2009–10 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Connecticut Huskies Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg 250 Big East Conference Big East 18–16 7–11 Jim Calhoun 24th George Blaney Andre LaFleur Patrick Sellers Harry A. Gampel PavilionXL Center NIT Second Round The 2009–10 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were coached by Jim Calhoun and played their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies are a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 7–11 in Big East play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament. UConn was invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament and advanced to the second round before losing to Virginia Tech 65–63. Preseason Senior Jerome Dyson and sophomore Kemba Walker were named to the All-BIG EAST Preseason Team while senior Stanley Robinson garnered All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention accolades. Roster changes UConn was hit hard due to the graduation of starters Jeff Adrien, A. J. Price, and Craig Austrie. They were also without center Hasheem Thabeet, who decided to enter the NBA at the end of the 2008–09 season. Recruiting class no no 2009 Jamal Coombs-McDaniel F Boston, Massachusetts Tilton School 6 7 197 10/01/06 4 4 94 Alex Oriakhi C Lowell, Massachusetts Tilton School 6 8 235 08/11/06 5 5 96 Darius Smith G Chicago, Illinois Marshall Metropolitan HS 6 2 180 03/30/09 4 4 90 Jamaal Trice G Durham, North Carolina Mt. Zion Christian Academy 6 5 178 01/01/09 2 3 85 2009 Connecticut Commit List for 2009 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Connecticut Basketball Recruiting 2009 connecticut 75 41 13 9 8 2009-07-18 yes Schedule yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/4/2009 7:00 p.m. w 106–67 yes 12 2009-10 American International College American International Yellow Jackets American International XL Center Hartford, Connecticut 10,770 – 11/8/2009 1:00 p.m. w 88–50 yes 12 2009-10 UMass Lowell UMass Lowell River Hawks UMass Lowell Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut 8,357 – |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/13/2009 7:30 p.m. w 75–66 yes 12 William & Mary Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTNH, SNY 9,719 1–0 11/16/2009 9:00 p.m. w 77–63 yes 12 2009-10 Colgate University Colgate Raiders Colgate Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut NIT Season Tip-Off ESPNU 8,562 2–0 11/17/2009 7:00 p.m. w 76–67 yes 12 Hofstra Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut NIT Season Tip-Off WCTX, SNY 8,713 3–0 11/25/2009 7:00 p.m. w 81–55 yes 13 LSU Madison Square Garden New York City NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN2 8,756 4–0 11/27/2009 5:00 p.m. l 68–59 yes 13 #7 Duke Madison Square Garden New York NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN2 13,179 4–1 12/2/2009 7:00 p.m. w 92–64 yes 14 Boston University XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 11,502 5–1 12/6/2009 1:00 p.m. w 78–73 yes 14 Harvard Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTNH, SNY 9,194 6–1 12/9/2009 9:30 p.m. l 64–61 yes 14 #4 Kentucky Madison Square Garden New York SEC/Big East Invitational ESPN 15,874 6–2 12/20/2009 1:00 p.m. w 60–51 yes 14 2009-10 University of Central Florida Central Florida Knights Central Florida XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 13,685 7–2 12/22/2009 1:00 p.m. w 71–54 yes 11 2009-10 University of Maine Maine Blackbears Maine XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 11,366 8–2 12/27/2009 2:00 p.m. w 93–74 yes 11 Iona XL Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPNU 13,867 9–2 12/30/2009 7:00 p.m. l 71–69 10 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPN2 10,409 9–3 (0–1) 1/2/2010 12:00 p.m. w 82–70 10 Notre Dame XL Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPNU 16,294 10–3 (1–1) 1/6/2010 9:00 p.m. w 71–63 13 2009-10 Seton Hall University Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 