2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009-10 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati University Bearcats textlogo.svg 300px Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 19–16 7–11 Mick Cronin 4th Larry Davis 4th George Jackson 1st Tony Stubblefield 4th NIT Second Round The 2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcats finished the season 19–16, 7–11 in Big East play and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament before losing to eventual champion West Virginia. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Dayton. Offseason Departing players Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brandon Miller 1 20 G 77 6'4" 195 4 Senior Cincinnati, Ohio Walk-on; graduated Mike Williams 1 21 F 79 6'7" 240 4 Senior Camden, Alabama Graduated Alvin Mitchell 1 23 F 78 6'5" 210 1 FreshmanFt. Lauderdale, Florida Transferred to Mountain State Universityhttps://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/b-ball-star-from-miami-shot-at-school/1849647/ B-Ball Star From Miami Shot Outside School Dorm Hamacher Brian 4 Dec 2009 nbcmiami.com 2 Sep 2020 Mitchell, a star at Cardinal Gibbons High, had played for the University of Cincinnati but was let go after his second violation of team rules last year. He transferred to Mountain State, where he was averaging 12.6 points per game this year. Kenny Belton 1 32 F 80 6'8" 225 2 Sophomore Salem, Virginia Left team due to injuryhttps://woub.org/2011/09/23/former-cincinnati-big-man-lands-ohio/ Former Cincinnati Big Man Lands at Ohio Kuhn Maddie 23 Sep 2011 woub.org 2 Sep 2020 Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Eddie Tyree G 70 5'10" 180 3 Junior Columbus, OH Walk-on; transferred from Thomas More.https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/eddie-tyree/380 Eddie Tyree - Men's Basketball Ibrahima Thomas F 83 6'11" 235 3 Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred from Oklahoma State during the 2008–09 season. Thomas will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the first seven games of the 2009–10 season.https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ibrahima-thomas/379 Ibrahima Thomas - Men's Basketball Recruiting class of 2009 no 2009 Sean Kilpatrick SG White Plains, New York Notre Dame Prep 6 4 210 3 3 3 87 JaQuon Parker PG Suffolk, Virginia King's Fork High School 6 4 200 2 Jun 2009 3 3 3 89 Lance Stephenson G Brooklyn, New York Abraham Lincoln High School 6 6 195 30 Jun 2009 5 5 5 97 2009 Cincinnati 2009 Basketball Commitments 2009 Cincinnati Basketball Commits Cincinnati 2009 Player Commits Cincinnati 2009 Basketball Commits 2132 45 15 May 2020 yes Recruiting class of 2010 no yes 2010 Justin Jackson F Cocoa Beach, Florida Arlington Country Day School 6 8 220 27 Aug 2009 3 3 3 94 Kelvin Gaines F Ocala, Florida Arlington Country Day School 6 10 225 17 Nov 2009 3 3 3 90 2010 Cincinnati 2010 Basketball Commitments 2010 Cincinnati Basketball Commits Cincinnati 2010 Player Commits Cincinnati 2010 Basketball Commits 2132 86 15 May 2020 yes Roster 2009 Cincinnati Bearcats y yes Cashmere Wright y 1 G 6 0 175 FR yes Savannah, Georgia Urban Christian Academy Eddie Tyree 2 G 5 10 180 JR Columbus, Ohio Thomas More W Dion Dixon y 3 G 6 3 195 SO Chicago, Illinois Crane High School Deonta Vaughn y 5 G 6 1 190 SR Indianapolis, Indiana Harmony Community School C Alex Eppensteiner 10 G 6 3 210 FR Cincinnati, Ohio Elder High School W Larry Davis 11 G 6 3 185 JR Houston, Texas Alief Hastings High School Darnell Wilks 15 F 6 7 205 JR Nashville, Tennessee Pioneer Christian Academy Rashad Bishop 22 F 6 6 220 JR Paterson, New Jersey Kennedy High School Sean Kilpatrick y 23 G/F 6 4 215 FR White Plains, New York Notre Dame Prep yes Anthony McBride 25 G 6 2 180 FR Cincinnati, Ohio Withrow High School yes W Anthony McClain 30 C 7 0 290 JR Trenton, New Jersey National Christian Academy Ibrahima Thomas y 32 F 6 11 235 JR Dakar, Senegal Oklahoma State Lance Stephenson y 33 G 6 5 210 FR Brooklyn, New York Abraham Lincoln High School Yancy Gates y 34 F 6 9 260 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Withrow High School Steve Toyloy 42 C 6 8 255 SR West Palm Beach, Florida Palm Beach Lakes High School JaQuon Parker 44 F 6 3 210 FR Suffolk, Virginia King's Fork High School Mick Cronin (Cincinnati) Larry Davis (Asbury) George Jackson (Wittenberg) Tony Stubblefield (Omaha) https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2009-10 2 Sep 2020 Depth chart Cincinnati Bearcats 1 Cincinnati 2 Cincinnati Bearcats 1 Ibrahima Thomas Yancy Gates Rashad Bishop Lance Stephenson Deonta Vaughn Steve Toyloy Darnell Wilks JaQuon Parker Dion Dixon Cashmere Wright Anthony McClain Alex Eppensteiner Larry Davis Eddie Tyree Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/cincinnati/2010.html 2009-10 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=12 style=Cincinnati Bearcats|Exhibition November 5, 2009 7:30pm w yes Saginaw Valley State Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 86–58 6,558 November 12, 2009 7:30pm w yes Bellarmine Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 76–69 6,653 |- !colspan=12 style=Cincinnati Bearcats| Regular Season November 16, 2009 7:30pm w yes 2009 men Prairie View A&M Panthers Prairie View A&M Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 69–62 1–0 6,777 November 18, 2009 7:30pm w yes