# 2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University in the college basketball season of 2009–10. The team was coached by Louis Orr and played their homes game in Anderson Arena. The Falcons were defeated in the first round of the MAC tournament by Western Michigan.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Louis Orr | Head coach | Syracuse University | 1980 |
| LaMonta Stone | Assistant coach | Wayne State University | 1999 |
| Louis Twigg | Assistant coach | Temple University | 2002 |
| Dennis Hopson | Assistant coach | Ohio State University | 1987 |
| Megan Centers | Director of Basketball Operations | | |

## Preseason
### Roster changes

Only two starters return from last year's team. Both senior Otis Polk and junior Joe Jakubowski started all 33 games from Bowling Green's previous season. Along with these two players, the Falcons also return sophomores Dee Brown and Scott Thomas as well as senior Erik Marschall, all who started at least 30 games in the season. Bowling Green also added seven new players to their roster. Out of those players, one (Darion Goins) is a transfer from San José State.

### Recruiting

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jordon Crawford PF | Cincinnati, OH | LaSalle HS | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | 143 lb (65 kg) | |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| James Erger SG | Princeton, TX | Princeton HS | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Aug 26, 2009 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| DaVon Haynes SF | Detroit, MI | Finney HS | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| Luke Kraus PG | Findlay, OH | Findlay HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Aug 5, 2008 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84 ||||||
| Danny McElroy PF | Cincinnati, OH | LaSalle HS | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sep 10, 2008 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75 ||||||
| 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: "Bowling Green Commit List for 2009". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 13, 2009. "Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved October 13, 2009. "Bowling Green Basketball Recruiting 2009". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 13, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved October 13, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 13, 2009. ||||||

## Roster

| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| Jordon Crawford | 1 | G | 5-6 | 143 | Freshman | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Luke Kraus | 3 | G | 6-2 | 187 | Freshman | Findlay, Ohio |
| Darion Goins | 4 | G | 6-3 | 204 | Junior | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| DaVon Haynes | 5 | F | 6-7 | 210 | Freshman | Detroit, Michigan |
| Scott Thomas | 10 | F | 6-6 | 183 | Sophomore | Delaware, Ohio |
| James Erger | 12 | G | 6-6 | 185 | Freshman | McKinney, Texas |
| Joe Jakubowski | 14 | G | 6-2 | 191 | Junior | Rossford, Ohio |
| A'uston calhoun | 15 | F | 6-7 | 218 | Freshman | Southfield, Michigan |
| Dee Brown | 22 | G | 6-2 | 200 | Sophomore | Detroit, Michigan |
| Matt Karaffa | 32 | G | 6-3 | 204 | Senior | West Chester, Ohio |
| Danny McElroy | 33 | F | 6-8 | 198 | Freshman | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Erik Marschall | 33 | F | 6-8 | 198 | Freshman | New London, Ohio |
| Otis Polk | 45 | C | 6-9 | 285 | Senior | Detroit, Michigan |
| Marc Larson | 50 | C | 6-9 | 236 | Senior | Mattawan, Michigan |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| November 14* 1:00 p.m. | Wayne State | W 67–45 Stats | 1–0 | Anderson Arena (1,448) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| November 17* 7:30 p.m. | Xavier | L 57–101 Stats | 1–1 | Cintas Center (10,067) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| November 20* 9:05 p.m. | at Iowa | L 46–68 Stats | 1–2 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,010) Iowa City, Iowa |
| November 28* 2:00 p.m. | UW–Milwaukee | L 83–90 Stats | 1–3 | Anderson Arena (1,321) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| November 30* 7:00 p.m. | Florida International | W 67–62 Stats | 2–3 | Anderson Arena (1,915) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| December 3* 7:00 p.m. | Savannah State | W 59–51 Stats | 3–3 | Anderson Arena (1,424) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| December 5* 7:00 p.m. | at Fordham | W 67–46 Stats | 4–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,324) Bronx, New York |
| December 12* 7:00 p.m. | at Canisius | W 58–54 Stats | 5–3 | Koessler Athletic Center (1,228) Buffalo, New York |
| December 19* 3:30 p.m. | at Detroit | L 69–73 Stats | 5–4 | Calihan Hall (2,468) Detroit, Michigan |
| December 28* 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Temple | L 39–69 | 5–5 | Liacouras Center (3,900) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| December 30* 7:00 p.m. | at Towson | W 70–69 | 6–5 | Towson Center (1,417) Towson, Maryland |
| January 2* 7:00 p.m. | Saint Louis | W 59–50 | 7–5 | Anderson Arena (1,518) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| January 9 7:00 p.m. | at Akron | L 45–71 | 7–6 (0–1) | James A. Rhodes Arena (3,028) Akron, Ohio |
| January 14 7:00 p.m. | Buffalo | L 65–68 | 7–7 (0–2) | Anderson Arena (1,804) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| January 17 2:00 p.m. | at Kent State | W 76–70 | 8–7 (1–2) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (3,658) Kent, Ohio |
| January 20 7:00 p.m. | Ohio | W 65–57 | 9–7 (2–2) | Anderson Arena (1,585) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| January 23 3:00 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | L 52–64 | 9–8 (2–3) | Millett Hall (2,213) Oxford, Ohio |
| January 27 7:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | W 64–61 | 10–8 (3–3) | Convocation Center (1,182) Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| January 30 7:00 p.m. | Central Michigan | L 52–64 | 10–9 (3–4) | Anderson Arena (2,222) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 1 7:00 p.m. | Toledo | W 58–47 | 11–9 (4–4) | Anderson Arena (2,042) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 4 7:00 p.m. | at Ball State | L 59–64 | 11–10 (4–5) | John E. Worthen Arena (2,958) Muncie, Indiana |
| February 6 2:00 p.m. | at Western Michigan | L 64–65 | 11–11 (4–6) | University Arena (3,515) Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| February 10 7:00 p.m. | Northern Illinois | W 73–69 | 12–11 (5–6) | Anderson Arena (1,347) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 14 2:00 p.m. | Miami (OH) | W 67–64 | 13–11 (6–6) | Anderson Arena (1,867) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 17 7:00 p.m. | at Buffalo | L 51–64 | 13–12 (6–7) | Alumni Arena (1,521) Buffalo, New York |
| February 20* 2:00 pm.m | Valparaiso | W 87–70 | 14–12 | Anderson Arena (1,872) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 24 7:00 p.m. | Kent State | L 75–69 | 14–13 | Anderson Arena (1,630) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| February 27 2:30 p.m. | Akron | L 74–68 | 14–14 | Anderson Arena (1,927) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| March 4 7:00 p.m. | at Ohio | | | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| *Non-Conference Game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone. ||||||