2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks University of Kansas athletics (logo).svg 200px Big 12 North Big 12 6 1 33–3 15–1 Bill Self 7th Joe Dooley 7th Danny Manning 3rd Kurtis Townsend 6th Cole Aldrich Sherron Collins Allen Fieldhouse Big 12 tournament championsBig 12 regular season champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 112th basketball season. Their head coach was Bill Self, who was serving his 7th year. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks finished the season 33–3, 15–1 in Big 12 play to capture the Big 12 regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned the #1 overall seed in the entire tournament and were the 1 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 16 seed Lehigh in the first round and were upset by 9 seed Northern Iowa in the second round. Pre-season On April 13, 2009, key players Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich announced that they would forgo the NBA draft and return for the 2009–10 season.http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/apr/13/collins-aldrich-announce-plans-return-ku-next-seas/ Collins, Aldrich announce plans to return to KU next season KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 The Jayhawks will return all players who saw significant minutes on last years Sweet 16 team. In early polls for the season, The Jayhawks were almost the consensus #1 ranked team for the 09–10 season, the only other team that was #1 in any other pre-season polls, was Michigan State, which defeated KU in the Sweet 16 of the 2009 NCAA tournament. Departures In the offseason the Jayhawks lost Senior walk-ons Matt Kleinmann and Brennan Bechard from the 2008–09 roster. On April 9, Quintrell Thomas and Tyrone Appleton announced their intention to transfer to other schools due to lack of available playing time.http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/apr/09/appleton-thomas-transfer-ku/ Thomas, Appleton leaving Kansas KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Appleton averaged 0.8 points on 2.2 minutes per game in 2008–09 and Thomas averaged 1.5 points on 5.4 minutes. Thomas announced that he will be joining the UNLV squad, however will not be eligible to play until the 2010–11 season. Appleton transferred to Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. Recruiting In October 2008, the Jayhawks received commitments from a pair of five-star recruits, Elijah Johnson from North Las Vegas and Thomas Robinson of Washington, D.C. On Thursday April 23, 2009 McDonald's All-American Xavier Henry of Oklahoma City announced his intention to play at Kansas, prompting ESPN to name the Jayhawks as "the team to beat in 2010." The Jayhawks will add center Jeff Withey, who transferred from the University of Arizona, and C.J. Henry who will transfer from the University of Memphis to join his brother Xavier. C.J. will walk on as his tuition is paid by the New York Yankees who took him in the 2005 MLB Draft. Withey will not be eligible to play until the end of the fall semester. Class of 2009 http://www.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?year=2009&sport=2&school=33 Rivals.com www.rivals.com 2017-02-27http://kansas.scout.com/a.z?s=172&p=9&cfg=bb&c=8&yr=2009 2009 Kansas Basketball Recruiting Commits kansas.scout.com en 2017-02-27http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/school?page=commits&season=2009&schoolId=2305 https://archive.today/20120710111936/http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/school?page=commits&season=2009&schoolId=2305 dead July 10, 2012 College Basketball Recruiting Schools - ESPN ESPN.com 2017-02-27 no no 2009 Xavier Henry SG Oklahoma City, OK Putnam City HS 6 6 210 2009-04-23 5 5 98 Elijah Johnson SG North Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne HS 6 2 180 2008-10-19 4 5 95 Thomas Robinson PF Wolfeboro, NH Brewster Academy 6 8 218 2008-10-10 5 4 93 |- | colspan="7" style="padding-left:10px;" | Overall Recruiting Rankings:     Scout – 4 2009 Team Recruiting Rankings – Scout    Rivals – 6 2009 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals     ESPN – 5 2009 Team Recruiting Rankings – ESPN |} Transfers no no Jeff Withey C San Diego, CA Horizon Jr Sr HS 6 11 215 Transfer 4 4 96 C. J. Henry SG Oklahoma City, OK Putnam City HS 6 3 200 Transfer N/A 3 N/A |- |} Accolades Team: Big 12 Preseason #1 (unanimous)http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/oct/14/ku-mens-basketball-unanimous-pick-win-big-12/ KU men's basketball is unanimous pick