2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 20–14 7–11 Bill Carmody Mitch Henderson Tavaras Hardy Ivan Vujic Welsh-Ryan Arena NIT First Round The 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's tenth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 20–14, 7–11 in Big Ten play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the University of Rhode Island. Northwestern received its first national (AP) ranking in 41 years, when it was ranked #25 in the December 28 AP poll. Roster No.NamePositionHt.Wt.YearHometown/High School3Capocci, MikeF6–6200JRLombard, Illinois/Glenbard East44Coble, KevinF6–8210SR*Phoenix, Arizona/Scottsdale Christian Academy1Crawford, DrewG/F6–5185FRNaperville, Illinois/Naperville Central30Curletti, DavideF6–9232SOFarmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's15Fruendt, NickG6–5195SOBatavia, Illinois/Batavia11Hearn, ReggieG6–4195FRFort Wayne, Indiana/Snider4Marcotullio, AlexG6–3180FRWarren, Michigan/De La Salle12Mirković, LukaF/C6–11235SOBelgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)23Nash, JeremyG6–4191SRChicago, Illinois/Marist21Peljusic, IvanF6–8215JRZadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium54Rowley, KyleC7–0280SOArima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy5Ryan, JeffG/F6–7205SR*Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South24Shurna, JohnF6–8210SOGlen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West33Steger, MattG/F6–5195SRNorthfield, Illinois/Loyola Academy22Thompson, MichaelG5–10182JRChicago, Illinois/Lincoln Park Source:http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/nw-m-baskbl-mtt-0910.html 2009-12-24 2009-10 Northwestern Roster https://web.archive.org/web/20101208052316/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/nw-m-baskbl-mtt-0910.html 2010-12-08 dead "*"=indicates player used redshirt season. Schedule and results Source http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/nw-m-baskbl-sched-2009.html 2009-10 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule 2009-12-24 https://archive.today/20130121082359/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/nw-m-baskbl-sched-2009.html 2013-01-21 dead All times are Central |- !colspan=8| Regular Season Nov 13, 2009 7:00pm yes Northern Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 77–55 1–0 Nov 18, 2009 7:00pm yes Butler 11 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 67–54 1–1 Nov 22, 2009 1:00pm yes Tennessee State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 69–92 2–1 Nov 24, 2009 5:30pm yes Liberty Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 69–53 3–1 Nov 27, 2009 7:30pm yes y Notre Dame 23 UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL Chicago Challenge Invitational BTN 72–58 4–1 Nov 28, 2009 7:00pm yes y Iowa State UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL Chicago Challenge Invitational BTN 67–65 5–1 Dec 1, 2009 6:00pm yes y North Carolina State RBC Center Raleigh, NC ACC-Big Ten Challenge ESPNU 65–53 6–1 Dec 13, 2009 4:00pm yes North Carolina A&T Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 90–65 7–1 Dec 16, 2009 8:00pm yes North Florida Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 84–54 8–1 Dec 19, 2009 1:30pm yes Stanford Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 70–62 9–1 Dec 22, 2009 7:00pm yes Central Connecticut St Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 74–54 10–1 Dec 30, 2009 8:00pm yes 25 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 83–89 OT 10–2 (0–1) Jan 2, 2010 5:30pm 25 Michigan St 11 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 70–91 10–3 (0–2) Jan 7, 2010 6:00pm w yes Texas-Pan American Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BigTenNetwork.com 53–44 11–3 Jan 10, 2010 1:00pm w yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 68–62 12–3 (1–2) Jan 13, 2010 7:30pm l Wisconsin 13 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 60–50 12–4 (1–3) Jan 16, 2010 4:30pm w Purdue 6 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 72–64 13–4 (2–3) Jan 19, 2010 6:00pm l yes Ohio State 21 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH BTN 76–56 13–5 (2–4) Jan 23, 2010 7:00pm w Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 73–68 14–5 (3–4) Jan 26, 2010 8:00pm l yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 65–61 14–6 (3–5) Jan 30, 2010 6:30pm l yes Michigan St 5 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 79–70 14–7 (3–6) Feb 2, 2010 6:30pm w Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 67–52 15–7 (4–6) Feb 7, 2010 1:30pm w Indiana Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 78–61 16–7 (5–6) Feb 10, 2010 7:35pm l yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 78–65 16–8 (5–7) Feb 14, 2010 4:00pm w Minnesota Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 77–74 OT 17–8 (6–7) Feb 17, 2010 7:30pm l Penn State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 81–70 17–9 (6–8) Feb 21, 2010 1:00pm l yes Wisconsin 14 Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 70–63 17–10 (6–9) Feb 25, 2010 6:00pm w Iowa Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN2 74–57 18–10 (7–9) Feb 28, 2010 11:00am l yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 79–60 18–11 (7–10) Mar 3, 2010 7:00pm w yes Chicago State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 72–49 19–11 Mar 6, 2010 11:00am l yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 88–80 OT 19–12 (7–11) |- !colspan=8| 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament March 11, 2010 3:55pm w yes Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First Round ESPN2 73–58 20–12 March 12, 2010 6:30pm l yes Purdue 6 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals BTN 69–61 20–13 |- !colspan=8| 2010 National Invitation Tournament March 17, 2010 6:00pm l yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI First Round ESPNU 76–64 20–14 References Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Category:Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball seasons Northwestern Wild Northwestern Wild