2009–10 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

2009–10 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball
WAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	22–12 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach	Marvin Menzies
Assistant coach	Mick Durham
Assistant coach	Chris Pompey
Assistant coach	Paul Weir
Home arena	Pan American Center

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
	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
Hawaii	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was Marvin Menzies 3rd season as head coach. The Aggies played their home games at Pan American Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 11–5 in WAC play. They won the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 12 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the first round.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] New Mexico State was selected to finish 3rd in the coaches and media poll. Jr. Jahmar Young was selected to the coaches and media All-WAC first team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Tray Britt	6'3"	200	G	Sr.	Richmond, CA, U.S.	Hogan HS
1	Jahmar Young	6'5"	180	G	Jr.	Baltimore, MD, U.S.	Laurinburg Prep
3	Da'Shawn Gomez	6'1"	180	G	Fr.	Inglewood, CA, U.S.	Inglewood HS
5	Lamine Diame	6'6"	200	F	Fr.	Saint-Louis, Senegal	De La Fosse
10	Bandja Sy	6'8"	210	F	Fr.	Cergy, France	Stoneridge Prep
11	Justin Standley	6'3"	190	G	Fr.	Oakland, CA, U.S.	McClymonds HS
13	Hernst Laroche	6'1"	165	G	So.	Montreal, QB, Canada	Page-Concordia Vanier
15	Kelly Merker	6'4"	205	F	Sr.	Santa Fe, NM, U.S.	Monte del Sol HS
21	Makhtar Diop	6'6"	185	G	So.	Dakar, Senegal	St. Jeanne d'Arc Institute
22	Jonathan Gibson	6'1"	180	G	Sr.	West Covina, CA, U.S.	Calvary Christian Prep
24	Robert Lumpkins	6'7"	210	F	Jr.	Washington, DC, U.S.	Kilgore College
31	Wendell McKines	6'6"	225	F	Jr.	Oakland, CA, U.S.	Richmond HS
32	Hamidu Rahman	6'11"	255	C	So.	Somerset, NJ, U.S.	American Christian HS
33	Troy Gillenwater	6'8"	230	F	So.	Boston, MA, U.S.	Stoneridge Prep
34	Aaron Gordo Castillo	6'5"	180	G	Jr.	Las Cruces, NM, U.S.	Las Cruces HS
35	B.J. West	6'11"	220	F	Fr.	Cheneyville, LA, U.S.	Rapides HS
45	Tyrone Watson	6'5"	225	F	Fr.	Hamilton, ON, Canada	Cathedral HS
55	Abdoulaye N'doye	7'0"	215	C	Fr.	Dakar, Senegal	ISM

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at NMSU	Alma Mater (Year)
Marvin Menzies	Head Coach	3rd	UCLA (1987)
Mick Durham	Assistant Coach	2nd	Montana State (1979)
Chris Pompey	Assistant Coach	4th	Pittsburgh (1984)
Paul Weir	Assistant Coach	3rd	York (2004)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Mountain