to win Big 12 KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason #1 teamhttp://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/sep/19/ku-basketball-notebook/ KU basketball notebook KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Sporting News preseason #1.http://today.sportingnews.com/sportingnewstoday/20090930/?pg=44 Sporting News - NFL NCAA NBA MLB NASCAR UFC WWE Sporting News 2017-02-27 Associated Press Preseason #1 ESPN/USAToday Preseason #1 Sherron Collins: Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Yearhttp://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/oct/08/collins-aldrich-named-big-12-preseason-co-players-/ Aldrich, Collins honored together KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidateKansas' Aldrich and Collins Named to Preseason Wooden Award Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason all-American team candidate Associated Press preseason All-Americanhttp://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4616592 Harangody, Collins, Aldrich top All-America list 2009-11-02 ESPN.com 2017-02-27 Cole Aldrich: Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Year John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidate Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason player of the year candidate. Associated Press preseason All-American Season summary Highlights Bill Self gained his 400th career victory with a 73–59 win over Iowa State on Feb. 13, 2010.http://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/feb/14/ku-coach-self-gets-milestone-victory/ KU coach Bill Self gets milestone victory No. 400 KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Bill Self gained his 100th win over a Big 12 opponent as coach of the Jayhawks with a 59–54 win over Texas A&M on Feb. 15, 2010. Self achieved the milestone in less than 7 seasons and in 121 games played. Cole Aldrich broke Greg Ostertag's single season block record of 97. Aldrich had 98 as of Feb. 15, 2010.http://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/feb/16/gary-bedores-ku-notebook/ Gary Bedore's KU notebook KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Sherron Collins set the record for winningest Jayhawk in a four-year span with his 124th win, an 81–68 victory over Oklahoma on Feb. 22, 2010.http://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/feb/22/live-lawrence-newell-post-live/ FINAL: Make it six! Kansas clinches share of Big 12 title with 81-68 victory over Oklahoma KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Breaking the previous record of 123 set by Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas and C.B. McGrath. Kansas won their sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship, a feat that hadn't been accomplished in a BCS conference since John Wooden's UCLA teams of the 1960-70's.http://cjonline.com/sports/basketball/2010-02-22/hot_henry_leads_ku_over_ou Hot Henry leads KU over OU 2017-02-27 en Kansas claimed their 2,000th program victory on March 11, 2010, when they defeated Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament. They now rank 2nd in overall Division I wins, behind only Kentucky. Bill Self scored his 200th win as Kansas head coach on March 12, 2010, when they defeated Texas A&M in the Big 12 tournament, the fastest to reach that mark in KU history. The Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament championship on March 13, by defeating Kansas State 72–64 and improving their record to 32–2. The following day, they became the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Awards Cole Aldrich Consensus Second Team All-American NABC Second Team All-American USBWA Second Team All-American AP Third Team All-American ESPN and CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Yearhttps://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/4574/aldrich-headlines-academic-all-america-team Aldrich tops Academic All-America team ESPN.com 2017-02-27 Academic All-Big 12 First TeamAldrich, Reed Earn Academic Recognition Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year All-Big 12 First Team All-Big 12 Defensive Team AP Big 12 First Teamhttp://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/mar/08/kus-collins-aldrich-selected-aps-all-big-12-first-/ KU's Collins, Aldrich selected to AP's All-Big 12 first team KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 USBWA All-District VI Teamhttp://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/mar/10/ku-freshman-henry-buffs-burks-deserving-rookie-hon/ KU freshman