2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference West SEC 24–12 9–7 Rick Stansbury 12th Robert Kirby Phil Cunningham Marcus Grant Humphrey Coliseum SEC West Division champions NIT Second round The 2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Rick Stansbury's twelfth season at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs competed in the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum, nicknamed The Hump. They finished the season 24–12, 9–7 in SEC play. They advanced to the championship game where they were defeated by Kentucky in overtime. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before being defeated by North Carolina. Previous season The 2008–09 Bulldogs finished the season 23–13 (9–7 in SEC play). The Bulldogs won the 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament, allowing them to advance to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Washington in the Round of 64. Before the season Departures Four players from the 2008–09 team did not return for this season. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Christopher Gay 1 10 Guard 71 6'0" 165 Senior Hattiesburg, MS Graduated (Walk-on) Jacquiese Holcombe 1 1 Forward 76 6'6" 205 Junior College Park, GA Transferred to West Texas A&M http://amarillo.com/stories/082309/wts_14308213.shtml WT men's basketball team signs 13 players 2009-08-23 Amarillo.com Amarillo Globe-News Brian Johnson 1 44 Forward 79 6'9" 245 Senior Laurinburg, NC Graduated Rod Bryant 1 14 Guard 71 6'1" 165 Sophomore Birmingham, AL Left team (Walk-on) Recruits no no 2006 Wendell Lewis C Selma, AL Selma HS 6 8 220 2009-04-22 3 2 John Riek C Khartoum, Sudan IMG Academy 7 2 240 2009-05-15 4 4 Renardo Sidney PF Jackson, MS Fairfax HS (Calif.) 6 11 255 2009-04-30 5 5 Shaun Smith SG Brooksville, MS Noxubee County HS 6 5 180 2008-09-23 3 3 2009 Mississippi State 2009 Basketball Commitments 2009 Mississippi State Basketball Commits ESPN mississippistate 136 344 19 21 yes Roster Because the Bulldogs were one player above the scholarship limit, Jarvis Varnado gave his scholarship up so that no one on the team would have to leave, making him a walk-on. https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/How-Jarvis-Varnado-became-the-nation-s-best-walk?urn=ncaab,183885 How Jarvis Varnado became the nation's best walk-on 2009-08-19 Sports.Yahoo.com Yahoo! Brennan Eamonn Renardo Sidney was suspended for the entire season over recruitment violations. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-05-la-sp-renardo-sidney-20100306-story.html NCAA fines Renardo Sidney, rules him ineligible 2010-03-05 Los Angeles Times Pugmire Lance 2009 Mississippi State Bulldogs y yes Renardo Sidney 1 F 6 10 260 Fr Jackson, MS Fairfax HS (Calif.) y I Ravern Johnson 2 G 6 7 175 Jr Lyon, MS Coahoma County HS Dee Bost 3 G 6 2 170 So Concord, NC Concord HS y Twany Beckham 4 G 6 5 190 So Louisville, KY Ballard HS yes y Romero Osby 5 F 6 8 230 So Meridian, MS Northeast Lauderdale HS y Shaun Smith 10 G 6 6 195 Fr Brooksville, MS Noxubee County HS yes Charles Parker 12 G 5 10 154 Fr McKinney, TX McKinney North HS W Riley Benock 15 G 6 4 180 Jr Battletown, KY Meade County HS Taylor Luczak 20 F 6 8 220 So Glens Falls, NY Glens Falls HS y W Baxter Price 21 G 5 9 145 Fr Brandon, MS Northwest Rankin HS W Barry Stewart 22 G 6 3 170 Sr Shelbyville, TN Shelbyville Central HS Kodi Augustus 24 F 6 8 220 Jr Baton Rouge, LA Maine Central Institute y Phil Turner 25 G 6 3 170 Jr Grenada, MS Grenada HS y Wendell Lewis y 30 C 6 8 240 Fr Selma, AL Selma HS Jarvis Varnado 32 F 6 9 230 Sr Brownsville, TN Haywood HS W y Brandon Bolen 33 G 6 3 195 Jr Madison, MS Madison-Ridgeland Academy W Elgin Bailey 45 F 6 8 265 Jr New Orleans, LA Belaire HS yes y John Riek 50 F 7 1 242 Fr Khartoum, Sudan IMG Academy Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville) Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville) Marcus Grant (Mississippi State) Robert Kirby (UTPA) http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=90867&SPID=10994&DB_OEM_ID_COUNT_=2&DB_OEM_ID_1_=16800&DB_OEM_ID=16800&DB_OEM_ID_0_=16800&Q_SEASON=2009 Rankings 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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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 AP 18 RV RV -- -- RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV -- -- RV RV RV -- RV Coaches 19 RV -- -- -- RV RV -- RV RV RV RV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Schedule and results