# 2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team

The 2009–10 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10–20 and 3–13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament.

## Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.

## 2009–10 Team
### Roster

Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 1 | Petras Balocka | 6'8" | 250 | C | Sr. | Vilnius, Lithuania | Community Christian School Pensacola JC |
| 2 | Hiram Thompson | 6'2" | 175 | G | Jr. | Sacramento, California | Oak Ridge HS |
| 3 | Zane Johnson | 6'6" | 210 | G | Jr. | Phoenix, Arizona | Thunderbird HS Arizona |
| 5 | Dwain Williams | 6'0" | 175 | G | Jr. | San Diego, California | Vista Murrieta HS Providence |
| 12 | Rykin Enos | 5'11" | 190 | G | So. | Aiea, Hawaii | Kamehameha Schools |
| 15 | Beau Albrechtson | 6'4" | 205 | G | So. | Honolulu, Hawaii | Kaimuki HS |
| 20 | Jeremy Lay | 6'0" | 185 | G | Jr. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Southeast HS Northern Oklahoma-Enid |
| 21 | Paul Campbell | 6'10" | 215 | C | Sr. | Toronto, Ontario | Northview Heights SS Arkansas-Fort Smith |
| 22 | Leroy Lutu | 6'3" | 200 | G | So. | Mercer Island, Washington | Mercer Island HS |
| 23 | Roderick Flemings | 6'7" | 210 | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas | DeSoto HS Weatherford JC |
| 24 | Adhar Mayen | 6'8" | 195 | F | Sr. | Pflugerville, Texas | Pflugerville HS Hill CC |
| 25 | Ji Xiang | 6'10" | 240 | F | So. | Zhengzhou, Henan | Zhengzhou No. 11 Middle School |
| 32 | Brandon Adams | 6'7" | 220 | F | Sr. | Seattle, Washington | San Ramon Valley HS Diablo Valley College |
| 33 | Aleksandar Milovic | 6'7" | 220 | F | So. | Cetinje, Montenegro | Gymnasium Duquesne |
| 34 | Douglas Kurtz | 7'0" | 265 | C | Jr. | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Universitario in Porto Alegre Marshalltown CC |
| 41 | Bill Amis | 6'9" | 220 | F | Sr. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Putnam City HS Pratt CC |

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Year at Hawai'i | Alma Mater (Year) |
| Bob Nash | Head coach | 3rd as HC/31st overall | Hawai'i (1984) |
| Jackson Wheeler | Associate head coach | 20th | Marymount (1982) |
| Larry Farmer | Assistant coach | 3rd | UCLA (1973) |
| Eran Ganot | Assistant coach | 4th | Swarthmore College (2003) |
| Tim Shepherd | Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | Chaminade (2004) |

## 2009–10 schedule and results

Source
* All times are Hawaiian
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Fri, Oct 30 7:05pm | Hawai'i-Hilo | W 76–65 | | Stan Sheriff Center (5,057) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Nov 5 7:05pm | BYU-Hawai'i | W 83–69 | | Stan Sheriff Center (5,575) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Fri, Nov 13* 7:35pm, KFVE | Southern Utah Rainbow Classic | W 65–48 | 1–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,707) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sun, Nov 15* 5:05pm, KFVE | McNesse State Rainbow Classic | W 73–65 | 2–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,322) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Mon, Nov 16* 11:00pm, ESPN | Northern Colorado Rainbow Classic/ ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon | L 75–81 | 2–1 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,134) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Fri, Nov 20* 7:05pm, KFVE | Brigham Young | L 65–83 | 2–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,891) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Fri, Nov 27* 8:05pm | New Mexico | L 71–83 | 2–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,256) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Wed, Dec 2* 5:05pm | at UC Irvine | L 70–80 | 2–4 | Bren Events Center (1,248) Irvine, California |
| Sun, Dec 6* 5:05pm | Lamar | W 96–78 | 3–4 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,096) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Wed, Dec 9* 7:05pm, KFVE | Chaminade | W 70–61 | 4–4 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,057) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm | Chicago State | W 83–58 | 5–4 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,158) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Tue, Dec 22* 7:30pm, ESPNU | Coll. of Charleston Diamond Head Classic | W 84–71 | 6–4 | Stan Sheriff Center (7,119) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Wed, Dec 23* 6:30pm, ESPN2 | UNLV Diamond Head Classic | L 53–77 | 6–5 | Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Fri, Dec 25* 2:30pm, ESPN2 | Saint Mary's Diamond Head Classic | L 75–84 | 6–6 | Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Mon, Dec 28* 7:05pm | Northwestern State | W 81–62 | 7–6 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,770) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Jan 2 7:05pm, KFVE | Idaho | L 52–59 | 7–7 (0–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,611) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Mon, Jan 4 7:05pm, KFVE | Boise State | W 76–68 | 8–7 (1–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,119) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Jan 9 5:00pm | at Fresno State | L 64–78 | 8–8 (1–2) | Save Mart Center (8,193) Fresno, California |
| Mon, Jan 11 4:00pm | at Utah State | L 54–98 | 8–9 (1–3) | Smith Spectrum (9,888) Logan, Utah |
| Sun, Jan 17 7:05pm, KFVE | San Jose State | W 68–67 | 9–9 (2–3) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,723) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Jan 21 7:05pm, KFVE | New Mexico State | L 69–71 | 9–10 (2–4) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,288) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Jan 23 7:05pm, KFVE | Louisiana Tech | L 60–65 | 9–11 (2–5) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,857) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Jan 28 5:00pm | at San Jose State | L 60–83 | 9–12 (2–6) | The Event Center (2,651) San Jose, California |
| Sat, Jan 30 5:05pm | at Nevada | L 60–66 | 9–13 (2–7) | Lawlor Events Center (7,490) Reno, Nevada |
| Sat, Feb 6 8:05pm, KFVE | Fresno State | L 51–61 | 9–14 (2–8) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,456) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Feb 13 4:00pm, KFVE | at Louisiana Tech | L 60–66 | 9–15 (2–9) | Thomas Assembly Center (2,096) Ruston, Louisiana |
| Mon, Feb 15 4:00pm | at New Mexico State | L 64–88 | 9–16 (2–10) | Pan American Center (5,561) Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Sat, Feb 20* 8:00pm | Cal Poly | L 89–102 | 9–17 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,381) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Feb 25 7:05pm, KFVE | Utah State | L 50–61 | 9–18 (2–11) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,446) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sat, Feb 27 7:05pm, KFVE | Nevada | W 74–63 | 10–18 (3–11) | Stan Sheriff Center (6,025) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Mar 4 4:05pm | at Boise State | L 63–82 | 10–19 (3–12) | Taco Bell Arena (2,183) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Mar 6 3:05pm | at Idaho | L 69–78 | 10–20 (3–13) | Cowan Spectrum (1,502) Moscow, Idaho |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||