2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record21–13 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach
  • David Carter (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Doug Novsek
  • Keith Brown
  • Dennis Gates
Home arenaLawlor Events Center
Seasons
← 2008–09
2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah State 14 – 2   .875 27 – 7   .794
Nevada 11 – 5   .688 21 – 13   .618
New Mexico State† 11 – 5   .688 22 – 11   .667
Louisiana Tech 9 – 7   .563 24 – 11   .686
Fresno State 7 – 9   .438 15 – 18   .455
San Jose State 6 – 10   .375 14 – 17   .452
Idaho 6 – 10   .375 15 – 16   .484
Boise State 5 – 11   .313 15 – 17   .469
Hawai'i 3 – 13   .188 10 – 20   .333
† 2010 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach David Carter's first season as head coach after being a Wolf Pack assistant coach for the previous ten years. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference and play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Rhode Island.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference[1] Nevada was selected to finish 2nd in the coaches poll and received one first place vote. So. Luke Babbitt and Jr. Armon Johnson were selected to the coach's All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as pre-season WAC player of the year.

The media poll almost mirrored the coaches poll as the Wolf Pack were selected to finish 2nd and received 12 first place votes, Babbitt and Johnson were selected to the All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as the media WAC pre-season player of the year.

2009–10 team

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Brandon Fields 6'4" 190 G Sr. Arlington, Texas Bowie HS
1 Patrick Nyeko 6'6" 180 G Fr. London, UK Seattle Prep
3 Joey Shaw 6'6" 210 F Sr. Glendale, Arizona Deer Valley High School HS
College of Southern Idaho
5 Luke Babbitt 6'9" 225 F So. Reno, Nevada Galena HS
11 London Giles 6'3" 185 G So. Dallas, Texas Kimball HS
12 Keith Fuetsch 5'11" 170 G Fr. Reno, Nevada Bishop Manogue HS
14 Marko Cukic 6'9" 240 F Fr. Belgrade, Serbia IMG Academy
20 Ray Kraemer 6'4" 220 G Sr. Kemah, Texas Clear Creek HS
Weatherford CC
21 Malik Story 6'5" 225 G So. Pasadena, California Artesia HS
Indiana
23 Armon Johnson 6'3" 195 G Jr. Reno, Nevada Hug HS
33 Adam Carp 6'7" 205 F Jr. Clayton, California Clayton Valley HS
43 Keith Olson 6'9" 260 F So. Gardnerville, Nevada Douglas HS
Northern Arizona
54 Dario Hunt 6'8" 230 F So. Colorado Springs, Colorado Charis Prep

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Nevada Alma Mater (Year)
David Carter Head coach 1st Saint Mary's (1989)
Doug Novsek Associate Head Coach 4th Southern Illinois (1987)
Keith Brown Assistant coach 1st Hampton (1993)
Dennis Gates Assistant coach 1st California (2001)
Zac Claus Director of Basketball Operations 5th Eastern Washington (1998)

