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. 36Elena Bergeron, Matt Giles, Ian Gordon and Dan Hodes, Splite Takes, ESPN The Magazine, College Basketball Preview: 2009/10
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
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
Postseason
NCAA tournament Thurs., Mar. 18, – No. 11 Washington def. No. 6 Marquette 80–78, San Jose, CA (East Region) Fri., Mar. 19, – No. 8 California def. No. 9 Louisville 77–62, Jacksonville, FL (South Region) Sat., Mar. 20 – Washington def. New Mexico 82–64, San Jose, Calif. (East Region) Sun., Mar. 21 – Duke def. California 68–53, Jacksonville, FL (South Region) Thu., Mar. 25 – West Virginia def. Washington 69–56, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (East Region)
NIT
Tues., Mar. 18 – No. 8-seed Jacksonville def. No. 1-seed Arizona State 67–66, (first round, Arizona State bracket)
CBI
Wed., Mar. 19 – Boston University def. Oregon State 96–78, 7 p.m. (first round, Gill Coliseum)
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.David Wharton, UCLA's loss to Portland is a real drag, Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2009
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.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
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.Amoke suspended for rules violation, Associated Press, March 17, 2010 March 17, 2010 – Oregon head coach Ernie Kent's contract was terminated effective June 30.Oregon fires basketball coach Kent, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2010 March 19, 2010 – Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti step down to join ESPN as a football analyst.
June June 10, 2010 – NCAA to release the report of its investigation of the USC basketball team. June 10, 2010 – Colorado Buffaloes join the Pac-10 as its 11th member.
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.Three Pac-10 Men's Basketball Players Named to Wooden Award Preseason List , Pac-10.org, Aug. 20, 2009
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Senior Landry Fields, Stanford – Scholar-Athlete of the Year, presented by Toyo Tires
Player-of-the-Week
Nov. 16 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Nov. 23 – Klay Thompson, WSUWashington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week , Pac-10.org, November 23, 2009 Nov. 30 – Klay Thompson, WSUWashington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Pac-10.org, November 30, 2009 Dec. 7 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Dec. 14 – Patrick Christopher, CAL Dec. 21 – Alex Stepheson, USC Dec. 28 – Mike Gerrity, USC Jan. 4 – Michael Dunigan, ORE Jan. 11 – Ty Abbott, ASU Jan. 18 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Jan. 25 – Landry Fields, STAN Feb. 1 – Nic Wise, ARIZ Feb. 8 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Feb. 15 – Jerome Randle, CAL Feb. 22 – Landry Fields, STAN Mar. 1 – Jamal Boykin, CAL Mar. 8 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH
All-Americans
All-Pac-10 teams Player of The Year: Jerome Randle, California Freshman of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona Defensive Player of The Year: Seth Tarver, Oregon State Most Improved Player of The Year: Nikola Vucevic, USC Coach of The Year: Herb Sendek, Arizona State
FIRST TEAM:
NameSchool Pos. Year HometownTy 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 MajorMustafa Abdul-Hamid, UCLA Jr. 3.81 Global Studies Landry Fields, Stanford Sr. 3.03 Communication Nikola Koprivica, Washington State Sr. 3.32 International Studies Roeland Schaftenaar, Oregon State Sr. 3.17 Business Drew Shiller, Stanford Sr. 3.14 Communication
Second Team: Player, School Year GPA MajorJorge Gutierrez, California So. 3.09 Undeclared Malcolm Lee, UCLA So. 3.13 Undeclared Abe Lodwick, Washington State So. 3.26 Communication Garrett Sim, Oregon So. 3.08 Undeclared Jack Trotter, Stanford So. 3.31 Undeclared
USBWA All-District team
NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team 1 26 SF Oklahoma City Thunder (from Phoenix, traded to New Orleans) Washington (Sr.) 2 39 SG New York (from L.A. Clippers via Denver) Stanford (Sr.)
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