2009–10 NBL season

Professional basketball season March 2020 March 2026 2009–10 NBL season NBL Logo Australia (2009–2015).png 250px National Basketball League 2009–10 Finals 2010 NBL Finals Perth Wildcats (5th title) Wollongong Hawks Townsville CrocodilesGold Coast Blaze 8 24 September 2009 – 12 March 2010 Perth Wildcats Australia: Fox Sports New Zealand: Māori Television Online:rivusTV Corey Williams (Townsville) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player USA Kevin Lisch (Perth) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final USA Kirk Penney (New Zealand) 23.2 NZL List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Rick Rickert (New Zealand) 7.1 USA Julius Hodge (Melbourne) 5.9 ATG List of NBL seasons NBL 2008–09 NBL season 2008–09 2010–11 NBL season 2010–11 The 2009–10 NBL season was the 32nd season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The 48-minute game switched to a 40-minute game. Preseason Pre-season training began during the last week of July.http://www.taipans.com/search/newsdisplay/ You searched for newsdisplay – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans Taipans.com 2017-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20170222113940/http://www.taipans.com/search/newsdisplay/ 22 February 2017 dead dmy-all http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/07/29/67245_sport.html Gleeson punishes Crocs | Townsville Bulletin Sport www.townsvillebulletin.com.au 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227173907/http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/07/29/67245_sport.html 27 February 2012 dead A pre-season tourney, dubbed the NBL Top End Challenge, involving all eight sides was contested during August in Darwin, Northern Territory.http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/29/70621_ntsport.html All NBL teams to play full games in Darwin | Sport | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au www.ntnews.com.au 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171053/http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/29/70621_ntsport.html 5 March 2012 dead Wollongong Hawks exhibition games #eee 10 August Illawarra Basketball Stadium, Wollongong Wollongong Hawks 78 St. Mary's Gaels 59 1,100 14 August Hills Sports Stadium, Sydney Wollongong Hawks 84 Vanderbilt Commodores 83 395 Burger King Breakers Pre-season Tour #eee 12 August Energy Events Centre, Rotorua New Zealand Breakers 90 Athletes in Action 81 2,200 13 August Pettigrew Green Arena, Napier New Zealand Breakers 92 Athletes in Action 86 1,750 #eee 15 August Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua New Zealand Breakers ?? 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Melbourne Tigers exhibition games #eee 14 August Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne Melbourne Tigers 79 St. Mary's Gaels 66 18 September Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne Melbourne Tigers 96 Gold Coast Blaze 90 #eee 19 September King Club, Melbourne Melbourne Tigers 79 Gold Coast Blaze 88 Gold Coast Blaze exhibition games #eee 17 August Carina Basketball Stadium, Brisbane Gold Coast Blaze 82 St. Mary's Gaels 74 18 August The Southport School, Gold Coast Gold Coast Blaze 85 St. Mary's Gaels 84 2009 Crocs Pre-season Assault #eee 16 August NPA Stadium, Townsville Townsville Crocodiles 104 Vanderbilt Commodores 99 28 August NPA Stadium, Townsville Townsville Crocodiles 81 Melbourne Tigers 90 #eee 29 August Mackay Basketball Stadium, Mackay Townsville Crocodiles 79 Melbourne Tigers 92 10 September NPA Stadium, Townsville Townsville Crocodiles 86 Cairns Taipans 89 2009 Coca-Cola Pre-season Championship #eee 25 August Craigie Leisure Centre, Perth Perth Wildcats 73 Adelaide 36ers 76 27 August Waroona Recreation & Aquatic Centre, Waroona Perth Wildcats 79 Adelaide 36ers 77 #eee 29 August Eaton Recreation Centre, Bunbury Perth Wildcats 75 Adelaide 36ers 95 Cairns Taipans exhibition games #eee 25 August Bendigo Bank Basketball Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 89 Gold Coast Blaze 67 26 August Bendigo Bank Basketball Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 84 Gold Coast Blaze 77 #eee 31 August Bendigo Bank Basketball Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 88 Melbourne Tigers 83 1 September Bendigo Bank Basketball Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 77 Melbourne Tigers 87 #eee 12 September Bendigo Bank