# 2009–10 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Badgers, coached by Lisa Stone, finished tied for third in the Big Ten Conference. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Vermont.

## Offseason

* May 5: The Wisconsin women's basketball team will hit the road next year for the third annual Big Ten Conference/Atlantic Coast Conference Challenge. The Badgers travel to Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, Dec. 3 to take on North Carolina State for just the second time in school history. Wisconsin is 1-1 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
* July 28: Senior Teah Gant, junior Alana Trotter and sophomore Anya Covington have been named tri-captains of the University of Wisconsin women's basketball team for the upcoming season.

## Regular season

* Nov. 11: The Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women's basketball. The challenge will span at least two years and will begin in the fall of 2010. The series will feature a home-and-home format over the initial two-year agreement, and each of the Big 12's teams will play in each Challenge, while one Big Ten team, Wisconsin, will play two Challenge games each year.
* The Badgers will compete in the BTI Tip-Off Tournament from November 27 – 29.

### Roster

| Number | Name |
| 00 | Jade Davis |
| 1 | Jamie Russell |
| 3 | Emily Neal |
| 4 | Tara Steinbauer |
| 11 | Rae Lin D'Alie |
| 13 | Teah Gant |
| 15 | Alana Trotter |
| 23 | Ashley Thomas |
| 30 | Alyssa Karel |
| 33 | Lin Zastrow |
| 40 | Anya Covington |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Location | Arena | Score |
| 11/8/2009 1:30 PM | UW–Oshkosh | Madison WI | Kohl Center | 106-39 |
| 11/15/2009 12:00 PM | North Dakota | Madison WI | Kohl Center | 68-43 |
| 11/19/2009 7:00 PM | Milwaukee | Milwaukee WI | Klotsche Center | 64-55 |
| 11/22/2009 4:00 PM | Cleveland State | Madison WI | Kohl Center | 70-68 |
| 11/24/2009 8:00 PM | Green Bay | Madison WI | Kohl Center | 58-60 |
| 11/27/2009 7:00 PM | Portland State | Eugene OR | McArthur Court | 75-51 |
| 11/28/2009 6:30 PM | Oregon | Eugene OR | McArthur Court | 58-57 |
| 11/29/2009 2:00 PM | Cal State Fullerton | Eugene OR | McArthur Court | 57-44 |
| 12/3/2009 6:00 PM | NC State | Raleigh NC | Reynolds Coliseum | |
| 12/6/2009 1:00 PM | Ohio State | Columbus OH | Jerome Schottenstein Center Value City Arena | |
| 12/11/2009 7:00 PM | Marquette | Milwaukee WI | Al McGuire Center | |
| 12/13/2009 4:00 PM | SIU-Edwardsville | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 12/15/2009 7:00 PM | Robert Morris | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 12/28/2009 7:00 PM | Michigan State | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 12/31/2009 5:00 PM | Iowa | Iowa City IA | Carver-Hawkeye Arena | |
| 1/3/2010 3:00 PM | Illinois | Champaign IL | Assembly Hall | |
| 1/7/2010 6:30 PM | Purdue | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 1/10/2010 1:00 PM | Michigan | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 1/14/2010 6:00 PM | Michigan State | East Lansing MI | Breslin Student Events Center | |
| 1/17/2010 1:00 PM | Illinois | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 1/21/2010 7:00 PM | Penn State | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 1/28/2010 6:00 PM | Indiana | Bloomington IN | Assembly Hall | |
| 1/31/2010 4:00 PM | Northwestern | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 2/4/2010 7:00 PM | Minnesota | Minneapolis MN | The Sports Pavilion | |
| 2/7/2010 1:00 PM | Purdue | West Lafayette IN | Mackey Arena | |
| 2/14/2010 TBA | Indiana | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 2/18/2010 7:00 PM | Ohio State | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |
| 2/21/2010 12:00 PM | Michigan | Ann Arbor MI | Crisler Arena | |
| 2/25/2010 TBA | Penn State | University Park PA | Bryce Jordan Center | |
| 2/28/2010 TBA | Iowa | Madison WI | Kohl Center | |

## Player stats

| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Field Goals | Three Pointers | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |

## Postseason
### Big Ten tournament

| Date | Opponent | Location | Arena | Score |
| 3/4/2010 TBA | 2010 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis IN | Conseco Fieldhouse | |

### NCAA basketball tournament
## Team players drafted into the WNBA

| Round | Pick | Player | WNBA Club |