Toledo Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 92–68 2–0 7,010 November 23, 2009 5:30pm w yes yes Vanderbilt 24 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational ESPN2 67–58 3–0 2,400 November 24, 2009 7:00pm w yes yes Maryland 21 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational ESPN 69–57 4–0 2,400 November 25, 2009 10:00pm l yes yes Gonzaga Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational ESPN 61–59 OT 4–1 2,400 December 1, 2009 7:30pm w yes 22 2009 men Texas Southern Tigers Texas Southern Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 94–57 5–1 6,825 December 10, 2009 8:30pm w yes 19 Miami (OH) U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 63–59 6–1 6,280 December 13, 2009 7:00pm l yes yes 19 Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Crosstown Shootout ESPNU 83–79 2OT 6–2 10,250 December 16, 2009 7:00pm l yes yes 25 UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL CBSCS 64–47 6–3 6,939 December 19, 2009 2:00pm w yes 25 2009 men Lipscomb Bisons Lipscomb Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 80–52 7–3 6,647 December 22, 2009 7:30pm w yes Winthrop Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 74–57 8–3 7,292 December 30, 2009 7:00pm w Connecticut 10 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 71–69 9–3 1–0 10,409 January 2, 2010 8:00pm w yes 2009 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers the RAC Piscataway, NJ FS Ohio 65–58 10–3 2–0 5,651 January 4, 2010 7:00pm l Pittsburgh 23 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN 71–69 10–4 2–1 8,699 January 6, 2010 7:30pm w yes 2009 men Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Bakersfield Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 87–58 11–4 7,168 January 9, 2010 6:00pm l yes 2009 men Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ FS Ohio 83–76 11–5 2–2 7,551 January 13, 2010 6:00pm l yes St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY ESPNU 52–50 11–6 2–3 7,040 January 16, 2010 4:00pm w Notre Dame Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 60–58 12–6 3–3 11,589 January 20, 2010 7:00pm w South Florida Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 78–70 13–6 4–3 7,306 January 24, 2010 12:00pm l yes Louisville Freedom Hall Louisville, KY Rivalry FS Ohio 68–60 13–7 4–4 18,617 January 30, 2010 8:00pm w Providence Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 92–88 14–7 5–4 10,045 February 4, 2010 9:00pm l yes Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN ESPN2 83–65 14–8 5–5 8,530 February 7, 2010 2:00pm l Syracuse 3 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 71–54 14–9 5–6 11,045 February 13, 2010 12:00pm w yes Connecticut XL Center Hartford, CT WKRC 60–48 15–9 6–6 14,605 February 16, 2010 7:00pm l yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 65–57 15–10 6–7 6,607 February 21, 2010 2:00pm l Marquette Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 79–76 OT 15–11 6–8 10,192 February 24, 2010 7:00pm w 2009 men DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio 74–69 16–11 7–8 8,111 February 27, 2010 2:00pm l yes West Virginia 8 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV WKRC 74–68 16–12 7–9 12,598 March 2, 2010 7:00pm l Villanova 9 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 77–73 16–13 7–10 11,076 March 6, 2010 12:00pm l yes Georgetown 19 Verizon Center Washington, D.C. ESPN 74–47 16–14 7–11 17,054 |- !colspan=12 style=Cincinnati Bearcats|Big East tournament March 9, 2010 9:30pm w yes 11 Rutgers 14 Madison Square Garden New York, NY First Round ESPNU 69–68 17–14 19,375 March 10, 2010 9:30pm w yes 11 Louisville 6 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Second Round/Rivalry ESPN 69–66 18–14 19,375 March 11, 2010 9:30pm l yes 11 West Virginia 7 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals ESPN 54–51 18–15 19,375 |- !colspan=12 style=Cincinnati Bearcats|National Invitation Tournament March 17, 2010 7:00pm w yes 2 Weber State 7 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH First Round ESPN2 76–62 19–15 2,410 March 22, 2010 9:00pm l yes 2 Dayton 3 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH Second Round ESPN 81–66 19–16 6,479 Source https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2009-10 2009-10 Schedule 2010-01-14 Awards and milestones Big East Conference honors All-Big East Awards Rookie of the Year: Lance Stephenson All-Big East Rookie Team Lance Stephenson Rookie of the Week Week 1: Lance Stephenson Week 4: Lance Stephenson Week 11: Cashmere Wright Week 15: Lance Stephenson Week 16: Lance Stephenson Sourcehttps://issuu.com/pflenke/docs/bembb2018-19_all Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide Big East Conference December 21, 2018https://issuu.com/pflenke/docs/2017-18_mbb_record_book Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide Big East Conference December 21, 2018 Rankings 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Ranking MovementWeek Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final USA Today/ESPN Coaches 24 19 RV Associated Press 22 19 25 1 - Note that rankings above 25 are not official rankings. They are representations of ranking based on the number of points received in the weekly poll. References 2 Cincinnati Category:Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball seasons Cincinnati Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball