# 2009–10 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Greg Graham's eighth and final season at Boise State as he was fired at the end of the season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at the Taco Bell Arena. Boise State finished the season 15–17, 5–11 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament to Utah State.

## Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Boise State was selected to finish 7th in the coaches poll and 5th in the media poll.

## 2009–10 Team
### Roster

Source
| No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Position | Yr. | Hometown | Previous School(s) |
| 1 | Perryman, Westly | 6' 3" | 183 | Guard | JR | Boston, Massachusetts | East Boston HS, Monroe College |
| 2 | Montreal, Daequon | 6' 7" | 229 | Forward | JR | Syracuse, New York | Corcoran HS, College of Southern Idaho |
| 3 | Okoye, Ike | 6' 9" | 235 | Guard | SR | Sacramento, California | Woodcreek HS, Wyoming |
| 4 | Salzwedel, Justin | 6' 2" | 184 | Guard | JR | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona Lutheran Academy, Phoenix College |
| 11 | Thomas, Anthony | 6' 0" | 211 | Guard | SR | Mansfield, Texas | Mansfield Summit HS |
| 14 | Larsen, Nate | 6' 2" | 188 | Guard | SR | Park City, Utah | Park City HS, Treasure Valley CC |
| 20 | Imadiyi, Sean | 6' 7" | 207 | Forward | SR | Chandler, Arizona | Corona Del Sol HS, Arizona Western |
| 21 | Arnold, Robert | 6' 6" | 170 | Forward | JR | Lancaster, California | Lancaster HS, Antelope Valley CC |
| 23 | Hill, G.A. | 5' 8" | 140 | Guard | FR | Aransas Pass, Texas | Aransas Pass HS |
| 24 | Anderson, La'Shard | 6' 1" | 170 | Guard | JR | San Diego, California | Junípero Serra HS, Irvine Valley CC |
| 25 | Noonan, Paul | 6' 7" | 214 | Guard | JR | Beaverton, Oregon | Beaverton HS |
| 30 | Young, Tyler | 6' 8" | 219 | Forward | FR | Leesburg, Virginia | Bishop O'Connell HS |
| 32 | Moritz, Zack | 6' 11" | 245 | Center | JR | Vancouver, Washington | Columbia River HS |
| 42 | Hicks, Sam | 6' 9" | 259 | Forward | FR | Redding, California | Liberty Christian HS |
| 50 | Cunningham, Kurt | 6' 9" | 265 | Center | SR | Sharpsville, Indiana | Tri-Central HS |
Indicates Red Shirt Year

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Year at Boise State | Alma Mater (Year) |
| Greg Graham | Head coach | 8th | Oregon (1978) |
| Tim Cleary | Assistant coach | 8th | Carroll College (1994) |
| Andy McClouskey | Assistant coach | 8th | Oregon State (1982) |
| James Bailey | Assistant coach | 2nd | Bradley (1992) |
| Ryan Hellenthal | Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | Illinois-Chicago (2002) |