Source http://www.mstateathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&KEY=&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 2009-10 Schedule 2010-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106181147/http://www.mstateathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&KEY=&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 6 January 2010 live All times are Central yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 10/31/2009 2:00pm w 18 Oklahoma City The Hump Starkville, MS 82–54 2,938 11/7/2009 2:00pm w 18 Georgetown (KY) The Hump Starkville, MS 90–70 2,995 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/13/2009 8:00pm l yes 18 Rider The Hump Starkville, MS 74–88 0–1 7,241 11/19/2009 7:00pm w yes Southeastern Louisiana The Hump Starkville, MS 82–67 1–1 4,544 11/21/2009 6:00pm w yes Bethune-Cookman The Hump Starkville, MS South Padre Island Invitational 67–51 2–1 3,721 11/24/2009 7:00pm w yes Texas–Pan American The Hump Starkville, MS South Padre Island Invitational 75–50 3–1 3,214 11/27/2009 5:00pm l yes yes Richmond South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational FCS 62–63 3–2 585 11/28/2009 4:30pm w yes yes Old Dominion South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational 69–55 4–2 543 12/5/2009 1:00pm w yes St. Bonaventure The Hump Starkville, MS 105–53 5–2 3,344 12/10/2009 6:30pm w yes yes DePaul St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL SEC/Big East Challenge ESPN2 76–45 6–2 9,353 12/12/2009 1:30pm w yes yes UCLA Honda Center Anaheim, CA John R. Wooden Classic FSW 72–54 7–2 13,043 12/16/2009 6:00pm w yes Wright State The Hump Starkville, MS ESPN2 80–69 8–2 4,721 12/19/2009 1:00pm w yes yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CCS 70–64 9–2 3,422 12/22/2009 7:00pm w yes yes Centenary Mississippi Coliseum Jackson, MS 88–51 10–2 5,502 12/28/2009 7:00pm w yes Mississippi Valley State The Hump Starkville, MS 73–45 11–2 5,421 12/31/2009 6:00pm w yes yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA 77–68 12–2 1,630 1/4/2010 8:00pm l yes yes Western Kentucky E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY CSS 52–55 12–3 5,925 1/9/2010 12:45pm w yes Ole Miss 14 Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS SEC Network 80–75 13–3 (1–0) 9,360 1/14/2010 6:00pm w Arkansas The Hump Starkville, MS ESPNU 82–80 14–3 (2–0) 8,339 1/16/2010 2:00pm w Georgia The Hump Starkville, MS ESPN2 72–69 15–3 (3–0) 7,682 1/23/2010 11:00am l yes 23 Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CBS 57–62 15–4 (3–1) 12,336 1/28/2010 8:00pm l yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 62–67 15–5 (3–2) 12,803 1/30/2010 12:30pm w LSU The Hump Starkville, MS SEC Network 67–51 16–5 (4–2) 7,247 2/3/2010 7:00pm l yes Vanderbilt 18 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SEC Network 72–75 16–6 (4–3) 14,316 2/6/2010 12:30pm l yes Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL SEC Network 62–69 16–7 (4–4) 11,660 2/11/2010 8:00pm w Ole Miss The Hump Starkville, MS ESPN2 71–63 17–7 (5–4) 9,401 2/13/2010 6:00pm w Auburn The Hump Starkville, MS FSN 85–75 18–7 (6–4) 8,854 2/16/2010 8:00pm l Kentucky 2 The Hump Starkville, MS ESPN 81–75 18–8 (6–5) 10,788 2/20/2010 3:00pm w yes LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA SEC Network 60–59 19–8 (7–5) 9,434 2/24/2010 8:00pm w Alabama The Hump Starkville, MS CSS 74–66 20–8 (8–5) 8,477 2/27/2010 5:00pm w yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC ESPN 76–63 21–8 (9–5) 13,834 3/3/2010 7:00pm l yes Auburn Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL SEC Network 89–80 21–9 (9–6) 9,927 3/6/2010 5:00pm l Tennessee 16 The Hump Starkville, MS ESPN 75–59 21–10 (9–7) 10,021 |- !colspan=10| 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament 3/12/2010 6:30pm w yes Florida Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Quarterfinals SEC Network 75–69 22–10 NA 3/13/2010 2:45pm w yes Vanderbilt 20 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Semifinals ABC 62–52 23–10 NA 3/14/2010 12:00pm l yes Kentucky 2 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Final ABC 75–74 OT 23–11 20,082 |- !colspan=10| 2010 National Invitation Tournament 3/16/2010 9:00pm w yes Jackson State The Hump Starkville, MS First round ESPNU 81–67 24–11 4,433 3/22/2010 11:00am l yes North Carolina The Hump Starkville, MS Second round ESPN 76–74 24–12 9,471 References Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Mississippi State Mississippi State Bull Bull