2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 California Golden Bears California Golden Bears logo.svg 125px Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 24–11 13–5 Mike Montgomery Jay John Travis DeCuire Gregg Gottlieb Haas Pavilion Pac-10 regular season champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's second season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 13–5 in Pac-10 play to win the regular season conference championship, their first regular season title since the 1959–60 season. They lost to Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning an 8 seed in the South Region. They defeated 9 seed Louisville in the first round before falling to 1 seed and AP #3 Duke in the second round. The Blue Devils went on to claim their fourth national title. Pre-season In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released on October 29 in Los Angeles, California during the Pac-10 media days, California was selected to finish 1st in the conference.California Picked to Capture Pac-10 Men's Basketball Title in 2009-10 October 29, 2009 January 2, 2010 Pac-10.org http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aac.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091101063127/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aac.html November 1, 2009 Roster Basketball - M - 2009-10 Roster GoDucks.com February 12, 2010 http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cal-m-baskbl-mtt.html October 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201940/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cal-m-baskbl-mtt.html dead #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious team(s)0Nigel Carter 6'4"205GSo.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Dorsey HS1D. J. Seeley6'4"195GSo.Stockton, CA, U.S.Modesto Christian HS2Jorge Gutierrez6'3"195GSo.Chihuahua, MexicoFindlay Prep3Jerome Randle5'10"172GSr.Chicago, IL, U.S.Hales Franciscan HS10Jamal Boykin6'8"240FSr.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Fairfax High School HSDuke12Brandon Smith 5'11"185GFr.San Ramon, CA, U.S.De La Salle HS13Nikola Knezevic 6'3"190GSr.Belgrade, SerbiaFifth Economy School14Max Zhang7'3"240CSo.Yantai, Shandong ChinaNo. 4 Yantai HS15Bak Bak 6'9"210FFr.Sun Valley, CA, U.S.Village Christian HS21Omondi Amoke 6'7"225FSo.Oxnard, CA, U.S.Oxnard23Patrick Christopher 6'5"220GSr.Compton, CA, U.S.Dominguez HS24Theo Robertson 6'6"230FSr.Pittsburg, CA, U.S.De La Salle HS32Robert Thurman 6'10"245FSo.North Edwards, CA, U.S.Desert HSNorwich43Harper Kamp 6'8"250FJr.Mesa, AZ, U.S.Mountain View HS45Markhuri Sanders-Frison 6'7"275CJr.Portland, OR, U.S.Jefferson HSSouth Plains Coaching staff Name Position Year at Cal Alma mater (year) Mike MontgomeryHead coach 2nd Colorado State (1976)Jay John Assistant coach 2nd Arizona (1981)Travis DeCuire Assistant coach 2nd Montana (1994)Gregg Gottlieb Assistant coach 3rd UCLA (1995)John Montgomery Director of basketball operations 2nd Loyola Marymount (2007) Schedule and results Source http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/cal-m-baskbl-sched.html 2009-10 Schedule GoDucks.com 2009-02-12 May 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527221033/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/cal-m-baskbl-sched.html dead All times are Pacific yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/5/2009 7:30pm yes 13 Chico State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 84–47 7,453 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/9/2009 8:00pm yes 13 Murray State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPNU 75–70 1–0 7,603 11/11/2009 8:00pm yes 13 Detroit Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPNU 95–61 2–0 7,541 11/19/2009 4:00pm yes yes 13 Syracuse Madison Square Garden New York, NY Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPN2 73–95 2–1 NA 11/20/2009 2:00pm yes yes 13 Ohio State 15 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPN2 70–76 2–2 15,552 11/24/2009 7:30pm yes Jacksonville Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 79–47 3–2 9,672 11/29/2009 2:00pm yes Princeton Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA CSNC 81–60 4–2 8,919 12/2/2009 6:00pm yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSCS 78–86 4–3 13,549 12/5/2009 8:00pm yes Iowa State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ESPNU 82–63 5–3 9,845 12/9/2009 7:00pm yes yes Pacific Stockton Arena Stockton, CA Big West TV 79–53 6–3 8,704 12/22/2009 6:00pm yes yes Kansas 1 