The 2009–10 San Diego State men's basketball team represented San Diego State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Fisher's eleventh season at San Diego State. The Aztecs competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at Viejas Arena. They finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in MWC play. They won the 2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the Midwest Region and were defeated by 6 seed and AP #15 Tennessee in the first round.
Off Season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ryan Amoroso 43 F 6'8" 263 Senior Burnsville, Minnesota Graduated Tim Island 2 G 6'4" 207 Senior San Diego, California Graduated Kyle Spain 15 F 6'5" 220 Senior Newark, California Graduated Matt Thomas 21 G 6'4" 213 Senior Riverside, California Graduated Lorenzo Wade 31 F 6'6" 225 Senior Hawthorne, California Graduated Richie Williams 3 G 5'10" 162 Senior San Diego, California Graduated Bryce Smith 25 G 6'3" 200 Freshman Woodland Hills, California Elected to transfer.
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes James Rahon 11 G 6'5" 202 Sophomore San Diego, California Elected to transfer from Santa Clara. Rahon will redshirt for the 2009–10 season, under NCAA transfer rules. Will have three years of eligibility.
2009 Recruiting Class
Preseason In the Mountain West preseason polls, released October 6 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, CO, San Diego State was selected to finish second in the media poll. Jr. Billy White was selected to the preseason MWC first team. Fr. Kawhi Leonard was selected as the preseason freshman of the year.
Roster
Source #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)0Alec Williams6'6"268FFr.San Juan Capistrano, CAJSerra HS3Tyrone Shelley6'6"225GSo.San Diego, CACrawford HSPepperdine4Malcolm Thomas6'9"215FJr.San Diego, CACrawford HSSan Diego City College5Brian Carlwell6'11"297CJr.Maywood, ILProviso East HSIllinois11James Rahon6'5"202GSo.San Diego, CATorrey Pines HSSanta Clara15Kawhi Leonard6'7"225FFr.Riverside, CAKing HS20Jason Deutchman6'6"220GJr.Los Angeles, CASanta Monica HSUW–Milwaukee22Chase Tapley6'2"205GFr.Sacramento, CASacramento HS23D.J. Gay6'0"167GJr.Sun Valley, CAPoly HS24Tim Shelton6'7"248FSo.Fresno, CAClovis West HS32Billy White6'8"235FJr.Las Vegas, NVGreen Valley HS40Kelvin Davis 6'3"220GSr.Waterbury, CTSacred Heart HSCollege of Southern Idaho42Mehdi Cheriet6'9"218FSr.Tarare, FranceAlbert Thomas HSArizona Western
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season
!colspan=10 style=| Mountain West tournament
!colspan=10 style=| NCAA tournament
See also San Diego State Aztecs 2009–10 MWC men's basketball season
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