The 2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcats finished the season 19–16, 7–11 in Big East play and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament before losing to eventual champion West Virginia. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Dayton.
Offseason
Departing players Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 20 G 195 Cincinnati, Ohio Walk-on; graduated 21 F 240 Camden, Alabama Graduated 23 F 210 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Transferred to Mountain State University 32 F 225 Salem, Virginia Left team due to injury
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Eddie Tyree G 180 Columbus, OH Walk-on; transferred from Thomas More. Ibrahima Thomas F 235 Dakar, Senegal Transferred from Oklahoma State during the 2008–09 season. Thomas will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the first seven games of the 2009–10 season.
Recruiting class of 2009
Recruiting class of 2010
Roster
Depth chart
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Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=|Big East tournament
!colspan=12 style=|National Invitation Tournament
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Awards and milestones
Big East Conference honors
All-Big East Awards Rookie of the Year: Lance Stephenson
All-Big East Rookie Team Lance Stephenson
Rookie of the Week Week 1: Lance Stephenson Week 4: Lance Stephenson Week 11: Cashmere Wright Week 15: Lance Stephenson Week 16: Lance Stephenson
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Rankings
Ranking MovementWeek Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final USA Today/ESPN Coaches 24 19 RV Associated Press 22 19 25 1 - Note that rankings above 25 are not official rankings. They are representations of ranking based on the number of points received in the weekly poll.
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