Henry: Buffs' Burks deserving of rookie honor KUsports.com en 2017-02-27 Yahoo! Sports Third Team All-AmericanGeneral Awards List https://web.archive.org/web/20100313155109/http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aab.html 2010-03-13 Foxsports.com Third Team All-American Sherron Collins Consensus First Team All-American NABC First Team All-American USBWA First Team All-American AP Second Team All-American Sporting News Second Team All-American All-Big 12 First Team AP Big 12 First Team USBWA All-District VI Team Yahoo! Sports Second Team All-American Foxsports.com Second Team All-American Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Lute Olson Award NABC Senior Achievement Award Xavier Henry All-Big 12 Rookie Team All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Sporting News All-Freshman Teamhttp://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-08/sns-all-freshman-team NCAA Basketball news, scores, video highlights and more Sporting News 2017-02-27 USBWA All-District VI Team Foxsports.com All-Freshman Team Marcus Morris All-Big 12 Second Team AP Big 12 Honorable Mention Yahoo! Sports Most Improved Player of the Year Tyrel Reed Academic All-Big 12 First Team Roster 2009 Kansas Jayhawks y Thomas Robinson basketball 0 F 6 9 230 FR Washington, D.C. USA y Xavier Henry 1 G 6 6 220 FR Oklahoma City, Oklahoma y Conner Teahan 2 G 6 5 210 JR Leawood, Kansas Sherron Collins 4 G 5 11 205 SR Chicago, Illinois C y Jeff Withey 5 C 7 0 225 FR San Diego, California y Tyshawn Taylor 10 G 6 3 180 SO Hoboken, New Jersey y Brady Morningstar 12 G 6 3 185 JR t Lawrence, Kansas C. J. Henry 13 G 6 4 205 FR t Oklahoma City, Oklahoma y Tyrel Reed 14 G 6 3 185 JR Burlington, Kansas y Elijah Johnson basketball 15 G 6 2 183 FR North Las Vegas, Nevada y Markieff Morris 21 C 6 9 232 SO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania y Marcus Morris basketball 22 F 6 8 225 SO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania y Mario Little 23 G 6 5 210 SR yes Chicago, Illinois y Travis Releford 24 G 6 5 205 SO yes Shawnee Mission, Kansas y Jordan Juenemann 40 G 6 4 195 SO Hays, Kansas Chase Buford 41 G 6 3 210 JR San Antonio, Texas y Cole Aldrich 45 C 6 11 245 JR Bloomington, Minnesota C y Bill Self (Oklahoma State) Danny Manning (Kansas) Joe Dooley (George Washington) Kurtis Townsend (Western Kentucky) https://www.webcitation.org/5l5S1nnZH?url=http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kan-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2009-11-13 Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12| Exhibition 11/03/09 7:05 pm yes 1 2009 Fort Hays State Tigers Fort Hays State Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork Collins 19 Aldrich 13 Taylor 5 107–68 16,300 – 11/10/09 7:00 pm yes 1 2009 Pittsburg State Gorillas Pittsburg State Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork Robinson 17 Mk. Morris 10 Collins 5 103–45 16,300 – |- !colspan=12| Regular season 11/13/09 7:00 pm yes 1 Hofstra Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork X. Henry 27 Aldrich 8 Taylor 6 101–65 16,300 1–0 11/17/09 9:00 pm yes yes 1 Memphis Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Hall of Fame Showcase ESPN Aldrich 18 Aldrich 11 Taylor 5 57–55 12,107 2–0 11/19/09 7:00 pm yes 1 2009 none Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork (4 Tied) 12 Robinson 11 (3 Tied) 3 94–44 16,300 3–0 11/25/09 7:00 pm yes 1 Oakland Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork (2 Tied) 19 Mc. Morris 11 Collins 7 89–59 16,300 4–0 11/27/09 7:00 pm yes 1 2009 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork Taylor 18 Aldrich 10 (2 Tied) 5 112–75 16,300 5–0 12/02/09 7:00 pm yes 1 2009 none Alcorn State Braves Alcorn State Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork (2 Tied) 18 Aldrich 16 Johnson 9 98–31 16,300 6–0 12/06/09 4:30 pm yes yes 1 UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series FSN Mk. Morris 19 Aldrich 12 Collins 4 73–61 10,451 7–0 12/09/09 7:00 pm yes 1 2009 Radford Highlanders Radford Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN U (2 Tied) 15 Aldrich 9 Collins 8 99–64 16,300 8–0 12/12/09 1:00 pm yes yes 1 2009 La Salle Explorers La Salle Sprint Center Kansas City, MO M&I Bank Kansas City Shootout ESPN X. Henry 31 Mk. Morris 12 (2 Tied) 6 90–65 18,830 9–0 12/19/09 11:00 am yes 1 Michigan Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS The ESPN Green Game ESPN Mc. Morris 23 Aldrich 11 Taylor 5 75–64 16,300 10–0 12/22/09 8:00 pm yes 1 California Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN2 Collins 17 Aldrich 10 (2 Tied) 7 84–69 16,300 11–0 12/29/09 8:00 pm yes 1 Belmont Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPNU Mc. Morris 14 Aldrich 14 (2 Tied) 5 81–51 16,300 12–0 01/02/10 4:30 pm yes yes 1 Temple 18 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN 2 X. Henry 15 Aldrich 10 Morningstar 5 84–52 10,206 13–0 01/06/10 7:00 pm yes 1 Cornell Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS JayhawkNetwork Collins 33 Aldrich 9 (2 Tied) 3 71–66 16,300 14–0 01/10/10 3:30 pm yes yes 1 Tennessee 16 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN CBS Collins 22 Aldrich 18 Collins 5 68–76 21,936 14–1 01/13/10 8:00 pm yes 3 Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE ESPN 2 Collins 22 Aldrich 9 Collins 5 84–72 12,510 15–1 (1–0) 01/16/10 12:45 pm 3 Texas Tech Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS Big 12 Mc. Morris 20 Mc. Morris 8 X. Henry 5 89–63 16,300 16–1 (2–0) 01/20/10 8:00 pm 3 Baylor 25 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN 2 Collins 28 Mc. Morris 8 Taylor 5 81–75 16,300 17–1 (3–0) 01/23/10 1:00 pm yes 3 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA ESPN Aldrich 19 Aldrich 11 Collins 6 84–61 14,356 18–1 (4–0) 01/25/10 8:00 pm 2 Missouri Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS Border War ESPN Mc. Morris 17 Aldrich 16 Morningstar 5 84–65 16,300 19–1 (5–0) 01/30/10 6:00 pm yes 2 Kansas State 11 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS Sunflower Showdown ESPN Aldrich 18 Aldrich 11 Collins 4 81–79 OT 12,528 20–1 (6–0) 02/03/10 8:00 pm yes 1 2009 Colorado Buffaloes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO ESPN 2 (2 Tied) 16 Aldrich 14 Morningstar 6 72–66 OT 11,027 21–1 (7–0) 02/06/10 5:00 pm 1 Nebraska Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN U Mc. Morris 20 Mc. Morris 11 Collins 6 75–64 16,300 22–1 (8–0) 02/08/10 8:00 pm yes 1 Texas 14 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN Mc. Morris 18 Mk. Morris 9 Collins 5 80–68 16,734 23–1 (9–0) 02/13/10 7:00 pm 1 Iowa State Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN U X. Henry 16 Aldrich 12 Collins 5 73–59 16,300 24–1 (10–0) 02/15/10 8:00 pm yes 1 Texas A&M 24 Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN (3 Tied) 12 Aldrich 10 Morningstar 5 59–54 13,657 25–1 (11–0) 02/20/10 3:00 pm 1 Colorado Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS Big 12 X. Henry 24 Aldrich 10 Collins 7 94–74 16,300 26–1 (12–0) 02/22/10 8:00 pm 1 Oklahoma Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN X. Henry 23 Aldrich 12 Collins 6 81–68 16,300 27–1 (13–0) 02/27/10 3:00 pm yes 1 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK CBS Collins 22 Aldrich 5 Collins 4 77–85 13,611 27–2 (13–1) 03/03/10 7:00 pm 2 Kansas State 5 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS Sunflower Showdown Big 12 X. Henry 19 Mk. Morris 9 (2 tied) 4 82–65 16,300 28–2 (14–1) 03/06/10 1:00 pm yes 2 Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Border War CBS Taylor 13 Mc. Morris 10 Taylor 6 77–56 15,061 29–2 (15–1) |- !colspan=12| Big 12 tournament 03/11/10 11:30 am yes 1 Texas Tech Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Quarterfinals ESPN2 Collins 19 Aldrich 18 Collins 5 80–68 18,879 30–2 03/12/10 6:00 pm yes 1 Texas A&M 23 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Semifinals Big 12 Collins 26 Aldrich 9 Collins 6 79–66 18,879 31–2 03/13/10 5:00 pm yes 1 Kansas State 9 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Championship game ESPN Mc. Morris 18 (2 Tied) 8 Collins 7 72–64 19,003 32–2 |- !colspan=12| NCAA tournament 3/18/10 8:40 pm yes 1 (1) (16) Lehigh Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma First Round CBS Mc. Morris 26 Mc. Morris 10 Collins 6 90–74 13,484 33–2 3/20/10 4:40 pm yes yes 1 (1) (9) Northern Iowa Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Second Round CBS Mc. Morris 16 Aldrich 10 Collins 4 67–69 15,587 33–3 Central TimeKU hoops non-conference schedule released Rankings 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 1 (55) 1 (58) 1 (56) 1 (63) 1 (62) 1 (61) 1 (55) 1 (52) 1 (56) 3 3 2 1 (54) 1 (55) 1 (62) 1 (61) 2 (6) 1 (63) 1 (65) Coaches 0 19 1 (27) 1 (27) 1 (28) 1 (30) 1 (31) 1 (30) 1 (31) 1 (28) 1 (30) 3 3 2 1 (26) 1 (29) 1 (30) 1 (30) 2 (7) 1 (30) 1 (31) 6 See also 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References 2 Category:Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball seasons Kansas Kansas Category:2009 in sports in Kansas Jay