2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Centennial athletic.png Mid-American Conference East Division MAC 24–10 13–3 Geno Ford 2nd Rob Senderoff 2nd Bobby Steinburg Armon Gates Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center MAC East Division ChampionsMAC Regular Season Champions NIT Second Round The 2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They are members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–3 in MAC play to win the east division and overall regular season championship. As the 1 seed they were upset by 9 seed and eventual champion Ohio in the quarterfinals of the 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament. As regular season champions they received an automatic bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Illinois. Before the season Roster changes The Golden Flashes lost four seniors from their 2008–09 roster. These seniors include the starters Al Fisher, Jordan Mincy, and Julian Sullinger. Fisher was the team's leading scorer, averaging 14.4 points per game. The team also lost Rashad Woods, who was suspended last year due to a violation of team rules.Coles soon to become Miami's win leader Elton Alexander Cleveland Plain Dealer 2009-04-13 http://www.cleveland.com/collegesports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1231839015183500.xml&coll=2 2019-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192218/http://www.cleveland.com/collegesports/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F1231839015183500.xml&coll=2 2016-03-03 dead To compensate for the team's losses, four new players joined the Flashes for the 2009–10 basketball season. Only one of these four players is a freshman, while one sophomore and two juniors are recruits from junior colleges. Recruiting Greg Avila PF Bronx, NY Harcum College 6 6 235 2008-09-08 2 0 Randal Holt PG Bedford, OH Glenville HS 6 1 180 2008-09-13 2 0 85 Justin Manns C Winston-Salem, NC Owens CC 6 11 215 2009-04-15 0 Ian Pinckney SG Chicago, IL Motlow CC 6 3 195 2009-05-07 0 2009 Kent State Commit List for 2009 Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting kentstate 75 2009-10-17 yes Roster Roster current as of June 25, when their summer prospectus was published.https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf5/421456.pdf?ATCLID=3756190&SPID=4464&DB_OEM_ID=11400&SPSID=47654 Kent State University 2009-06-25 2009-10 Kent State Men's Basketball: Quick Facts 2009-10-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090831202413/http://www.nmnathletics.com/ 2009-08-31 NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown Tyree Evans 0 G 6–3 210 Senior Richmond, Virginia Chris Singletary 2 G 6–4 220 Senior Chicago, Illinois Cameron Joyce 13 G 5–8 160 10px Freshman Akron, Ohio Anthony Simpson 21 F 6–8 215 Senior Rockford, Illinois Mike McKee 22 G 6–5 190 Senior Plum Borough, Pennsylvania Frank Henry-Ala 30 F 6–5 210 Senior Pasadena, California Rodriquez Sherman 32 G 6–2 185 10px Junior Indianapolis, Indiana Justin Greene 33 F 6–8 230 Sophomore Brooklyn, New York Alex Grimsley 42 F 6–7 220 Sophomore Batesville, Indiana Brandon Parks 55 C 6–10 270 Senior Bunker Hill, Indiana Greg Avila F 6-6 235 Junior Bronx, New York Just Manns C 6–11 215 Junior Winston-Salem, North Carolina Ian Pinckney G 6–3 195 Sophomore Chicago, Illinois Randal Holt G 6–1 180 Freshman Bedford, Ohio Coaching staff NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Geno Ford Head coach Ohio University 1997 Rob Senderoff Associate Coach University at Albany 1995 Bobby Steinburg Assistant coach Middle Tennessee State University 1997 Armon Gates Assistant coach Kent State University 2007 Jaden Uken Director of Basketball Operations University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2003 Brian Edelstein Graduate Assistant Cal Poly 2009 Schedule yes yes yes yes no |- !colspan=9| Exhibition November 2 7:00 p.m. yes 2009 Ohio Northern Polar Bears Ohio Northern Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 75–66Stats 1,267 November 7 7:00 p.m. yes yes 2009 Wooster Fighting Scots Wooster Timken Gymnasium Wooster, Ohio 76–59Stats 1,825 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season November 13 7:00 p.m. yes 2009 none Samford Bulldogs Samford University Samford Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio Hispanic College Fund Classic 69–66Stats 1–0 3,618 November 14 TBA yes UAB Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio Hispanic College Fund Classic 72–65Stats 2,632 2–0 November 15 TBA yes Green Bay Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio Hispanic College Fund Classic 86–87 