2009–10 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009-10 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M University logo.svg 125 Big 12 Conference Big 12 25 23 24–10 11–5 Mark Turgeon Scott Spinelli Pooh Williamson Bill Walker Reed Arena 76 Classic Third place NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2009–10 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mark Turgeon, who coached the team to a 24–10 record and an NCAA tournament appearance in the previous season. The Aggies play their home games in Reed Arena. The team was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in the preseason coaches' poll but finished tied for second.http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204812805 Kansas is unanimous pick in Big 12 men's basketball preseason poll. 16 March 2010 With their 22–8 regular-season finish and 11–5 mark in conference play, the Aggies participated in the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament and defeated Nebraska before losing to No. 1 Kansas in the semifinals. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and earned a 5 seed in the South Region.http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031410aaa.html Aggies chosen as No. 5 seed in NCAA tournament. 16 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322200333/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031410aaa.html 22 March 2010 dead dmy-all They defeated 12 seed Utah State in the first round before falling to 4 seed Purdue in overtime in the second round to finish their season at 24–10. In the final Coaches' Poll, the Aggies were ranked No. 25. Pre-season Nearly all of the contributors from the previous year's NCAA Tournament second-round team returned for the Aggies, including seniors Donald Sloan, Derrick Roland and Bryan Davis, along with juniors B.J. Holmes and Nathan Walkup and sophomores David Loubeau and Dash Harris. Despite that, the Aggies began the year unranked. A&M faced a much tougher non-conference schedule than they had played in recent years, featuring a trip to Los Angeles for the 76 Classic. Among the other participants in the tournament were nationally ranked West Virginia, Butler, Minnesota and Clemson. Their other marquee matchup before the beginning of conference play was scheduled against the preseason-No. 14 Washington Huskies. Though the Aggies were not ranked in any major poll, they received votes in both the AP and Coaches' polls. Departures The main factors contributing to A&M's being unranked in the preseason were the departures of senior guard Josh Carter—the winningest player in Aggie basketball history—and junior post player Chinemelu Elonu, two of the team's starters the previous year. Carter graduated and signed a contract to play in Germany, while Elonu was drafted in the second round of the NBA draft. The loss of Elonu, who along with Bryan Davis constituted much of the Aggies' inside game, was tabbed as being especially detrimental to the team's hopes for success as the 2009–10 season began. Recruiting In 2008 the Aggies received commitments from four-star rated Naji Hibbert and three-star prospects Khris Middleton, Kourtney Roberson and Ray Turner. They later added Jeremy Adams to a class that narrowly missed being ranked in the top 25 classes nationally by ESPN. Roberson was later declared ineligible and, after waiting one year, will join the nationally ranked A&M class of 2010. Turner was ineligible for the fall semester and joined the team in January, bringing an immediate impact. While Hibbert, who was the prize recruit of the class, contributed in many ways as a freshman, it was Middleton, called the best-shooting forward in the high school class of 2009 by many, who later became a starter and threw his name into the ring as a potential future star for the Aggies. Class of 2009 no no 2009 Naji Hibbert SG Baltimore, Maryland DeMatha Catholic H.S. 6 6 200 2008-05-05 4 4 92 Khris Middleton SF Charleston, South Carolina Porter-Gaud School 6 7 215 2008-05-30 3 3 91 Jeremy Adams SG Madison, Mississippi Madison Central H.S. (MS) 6 5 195 2009-02-20 3 3 90 Ray Turner PF Houston, Texas Jesse H. Jones High 6 8 220 2008-11-14 3 3 84 |- | colspan="7" style="padding-left:10px;" | Overall Recruiting Rankings:     Scout – NR 2009 Team Recruiting RAnkings — Scout    Rivals – NR 2009 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals     ESPN – 27 2009 Team Recruiting Rankings – ESPN |} Roster 2009 Texas A&M Aggies y Bryan Davis basketball y 0 F 6 9 250 SR Dallas, Texas USA Derrek Lewis 2 G 6 5 195 JR Tulsa, Oklahoma Derrick Roland 3 G 6 4 190 SR Dallas, Texas y Dash Harris 5 G 6 1 175 SO Los Angeles, California David Loubeau 10 F 6 8 230 SO Miami, Florida B.J. Holmes 11 G 6 0 175 JR Houston, Texas James Blasczyk 12 C 7 0 230 FR t Houston, Texas Andrew Darko 14 G 6 1 175 JR Conroe, Texas Donald Sloan basketball 15 G 6 3 205 SR Dallas, Texas y Ray Turner basketball 21 F 6 8 220 FR Houston, Texas y Khris Middleton 22 F 6 7 215 FR Charleston, South Carolina y Naji Hibbert 23 G 6 6 200 FR Baltimore, Maryland Shawn Schepel 24 G 6 3 205 JR Phoenix, Arizona Jeremy Adams 25 G 6 5 195 FR yes Madison, Mississippi Chris Chapman 31 G 5 11 175 SR Houston, Texas