Basketball Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 85 Townsville Crocodiles 92 NBL Top End Challenge #eee 3 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Cairns Taipans 78 Gold Coast Blaze 83 3 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin Melbourne Tigers 94 Wollongong Hawks 100 #eee 3 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Adelaide 36ers 75 New Zealand Breakers 84 3 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin Townsville Crocodiles 85 Perth Wildcats 82 #eee 4 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Adelaide 36ers 78 Melbourne Tigers 82 4 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin Gold Coast Blaze 90 Wollongong Hawks 107 #eee 4 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Cairns Taipans 88 Perth Wildcats 77 4 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin New Zealand Breakers 102 Townsville Crocodiles 91 #eee 5 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Adelaide 36ers 72 Cairns Taipans 82 5 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin Perth Wildcats 79 Melbourne Tigers 84 #eee 5 September DBA Stadium, Darwin Gold Coast Blaze 85 Townsville Crocodiles 84 5 September Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin Wollongong Hawks 94 New Zealand Breakers 88 Wollongong Hawks win Top End Challenge. Hood Sweeney Pre-season Challenge #eee 11 September Whyalla Basketball Stadium, Whyalla Adelaide 36ers 93 Wollongong Hawks 96 13 September Adelaide Arena, Adelaide Adelaide 36ers 92 Wollongong Hawks 78 Regular season The 2009–10 regular season took place over 20 rounds between 24 September 2009 and 14 February 2010. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 24/09/2009 NZ 95–75 CT North Shore Events Centre 2,428 36665 25/09/2009 WH 94–92 PW WIN Entertainment Centre 3,556 36666 25/09/2009 GCB 79–82 TC Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,562 36667 26/09/2009 CT 86–75 A36 Cairns Convention Centre 3,830 36668 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 30/09/2009 MT 86–81 NZ State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,857 36669 2/10/2009 GCB 84–78 WH Gold Coast Convention Centre 1,943 36670 2/10/2009 TC 89–91 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,276 36671 3/10/2009 A36 80–76 NZ Adelaide Arena 4,671 36672 3/10/2009 CT 89–71 PW Cairns Convention Centre 3,114 36673 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 7/10/2009 CT 83–66 GCB Cairns Convention Centre 2,575 36674 8/10/2009 NZ 79–74 MT North Shore Events Centre 3,437 36675 9/10/2009 A36 90–89 TC Adelaide Arena 4,759 36676 9/10/2009 PW 89–84 GCB Challenge Stadium 4,400 36677 10/10/2009 MT 68–103 TC State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,762 36678 10/10/2009 WH 71–59 CT WIN Entertainment Centre 3,316 36679 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 14/10/2009 GCB 98–86 MT Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,823 36680 16/10/2009 TC 101–91 GCB Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,963 36681 17/10/2009 WH 76–65 NZ WIN Entertainment Centre 3,696 36682 17/10/2009 PW 110–80 A36 Challenge Stadium 4,100 36683 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 21/10/2009 A36 70–81 MT Adelaide Arena 3,919 36684 22/10/2009 NZ 92–82 TC North Shore Events Centre 2,271 36685 23/10/2009 GCB 80–63 CT Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,336 36686 24/10/2009 WH 99–77 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 3,546 36687 24/10/2009 CT 69–106 A36 Cairns Convention Centre 3,043 36688 25/10/2009 PW 93–90 MT Challenge Stadium 4,100 36689 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 28/10/2009 WH 77–67 CT WIN Entertainment Centre 2,936 36690 28/10/2009 MT 94–88 GCB State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,317 36691 29/10/2009 NZ 99–91 A36 North Shore Events Centre 1,912 36692 30/10/2009 TC 94–87 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,879 36694 31/10/2009 A36 87–81 CT Adelaide Arena 5,511 36693 31/10/2009 PW 87–80 WH Challenge Stadium 4,250 36695 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 4/11/2009 WH 92–80 MT WIN Entertainment Centre 2,876 36696 5/11/2009 NZ 96–110 GCB North Shore Events Centre 2,262 36697 6/11/2009 CT 89–78 WH Cairns Convention Centre 4,324 36698 7/11/2009 TC 69–93 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,815 36699 7/11/2009 A36 80–77 GCB Adelaide Arena 4,883 36700 8/11/2009 PW 94–74 NZ Challenge Stadium 4,000 36701 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/11/2009 CT 70–85 TC Cairns Convention Centre 3,420 36702 12/11/2009 NZ 83–74 PW North Shore Events Centre 2,106 36703 13/11/2009 GCB 93–77 TC Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,308 36704 14/11/2009 A36 83–76 WH Adelaide Arena 4,832 36705 14/11/2009 PW 79–64 CT Challenge Stadium 4,200 36706 14/11/2009 MT 91–98 TC State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,804 36707 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 18/11/2009 CT 77–64 NZ Cairns Convention Centre 2,673 36708 20/11/2009 TC 73–85 NZ Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,778 36709 21/11/2009 MT 83–86 CT State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,187 36710 21/11/2009 GCB 84–79 PW Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,598 36711 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25/11/2009 WH 59–82 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre 2,945 36712 26/11/2009 NZ 94–77 CT North Shore Events Centre 2,750 36713 27/11/2009 TC 100–88 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,433 36714 28/11/2009 PW 78–82 GCB Challenge Stadium 4,200 36715 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 2/12/2009 TC 73–64 CT Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,543 36716 3/12/2009 NZ 91–93 WH North Shore Events Centre 1,896 36717 4/12/2009 GCB 69–68 CT Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,579 36718 5/12/2009 PW 94–89 TC Challenge Stadium 4,400 36719 5/12/2009 A36 84–87 MT Adelaide Arena 5,894 36720 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 9/12/2009 GCB 80–72 A36 Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,930 36721 10/12/2009 NZ 100–106 PW North Shore Events Centre 2,163 36722 11/12/2009 CT 89–74 MT Cairns Convention Centre 3,105 36723 12/12/2009 WH 109–84 PW WIN Entertainment Centre 3,567 36724 12/12/2009 A36 85–92 NZ Adelaide Arena 4,589 36725 12/12/2009 TC 89–79 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,813 36726 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 16/12/2009 A36 91–81 GCB Adelaide Arena 4,260 36727 17/12/2009 NZ 80–87 TC North Shore Events Centre 2,343 36728 18/12/2009 CT 71–70 WH Cairns Convention Centre 3,100 36729 19/12/2009 MT 68–77 NZ State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,351 36730 19/12/2009 PW 70–82 A36 Challenge Stadium 4,200 36731 20/12/2009 GCB 88–84 WH Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,539 36732 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 23/12/2009 A36 73–94 PW Adelaide Arena 4,846 36733 26/12/2009 MT 90–88 WH State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,439 36734 31/12/2009 TC 83–74 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,684 36735 31/12/2009 GCB 90–83 NZ Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,872 36736 31/12/2009 CT 76–69 MT Cairns Convention Centre 4,369 36737 31/12/2009 WH 93–88 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre 4,088 36738 2/01/2010 MT 87–64 CT State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,857 36739 2/01/2010 PW 91–57 WH Challenge Stadium 4,168 36740 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 6/01/2010 WH 83–78 NZ WIN Entertainment Centre 3,353 36741 8/01/2010 PW 76–72 NZ Challenge Stadium 4,400 36742 8/01/2010 TC 100–89 GCB Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,072 36743 8/01/2010 MT 84–65 WH State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,823 36744 9/01/2010 CT 66–79 GCB Cairns Convention Centre 3,851 36745 10/01/2010 A36 72–84 PW Adelaide Arena 5,627 36746 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 13/01/2010 A36 91–77 CT Adelaide Arena 5,510 36747 14/01/2010 NZ 89–94 MT North Shore Events Centre 2,600 36748 15/01/2010 GCB 104–89 A36 Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,674 36749 16/01/2010 PW 86–61 CT Challenge Stadium 4,400 36750 16/01/2010 WH 96–75 GCB WIN Entertainment Centre 3,402 36751 16/01/2010 MT 89–87 A36 State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,262 36752 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/01/2010 WH 93–86 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 3,077 36753 20/01/2010 MT 100–86 PW State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,943 36754 21/01/2010 NZ 103–89 A36 North Shore Events Centre 2,358 36755 22/01/2010 TC 73–59 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,067 