2009–10 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Tournament
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
California13–5 .72224–11  .686
Arizona State12–6 .66722–11  .667
Washington †11–7 .61126–10  .722
Arizona10–8 .55616–15  .516
USC*8–10 .44416–14  .533
Oregon State8–10 .44414–18  .438
UCLA8–10 .44414–18  .438
Stanford7–11 .38914–17  .452
Oregon7–11 .38916–16  .500
Washington State6–12 .33316–15  .516
† Conference tournament winner
As of March 25, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 17, 2009 and ended with the Pac-10 Tournament on March 10–13, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Pre-season

  • Tim Floyd, the head coach at USC resigned and was replaced by Kevin O'Neill, who was on the Arizona staff.
  • Pre-season media day is scheduled for October 29.
  • 2009–10 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:
1. California (25 first place votes)
2. Washington (7)
3. UCLA (5)
4. Arizona
5. Oregon State
6. Oregon
7. Arizona State
8. Washington State
9. USC
10. Stanford
  • In the ESPN/USA poll: California, No. 12; Washington, No. 13.
  • In the AP poll: California, No. 13; Washington, No. 14.
  • In the ESPN The Magazine: California, No. 10; Washington, No. 13; UCLA, No. 30; Oregon State, No. 36[1]

Rankings

  • November 2, 2009 – Washington (0–0) #14 (AP), #13 (Coaches); California (0–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)
  • November 16, 2009 – Washington (3–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)
  • November 23, 2009 – Washington (4–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–2) #23 (Coaches)
  • November 30, 2009 – Washington (5–0) #12 (AP), #10 (Coaches); California (4–2) #25 (Coaches)
  • December 7, 2009 – Washington (6–1) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)
  • December 14, 2009 – Washington (6–2) #24 (AP), #21 (Coaches)
  • December 21, 2009 – Washington (7–2) #22 (AP), #19 (Coaches)
  • December 28, 2009 – Washington (9–2) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)
  • January 4, 2010 – Washington (10–3) #24 (AP), #22 (Coaches)

Conference games

  • January 23, 2010 – Five conference teams are tie for second place, and the Oregon schools are last.
  • January 23, 2010 – Washington has lost all road games, including four conference games.
  • January 31, 2009 – After playing 9 conference games, California and Arizona are tied for first place with 6 wins and 3 losses, followed by Arizona State and UCLA at third place with a 5–4 conference record.
  • February 4, 2010 – Four teams tied for first place, Arizona, Arizona State, California and UCLA.

Conference tournament

  • March 10–13, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
  • Tournament winner became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier
  • USC did not participate in the conference tournament this season
First Round
March 10 		Quarterfinals
March 11 		Semifinals
March 12 		Final
March 13
            
1 California 90
8 Oregon 74
8 Oregon 82
9 Washington State 80
1 California 85
5 UCLA 72
4 Arizona 69
5 UCLA 75
1 California 75
3 Washington 79
2 Arizona State 61
7 Stanford 70
7 Stanford 64
3 Washington 79
3 Washington 59
6 Oregon State 52

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona
Herb Sendek, Arizona State
Mike Montgomery, California
Ernie Kent, Oregon
Craig Robinson, Oregon State
Johnny Dawkins, Stanford
Ben Howland, UCLA
Kevin O'Neill, USC
Lorenzo Romar, Washington
Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

NIT

CBI

Highlights and notes

November

  • 50 former Pac-10 players were listed on the NBA opening day rosters, the average of 5.0 player per conference team tops among all conferences, with 14 former UCLA players are on the teams.
  • November 26, 2009 – UCLA's loss to Portland 74–47 was the worst defeat during the Ben Howland era.[2]

December

  • December 1, 2009 – UCLA head coach Ben Howland announced that by mutual agreement, sophomore forward Drew Gordon is no longer a member of the team. Gordon will transfer at the end of the school quarter.
  • December 6, 2009 – After winning just one in their first four games, the Beavers won three games in a row.

January

  • January 3, 2010 – USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett announced that the school is forfeiting the 2007–08 season's victories, not participating in any post season tournaments in 2010 and reducing the number of scholarships for two years for violation of NCAA rules.[3]

March

  • Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson has agreed to a two-year contract extension, through the 2015–16 season.
  • March 17, 2010 – California's Omondi Amoke was suspended for team rules violation going into the NCAA tournament.[4]
  • March 17, 2010 – Oregon head coach Ernie Kent's contract was terminated effective June 30.[5]
  • March 19, 2010 – Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti step down to join ESPN as a football analyst.

June

Awards and honors

Three guards from the Pac-10 Conference have been named to the pre-season John R. Wooden Award list: Nic Wise, Arizona; Jerome Randle, California; Isaiah Thomas, Washington.[6]

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Player-of-the-Week

All-Americans

All-Pac-10 teams

FIRST TEAM:

Name School Pos. Year Hometown
Ty AbbottASUGJr.Phoenix, ARIZ
Patrick ChristopherCALGSr.Compton, Calif.
Landry FieldsSTANG/FSr.Long Beach, Calif.
Quincy PondexterWASHFSr.Fresno, Calif.
Jerome RandleCALGSr.Chicago, Ill.
Michael RollUCLAGSr.Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Isaiah ThomasWASHGSo.Tacoma, Wash.
Klay ThompsonWSUGSo.Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Derrick WilliamsARIZFFr.La Mirada, Calif.
Nic WiseARIZGSr.Houston, Texas

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, UCLAJr.3.81Global Studies
Landry Fields, StanfordSr.3.03Communication
Nikola Koprivica, Washington StateSr.3.32International Studies
Roeland Schaftenaar, Oregon StateSr.3.17Business
Drew Shiller, StanfordSr.3.14Communication

Second Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major
Jorge Gutierrez, CaliforniaSo.3.09Undeclared
Malcolm Lee, UCLASo.3.13Undeclared
Abe Lodwick, Washington StateSo.3.26Communication
Garrett Sim, OregonSo.3.08Undeclared
Jack Trotter, StanfordSo.3.31Undeclared

USBWA All-District team

References

  1. ↑ Elena Bergeron, Matt Giles, Ian Gordon and Dan Hodes, Splite Takes, ESPN The Magazine, College Basketball Preview: 2009/10
  2. ↑ David Wharton, UCLA's loss to Portland is a real drag, Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2009
  3. ↑ David Wharton and Baxter Holmes, O.J. Mayo scandal leads to heavy sanctions for USC basketball; team 'shocked and saddened', Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2010
  4. ↑ Amoke suspended for rules violation, Associated Press, March 17, 2010
  5. ↑ Oregon fires basketball coach Kent, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2010
  6. ↑ Three Pac-10 Men's Basketball Players Named to Wooden Award Preseason List Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-10.org, Aug. 20, 2009
  7. ↑ Washington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-10.org, November 23, 2009
  8. ↑ Washington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Pac-10.org, November 30, 2009
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