The 2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Don Verlin and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho.
The Vandals were overall in the regular season and in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings. They met second-seed and host Nevada in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament in Reno and lost by sixteen points.
Pre-season In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Idaho was selected to finish fourth in both the media and coaches poll and senior guard Mac Hobson was selected to the All-WAC first team by both the media and coaches.
Roster No.NameHt.Wt.PositionYr.HometownPrevious School(s)0Stern, Corey6'–7"200ForwardFRSeattle, WashingtonRainier Beach HS1Hopson, Mac6'–2"185GuardSRPortland, OregonJefferson HS, Washington State2Ledbetter, Jeff6'–3"195GuardJRBrea, CaliforniaOrange Lutheran HS, Irvine Valley CC3Henderson, Shawn6'–3"178GuardJRRenton, WashingtonRenton HS, North Idaho College5Johnson, Steffan6'–1"180GuardSRKent, WashingtonKent-Meridian HS, Pacific10Tatum, Landon5'–11"196GuardJRSan Antonio, TexasO'Connor HS, South Plains CC11Wiley, Brandon6'–6"218ForwardSRPinole, CaliforniaPinole Valley HS, City College of San Francisco13de Souza, Luciano6'–7"210ForwardSRMatão, BrazilSouth Plains CC20Lawrence, Marcus5'–11"174GuardJRLas Vegas, NevadaBishop Gorman HS, UNLV 21Toledo, Luiz6'–8"225ForwardSOAraraquara, BrazilModesto Christian HS, St. Francis Xavier23Stewart, Justin6'–1"185GuardFRSpokane, WashingtonFerris HS32Watson, Kashif6'–4"186GuardSRLas Vegas, NevadaBishop Gorman HS, Irvine Valley CC33Barone, Kyle6'–10"220CenterFR Garden Grove, CaliforniaPacifica HS34Blackstock, Travis6'–5"206ForwardSRKuna, IdahoKuna HS42Kammerer, Joe6'–9"241CenterFREugene, OregonNorth Eugene HS53Jefferson, Marvin6'–9"250CenterSRMerced, CaliforniaGolden Valley HS, Modesto JC
Coaching staff Name Position Year at Idaho Alma mater (Year) Don VerlinHead Coach 2nd Stanislaus State (1991) Ray Lopes Associate Head Coach 2nd College of Idaho (1987)Mike Freeman Assistant Coach 3rd Iowa (2006)Mike Score Assistant Coach 3rd Washington (1996)Chris Helbling Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Gonzaga (2008)
Schedule and results
!colspan=5 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=5 style=| Regular Season
!colspan=5 style=| WAC Tournament
References