2009–10 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

2009–10 Boise State Broncos men's basketball

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	15–17 (5–11 WAC)
Head coach	Greg Graham
Assistant coach	James Bailey
Assistant coach	Andy McClouskey
Assistant coach	Tim Cleary
Home arena	Taco Bell Arena

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 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Greg Graham's eighth and final season at Boise State as he was fired at the end of the season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at the Taco Bell Arena. Boise State finished the season 15–17, 5–11 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to Utah State.

Pre-Season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Boise State was selected to finish 7th in the coaches poll and 5th in the media poll.^[1]

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School(s)
1	Perryman, Westly	6' 3"	183	Guard	JR	Boston	East Boston HS, Monroe College
2	Montreal, Daequon	6' 7"	229	Forward	JR	Syracuse, NY	Corcoran HS, College of Southern Idaho
3	Okoye, Ike	6' 9"	235	Guard	SR	Sacramento, CA	Woodcreek HS, Wyoming
4	Salzwedel, Justin	6' 2"	184	Guard	JR	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona Lutheran Academy, Phoenix College
11	Thomas, Anthony	6' 0"	211	Guard	SR	Mansfield, TX	Mansfield Summit HS
14	Larsen, Nate	6' 2"	188	Guard	SR	Park City, UT	Park City HS, Treasure Valley CC
20	Imadiyi, Sean	6' 7"	207	Forward	SR	Chandler, AZ	Corona Del Sol HS, Arizona Western
21	Arnold, Robert	6' 6"	170	Forward	JR	Lancaster, CA	Lancaster HS, Antelope Valley CC
23	Hill, G.A.	5' 8"	140	Guard	FR	Aransas Pass, TX	Aransas Pass HS
24	Anderson, La'Shard	6' 1"	170	Guard	JR	San Diego, CA	Junípero Serra HS, Irvine Valley CC
25	Noonan, Paul	6' 7"	214	Guard	JR	Beaverton, OR	Beaverton HS
30	Young, Tyler	6' 8"	219	Forward	FR	Leesburg, VA	Bishop O'Connell HS
32	Moritz, Zack	6' 11"	245	Center	JR	Vancouver, WA	Columbia River HS
42	Hicks, Sam	6' 9"	259	Forward	FR	Redding, CA	Liberty Christian HS
50	Cunningham, Kurt	6' 9"	265	Center	SR	Sharpsville, IN	Tri-Central HS

Indicates Red Shirt Year

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Boise State	Alma Mater (Year)
Greg Graham	Head Coach	8th	Oregon (1978)
Tim Cleary	Assistant Coach	8th	Carroll College (1994)
Andy McClouskey	Assistant Coach	8th	Oregon State (1982)
James Bailey	Assistant Coach	2nd	Bradley (1992)
Ryan Hellenthal	Director of Basketball Operations	2nd	Illinois-Chicago (2002)

2009-10 Schedule and Results

Source^[3]

