2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team

2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	21–13 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach	David Carter
Assistant coach	Doug Novsek
Assistant coach	Keith Brown
Assistant coach	Dennis Gates
Home arena	Lawlor Events Center

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	14	–	2	.875	27	–	7	.794
Nevada	11	–	5	.688	21	–	13	.618
New Mexico State†	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Louisiana Tech	9	–	7	.563	24	–	11	.686
Fresno State	7	–	9	.438	15	–	18	.455
San Jose State	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Idaho	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Boise State	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
Hawaii	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach David Carter's first season as head coach after being a Wolf Pack assistant coach for the previous ten years. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference and play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Rhode Island.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] Nevada was selected to finish 2nd in the coaches poll and received one first place vote. So. Luke Babbitt and Jr. Armon Johnson were selected to the coach's All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as pre-season WAC player of the year.

The media poll almost mirrored the coaches poll as the Wolf Pack were selected to finish 2nd and received 12 first place votes, Babbitt and Johnson were selected to the All-WAC first team and Babbitt was selected as the media WAC pre-season player of the year.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Brandon Fields	6'4"	190	G	Sr.	Arlington, TX, U.S.	Bowie HS
1	Patrick Nyeko	6'6"	180	G	Fr.	London, England, U.K.	Seattle Prep
3	Joey Shaw	6'6"	210	F	Sr.	Glendale, AZ, U.S.	Deer Valley High School HS College of Southern Idaho
5	Luke Babbitt	6'9"	225	F	So.	Reno, NV, U.S.	Galena HS
11	London Giles	6'3"	185	G	So.	Dallas, TX, U.S.	Kimball HS
12	Keith Fuetsch	5'11"	170	G	Fr.	Reno, NV, U.S.	Bishop Manogue HS
14	Marko Cukic	6'9"	240	F	Fr.	Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia	IMG Academy
20	Ray Kraemer	6'4"	220	G	Sr.	Kemah, TX, U.S.	Clear Creek HS Weatherford CC
21	Malik Story	6'5"	225	G	So.	Pasadena, CA, U.S.	Artesia HS Indiana
23	Armon Johnson	6'3"	195	G	Jr.	Reno, NV, U.S.	Hug HS
33	Adam Carp	6'7"	205	F	Jr.	Clayton, CA, U.S.	Clayton Valley HS
43	Keith Olson	6'9"	260	F	So.	Gardnerville, NV, U.S.	Douglas HS Northern Arizona
54	Dario Hunt	6'8"	230	F	So.	Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.	Charis Prep

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Nevada	Alma Mater (Year)
David Carter	Head Coach	1st	Saint Mary's (1989)
Doug Novsek	Associate Head Coach	4th	Southern Illinois (1987)
Keith Brown	Assistant Coach	1st	Hampton (1993)
Dennis Gates	Assistant Coach	1st	California (2001)
Zac Claus	Director of Basketball Operations	5th	Eastern Washington (1998)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Pacific