2009–10 schedule and results

Source[3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Tue, Nov 10
7:05pm 		Chico State W 90–63 
Lawlor Events Center (3,687)
Reno, Nevada
Regular Season
Sat, Nov 14*
7:05pm 		Montana State W 75–61  1–0
 Lawlor Events Center (7,371)
Reno, Nevada
Wed, Nov 18*
7:30pm 		at UNLV L 75–88  1–1
 Thomas & Mack Center (13,113)
Paradise, Nevada
Sat, Nov 21*
8:05pm 		Houston W 112–99  2–1
 Lawlor Events Center (5,721)
Reno, Nevada
Fri, Nov 27*
4:30pm 		at VCU L 76–85  2–2
 Stuart C. Siegel Center (5,769)
Richmond, Virginia
Sun, Nov 29*
4:45pm, FSN 		at No. 11 North Carolina L 73–80  2–3
 Dean Smith Center (17,321)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Sat, Dec 5*
7:00pm 		at Pacific L 58–61  2–4
 Alex G. Spanos Center (2,801)
Stockton, California
Tue, Dec 8*
7:05pm 		Fresno Pacific W 89–67  3–4
 Lawlor Events Center (3,778)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Dec 12*
7:05pm 		South Dakota State W 92–72  4–4
 Lawlor Events Center (3,130)
Reno, Nevada
Thu, Dec 17*
7:05pm 		Eastern Washington W 73–70  5–4
 Lawlor Events Center (4,713)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Dec 19*
7:05pm 		Wagner W 74–61  6–4
 Lawlor Events Center (4,692)
Reno, Nevada
Tue, Dec 22*
7:30pm 		vs. BYU
Las Vegas Classic 		L 104–110  6–5
 Orleans Arena (NA)
Paradise, Nevada
Wed, Dec 23*
5:00pm 		vs. Tulsa
Las Vegas Classic 		W 99–68  7–5
 Orleans Arena (NA)
Paradise, Nevada
Mon, Dec 28*
7:05pm 		Portland W 78–69  8–5
 Lawlor Events Center (5,827)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Jan 2
5:00pm 		at Louisiana Tech L 71–77  8–6 (0–1)
 Thomas Assembly Center (2,088)
Ruston, Louisiana
Mon, Jan 4
8:00pm, ESPNU 		at New Mexico State W 77–67  9–6 (1–1)
 Pan American Center (4,788)
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Sat, Jan 9
7:05pm 		San Jose State W 96–67  10–6 (2–1)
 Lawlor Events Center (5,988)
Reno, Nevada
Wed, Jan 13
8:00pm, ESPN2 		Utah State L 72–79 OT 10–7 (2–2)
 Lawlor Events Center (7,035)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Jan 16
7:05pm 		Idaho W 76–68  11–7 (3–2)
 Lawlor Events Center (6,030)
Reno, Nevada
Wed, Jan 20
7:15pm 		at Boise State W 88–62  12–7 (4–2)
 Taco Bell Arena (2,833)
Boise, Idaho
Sat, Jan 23
7:00pm 		at Fresno State L 77–87  12–8 (4–3)
 Save Mart Center (8,494)
Fresno, California
Sat, Jan 30
7:05pm 		Hawai'i W 66–60  13–8 (5–3)
 Lawlor Events Center (7,490)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Feb 6
7:00pm, ESPNU 		at Utah State L 65–76  13–9 (5–4)
 Smith Spectrum (10,270)
Logan, Utah
Wed, Feb 10
8:00pm, ESPN2 		at Idaho W 67–66  14–9 (6–4)
 Cowan Spectrum (1,580)
Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Feb 13
7:05pm 		Boise State W 88–80 OT 15–9 (7–4)
 Lawlor Events Center (7,598)
Reno, Nevada
Wed, Feb 17
7:05pm 		Fresno State W 74–70  16–9 (8–4)
 Lawlor Events Center (5,479)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Feb 20*
12:00pm, ESPN2 		at Missouri State
ESPN BracketBusters 		L 60–62  16–10
 JQH Arena (7,805)
Springfield, Missouri
Thu, Feb 25
7:00pm 		at San Jose State W 83–79  17–10 (9–4)
 The Event Center (2,385)
San Jose, California
Sat, Feb 27
9:00pm 		at Hawai'i L 74–63  17–11 (9–5)
 Stan Sheriff Center (6,025)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Mar 4
7:05pm 		New Mexico State W 100–92  18–11 (10–5)
 Lawlor Events Center (5,878)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Mar 6
7:05pm 		Louisiana Tech W 79–68  19–11 (11–5)
 Lawlor Events Center (7,558)
Reno, Nevada
2010 WAC men's basketball tournament
Thu, Mar 11
6:00pm 		Idaho
Quarterfinals 		W 87–71  20–11
 Lawlor Events Center (NA)
Reno, Nevada
Fri, Mar 12
9:00pm, ESPN2 		New Mexico State
Semifinals 		L 79–80  20–12
 Lawlor Events Center (5,897)
Reno, Nevada
2010 National Invitation Tournament
Wed, Mar 17
5:05pm 		at Wichita State
First Round 		W 74–70  21–12
 Charles Koch Arena (9,112)
Wichita, Kansas
Mon, Mar 22
3:00pm, ESPNU 		at Rhode Island
Second Round 		L 83–85  21–13
 Ryan Center (3,419)
Kingston, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

On November 23, Sr. Joey Shaw was named the WAC player of the week for the second week of the season with weekly averages of 20.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.5 AST and 61.9 FG%.[4]

On January 11, So. Luke Babbitt was named the WAC player of the week for the ninth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.0 AST and 58.3 FG%.[5]

On February 15, Jr. Armon Johnson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 50.0 FG%.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2009-10 WAC Basketball Preseason Polls Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  2. ^ "University of Nevada Athletics - Official Athletics Website". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  5. ^ "Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "Verizon Wireless WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
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