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.
2009–10 Team
Roster Source No.NameHt.Wt.PositionYr.HometownPrevious School(s)1Perryman, Westly6' 3"183GuardJRBoston, MassachusettsEast Boston HS, Monroe College2Montreal, Daequon6' 7"229ForwardJRSyracuse, New YorkCorcoran HS, College of Southern Idaho3Okoye, Ike6' 9"235GuardSRSacramento, CaliforniaWoodcreek HS, Wyoming4Salzwedel, Justin 6' 2"184GuardJRPhoenix, ArizonaArizona Lutheran Academy, Phoenix College11Thomas, Anthony6' 0"211GuardSRMansfield, TexasMansfield Summit HS14Larsen, Nate6' 2"188GuardSRPark City, UtahPark City HS, Treasure Valley CC20Imadiyi, Sean6' 7"207ForwardSRChandler, ArizonaCorona Del Sol HS, Arizona Western21Arnold, Robert6' 6"170ForwardJRLancaster, CaliforniaLancaster HS, Antelope Valley CC23Hill, G.A.5' 8"140GuardFRAransas Pass, TexasAransas Pass HS24Anderson, La'Shard6' 1"170GuardJRSan Diego, CaliforniaJunípero Serra HS, Irvine Valley CC25Noonan, Paul6' 7"214GuardJRBeaverton, OregonBeaverton HS30Young, Tyler6' 8"219ForwardFRLeesburg, VirginiaBishop O'Connell HS32Moritz, Zack6' 11"245CenterJR Vancouver, WashingtonColumbia River HS42Hicks, Sam6' 9"259ForwardFRRedding, CaliforniaLiberty Christian HS50Cunningham, Kurt6' 9"265CenterSRSharpsville, IndianaTri-Central HSIndicates Red Shirt Year
Coaching staff Name Position Year at Boise StateAlma Mater (Year)Greg GrahamHead 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 All times are Mountain
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular Season
!colspan=9| 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament
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%.
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%.
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