Marshall Carrell 33 F 6 8 230 JR Paris, Texas Nathan Walkup 45 F 6 7 210 JR Houston, Texas Mark Turgeon (Kansas) Scott Spinelli (Boston University) Pooh Williamson (Tulsa) Bill Walker (UAB) https://web.archive.org/web/20110726235845/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tam-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-02-20 Schedule 2007-08 yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/05/09 7:00 p.m. yes Texas A&M–Commerce Reed Arena College Station, TX 89–65http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110509aaa.html Aggies Down A&M commerce in Exhibition, 89-65 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091109230052/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110509aaa.html 9 November 2009 dead dmy-all 7,350 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/13/09 7:05 p.m. yes Angelo State Reed Arena College Station, TX 88–69http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111309aaa.html Texas A&M Takes Down Angelo State, 88-69 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091117191628/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111309aaa.html 17 November 2009 dead dmy-all 7,843 1–0 11/16/09 7:00 p.m. yes yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX 80–68http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111609aab.html Aggies Take Down Mustangs, 80-68 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091120051704/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111609aab.html 20 November 2009 dead dmy-all 6,729 2–0 11/20/09 7:00 p.m. yes Samford Reed Arena College Station, TX 68–49http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112009aaa.html Aggies Beat Bulldogs, 68-49 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124110448/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112009aaa.html 24 November 2009 dead dmy-all 8,329 3–0 11/26/09 3:30 p.m. yes Clemson 19 Anaheim Arena Anaheim, CA 76 Classic ESPN2 69–60http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112609aaa.html Texas A&M Upsets No. 19 Clemson 69-60 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091130031357/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112609aaa.html 30 November 2009 dead dmy-all 2,117 4–0 11/27/09 1:30 p.m. yes West Virginia 8 Anaheim Arena Anaheim, CA 76 Classic ESPN 66–73http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112709aaf.html Aggies Fall to No. 8 West Virginia, 73-66 10 December 2009 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes NA 4–1 11/29/09 4:00 p.m. yes Minnesota 22 Anaheim Arena Anaheim, CA 76 Classic ESPN2 66–65http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112909aaa.html Aggies Shock No. 22 Golden Gophers, 66-65 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091203155242/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112909aaa.html 3 December 2009 dead dmy-all 2,247 5–1 12/2/09 8:00 p.m. w yes 19 Prairie View A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX 84–59 9,151 6–1 12/4/09 7:00 p.m. w yes 19 Akron Reed Arena College Station, TX FSN SW 74–62 7,668 7–1 12/7/09 7:00 p.m. w yes 16 North Texas Reed Arena College Station, TX FSN SW 75–65 6,366 8–1 12/12/09 5:00 p.m. l yes 16 vs. New Mexico Toyota Center Houston, TX FSN SW 84–81 7,757 8–2 12/19/09 8:00 p.m. w yes 23 The Citadel Reed Arena College Station, TX 71–50 7,165 9–2 12/22/09 10:00 p.m. l yes 19 @ Washington 22 Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series FSN 73–64 10,000 9–3 1/2/10 12:00 p.m. w yes Northwestern State Reed Arena College Station, TX 89–63 7,213 10–3 1/5/10 7:00 p.m. w yes North Dakota Reed Arena College Station, TX FSN SW 82–41 7,903 11–3 1/9/10 3:00 p.m. w Nebraska Reed Arena College Station, TX Big 12 Network 64–53 9,628 12–3 (1–0) 1/12/10 6:00 p.m. l @ Kansas State 13 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS ESPN2 88–65 12,528 12–4 (1–1) 1/16/10 5:00 p.m. l @ Texas 1 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX State Farm Lone Star Showdown ESPNU 72–67 OT 16,734 12–5 (1–2) 1/19/10 7:00 p.m. w Oklahoma Reed Arena College Station, TX Big 12 Network 65–62 11,109 13–5 (2–2) 1/23/10 12:30 p.m. w Colorado Reed Arena College Station, TX Big 12 Network 67–63 10,316 14–5 (3–2) 1/27/10 6:30 p.m. l @ Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK ESPN2 76–69 11,328 14–6 (3–3) 1/30/10 8:00 p.m. w Texas Tech Reed Arena College Station, TX FSN SW 85–70 13,648 15–6 (4–3) 2/3/10 8:00 p.m. w @ Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU 77–74 11,431 16–6 (5–3) 2/6/10 3:00 p.m. w Baylor 20 Reed Arena College Station, TX Battle of the Brazos Big 12 Network 78–71 13,021 17–6 (6–3) 2/13/10 4:00 p.m. w @ Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX ESPN2 67–65 11,453 18–6 (7–3) 2/15/10 8:00 p.m. l 24 Kansas 1 Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN 59–54 13,657 18–7 (7–4) 2/20/10 3:00 p.m. w 24 @ Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA Big 12 Network 60–56 13,031 19–7 (8–4) 2/24/10 8:00 p.m. l 22 @ Baylor 24 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 70–66 10,094 19–8 (8–5) 2/27/10 1:00 p.m. w 22 Texas 21 Reed Arena College Station, TX State Farm Lone Star Showdown ESPN 74–58 13,717 20–8 (9–5) 3/3/10 8:00 p.m. w 23 Oklahoma State Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN2 76–61 11,488 21–8 (10–5) 3/6/10 11:00 a.m. w 23 @ Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN 69–54 11,074 22–8 (11–5) |- !colspan=10| 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament 3/11/2010 2:00 p.m. w y 23 Nebraska Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Quarterfinals Big 12 Network 70–64 23–8 18,879 3/12/2010 6:00 p.m. l y 23 Kansas 1 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Semifinals Big 12 Network 79–66 23–9 18,879 |- !