## 2009–10 schedule and results

Source
* All times are Mountain
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Tue, Nov 3 7:35pm | Willamette | W 111–72 | | Taco Bell Arena (1,022) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Nov 7 7:05pm | Concordia | W 109–89 | | Taco Bell Arena (NA) Boise, Idaho |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Fri, Nov 13* 5:30pm | vs. Loyola Marymount Montana Tournament | W 90–87 | 1–0 | Dahlberg Arena (NA) Missoula, Montana |
| Sat, Nov 14* 7:30pm | at Montana Montana Tournament | L 82–95 | 1–1 | Dahlberg Arena (3,135) Missoula, Montana |
| Sun, Nov 15* 1:00pm | vs. North Dakota Montana Tournament | W 75–60 | 2–1 | Dahlberg Arena (NA) Missoula, Montana |
| Sat, Nov 21* 7:00pm | at Wyoming | L 87–61 | 2–2 | Arena-Auditorium (5,298) Laramie, Wyoming |
| Tue, Nov 24* 8:00pm | at Eastern Washington | W 82–69 | 3–2 | Reese Court (1,412) Cheney, Washington |
| Sat, Nov 28* 7:05pm | North Texas | W 79–73 | 4–2 | Taco Bell Arena (2,650) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Dec 5* 5:30pm, BTN | at Illinois | L 84–77 | 4–3 | Assembly Hall (15,903) Champaign, Illinois |
| Wed, Dec 9* 7:00pm | at Idaho State | W 79–67 | 5–3 | Holt Arena (2,679) Pocatello, Idaho |
| Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm | San Diego | L 59–56 | 5–4 | Taco Bell Arena (2,359) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Dec 19* 3:15pm | Houston Baptist | W 96–59 | 6–4 | Taco Bell Arena (2,417) Boise, Idaho |
| Mon, Dec 21* 8:15pm | Portland State | W 69–62 | 7–4 | Taco Bell Arena (2,418) Boise, Idaho |
| Wed, Dec 23* 7:05pm | Montana State | W 58–56 | 8–4 | Taco Bell Arena (3,008) Boise, Idaho |
| Tue, Dec 29* 7:05pm | Northwest Nazarene | W 76–58 | 9–4 | Taco Bell Arena (2,138) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Jan 2 8:00pm | at Fresno State | L 71–68 | 9–5 (0–1) | Save Mart Center (7,983) Fresno, California |
| Mon, Jan 4 10:05pm, ESPN Plus | at Hawai'i | L 76–68 | 9–6 (0–2) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,119) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Jan 9 7:05pm | New Mexico State | L 88–85 | 9–7 (0–3) | Taco Bell Arena (3,896) Boise, Idaho |
| Mon, Jan 11 7:05pm | Louisiana Tech | L 79–64 | 9–8 (0–4) | Taco Bell Arena (2,186) Boise, Idaho |
| Thu, Jan 14 8:00pm | at San Jose State | L 76–74 | 9–9 (0–5) | The Event Center Arena (1,382) San Jose, California |
| Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm | at Utah State | L 81–59 | 9–10 (0–6) | Smith Spectrum (9,769) Logan, Utah |
| Wed, Jan 20 8:15pm | Nevada | L 88–82 | 9–11 (0–7) | Taco Bell Arena (2,833) Boise, Idaho |
| Mon, Jan 25 9:05pm, ESPNU | at Idaho | W 77–67 $^{OT}$ | 10–11 (1–7) | Cowan Spectrum (4,104) Moscow, Idaho |
| Sat, Jan 30 8:15pm, ESPN Plus | Fresno State | W 65–49 | 11–11 (2–7) | Taco Bell Arena (5,019) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Feb 6 7:05pm | Idaho | L 79–55 | 11–12 (2–8) | Taco Bell Arena (7,734) Boise, Idaho |
| Thu, Feb 11 7:05pm | Utah State | L 72–67 | 11–13 (2–9) | Taco Bell Arena (3,064) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Feb 13 8:05pm | at Nevada | L 88–80 $^{OT}$ | 11–14 (2–10) | Lawlor Events Center (7,598) Reno, Nevada |
| Wed, Feb 17* 8:15pm | Cal-State Bakersfield | W 81–62 | 12–14 | Taco Bell Arena (2,027) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Feb 20* 7:05pm | UC Davis | L 82–74 | 12–15 | Taco Bell Arena (1,906) Boise, Idaho |
| Thu, Feb 25 6:05pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 72–59 | 13–15 (3–10) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,976) Ruston, Louisiana |
| Sat, Feb 27 7:05pm, ESPN Plus | at New Mexico State | L 95–92 | 13–16 (3–11) | Pan American Center (6,691) Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Thu, Mar 4 7:05pm | Hawai'i | W 82–63 | 14–16 (4–11) | Taco Bell Arena (2,183) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Mar 6 4:15pm | San Jose State | W 85–56 | 15–16 (5–11) | Taco Bell Arena (3,142) Boise, Idaho |
| 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament ||||||
| Thur, Mar 11 1:00pm, ESPNU | vs. Utah State Quarterfinals | L 84–60 | 15–17 | Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, Nevada |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Season highlights

On November 30, Sr. Ike Okoye was named the WAC player of the week for the third week of the season with weekly averages of 17.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 2.5 AST, 4.5 Blocks and 54.2 FG%.
On March 1, Jr. Robert Arnold was named the WAC player of the week for the sixteenth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.0 AST, and 75.0 FG%.