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN2 69–84 6–4 16,300 12/28/2009 7:30pm yes Utah Valley Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Colliers International Golden Bear Classic 85–51 7–4 8,450 12/29/2009 7:30pm UC Santa Barbara Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Colliers International Golden Bear Classic CSNC 87–66 8–4 9,052 1/2/2010 4:00pm Stanford Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA CSNC 92–66 9–4 (1–0) 10,758 1/6/2010 7:30pm UCLA Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FSN/CSNBA 75–76 OT 9–5 (1–1) 10,005 1/9/2010 7:30pm w USC Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FSN/CSNBA 67–59 10–5 (2–1) 9,930 1/14/2010 7:00pm w yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 93–88 11–5 (3–1) 8,277 1/16/2010 11:30am l yes Washington Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA CSNBA 69–84 11–6 (3–2) 9,897 1/21/2010 7:30pm Oregon Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA CSNBA 89–57 12–6 (4–2) 8,535 1/23/2010 11:00am w Oregon State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA CBS 65–61 13–6 (5–2) 8,666 1/26/2010 5:30pm w yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ CSNC 78–70 14–6 (6–2) 8,416 1/31/2010 12:30pm l yes Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ FSN/CSNBA 72–76 14–7 (6–3) 14,629 2/4/2010 7:30pm l yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 63–66 14–8 (6–4) 7,412 2/6/2010 1:00pm w yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA CBS 72–58 15–8 (7–4) 10,450 2/11/2010 6:00pm w Washington Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 93–81 16–8 (8–4) 9,839 2/13/2010 1:00pm w Washington State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FSN/CSNBA 86–70 17–8 (9–4) 9,536 2/18/2010 7:30pm l yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR FSN/CSNBA 64–80 17–9 (9–5) 6,609 2/20/2010 3:00pm w yes Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR CSNC 64–49 18–9 (10–5) 8,099 2/25/2010 6:00pm Arizona Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 95–71 19–9 (11–5)  10,545 2/27/2010 12:00pm Arizona State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 62–46 20–9 (12–5) 11,877 3/6/2010 3:00pm w yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 71–61 21–9 (13–5) 7,329 |- !colspan=9| 2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament 3/11/2010 2:30pm yes 1 Oregon 8 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Quarterfinals FSN 90–74 12,125 22–9 3/12/2010 6:00pm w yes 1 UCLA 5 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Semifinals FSN 85–72 NA 23–9 |- 3/13/2010 3:15pm l yes 1 Washington 3 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Finals CBS 75–79 15,851 23–10 |- !colspan=9| NCAA tournament |- March 19 6:45pm w y y 8 Louisville 9 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL First Round CBS 77–62 12,251 24–10 March 21 2:15 pm l y y 8 Duke 3 1 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Second Round CBS 53–68 12,547 24–11 |- Notes Point guard Jerome Randle was named the 2010 Pac-10 Player of the Year.Randle is Pac-10's Player of the Year 2010-03-09 2010-03-15 Pac-10.org https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Randle-is-Pac-10-s-Player-of-the-Year-3270682.php Vittorio Tafur He also became Cal's leading scorer on March 13, 2010, when Cal defeated UCLA 85–72 in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament, surpassing Sean Lampley with 1,790 career points.California beats UCLA 85-72 in Pac-10 semifinals 2010-03-13 2010-03-15 Pac-10.org http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201003120095 https://web.archive.org/web/20100323142807/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201003120095 23 March 2010 live March 17, 2010 – Forward Omondi Amoke was suspended for violating team rules going into the NCAA tournament, and did not play in the Bears' first round match against Louisville.Amoke suspended for rules violation, Associated Press, March 17, 2010 Rankings 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 13 13 RV RV RV NR RV RV RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV Coaches 0 19 12 12 23 25 RV NR RV RV RV NR NR RV RV NR RV NR RV RV RV *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. References External links CalBears.com https://web.archive.org/web/20101224152752/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/cal-m-baskbl-body.html December 24, 2010 California California Category:California Golden Bears men's basketball seasons California Golden Bears men's b California Golden Bears men's b