# 2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Fresno State University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Cleveland's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Fresno State finished the season 15–18, 7–9 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament to New Mexico State.

## Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference Fresno State was selected to finish 6th in the coach's poll and 7th in the media poll. Sr. Sylvester Seay was selected to the coache's All-WAC second team.

## 2009–10 Team
### Roster

Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 1 | Mychal Ladd | 6'5" | 190 | G | So. | Seattle, Washington | Rainier Beach HS |
| 2 | Jonathan Wills | 6'6" | 180 | G | Jr. | Carson, California | Mayfair HS New Mexico |
| 3 | Taylor Kelly | 6'2" | 220 | G | Fr. | Bakersfield, California | Centennial HS |
| 11 | Jerry Brown Jr. | 6'7" | 195 | G F | Fr. | Richmond, California | Sacred Heart |
| 12 | Steven Shepp | 6'2" | 170 | G | So. | Woodbridge, Virginia | C.D. Hylton HS Allegany College of Maryland |
| 15 | Nedeljko Golubovic | 6'8" | 245 | F | Jr. | Pljevlja, Serbia | Findlay Prep (Las Vegas) |
| 20 | Garrett Johnson | 6'5" | 190 | G F | Fr. | Pomona, California | Diamond Ranch HS |
| 22 | Greg Smith | 6'10" | 250 | C | Fr. | Fresno, California | Westwind Academy |
| 24 | Paul George | 6'8" | 210 | G F | So. | Palmdale, California | Pete Knight HS |
| 25 | Justin Johnson | 6'6" | 205 | F | Fr. | Phoenix, Arizona | Brophy College Prep |
| 30 | Sylvester Seay | 6'10" | 235 | F | Sr. | San Bernardino, California | Winchendon School Arizona State |
| 32 | Brandon Sperling | 6'4" | 180 | G | So. | Fresno, California | Buchanan HS |
| 42 | Brandon Webster | 6'10" | 275 | C | Jr. | Bryan, Texas | Bryan HS |

### Coaching Staff

| Name | Position | Year at Fresno State | Alma Mater (Year) |
| Steve Cleveland | Head coach | 5th | UC Irvine (1976) |
| Jeff Reinert | Associate Head Coach | 3rd | Gonzaga (1985) |
| Senque Carey | Assistant coach | 5th | New Mexico (2004) |
| Lee Moon | Assistant coach | 3rd | UNC-Wilmington (2002) |
| Don Slade | Director of Basketball Operations | 3rd | Fresno State (1973) |
| David Siverly | Video Coordinator | 1st | Fresno State (2013) |