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Mon, Nov 2 7:00pm	Western New Mexico	W 111–83	–	Pan American Center (4,738) Las Cruces, NM
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 9:30pm	at Saint Mary's	L 68–100	0–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
Tue, Nov 17* 7:00pm	New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry	L 87–97	0–2	Pan American Center (8,469) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Nov 21* 2:00pm	Oklahoma Panhandle State	W 83–73	1–2	Pan American Center (4,738) Las Cruces, NM
Tue, Nov 24* 8:00pm	at Cal State Fullerton	L 73–84	1–3	Titan Gym (1,001) Fullerton, CA
Thu, Nov 26* 7:00pm	North Carolina A&T	W 84–68	2–3	Pan American Center (4,462) Las Cruces, NM
Tue, Dec 1* 7:00pm	UTEP Battle of I-10	L 79–58	2–4	Pan American Center (7,195) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Dec 5* 7:00pm, The Mtn.	at New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry	L 58–75	2–5	The Pit (14,586) Albuquerque, NM
Sun, Dec 13* 7:00pm	at UTEP Battle of I-10	W 87–80	3–5	Don Haskins Center (10,459) El Paso, TX
Tue, Dec 15* 8:30pm	at UCLA	L 68–100	3–6	Pauley Pavilion (5,933) Los Angeles, CA
Fri, Dec 18* 8:30pm	at Pepperdine	W 78–72	4–6	Firestone Fieldhouse (471) Malibu, CA
Mon, Dec 21* 7:00pm	Alcorn State	W 97–72	5–6	Pan American Center (4,730) Las Cruces, NM
Wed, Dec 23* 7:00pm	Texas Southern Lou Henson Classic	W 79–75	6–6	Pan American Center (4,781) Las Cruces, NM
Mon, Dec 28* 7:00pm	Prairie View A&M	W 95–76	7–6	Pan American Center (4,649) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Jan 2 9:00pm, ESPNU	Utah State	W 55–52	8–6 (1–0)	Pan American Center (5,070) Las Cruces, NM
Mon, Jan 4 9:00pm, ESPNU	Nevada	L 67–77	8–7 (1–1)	Pan American Center (4,788) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Jan 9 7:00pm	at Boise State	W 88–85	9–7 (2–1)	Taco Bell Arena (3,896) Boise, ID
Mon, Jan 11 8:00pm	at Idaho	W 75–72	10–7 (3–1)	Cowan Spectrum (1,296) Moscow, ID
Sat, Jan 16 7:00pm	Fresno State	W 86–77	11–7 (4–1)	Pan American Center (6,106) Las Cruces, NM
Thu, Jan 21 10:00pm	at Hawai'i	W 71–69	12–7 (5–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,288) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Jan 23 8:30pm	at San Jose State	L 84–93	12–8 (5–2)	The Event Center (2,285) San Jose, CA
Sat, Jan 30 7:00pm	at Louisiana Tech	W 91–77	13–8 (6–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (5,028) Ruston, LA
Sat, Feb 6 7:00pm	San Jose State	W 94–82	14–8 (7–2)	Pan American Center (6,255) Las Cruces, NM
Mon, Feb 8 7:00pm, ESPN+	Louisiana Tech	W 70–68	15–8 (8–2)	Pan American Center (5,549) Las Cruces, NM
Thu, Feb 11 8:00pm	at Fresno State	L 64–83	15–9 (8–3)	Save Mart Center (7,889) Fresno, CA
Mon, Feb 15 7:00pm	Hawai'i	W 88–64	16–9 (9–3)	Pan American Center (5,561) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Feb 20* 8:00pm, ESPNU	at Pacific ESPN BracketBusters	W 84–78	17–9	Alex G. Spanos Center (4,014) Stockton, CA
Wed, Feb 24 9:00pm, ESPN2	Idaho	W 74–57	18–9 (10–3)	Pan American Center (5,834) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Feb 27 7:00pm	Boise State	W 95–92	19–9 (11–3)	Pan American Center (6,691) Las Cruces, NM
Thu, Mar 4 8:00pm	at Nevada	L 92–100	19–10 (11–4)	Lawlor Events Center (5,878) Reno, NV
Sat, Mar 6 7:00pm	at Utah State	L 63–81	19–11 (11–5)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 9:30pm	vs. San Jose State Quarterfinals	W 90–69	20–11	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
Fri, Mar 12 8:00pm, ESPN2	at Nevada Semifinals	W 80–79	21–11	Lawlor Events Center (5,897) Reno, NV
Sat, Mar 13 7:00pm, ESPN2	vs. Utah State Championship Game	W 69–63	22–11	Lawlor Events Center (2,748) Reno, NV
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Fri, Mar 19* 5:20pm, CBS	vs. #13 Michigan State First round	L 67–70	22–12	Spokane Arena (10,861) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

On December 14, Jr. Jahmar Young was named the WAC player of the week for the fifth week of the season with weekly averages of 24.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, and 47.0 FG%.^[4]

On February 1, So. Hamidu Rahman was named the WAC player of the week for the twelfth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.0 PPG, 12.0 RPG, and 66.7 FG%.^[5]

On February 8, Jr. Jahmar Young was named the WAC player of the week for the thirteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 25.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.0 AST, and 61.5 FG%.^[6]

References

New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	Pan American Center (1968–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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