2009–10 Great West Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2009–10 Great West Conference men's basketball season #B00E26 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 125px January 9, 2010through March 6, 2010 7 Regular Season Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2010 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 2010 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Basketball None 10–11 The 2009–10 Great West Conference men's basketball season marked the inaugural season of Great West Conference basketball. The Great West is the first new Division I basketball conference since the Mountain West Conference began play in 1999. In 2008–09, the Great West Conference began competition in basketball, although they were transitioning to Division I at the time. Preseason On October 29, 2009, the Great West Conference held its first basketball media day. The league's coaches voted South Dakota the inaugural preseason #1 and South Dakota senior forward Tyler Cain the preseason player of the year.South Dakota Chosen to Win Inaugural Great West Basketball Championship, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-10-31. Great West Coaches Poll RankTeamVotes1 South Dakota (3)412 Utah Valley (2)383 Chicago State (1)354 North Dakota (1)265 Houston Baptist236 NJIT177 Texas-Pan American16 Preseason All-Great West Team First Team Tyler Cain, South Dakota Carl Montgomery, Chicago State Jheryl Wilson, NJIT Nick Weiermiller, Texas-Pan American Louis Krogman, South Dakota Second Team Jordan Swarbrick, Utah Valley Travis Bledsoe, North Dakota Roman Gentry, South Dakota Travis Mertens, North Dakota Isaiah Wilkerson, NJIT Honorable Mention: Mario Flaherty, Houston Baptist; Wendell Preadom, Houston Baptist; Gary Garris, NJIT; Nathan Hawkins, Texas Pan-American; Jon Montgomery, Chicago State; Ben Smith, Texas-Pan American Preseason Player of the Year Tyler Cain, South Dakota Regular season July 2010 Postseason As a new Division I conference, the Great West does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, the league's tournament champion will receive a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.Great West Granted Automatic Bid Into CIT Field https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131548/http://www.greatwestconference.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092909aab.html 2011-07-26 , Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-10-31. Conference awards & honors Weekly awards Great West Player of the Week Throughout the conference season, the Great West offices name a player of the week. Week Player of the week November 18 Jordan Swarbrick, UVUUtah Valley Sweeps First 2009-10 Basketball Player of the Week Honors, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-11-21. November 23 Mario Flaherty, HBUHBU's Flaherty Named Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-11-25. November 30 Jake Thomas, USDSouth Dakota's Thomas Selected Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-11-30. December 7 Jordan Swarbrick, UVUUtah Valley's Swarbrick Chosen Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-12-07. December 14 Mitchell Bouie, USDSouth Dakota's Bouie Selected Player of the Week , Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-12-22. December 21 Steve Smith, USDSouth Dakota's Smith Selected Player of the Week , Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-12-22. December 28 Carl Montgomery, CSUChicago State's Carl Montgomery Selected Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2009-12-28. January 4 Tyler Cain, USDSouth Dakota's Tyler Cain Chosen Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2010-01-11. January 11 Corey Claitt, UVUUtah Valley's Corey Claitt Named Player of the Week, Great West Conference. Retrieved 2010-01-11. January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10 References External links Great West Official website