2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball | |
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NIT, Second Round | |
Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Record | 19–16 (7–11 Big East) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Syracuse | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 30 | – | 5 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 West Virginia † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 31 | – | 7 | .816 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Villanova | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Pittsburgh | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Georgetown | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2010 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2010[1] Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcats finished the season 19–16, 7–11 in Big East play and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament before losing to eventual champion West Virginia. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Dayton.
Offseason
[edit]Departing players
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Brandon Miller | 20 | G | 6'4" | 195 | Senior | Cincinnati, Ohio | Walk-on; graduated |
Mike Williams | 21 | F | 6'7" | 240 | Senior | Camden, Alabama | Graduated |
Alvin Mitchell | 23 | F | 6'5" | 210 | Freshman | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | Transferred to Mountain State University[2] |
Kenny Belton | 32 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Sophomore | Salem, Virginia | Left team due to injury[3] |
Incoming Transfers
[edit]Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Eddie Tyree | G | 5'10" | 180 | Junior | Columbus, OH | Walk-on; transferred from Thomas More.[4] |
Ibrahima Thomas | F | 6'11" | 235 | Junior | Dakar, Senegal | Transferred from Oklahoma State during the 2008–09 season. Thomas will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the first seven games of the 2009–10 season.[5] |
Recruiting class of 2009
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Sean Kilpatrick SG |
White Plains, New York | Notre Dame Prep | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||
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JaQuon Parker PG |
Suffolk, Virginia | King's Fork High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jun 2, 2009 | |
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Lance Stephenson G |
Brooklyn, New York | Abraham Lincoln High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Jun 30, 2009 | |
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Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 45 | ||||||
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Recruiting class of 2010
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Justin Jackson F |
Cocoa Beach, Florida | Arlington Country Day School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Aug 27, 2009 | |
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Kelvin Gaines F |
Ocala, Florida | Arlington Country Day School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Nov 17, 2009 | |
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Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 86 | ||||||
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Roster
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Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Ibrahima Thomas | Steve Toyloy | Anthony McClain |
PF | Yancy Gates | Darnell Wilks | |
SF | Rashad Bishop | JaQuon Parker | Alex Eppensteiner |
SG | Lance Stephenson | Dion Dixon | Larry Davis |
PG | Deonta Vaughn | Cashmere Wright | Eddie Tyree |
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 5, 2009* 7:30pm |
Saginaw Valley State | W 86–58 | Fifth Third Arena (6,558) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||||
November 12, 2009* 7:30pm |
Bellarmine | W 76–69 | Fifth Third Arena (6,653) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 16, 2009* 7:30pm |
Prairie View A&M | W 69–62 | 1–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,777) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
November 18, 2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio |
Toledo | W 92–68 | 2–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (7,010) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
November 23, 2009* 5:30pm, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 24 Vanderbilt Maui Invitational |
W 67–58 | 3–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | |||||||
November 24, 2009* 7:00pm, ESPN |
vs. No. 21 Maryland Maui Invitational |
W 69–57 | 4–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | |||||||
November 25, 2009* 10:00pm, ESPN |
vs. Gonzaga Maui Invitational |
L 61–59 OT | 4–1 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | |||||||
December 1, 2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio |
No. 22 | Texas Southern | W 94–57 | 5–1 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,825) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 10, 2009* 8:30pm, ESPN2 |
No. 19 | Miami (OH) | W 63–59 | 6–1 |
U.S. Bank Arena (6,280) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 13, 2009* 7:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 19 | at Xavier Crosstown Shootout |
L 83–79 2OT | 6–2 |
Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 16, 2009* 7:00pm, CBSCS |
No. 25 | at UAB | L 64–47 | 6–3 |
Bartow Arena (6,939) Birmingham, AL | ||||||
December 19, 2009* 2:00pm, FS Ohio |