All times are Mountain

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Tue, Nov 3 7:35pm	Willamette	W 111–72		Taco Bell Arena (1,022) Boise, ID
Sat, Nov 7 7:05pm	Concordia	W 109–89		Taco Bell Arena (NA) Boise, ID
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 5:30pm	vs. Loyola Marymount Montana Tournament	W 90–87	1–0	Dahlberg Arena (NA) Missoula, MT
Sat, Nov 14* 7:30pm	at Montana Montana Tournament	L 95–82	1–1	Dahlberg Arena (3,135) Missoula, MT
Sun, Nov 15* 1:00pm	vs. North Dakota Montana Tournament	W 75–60	2–1	Dahlberg Arena (NA) Missoula, MT
Sat, Nov 21* 7:00pm	at Wyoming	L 87–61	2–2	Arena-Auditorium (5,298) Laramie, WY
Tue, Nov 24* 8:00pm	at Eastern Washington	W 82–69	3–2	Reese Court (1,412) Cheney, WA
Sat, Nov 28* 7:05pm	North Texas	W 79–73	4–2	Taco Bell Arena (2,650) Boise, ID
Sat, Dec 5* 5:30pm, BTN	at Illinois	L 84–77	4–3	Assembly Hall (15,903) Champaign, IL
Wed, Dec 9* 7:00pm	at Idaho State	W 79–67	5–3	Holt Arena (2,679) Pocatello, ID
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm	San Diego	L 59–56	5–4	Taco Bell Arena (2,359) Boise, ID
Sat, Dec 19* 3:15pm	Houston Baptist	W 96–59	6–4	Taco Bell Arena (2,417) Boise, ID
Mon, Dec 21* 8:15pm	Portland State	W 69–62	7–4	Taco Bell Arena (2,418) Boise, ID
Wed, Dec 23* 7:05pm	Montana State	W 58–56	8–4	Taco Bell Arena (3,008) Boise, ID
Tue, Dec 29* 7:05pm	Northwest Nazarene	W 76–58	9–4	Taco Bell Arena (2,138) Boise, ID
Sat, Jan 2 8:00pm	at Fresno State	L 71–68	9–5 (0–1)	Save Mart Center (7,983) Fresno, CA
Mon, Jan 4 10:05pm, ESPN Plus	at Hawai'i	L 76–68	9–6 (0–2)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,119) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm	New Mexico State	L 88–85	9–7 (0–3)	Taco Bell Arena (3,896) Boise, ID
Mon, Jan 11 7:05pm	Louisiana Tech	L 79–64	9–8 (0–4)	Taco Bell Arena (2,186) Boise, ID
Thu, Jan 14 8:00pm	at San Jose State	L 76–74	9–9 (0–5)	The Event Center Arena (1,382) San Jose, CA
Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm	at Utah State	L 81–59	9–10 (0–6)	Smith Spectrum (9,769) Logan, UT
Wed, Jan 20 8:15pm	Nevada	L 88–82	9–11 (0–7)	Taco Bell Arena (2,833) Boise, ID
Mon, Jan 25 9:05pm, ESPNU	at Idaho	W 77–67 ^OT	10–11 (1–7)	Cowan Spectrum (4,104) Moscow, ID
Sat, Jan 30 8:15pm, ESPN Plus	Fresno State	W 65–49	11–11 (2–7)	Taco Bell Arena (5,019) Boise, ID
Sat, Feb 6 7:05pm	Idaho	L 79–55	11–12 (2–8)	Taco Bell Arena (7,734) Boise, ID
Thu, Feb 11 7:05pm	Utah State	L 72–67	11–13 (2–9)	Taco Bell Arena (3,064) Boise, ID
Sat, Feb 13 8:05pm	at Nevada	L 88–80 ^OT	11–14 (2–10)	Lawlor Events Center (7,598) Reno, NV
Wed, Feb 17* 8:15pm	Cal-State Bakersfield	W 81–62	12–14	Taco Bell Arena (2,027) Boise, ID
Sat, Feb 20* 7:05pm	UC Davis	L 82–74	12–15	Taco Bell Arena (1,906) Boise, ID
Thu, Feb 25 6:05pm	at Louisiana Tech	W 72–59	13–15 (3–10)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,976) Ruston, LA
Sat, Feb 27 7:05pm, ESPN Plus	at New Mexico State	L 95–92	13–16 (3–11)	Pan American Center (6,691) Las Cruces, NM
Thu, Mar 4 7:05pm	Hawai'i	W 82–63	14–16 (4–11)	Taco Bell Arena (2,183) Boise, ID
Sat, Mar 6 4:15pm	San Jose State	W 85–56	15–16 (5–11)	Taco Bell Arena (3,142) Boise, ID
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thur, Mar 11 1:00pm, ESPNU	vs. Utah State Quarterfinals	L 84–60	15–17	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

On November 30, Sr. Ike Okoye was named the WAC player of the week for the third week of the season with weekly averages of 17.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 2.5 AST, 4.5 Blocks and 54.2 FG%.^[4]

On March 1, Jr. Robert Arnold was named the WAC player of the week for the sixteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, and 75.0 FG%.^[5]

References

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