36756 23/01/2010 CT 87–81 TC Cairns Convention Centre 4,123 36757 23/01/2010 GCB 81–95 NZ Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,751 36758 23/01/2010 PW 94–78 MT Challenge Stadium 4,400 36759 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 27/01/2010 MT 95–85 A36 State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,899 36760 27/01/2010 TC 86–91 NZ Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,480 36761 30/01/2010 A36 87–88 TC Adelaide Arena 6,991 36762 30/01/2010 GCB 99–91 MT Gold Coast Convention Centre 4,020 36763 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 3/02/2010 CT 79–76 PW Cairns Convention Centre 3,942 36764 4/02/2010 NZ 88–60 WH North Shore Events Centre 1,984 36765 5/02/2010 GCB 86–73 PW Gold Coast Convention Centre 4,588 36766 6/02/2010 MT 78–84 PW State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,368 36767 6/02/2010 WH 100–88 GCB WIN Entertainment Centre 3,620 36768 6/02/2010 TC 89–76 CT Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,313 36769 Round 20 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 10/02/2010 TC 102–87 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,443 36770 11/02/2010 NZ 109–94 GCB North Shore Events Centre 2,835 36771 12/02/2010 WH 94–82 MT WIN Entertainment Centre 4,268 36772 13/02/2010 A36 79–82 WH Adelaide Arena 5,973 36773 13/02/2010 CT 79–84 NZ Cairns Convention Centre 4,747 36774 13/02/2010 MT 73–91 GCB State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36775 14/02/2010 PW 92–73 TC Challenge Stadium 4,423 36776 Ladder The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding. 13-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (5-3), Townsville Crocodiles (4-4) and Gold Coast Blaze (3-5). 1Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head (3-1). Finals The season finals were played between 18 February 2010 and 12 March 2010, consisting of two best-of-three semi-finals and final series in which the higher seed hosts the first and deciding third game. Following their performance in the main season, seedings for the finals were as follows: Perth Wildcats Wollongong Hawks Townsville Crocodiles Gold Coast Blaze Playoff bracket Semi-finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 18/02/2010 PW 81–68 GCB Challenge Stadium 4,400 36777 19/02/2010 WH 87–68 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 4,451 36779 23/02/2010 GCB 78–82 PW Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,699 36778 24/02/2010 TC 82–53 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,499 36780 27/02/2010 WH 88–76 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 4,451 36781 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 5/03/2010 PW 75–64 WH Challenge Stadium 4,600 36782 9/03/2010 WH 75–63 PW WIN Entertainment Centre 5,786 36783 12/03/2010 PW 96–72 WH Challenge Stadium 4,700 36784 Season awards Most Valuable Player: Corey Williams, Townsville Crocodileshttp://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2010/march/homicide-wins-mvp-at-nbl-awards-night/ Homicide wins MVP at NBL awards night NBL.com.au 19 March 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110622051654/http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2010/march/homicide-wins-mvp-at-nbl-awards-night/ 22 June 2011 Rookie of the Year: Jesse Wagstaff, Perth Wildcats Best Defensive Player: Dillon Boucher, New Zealand Breakers Best Sixth Man: Erron Maxey, Gold Coast Blaze Most Improved Player: Anthony Petrie, Gold Coast Blaze Coach of the Year: Gordie McLeod, Wollongong Hawks Finals MVP: Kevin Lisch, Perth Wildcats All-NBL First Team: Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers Tywain McKee – Wollongong Hawks Mark Worthington – Melbourne Tigers Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats All-NBL Second Team: Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers C. J. Bruton – New Zealand Breakers Anthony Petrie – Gold Coast Blaze Adam Gibson – Gold Coast Blaze Ayinde Ubaka – Gold Coast Blaze All-NBL Third Team: Julius Hodge – Melbourne Tigers Glen Saville – Wollongong Hawks John Gilchrist – Adelaide 36ers Cameron Tragardh – Wollongong Hawks Larry Davidson – Wollongong Hawks See also 2009–10 NBL squads References Australia, NBL Category:2009 in Australian men's sport Category:2010 in Australian men's sport Category:2009–10 in Australian basketball Category:2009 in New Zealand basketball Category:2010 in New Zealand basketball