# 2009–10 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Miami RedHawks basketball team represented Miami University in the college basketball season of 2009–10. The team is coached by Charlie Coles and played their homes game in Millett Hall.

## Before the season
### Roster changes

The RedHawks lost two starters from last season, however they were able to keep one when forward Kenny Hayes was able to earn a Medical Redshirt and return to the team in 2009–10. The two players that Miami lost were 2009 MAC Basketball Player of the Year Michael Bramos and Tyler Dierkers, who earned the team a combined 28.1 points per game. They will be replaced by four new recruits one being Allen Roberts who Led Middletown "Middies" Ohio to a 19-3 record in 2008-09 and ended the regular season as the No. 3-ranked in the State (Rivals)

### Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Drew Kelly PF | Franklin, TN | Centennial HS | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 250 lb (110 kg) | Sep 1, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86 ||||||
| Drew McGhee C | North Ridgeville, OH | North Ridgeville HS | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Sep 4, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 85 ||||||
| Allen Roberts SG | Middletown, OH | Middletown HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Aug 28, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 85 ||||||
| Orlando Williams SG | Cincinnati, OH | Princeton HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Aug 8, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Miami-OH Commit List for 2009". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 21, 2009. "Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved October 21, 2009. "Miami (OH) Basketball Recruiting 2009". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 21, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved October 21, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 21, 2009. ||||||

