 81–93 16–8 (6–6) 9,839 02/13/2010 5:00 pm w yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FSNNW 78–61 17–8 (7–6) 6,932 02/18/2010 7:30 pm l USC Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA FSNNW 64–67 17–9 (7–7) 10,000 02/20/2010 6:00 pm w UCLA Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA ESPN College GameDay ESPN 97–68 18–9 (8–7) 10,000 02/27/2010 7:00 pm w yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA FSNNW 59–52 19–9 (9–7) 11,671 03/04/2010 7:00 pm w yes Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 86–72 20–9 (10–7) 8,004 03/06/2010 5:00 pm w yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR FSNNW 82–70 21–9 (11–7) 8,014 |- !colspan=9| Pac-10 tournament 03/11/2010 7:40 pm w yes 3 Oregon State 6 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Quarterfinals FSN 59–52 12,255 22–9 03/12/2010 8:45 pm w yes 3 Stanford 7 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Semifinals FSN 79–64 15,971 23–9 03/13/2010 3:00 pm yes 3 California 1 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Finals CBS 79–75 15,851 24–9 |- !colspan=10| NCAA tournament 03/18/2010 4:20 pm w yes yes 11 Marquette 6 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA First Round CBS 80–78 25–9 15,427 03/20/2010 2:50 pm w yes yes 11 New Mexico 8 3 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA Second Round CBS 82–64 26–9  16,044 03/25/2010 4:27 pm l yes yes 11 West Virginia 6 2 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Sweet Sixteen CBS 56–69 26–10 22,271 References Washington Washington Category:Washington Huskies men's basketball seasons Washington Huskies men's b Washington Huskies men's b Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:2009 in Seattle Category:2010 in Seattle