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Tue, Nov 10 7:05pm	Chico State	W 90–63		Lawlor Events Center (3,687) Reno, NV
Regular Season
Sat, Nov 14* 7:05pm	Montana State	W 75–61	1–0	Lawlor Events Center (7,371) Reno, NV
Wed, Nov 18* 7:30pm	at UNLV	L 88–75	1–1	Thomas & Mack Center (13,113) Paradise, Nevada
Sat, Nov 21* 8:05pm	Houston	W 112–99	2–1	Lawlor Events Center (5,721) Reno, NV
Fri, Nov 27* 4:30pm	at VCU	L 85–76	2–2	Stuart C. Siegel Center (5,769) Richmond, VA
Sun, Nov 29* 4:45pm, FSN	at No. 11 North Carolina	L 80–73	2–3	Dean Smith Center (17,321) Chapel Hill, NC
Sat, Dec 5* 7:00pm	at Pacific	L 61–58	2–4	Alex G. Spanos Center (2,801) Stockton, CA
Tue, Dec 8* 7:05pm	Fresno Pacific	W 89–67	3–4	Lawlor Events Center (3,778) Reno, NV
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm	South Dakota State	W 92–72	4–4	Lawlor Events Center (3,130) Reno, NV
Thu, Dec 17* 7:05pm	Eastern Washington	W 73–70	5–4	Lawlor Events Center (4,713) Reno, NV
Sat, Dec 19* 7:05pm	Wagner	W 74–61	6–5	Lawlor Events Center (4,692) Reno, NV
Tue, Dec 22* 7:30pm	vs. BYU Las Vegas Classic	L 110–104	6–5	Orleans Arena (NA) Paradise, NV
Wed, Dec 23* 5:00pm	vs. Tulsa Las Vegas Classic	W 99–68	7–5	Orleans Arena (NA) Paradise, NV
Mon, Dec 28* 7:05pm	Portland	W 78–69	8–5	Lawlor Events Center (5,827) Reno, NV
Sat, Jan 2 5:00pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 77–71	8–6 (0–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,088) Ruston, LA
Mon, Jan 4 8:00pm, ESPNU	at New Mexico State	W 77–67	9–6 (1–1)	Pan American Center (4,788) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm	San Jose State	W 96–67	10–6 (2–1)	Lawlor Events Center (5,988) Reno, NV
Wed, Jan 13 8:00pm, ESPN2	Utah State	L 79–72 ^OT	10–7 (2–2)	Lawlor Events Center (7,035) Reno, NV
Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm	Idaho	W 76–68	11–7 (3–2)	Lawlor Events Center (6,030) Reno, NV
Wed, Jan 20 7:15pm	at Boise State	W 88–82	12–7 (4–2)	Taco Bell Arena (2,833) Boise, ID
Sat, Jan 23 7:00pm	at Fresno State	L 87–77	12–8 (4–3)	Save Mart Center (8,494) Fresno, CA
Sat, Jan 30 7:05pm	Hawai'i	W 66–60	13–8 (5–3)	Lawlor Events Center (7,490) Reno, NV
Sat, Feb 6 7:00pm, ESPNU	at Utah State	L 76–65	13–9 (5–4)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Wed, Feb 10 8:00pm, ESPN2	at Idaho	W 67–66	14–9 (6–4)	Cowan Spectrum (1,580) Moscow, ID
Sat, Feb 13 7:05pm	Boise State	W 88–80 ^OT	15–9 (7–4)	Lawlor Events Center (7,598) Reno, NV
Wed, Feb 17 7:05pm	Fresno State	W 74–70	16–9 (8–4)	Lawlor Events Center (5,479) Reno, NV
Sat, Feb 20* 12:00pm, ESPN2	at Missouri State ESPN BracketBusters	L 62–60	16–10	JQH Arena (7,805) Springfield, MO
Thu, Feb 25 7:00pm	at San Jose State	W 83–79	17–10 (9–4)	The Event Center (2,385) San Jose, CA
Sat, Feb 27 9:00pm	at Hawai'i	L 74–63	17–11 (9–5)	Stan Sheriff Center (6,025) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Mar 4 7:05pm	New Mexico State	W 100–92	18–11 (10–5)	Lawlor Events Center (5,878) Reno, NV
Sat, Mar 6 7:05pm	Louisiana Tech	W 79–68	19–11 (11–5)	Lawlor Events Center (7,558) Reno, NV
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 6:00pm	Idaho Quarterfinals	W 87–71	20–11	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
Fri, Mar 12 9:00pm, ESPN2	New Mexico State Semifinals	L 80–79	20–12	Lawlor Events Center (5,897) Reno, NV
2010 National Invitation Tournament
Wed, Mar 17 5:05pm	at Wichita State First Round	W 74–70	21–12	Charles Koch Arena (9,112) Wichita, KS
Mon, Mar 22 3:00pm, ESPNU	at Rhode Island Second Round	L 85–83	21–13	Ryan Center (3,419) Kingston, RI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

On November 23, Sr. Joey Shaw was named the WAC player of the week for the second week of the season with weekly averages of 20.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.5 AST and 61.9 FG%.^[4]

On January 11, So. Luke Babbitt was named the WAC player of the week for the ninth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.0 AST and 58.3 FG%.^[5]

On February 15, Jr. Armon Johnson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 23.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 50.0 FG%.^[6]

References

Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball

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