OTStats 2,571 2–1 November 18 TBA yes 2009 men Youngstown State Penguins Youngstown State University Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, Ohio 70–61Stats 4,112 3–1 November 22 7:00 p.m. yes 2009 Rochester Warriors Rochester (MI) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio Hispanic College Fund Classic 63–44Stats 2,433 4–1 November 25 7:00 p.m. yes yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida 54–76Stats 4,189 4–2 November 29 7:00 p.m. yes yes Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky 63–57Stats 2,201 5–2 December 4 7:30 p.m. yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio 61–77Stats 9,896 5–3 December 12 2:00 p.m. yes yes Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 59–71Stats 9,468 5–4 December 20 7:30 p.m. yes 2009 men Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 85–76Stats 3,254 6–4 December 22 7:05 p.m. yes yes Robert Morris Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania 71–57Stats 643 7–4 December 29 11:00 p.m. w yes yes Wofford Leavey Center Santa Clara, California Cable Car Classic 73–66Stats NA 8–4 December 30 11:00 p.m. l yes yes Northeastern Leavey Center Santa Clara, California Cable Car Classic 58–61Stats NA 8–5 January 4 7:00 p.m. w yes 2009 men Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State University Norfolk State Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 84–66Stats 1,675 9–5 January 9 2:00 p.m. w yes Ohio Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 62–60Stats 8,359 10–5 1–0 January 12 7:00 p.m. l yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio 53–55 OTStats 1,299 10–6 1–1 January 17 2:00 p.m. l Bowling Green Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 70–76Stats 3,658 10–7 1–2 January 20 7:00 p.m. w Buffalo Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 89–54Stats 2,918 11–7 2–2 January 23 12:00 p.m. w Akron Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPNU 87–70Stats 6,204 12–7 3–2 January 26 7:00 p.m. w yes Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, Ohio 69–49Stats 4,358 13–7 4–2 January 30 2:00 p.m. w Western Michigan Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 74–73Stats 3,961 14–7 5–2 February 1 7:00 p.m. w Northern Illinois Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 76–46Stats 3,030 15–7 6–2 February 4 w 7:00 p.m. yes Eastern Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, Michigan 75–68Stats 874 16–7 7–2 February 6 7:00 p.m. w yes Central Michigan Daniel P. Rose Center Mount Pleasant, Michigan 68–63Stats 3,142 17–7 8–2 February 10 7:00 p.m. w Ball State Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 76–42Stats 2,825 18–7 9–2 February 13 12:00 p.m. l yes Buffalo Alumni Arena Buffalo, New York ESPNU 55–70Stats 2,201 18–8 9–3 February 17 7:00 p.m. w Ohio Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 74–67Stats 3,763 19–8 10–3 February 20 8:00 p.m. w yes Western Carolina Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPN BracketBusters ESPNU 74–72Stats 5,003 20–8 10–3 February 24 7:00 p.m. w yes Bowling Green Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 75–69Stats 1,630 21–8 11–3 February 27 7:00 p.m. w Miami (OH) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 66–58Stats 5,781 22–8 12–3 March 5 8:00 p.m. w yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio ESPN2 74–61Stats 5,545 23–8 13–3 |- !colspan=9| 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament March 11 7:00 p.m. l yes Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio 64–81Stats NA 23–9 |- !colspan=9| 2010 National Invitation Tournament March 17 7:00 p.m. w yes Tulsa Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 75–74 1,175 24–9 March 22 7:00 p.m. l yes yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois ESPNU 58–75 10,032 24–10 After the season Awards On March 8, 2010, head coach Geno Ford was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, the seventh time a KSU coach has won the award (Jim McDonald, 1990; Gary Waters, 1999 and 2000; Stan Heath, 2002; and Jim Christian, 2006 and 2008). He was selected by three votes over Keith Dambrot of Akron.http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204903780 MAC Announces Player of the Year, Coach of the Year MAC-Sports.com Mid-American Conference March 8, 2010 March 4, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011841/http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204903780 July 14, 2011 dead mdy-all References Category:Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball seasons Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Kent State Kent State