9,522 11–3 (2–1) 1/9/2010 12:00 p.m. l 72–69 13 #12 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Rivalry ESPN 15,654 11–4 (2–2) 1/13/2010 7:00 p.m. l 67–57 15 #16 Pittsburgh XL Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPN2 15,290 11–5 (2–3) 1/17/2010 1:30 p.m. l 68–63 yes 15 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan CBS 13,536 11–6 1/20/2010 7:00 p.m. w 75–59 St. John's XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 14,213 12–6 (3–3) 1/23/2010 4:00 p.m. w 88–74 yes #1 Texas Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBS 10,167 13–6 1/27/2010 7:00 p.m. l 81–66 19 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island WCTX, SNY 11,136 13–7 (3–4) 1/30/2010 12:00 p.m. l 70–68 19 Marquette XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 14,338 13–8 (3–5) 2/1/2010 7:00 p.m. l 82–69 Louisville Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky ESPN 19,655 13–9 (3–6) 2/6/2010 8:00 p.m. w 64–57 2009-10 DePaul University DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 10,167 14–9 (4–6) 2/10/2010 7:00 p.m. l 72–67 #2 Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York Rivalry ESPN 24,847 14–10 (4–7) 2/13/2010 12:00 p.m. l 60–48 Cincinnati XL Center Hartford, Connecticut WCTX, SNY 14,605 14–11 (4–8) 2/15/2010 7:00 p.m. w 84–75 #3 Villanova Wachovia Center Philadelphia ESPN 18,123 15–11 (5–8) 2/20/2010 4:00 p.m. w 76–58 2009-10 Rutgers University Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers RAC Piscataway, New Jersey WCTX, SNY 8,085 16–11 (6–8) 2/22/2010 7:00 p.m. w 73–62 #8 West Virginia XL Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPN 15,082 17–11 (7–8) 2/28/2010 7:00 p.m. l 78–76 Louisville Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBS 10,167 17–12 (7–9) 3/3/2010 7:00 p.m. l 58–50 Notre Dame Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana ESPN 9,149 17–13 (7–10) 3/6/2010 2:00 p.m. l 75–68 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida CBS 8,317 17–14 (7–11) |- !colspan=9| Big East tournament 3/9/2010 2:30 p.m. l 73–51 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York Opening Round ESPN2 19,375 17–15 |- !colspan=10| 2010 National Invitation Tournament 3/16/2010 7:00 p.m. w 4 VT Northeastern 5 VT Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut First Round ESPN2 59–57 18–15 5,571 3/22/2010 7:00 p.m. l yes 4 VT Virginia Tech 1 VT Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia Second Round ESPN 65–63 18–16 6,983 Roster 2009 Connecticut Huskies y Kyle Bailey(W) 55 g 6 3 170 J Lancaster, New Hampshire Donnell Beverly 2 g 6 4 190 J Hawthorne, California Kenny Borton(W) 3 g 6 2 185 s Bolton, Connecticut Jamal Coombs-McDaniel 4 f 6 7 210 f Dorchester, Massachusetts Jerome Dyson 11 g 6 4 190 s Potomac, Maryland y Gavin Edwards basketball y 33 f 6 10 234 s Gilbert, Arizona Alex Hornat(W) 22 f 6 5 205 s South Windsor, Connecticut Ater Majok 5 f 6 11 233 f Sydney, Australia y Jonathan Mandeldove 32 c 7 0 240 s Stone Mountain, Georgia Charles Okwandu 35 c 7 0 255 j Lagos, Nigeria Alex Oriakhi 34 f-c 6 9 240 f Lowell, Massachusetts y Stanley Robinson basketball y 21 f 6 9 210 s Birmingham, Alabama Darius Smith 24 g 6 1 168 f Chicago, Illinois Benjamin Stewart(W) 23 f 6 5 205 so Denver, Colorado Jamaal Trice 13 g 6 5 220 f Los Angeles, California Kemba Walker 15 g 6 1 172 so Bronx, New York y http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/roster?teamId=41&sort=name 1-19-10 Jim Calhoun George Blaney Andre LaFleur Patrick Sellers Depth chart Connecticut Huskies Inactive Alex Oriakhi Charles Okwandu Jonathan Mandeldove Gavin Edwards Ater Majok Stanley Robinson Jamal Coombs-McDaniel Alex Hornat Benjamin Stewart Jerome Dyson Darius Smith Jamaal Trice Kemba Walker Donnell Beverly Kyle Bailey Kenny Borton Broadcasters Locally, the Connecticut Huskies we're broadcast on local radio by the UCONN Radio Network, with flagship station, WTIC–AM in Hartford, Connecticut. 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