# 2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Herb Sendek. The Sun Devils played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Sun Devils finished with 22–11, 12–6 in Pac-10 play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament to Stanford. They earn to the trip to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Jacksonville in the first round.

## Departures

The Sun Devils lost James Harden and Jeff Pendergraph they were both averaging over 10 points per game.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | High School/Last College |
| 2 | Eric Boateng | Center | 6–10 | 257 | Senior | London, England | Duke University/St. Andrew's School |
| 3 | Ty Abbott | Guard | 6–3 | 207 | Junior | Phoenix, AZ | Desert Vista HS |
| 10 | Jamelle McMillan | Guard | 6–2 | 180 | Junior | Seattle, WA | O'Dea HS |
| 11 | Brandon Thompson | Guard | 6–0 | 180 | Freshman | San Antonio, TX | John Paul Stevens HS |
| 12 | Derek Glasser | Guard | 6–1 | 190 | Senior | Marina Del Rey, CA | Artesia HS |
| 22 | Victor Rudd | Forward | 6–7 | 207 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA | Henderson Intl School |
| 23 | Ruslan Pateev | Center | 7–0 | 231 | Freshman | Moscow, RUS | Montverde Acad. |
| 24 | Trent Lockett | Guard | 6–4 | 211 | Freshman | Golden Valley, MN | Hopkins Sr. HS |
| 25 | Marcus Jackson | Guard | 6–1 | 190 | Freshman | Sacramento, CA | Sheldon HS |
| 30 | Rihards Kuksiks | Guard/Forward | 6–6 | 210 | Junior | Riga, Latvia | Florida Air Acad. |
| 32 | Taylor Rohde | Forward/Center | 6–8 | 235 | Sophomore | Phoenix, AZ | Pinnacle HS |
| 33 | Alex English | Cener | 6–10 | 235 | Junior | Phoenix, AZ | Colgate University/Paradise Valley HS |
| 40 | Demetrius Walker | Guard | 6–2 | 195 | Freshman | Phoenix, AZ | St. Mary's HS |
| 44 | Jerren Shipp | Guard | 6–3 | 208 | Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Fairfax HS |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/13/2009* 7:00 pm, FSAZ | Western Illinois | W 87–35 | 1–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (8,992) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/16/2009* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | Texas State NIT Season Tip-Off First Round | W 84–62 | 2–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (5,457) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/17/2009* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | TCU NIT Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals | W 52–49 | 3–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (5,622) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/20/2009* 4:30 pm | San Francisco | W 104–65 | 4–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (7,569) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/25/2009* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. No. 7 Duke NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals | L 53–64 | 4–1 | Madison Square Garden (N/A) New York City, NY |
| 11/30/2008* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. LSU NIT Season Tip-Off 3rd place game | W 71–52 | 5–1 | Madison Square Garden (N/A) New York City, NY |
| 11/30/2009* 5:00 pm, FSAZ | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 72–57 | 6–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (6,800) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/03/2009* 8:30 pm, FSN | Baylor Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | L 61–64 | 6–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (7,948) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/08/2009* 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | at BYU | L 68–81 | 6–3 | Marriott Center (11,587) Provo, UT |
| 12/12/2009* 2:00 pm | Delaware State | W 76–34 | 7–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (5,977) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/19/2009* 4:30 pm, FSAZ | San Diego State | W 55–52 | 8–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (10,055) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/21/2009* 6:30 pm | UC Santa Barbara | W 69–42 | 9–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (6,549) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/23/2009* 2:00 pm, FSAZ | USC Upstate | W 61–52 | 10–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (6,549) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/31/2009 2:30 pm, FSN | at UCLA | L 70–72 | 10–4 (0–1) | Pauley Pavilion (8,008) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/02/2010 8:30 pm, FSAZ | at USC | L 37–47 | 10–5 (0–2) | Galen Center (5,917) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/08/2010 8:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 24 Washington | W 68–51 | 11–5 (1–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,682) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/10/2010 12:30 pm, FSN | Washington State | W 71–46 | 12–5 (2–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,433) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/14/2010 6:30 pm, CSNNW | at Oregon | W 76–57 | 13–5 (3–2) | McArthur Court (7,117) Eugene, OR |
| 01/16/2010 4:30 pm, FSAZ | at Oregon State | W 66–57 | 14–5 (4–2) | Gill Coliseum (7,472) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/23/2010 7:30 pm, FSAZ | Arizona | L 58–77 | 14–6 (4–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (13,966) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/28/2010 6:30 pm, FSAZ | California | L 70–78 | 14–7 (4–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (10,745) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/30/2010 2:00 pm | Stanford | W 88–70 | 15–7 (5–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (9,406) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/04/2010 8:00 pm | at Washington State | W 81–70 | 16–7 (6–4) | Beasley Coliseum (7,360) Pullman, WA |
| 02/06/2010 8:30 pm, FSN | at Washington | L 56–79 | 16–8 (6–5) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/11/2010 7:30 pm | Oregon State | W 56–46 | 17–8 (7–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,962) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/13/2010 4:00 pm, FSAZ | Oregon | W 61–51 | 18–8 (8–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,618) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/21/2010 3:30 pm, FSN | at Arizona | W 73–69 | 19–8 (9–5) | McKale Center (14,631) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/25/2010 8:00 pm | at Stanford | W 68–60 | 20–8 (10–5) | Maples Pavilion (6,661) Stanford, CA |
| 02/27/2010 1:00 pm, FSN | at California | L 46–62 | 20–9 (10–6) | Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/04/2010 6:30 pm, FSN | USC | W 59–54 | 21–9 (11–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,304) Tempe, AZ |
| 03/06/2010 2:00 pm, CBS | UCLA | W 56–46 | 22–9 (12–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (9,039) Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2010 7:00 pm, FSN | vs. Stanford Quarterfinals | L 61–70 | 22–10 | Staples Center (N/A) Los Angeles, CA |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/16/2010* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | Jacksonville First Round | L 66–67 | 22–11 | Wells Fargo Arena (2,968) Tempe, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||