## 2009–10 schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Wed, Nov 4 8:00pm | | Chico State | W 78–67 | — | Save Mart Center (8,433) Fresno, California |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Fri, Nov 13* 7:00pm | | San Francisco State | W 65–59 | 1–0 | Save Mart Center (8,213) Fresno, California |
| Tue, Nov 17* 5:35pm, FSN Arizona | | at Northern Arizona West Coast Classic | W 65–59 | 2–0 | Rolle Activity Center (1,123) Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Thu, Nov 19* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | at Seattle | L 84–85 | 2–1 | KeyArena (4,713) Seattle, Washington |
| Mon, Nov 23* 7:00pm | | San Diego State West Coast Classic | L 58–62 | 2–2 | Save Mart Center (8,041) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Nov 28* 2:00pm | | at Santa Clara West Coast Classic | L 67–74 | 2–3 | Leavey Center (1,332) Santa Clara, California |
| Tue, Dec 1* 7:00pm | | Pacific West Coast Classic | L 58–70 | 2–4 | Selland Arena (7,506) Fresno, California |
| Sun, Dec 6* 4:00pm | | San Diego | W 69–37 | 3–4 | Save Mart Center (7,558) Fresno, California |
| Tue, Dec 8* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | at Pepperdine | W 80–72 | 4–4 | Firestone Fieldhouse (962) Malibu, California |
| Sat, Dec 12* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | BYU | L 67–72 | 4–5 | Save Mart Center Fresno, California |
| Thu, Dec 17* 7:00pm | | UC Davis | W 68–57 | 5–5 | Save Mart Center (7,541) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Dec 19* 7:00pm | | North Dakota State | W 68–54 | 6–5 | Save Mart Center (7,460) Fresno, California |
| Mon, Dec 21* 6:00pm | | at Montana | L 56–59 | 6–6 | Dahlberg Arena (2,726) Missoula, Montana |
| Wed, Dec 23* 5:30pm, FSN Northwest | | at Oregon State | L 65–73 | 6–7 | Gill Coliseum (4,167) Corvallis, Oregon |
| Mon, Dec 28* 7:00pm | | Colorado State | W 73–50 | 7–7 | Save Mart Center (7,425) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Jan 2 7:00pm | | Boise State | W 71–68 | 8–7 (1–0) | Save Mart Center (7,983) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Jan 9 7:00pm | | Hawai'i | W 78–64 | 9–7 (2–0) | Save Mart Center (8,193) Fresno, California |
| Mon, Jan 11 7:00pm | | San Jose State | W 80–70 | 10–7 (3–0) | Save Mart Center (7,991) Fresno, California |
| Thu, Jan 14 6:00pm, ESPN Plus | | at Louisiana Tech | L 73–81 | 10–8 (3–1) | Thomas Assembly Center (4,146) Ruston, Louisiana |
| Sat, Jan 16 6:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | at New Mexico State | L 77–86 | 10–9 (3–2) | Pan American Center (6,106) Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Thu, Jan 21 7:00pm, ESPN Plus | | Utah State | L 43–69 | 10–10 (3–3) | Save Mart Center (8,302) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Jan 23 7:00pm | | Nevada | W 87–77 | 11–10 (4–3) | Save Mart Center (8,494) Fresno, California |
| Thu, Jan 28 7:00pm | | at Idaho | L 59–74 | 11–11 (4–4) | Cowan Spectrum (1,301) Moscow, Idaho |
| Sat, Jan 30 7:15pm | | at Boise State | L 49–65 | 11–12 (4–5) | Taco Bell Arena (5,019) Boise, Idaho |
| Sat, Feb 6 10:00pm | | at Hawai'i | W 61–51 | 12–12 (5–5) | Stan Sheriff Center (5,456) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Thu, Feb 11 7:00pm | | New Mexico State | W 83–64 | 13–12 (6–5) | Save Mart Center (7,889) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Feb 13 7:00pm | | Idaho | L 59–68 | 13–13 (6–6) | Save Mart Center (8,186) Fresno, California |
| Wed, Feb 17 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | at Nevada | L 70–74 | 13–14 (6–7) | Lawlor Events Center (5,479) Reno, Nevada |
| Sat, Feb 20* 7:30pm | | UC Santa Barbara ESPN BracketBusters | L 60–64 | 13–15 | Save Mart Center (7,959) Fresno, California |
| Tue, Feb 23* 7:00pm | | Cal State Bakersfield | W 79–68 | 14–15 | Save Mart Center (7,607) Fresno, California |
| Sat, Feb 27 7:00pm, ESPNU | | at San Jose State | L 45–72 | 14–16 (6–8) | The Event Center (3,047) San Jose, California |
| Mon, Mar 1 6:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network | | at Utah State | L 39–76 | 14–17 (6–9) | Smith Spectrum (10,257) Logan, Utah |
| Thu, Mar 4 7:00pm | | Louisiana Tech | W 66–59 | 15–17 (7–9) | Save Mart Center (8,350) Fresno, California |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| Thu, Mar 11 2:30pm | (5) | vs. (4) Louisiana Tech WAC Quarterfinals | L 66–74 | 15–18 | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. Source ||||||