2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season #330066 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball MountainWestConference 100.jpg 215px December 9, 2009through March 6, 2010 9 The Mtn. Regular Season New Mexico Lobos Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Basketball 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season marked the 11th season of Mountain West Conference basketball. Preseason The Mountain West Conference held its pre-season media day on October 6, 2009 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, Colorado. The league's media overwhelmingly voted Brigham Young the preseason #1 and BYU junior guard Jimmer Fredette the preseason player of the year.Mountain West Conference Announces 2009–10 Preseason Men's Basketball Selections https://web.archive.org/web/20120220152509/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100609aab.html 2012-02-20 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-10-10 New Mexico's Roman Martinez was named to the 30-man Lowe's Senior CLASS Award preseason candidate list.Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Names 2009–10 Men's and Women's Basketball Candidates, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, retrieved 2009-11-06 Mountain West Media Poll RankTeamVotes1 BYU (23)2152 San Diego State (1)1663 UNLV1614 Utah1435 New Mexico1416 Wyoming897 TCU828 Colorado State589 Air Force25 Preseason awards Preseason All-MWC team Jimmer Fredette, BYU Jonathan Tavernari, BYU Billy White, San Diego State Zvonko Buljan, TCU Tre'Von Willis, UNLV Preseason Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette, BYU Preseason Newcomer of the Year Derrick Jasper, UNLV Preseason Freshman of the Year Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State Regular season Season summary & highlights TCU reached the quarterfinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off, losing to Arizona State, 52–49. Utah was the runner up in the Las Vegas Invitational, losing to Oklahoma State, 77–55. UNLV was the runner up in the inaugural Diamond Head Classic, losing to Southern California, 67–56. New Mexico ranks 17th in the Nation for Basketball Attendance. The Lobos averaged a crowd of 13,994. New Mexico was first in the Mountain West with UNLV in second.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/2009mbbattend.pdf Archived copy 2009-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215001401/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/2009mbbattend.pdf 2010-02-15 dead Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge 2009 marks the inaugural year of the Mountain West - Missouri Valley Challenge – matching teams from the Mountain West against teams from the Missouri Valley Conference in an effort to bolster strength of schedule for both leagues. Match-ups were set in January, 2009 and were based on 2008–09 preseason projections.Pairings Announced for 2009 MWC/MVC Challenge in Men's Basketball https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020306/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011409aab.html 2011-07-17 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-10-10 The MVC won the first Challenge 5–4 as Northern Iowa knocked off Wyoming in the final game. Results November 13: BYU defeated Bradley, 70–60 November 20: Colorado State lost to Indiana State, 65–60 November 21: UNLV defeated Southern Illinois, 78–69 December 5: Air Force lost to Missouri State, 58–48 December 12: TCU lost to Wichita State, 80–68 December 19: New Mexico defeated Creighton, 66–61 December 19: Utah lost to Illinois State, 73–63 December 22: San Diego State defeated Drake, 76–73 (OT) December 23: Wyoming lost to Northern Iowa, 72–54 Rankings + 2009–10 Mountain West Conference Weekly RankingsKey: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV = Received Votes Coaches Pollhttp://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings 2009-10-30 2009-10-30 ESPN.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091113173644/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings 13 November 2009 dead 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 FinalAir Force Brigham Young RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 18 14 12 12 17 17 14 11 15 15 16 Colorado State New Mexico RV RV RV 19 13 19 15 RV RV 23 15 15 19 15 12 10 8 10 San Diego State RV Texas Christian UNLV RV 21 17 20 23 RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 RV RV RV RV Utah Wyoming Conference awards & honors Weekly awards MWC Player of the Week Throughout the conference season, the MWC offices name a player of the week. Week Player of the week November 16 Jimmer Fredette, BYUMountain West Conference Men's Basketball Press Release Week No. 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020419/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111609aah.html 2011-07-17 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-11-17 November 23 Darington Hobson, UNMMountain West Conference Men's Basketball Press Release Week No. 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020521/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/mwc-09-m-baskbl-pow.html 2011-07-17 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-11-24 November 30 Grant Parker, AFAMountain West Conference Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173904/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/113009aaa.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-11-30 December 7 Roman Martinez, UNMNew Mexico's Roman Martinez Named MWC Men's Basketball Player of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173922/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120709aad.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-12-07December 21 Kawhi Leonard, SDSUMWC Announces Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006174013/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121409aab.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-12-28 Roman Martinez, UNM December 28 Edvinas Ruzgas, TCUMountain West Conference Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006174022/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122109aac.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-12-28 January 4 Jimmer Fredette, BYUMountain West Conference Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006174032/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122809aaa.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2009-12-28January 11 Andy Ogide, CSUMWC Announces Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20111006174059/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011110aaa.html 2011-10-06 , Mountain West Conference, retrieved 2010-01-11 Jonathan Tavernari, BYU January 18 A.J. Hardeman, UNM January 25 Tre'Von Willis, UNLV February 1 Jimmer Fredette, BYU February 8 Darington Hobson, UNM, and Tre'Von Willis, UNLV February 15 Kawhi Leonard, SDSU February 22 Jimmer Fredette, BYU March 1 Dairese Gary, UNM March 8 Kawhi Leonard, SDSU References External links 2009–10 MWC Men's Basketball Prospectus 2009–10 MWC Men's Basketball Media Guide