No. 25 | Lipscomb | W 80–52 | 7–3 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,647) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 22, 2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio |
Winthrop | W 74–57 | 8–3 |
Fifth Third Arena (7,292) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 30, 2009 7:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 10 Connecticut | W 71–69 | 9–3 (1–0) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,409) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 2, 2010 8:00pm, FS Ohio |
at Rutgers | W 65–58 | 10–3 (2–0) |
the RAC (5,651) Piscataway, NJ | |||||||
January 4, 2010 7:00pm, ESPN |
No. 23 Pittsburgh | L 71–69 | 10–4 (2–1) |
Fifth Third Arena (8,699) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 6, 2010* 7:30pm, FS Ohio |
Cal State Bakersfield | W 87–58 | 11–4 |
Fifth Third Arena (7,168) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 9, 2010 6:00pm, FS Ohio |
at Seton Hall | L 83–76 | 11–5 (2–2) |
Prudential Center (7,551) Newark, NJ | |||||||
January 13, 2010 6:00pm, ESPNU |
at St. John's | L 52–50 | 11–6 (2–3) |
Madison Square Garden (7,040) New York, NY | |||||||
January 16, 2010 4:00pm, ESPNU |
Notre Dame | W 60–58 | 12–6 (3–3) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,589) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 20, 2010 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
South Florida | W 78–70 | 13–6 (4–3) |
Fifth Third Arena (7,306) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 24, 2010 12:00pm, FS Ohio |
at Louisville Rivalry |
L 68–60 | 13–7 (4–4) |
Freedom Hall (18,617) Louisville, KY | |||||||
January 30, 2010 8:00pm, ESPNU |
Providence | W 92–88 | 14–7 (5–4) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,045) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 4, 2010 9:00pm, ESPN2 |
at Notre Dame | L 83–65 | 14–8 (5–5) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,530) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
February 7, 2010 2:00pm, FS Ohio |
No. 3 Syracuse | L 71–54 | 14–9 (5–6) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,045) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 13, 2010 12:00pm, WKRC |
at Connecticut | W 60–48 | 15–9 (6–6) |
XL Center (14,605) Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 16, 2010 7:00pm, ESPNU |
at South Florida | L 65–57 | 15–10 (6–7) |
USF Sun Dome (6,607) Tampa, FL | |||||||
February 21, 2010 2:00pm, FS Ohio |
Marquette | L 79–76 OT | 15–11 (6–8) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,192) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 24, 2010 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
DePaul | W 74–69 | 16–11 (7–8) |
Fifth Third Arena (8,111) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 27, 2010 2:00pm, WKRC |
at No. 8 West Virginia | L 74–68 | 16–12 (7–9) |
WVU Coliseum (12,598) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
March 2, 2010 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 9 Villanova | L 77–73 | 16–13 (7–10) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,076) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
March 6, 2010 12:00pm, ESPN |
at No. 19 Georgetown | L 74–47 | 16–14 (7–11) |
Verizon Center (17,054) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 9, 2010 9:30pm, ESPNU |
(11) | vs. (14) Rutgers First Round |
W 69–68 | 17–14 |
Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY | ||||||
March 10, 2010 9:30pm, ESPN |
(11) | vs. (6) Louisville Second Round/Rivalry |
W 69–66 | 18–14 |
Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY | ||||||
March 11, 2010 9:30pm, ESPN |
(11) | vs. (3) No. 7 West Virginia Quarterfinals |
L 54–51 | 18–15 |
Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY | ||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
March 17, 2010* 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
(2) | (7) Weber State First Round |
W 76–62 | 19–15 |
Fifth Third Arena (2,410) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
March 22, 2010* 9:00pm, ESPN |
(2) | (3) Dayton Second Round |
L 81–66 | 19–16 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,479) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source[7]
Awards and milestones
[edit]Big East Conference honors
[edit]All-Big East Awards
[edit]- Rookie of the Year: Lance Stephenson
All-Big East Rookie Team
[edit]- Lance Stephenson
Rookie of the Week
[edit]- Week 1: Lance Stephenson
- Week 4: Lance Stephenson
- Week 11: Cashmere Wright
- Week 15: Lance Stephenson
- Week 16: Lance Stephenson
Rankings
[edit]Ranking Movement | Week | |||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
USA Today/ESPN Coaches | 24 | 19 | RV | |||||||||||||||||
Associated Press | 22 | 19 | 25 |
1 - Note that rankings above 25 are not official rankings. They are representations of ranking based on the number of points received in the weekly poll.
References
[edit]- ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.
- ^ Hamacher, Brian (December 4, 2009). "B-Ball Star From Miami Shot Outside School Dorm". nbcmiami.com. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
Mitchell, a star at Cardinal Gibbons High, had played for the University of Cincinnati but was let go after his second violation of team rules last year. He transferred to Mountain State, where he was averaging 12.6 points per game this year.
- ^ Kuhn, Maddie (September 23, 2011). "Former Cincinnati Big Man Lands at Ohio". woub.org. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ "Eddie Tyree - Men's Basketball".
- ^ "Ibrahima Thomas - Men's Basketball".
- ^ "2009-10 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats".
- ^ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.