The 2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10–20 and 3–13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament.
Pre-season In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.
2009–10 Team
Roster Source #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Petras Balocka6'8"250CSr.Vilnius, LithuaniaCommunity Christian School Pensacola JC2Hiram Thompson6'2"175GJr.Sacramento, CaliforniaOak Ridge HS3Zane Johnson6'6"210GJr.Phoenix, ArizonaThunderbird HSArizona5Dwain Williams6'0"175GJr.San Diego, CaliforniaVista Murrieta HSProvidence12Rykin Enos5'11"190GSo.Aiea, HawaiiKamehameha Schools15Beau Albrechtson6'4"205GSo.Honolulu, HawaiiKaimuki HS20Jeremy Lay6'0"185GJr.Oklahoma City, OklahomaSoutheast HSNorthern Oklahoma-Enid21Paul Campbell6'10"215CSr.Toronto, OntarioNorthview Heights SSArkansas-Fort Smith22Leroy Lutu6'3"200GSo.Mercer Island, WashingtonMercer Island HS23Roderick Flemings6'7"210GSr.Dallas, TexasDeSoto HSWeatherford JC24Adhar Mayen6'8"195FSr.Pflugerville, TexasPflugerville HSHill CC25Ji Xiang6'10"240FSo.Zhengzhou, HenanZhengzhou No. 11 Middle School32Brandon Adams6'7"220FSr.Seattle, WashingtonSan Ramon Valley HSDiablo Valley College33Aleksandar Milovic6'7"220FSo.Cetinje, MontenegroGymnasiumDuquesne34Douglas Kurtz7'0"265CJr.Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilUniversitario in Porto AlegreMarshalltown CC41Bill Amis6'9"220FSr.Oklahoma City, OklahomaPutnam City HSPratt CC
Coaching staff Name Position Year at Hawai'iAlma Mater (Year)Bob NashHead coach 3rd as HC/31st overall Hawai'i (1984)Jackson Wheeler Associate head coach 20th Marymount (1982)Larry Farmer Assistant coach 3rd UCLA (1973)Eran Ganot Assistant coach 4th Swarthmore College (2003)Tim Shepherd Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Chaminade (2004)
2009–10 schedule and results Source All times are Hawaiian
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular Season
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