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3/19/2010 4:00 p.m. w y 23 (5) (12) Utah State Spokane Arena Spokane, WA First Round CBS 69–53 24–9 10,899 3/21/2010 4:00 p.m. l y 23 (5) (4) Purdue 10 Spokane Arena Spokane, WA Second Round CBS 63–61 OT 24–10 11,036 AP Poll Central Standard Time Derrick Roland On December 22, 2009, senior guard Derrick Roland broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg early in the second half of the Aggies' game against Washington. After going up for a rebound, he came down awkwardly, his leg emitting a loud crack that was heard throughout the arena. The leg bent outwards at a ninety-degree angle in the middle of his shin. Many of the Aggies began crying on the court at the sight, including Roland's childhood friend, senior guard Donald Sloan, who had to be helped off of the court.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293560264 https://web.archive.org/web/20091226234556/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293560264 dead December 26, 2009 Texas A&M loses Roland; Pondexter lifts Washington 21 February 2010 Pondexter called it "One of the nastiest things I've ever seen." Turgeon said, "Derrick was the heart and soul of this team. Everyone is devastated. Our guys had their eyes swollen in the last five minutes of the game. They were crying during the game. They never came out of it."https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4767182 Texas A&M Aggies' Derrick Roland suffers gruesome broken leg 21 February 2010 The Aggies, who were shaken, stumbled to a 73-64 defeat. After the loss, the previously No. 19 Aggies (in the AP poll) dropped out of the rankings and did not re-enter until February 15, 2010. Roland was treated in a Seattle-area hospital before returning to Texas. At the time of his injury, he was averaging 11.1 points per game, second on the team, and had been named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team the year before. Roland's injury significantly altered the course and prospects of the Aggies' season. In A&M's conference play-opening win against Nebraska, Roland returned to the team bench on crutches and watched his teammates play in person for the first time since his injury. Despite missing one of their team captains, their best defender and a viable scoring option—or perhaps using it as motivation—the Aggies continued on to a 22-8 regular-season record and an 11-5 conference record, tied for second in the Big 12. The team became a mainstay in the top 15 of the RPI and ranked in both the AP and Coaches' polls for the entirety of the second half of the season. Roland's quick progression in his recovery led to rumors that he may have been able to return to the team, able to play, in time for the Big 12 tournament or the NCAA tournament, but Texas A&M was reluctant to feed speculation regarding the possibilities and no situation in which he could enter a game ever materialized. On March 3, 2010, Roland was honored along with fellow seniors Donald Sloan and Bryan Davis at the Aggies' Senior Night before and after Texas A&M's win against Oklahoma State in their last home game of the season. The Aggies' season ended in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament with a loss to fourth-seeded Purdue, and it was announced that coach Mark Turgeon would help Roland pursue a medical redshirt in order to return to the team for the 2010-11 season.https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas/colleges/tag/_/name/derrick-roland Derrick Roland - ESPN Dallas 24 March 2010 "He's always thought about it, but the thing about it is there is no guarantee," Turgeon said. "Let's just say we're going to try to get him a redshirt year. I'm not going to sit here and fight it in the media. It's something we are going to try. He wants to try but we are fighting an uphill battle on this one."http://www.aggiesports.com/mbasketball/Texas-A-amp-amp-M-Men-s-Basketball-Notebook2010-03-10T22-01-51 Texas A&M Men's Basketball Notebook Robert Cessna 24 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100313013405/http://www.aggiesports.com/mbasketball/Texas-A-amp-amp-M-Men-s-Basketball-Notebook2010-03-10T22-01-51 13 March 2010 live Rankings Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final+ Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Final ranking. *No poll released. AP 19 16 23 19 24 22 23 23 23 * Coaches 22 18 23 23 24 24 23 25 Note: Team received votes in every poll for which they were unranked, with the exception of Week 12. References 2 Category:Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball seasons Texas AandM Texas AandM