## Roster

Roster current as of September 15, when their summer prospectus was published.
| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| Antonio Ballard | 35 | F/G | 6–4 | 199 | Junior | Jefferson, Indiana |
| Adam Fletcher | 41 | C | 6–8 | 226 | Senior | St. Albans, West Virginia |
| Rodney Haddix, II | 1 | G | 6–3 | 216 | Junior | Georgetown, Kentucky |
| Kenny Hayes | 14 | G | 6–2 | 183 | Senior | Dayton, Ohio |
| Drew Kelley | 00 | F | 6–7 | 250 | Freshman | Franklin, Tennessee |
| Vince Legarza | 55 | C/F | 6–9 | 265 | Freshman | San Francisco, California |
| Julian Mavunga | 4 | F | 6–8 | 252 | Sophomore | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Drew McGhee | 50 | C | 6–11 | 220 | Freshman | North Ridgeville, Ohio |
| Sean Mock | 11 | F | 6–6 | 200 | Junior | Oxford, Ohio |
| Allen Roberts | 3 | G | 6–3 | 205 | Freshman | Middletown, Ohio |
| Kramer Soderberg | 12 | G | 6–0 | 172 | Sophomore | St. Charles, Missouri |
| Adam Thomas | 40 | F | 6–7 | 210 | Sophomore | Springboro, Ohio |
| Orlando Williams | 15 | G | 6–4 | 180 | Freshman | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Nick Winbush | 20 | F | 6–7 | 213 | Junior | Shaker Heights, Ohio |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Charlie Coles | Head coach | Miami University | 1965 |
| Jermaine Henderson | Associate Head Coach | Miami University | 1997 |
| Ryan Pedon | Assistant coach | College of Wooster | 2000 |
| Jason Grunkemeyer | Assistant coach | Miami University | 2001 |
| Jimmy Lallathin | Director of Basketball Operations | Miami University | 2003 |
| Mike Young | Athletic trainer | | |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| November 1* 3:00 p.m. | | California (PA) Exhibition | W 82–65 Stats | | Millett Hall (N/A) Oxford, Ohio |
| November 8* 3:30 p.m. | | Saginaw Valley State Exhibition | W 70–48 Stats | | Millett Hall (N/A) Oxford, Ohio |
| November 13* 7:00 p.m. | | at Towson | W 82–71 Stats | 0–1 | Towson Center (3,259) Towson, Maryland |
| November 16* 7:00 p.m., FSN South | | at No. 5 Kentucky | L 70–72 Stats | 0–2 | Rupp Arena (23,337) Lexington, Kentucky |
| November 20* 8:00 p.m. | | vs. Louisiana Tech Basketball Travelers Tournament | L 62–74 Stats | 0–3 | University Arena (N/A) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| November 21* 8:00 p.m. | | vs. Nicholls State Basketball Travelers Tournament | W 69–58 Stats | 1–3 | University Arena (N/A) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| November 22* 6:15 p.m. | | at New Mexico Basketball Travelers Tournament | L 60–85 Stats | 1–4 | University Arena (10,986) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| November 28* 3:00 p.m. | | Evansville | W 82–58 Stats | 2–4 | Millett Hall (2,319) Oxford, Ohio |
| December 2* 7:00 p.m. | | Dayton | L 58–65 Stats | 2–5 | Millett Hall (4,820) Oxford, Ohio |
| December 8* 7:00 p.m. | | Temple | L 42–64 Stats | 2–6 | Millett Hall (1,457) Oxford, Ohio |
| December 10* 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | at No. 19 Cincinnati | L 59–63 Stats | 2–7 | US Bank Arena (6,280) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| December 13* 3:00 p.m. | | Wright State | W 56–55 Stats | 3–7 | Millett Hall (1,369) Oxford, Ohio |
| December 19* 8:00 p.m. | | at Milwaukee | L 61–68 | 3–8 | U.S. Cellular Arena (2,532) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| December 23* 7:00 p.m. | | at Xavier | L 67–70 | 3–9 | Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| January 5* 9:00 p.m. | | at Colorado | L 65–67 | 3–10 | Coors Events Center (2,658) Boulder, Colorado |
| January 9 4:00 p.m. | | at Buffalo | L 55–73 | 3–11 (0–1) | Alumni Arena (2,429) Buffalo, New York |
| January 12 7:00 p.m. | | Kent State | W 55–53 $^{OT}$ | 4–11 (1–1) | Millett Hall (1,299) Oxford, Ohio |
| January 16 12:00 p.m. | | Ohio | W 79–67 | 5–11 (2–1) | Millett Hall (2,204) Oxford, Ohio |
| January 20 7:00 p.m. | | at Akron | L 49–69 | 5–12 (2–2) | James A. Rhodes Arena (3,357) Akron, Ohio |
| January 23 3:00 p.m. | | Bowling Green | W 64–52 | 6–12 (3–2) | Millett Hall (2,213) Oxford, Ohio |
| January 26 7:00 p.m. | | at Ball State | L 59–65 $^{2OT}$ | 6–13 (3–3) | John E. Worthen Arena (3,211) Muncie, Indiana |
| January 28 7:00 p.m. | | Central Michigan | W 64–51 | 7–13 (4–3) | Millett Hall (1,407) Oxford, Ohio |
| January 30 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Eastern Michigan | W 61–51 | 8–13 (5–3) | Millett Hall (1,759) Oxford, Ohio |
| February 4 7:00 p.m. | | at Western Michigan | W 56–54 | 9–13 (6–3) | University Center (3,032) Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| February 6 4:00 p.m. | | at Northern Illinois | W 74–69 | 10–13 (7–3) | Convocation Center (1,865) DeKalb, Illinois |
| February 10 7:00 p.m. | | Toledo | W 55–47 | 11–13 (8–3) | Millett Hall (1,143) Oxford, Ohio |
| February 14 2:00 p.m. | | at Bowling Green | L 64–67 | 11–14 (8–4) | Anderson Arena (1,867) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 17 7:00 p.m. | | Akron | L 56–61 | 11–15 (8–5) | Millett Hall (2,092) Oxford, Ohio |
| February 20* 2:30 p.m. | | Southeast Missouri State | W 69–53 | 12–15 | Millett Hall (2,060) Oxford, Ohio |
| February 24 7:00 p.m. | | at Ohio | L 68–70 | 12–16 (8–6) | Convocation Center (7044) Athens, Ohio |
| February 27 7:00 p.m. | | at Kent State | L 58–66 | 12–17 (8–7) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (5781) Kent, Ohio |
| March 4 7:00 p.m. | | Buffalo | W 73–62 | 13–17 (9–7) | Millett Hall (1486) Oxford, Ohio |
| MAC tournament ||||||
| March 11 | (4) | vs. (5) Buffalo Quarterfinals | W 73–59 | 14–17 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| March 12 | (4) | vs. (9) Ohio Semifinals | L 42–54 | 14–18 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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