# 2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2008–09 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They are members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 10–6 in MAC play.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/17/2008* 7:00 pm | North Carolina Central | W 83–42 | 1–0 | MAC Center (3,074) Kent, OH |
| 11/19/2008* 8:00 pm | at Saint Louis | W 76–74 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Chaifetz Arena (6,434) St. Louis, MO |
| 11/23/2008* 4:30 pm | UNC Wilmington | W 83–64 | 3–0 | MAC Center (3,252) Kent, OH |
| 11/28/2008* 6:00 pm | vs. Illinois | L 63–69 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Convention Center (1,423) South Padre Island, TX |
| 11/29/2008* 5:30 pm | vs. Texas A&M | L 71–77 | 3–2 | Convention Center (1,632) South Padre Island, TX |
| 12/1/2008* 9:00 pm | at Kansas | L 60–87 | 3–3 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/4/2008* 7:00 pm | Saint Mary's | L 69–75 | 3–4 | MAC Center (4,218) Kent, OH |
| 12/6/2008* 7:00 pm | Western Carolina | L 84–89 $^{OT}$ | 3–5 | MAC Center (3,011) Kent, OH |
| 12/15/2008* 7:00 pm | Youngstown State | W 82–74 | 4–5 | MAC Center (2,518) Kent, OH |
| 12/18/2008* 7:00 pm | UNC Greensboro | W 73–62 | 5–5 | MAC Center (3,252) Kent, OH |
| 12/23/2008* 7:00 pm | at Cleveland State | L 41–67 | 5–6 | Wolstein Center (4,051) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/30/2008* 7:00 pm | Shawnee State | W 93–42 | 6–6 | MAC Center (2,418) Kent, OH |
| 1/3/2009* 6:00 pm | at Hampton | W 68–43 | 7–6 | Hampton Convocation Center (1,365) Hampton, VA |
| 1/5/2009* 7:00 pm | at Temple | L 58–73 | 7–7 | Liacouras Center (3,508) Philadelphia, PA |
| 1/11/2009 2:00 pm | at Ohio | L 65–71 | 7–8 (0–1) | Convocation Center (7,118) Athens, OH |
| 1/14/2009 7:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 72–48 | 8–8 (1–1) | MAC Center (2,118) Kent, OH |
| 1/17/2009 12:00 pm | Miami (OH) | L 55–66 | 8–9 (1–2) | MAC Center (3,086) Kent, OH |
| 1/21/2009 7:00 pm | at Buffalo | L 53–64 | 8–10 (1–3) | Alumni Arena (2,032) Buffalo, NY |
| 1/24/2009 12:00 pm | at Akron | L 53–68 | 8–11 (1–4) | Rhodes Arena (4,151) Akron, OH |
| 1/27/2009 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | W 68–46 | 9–11 (2–4) | MAC Center (2,447) Kent, OH |
| 1/31/2009 2:00 pm | at Western Michigan | W 65–47 | 10–11 (3–4) | University Arena (3,234) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2/3/2009 7:00 pm | Toledo | W 81–53 | 11–11 (4–4) | MAC Center (2,031) Kent, OH |
| 2/7/2009 2:00 pm | at Ball State | W 63–56 | 12–11 (5–4) | John E. Worthen Arena (3,506) Muncie, IN |
| 2/10/2009 8:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 86–83 $^{2OT}$ | 13–11 (6–4) | Convocation Center (1,564) Dekalb, Illinois |
| 2/14/2009 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 61–57 | 14–11 (7–4) | MAC Center (4,172) Kent, OH |
| 2/17/2009 7:30 pm | Ohio | W 64–51 | 15–11 (8–4) | MAC Center (2,987) Kent, OH |
| 2/21/2009* 7:00 pm | Morehead State | W 79–76 | 16–11 (8–4) | MAC Center (4,413) Kent, OH |
| 2/26/2009 6:30 pm | at Bowling Green | L 66–67 | 18–12 (8–5) | Anderson Arena (2,045) Bowling Green, OH |
| 3/1/2009 2:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 63–68 | 16–13 (8–6) | Millett Hall (2,226) Oxford, OH |
| 3/5/2009 7:00 pm | Buffalo | W 77–71 | 17–13 (9–6) | MAC Center (3,194) Kent, OH |
| 3/8/2009 12:00 pm | Akron | W 67–63 | 18–13 (10–6) | MAC Center (5,327) Kent, OH |
| 2009 MAC tournament |||||
| 3/10/2009 2:30 pm | vs. Northern Illinois First Round | W 64–61 | 19–13 (10–6) | Quicken Loans Arena (5,637) Cleveland, OH |
| 3/12/2009 2:30 pm | vs. Buffalo Second Round | L 62–65 | 19–14 (10–6) | Quicken Loans Arena (3,892) Cleveland, OH |
| 2009 CIT |||||
| 3/17/2009 7:00 pm | vs. Oakland First Round | L 74–80 | 19–15 (10–6) | Athletics Center O'rena (2,155) Rochester, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||