# 2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 8th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Pac-10 play and defeated California in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament to claim the conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the East Region where they upset 6 seed Marquette in the first round and 3 seed and AP #8 New Mexico in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by 2 seed and AP #6 West Virginia to end their season.

## Pre-season

In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, CA during the Pac-10 media days Washington was selected to finish 2nd in the conference.

## 2009–10 Team
### Roster

A number of players on this team would one day play in the NBA. The list includes:
* Isaiah Thomas
* Quincy Pondexter
* Justin Holiday
* CJ Wilcox
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 1 | Venoy Overton | 5'11" | 185 | G | Jr. | Seattle, WA, U.S. | Franklin HS |
| 2 | Isaiah Thomas | 5'8" | 185 | G | So. | Tacoma, WA, U.S. | South Kent School |
| 10 | Abdul Gaddy | 6'3" | 190 | G | Fr. | Tacoma, WA, U.S. | Bellarmine Prep |
| 11 | Matthew Bryan-Amaning | 6'9" | 240 | F | Jr. | London, England, U.K. | South Kent School |
| 12 | Clarence Trent | 6'5" | 225 | F | Fr. | Tacoma, WA, U.S. | The Patterson School |
| 15 | Scott Suggs | 6'6" | 185 | G | So. | Washington, MO, U.S. | Washington HS |
| 20 | Quincy Pondexter | 6'6" | 215 | F | Sr. | Fresno, CA, U.S. | San Joaquin Memorial HS |
| 22 | Justin Holiday | 6'6" | 180 | F | Jr. | Chatsworth, CA, U.S. | Campbell Hall School |
| 23 | C. J. Wilcox | 6'5" | 180 | G | Fr. | Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S. | Pleasant Grove HS |
| 31 | Elston Turner | 6'4" | 205 | G | So. | Missouri City, TX, U.S. | Elkins HS |
| 33 | Tyreese Breshers | 6'7" | 255 | F | Fr. | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Price HS |
| 42 | Brendan Sherrer | 6'9" | 240 | F | So. | Monroe, WA, U.S. | Archbishop Murphy HS |
| 44 | Darnell Gant | 6'8" | 225 | F | RS So. | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Crenshaw HS |

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Year at Washington | Alma Mater (Year) |
| Lorenzo Romar | Head coach | 8th | Washington (1980) |
| Raphael Chillious | Assistant coach | 2nd | Lafayette (1996) |
| Paul Fortier | Assistant coach | 5th | Washington (2003) |
| Jim Shaw | Assistant coach | 6th | Western Oregon State (1985) |
| Lance LaVetter | Director of Basketball Operations | 8th | Northern Arizona (1992) |

## 2009-10 Schedule and results

Source
* All times are Pacific
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2009 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Central Washington | W 77–48 | – | Bank of America Arena (8,570) Seattle, WA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/13/2009* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 14 | Wright State Athletes In Action Basketball Classic | W 74–69 | 1–0 | Bank of America Arena (8,239) Seattle, WA |
| 11/14/2009* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Belmont Athletes In Action Basketball Classic | W 96–78 | 2–0 | Bank of America Arena (8,410) Seattle, WA |
| 11/15/2009* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 14 | Portland State Athletes In Action Basketball Classic | W 111–55 | 3–0 | Bank of America Arena (8,236) Seattle, WA |
| 11/20/2009* 8:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 14 | San Jose State | W 80–70 | 4–0 | Bank of America Arena (8,155) Seattle, WA |
| 11/29/2009* 6:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 14 | Montana | W 63–59 | 5–0 | Bank of America Arena (8,515) Seattle, WA |
| 12/03/2009* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | at Texas Tech Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | L 92–99 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | United Spirit Arena (9,912) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/06/2009* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 12 | Cal State Northridge | W 88–76 | 6–1 | Bank of America Arena (8,125) Seattle, WA |
| 12/12/2009* 11:00 am, FSN | No. 17 | vs. No. 15 Georgetown John R. Wooden Classic | L 66–74 | 6–2 | Honda Center (N/A) Anaheim, CA |
| 12/19/2009* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 24 | Portland | W 89–54 | 7–2 | Bank of America Arena (9,275) Seattle, WA |
| 12/22/2009* 8:00 pm, FSN | No. 22 | Texas A&M | W 73–64 | 8–2 | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 12/27/2009* 12:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 22 | San Francisco | W 86–71 | 9–2 | Bank of America Arena (9,949) Seattle, WA |
| 12/31/2009 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 17 | Oregon State | W 76–70 | 10–2 (1–0) | Bank of America Arena (9,843) Seattle, WA |
| 01/02/2010 2:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 17 | Oregon | L 79–90 | 10–3 (1–1) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 01/08/2010 7:30 pm, FSNNW | No. 24 | at Arizona State | L 51–68 | 10–4 (1–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,682) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/10/2010 2:30 pm, FSNNW | No. 24 | at Arizona | L 70–87 | 10–5 (1–3) | McKale Center (12,899) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/14/2010 7:30 pm, FSN | | Stanford | W 94–61 | 11–5 (2–3) | Bank of America Arena (9,720) Seattle, WA |
| 01/16/2010 11:30 am, FSN | | California | W 84–69 | 12–5 (3–3) | Bank of America Arena (9,897) Seattle, WA |
| 01/21/2010 7:30 pm, FSN | | at UCLA | L 61–62 | 12–6 (3–4) | Pauley Pavilion (6,503) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/23/2010 7:30 pm, FSNNW | | at USC | L 61–87 | 12–7 (3–5) | Galen Center (5,876) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/26/2010* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | | Seattle | W 123–76 | 13–7 | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 01/30/2010 12:30 pm, FSN | | Washington State | W 92–64 | 14–7 (4–5) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/04/2010 7:30 pm, FSN | | Arizona | W 81–75 | 15–7 (5–5) | Bank of America Arena (9,917) Seattle, WA |
| 02/06/2010 7:30 pm, FSN | | Arizona State | W 79–56 | 16–7 (6–5) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/11/2010 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at California | L 81–93 | 16–8 (6–6) | Haas Pavilion (9,839) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/13/2010 5:00 pm, FSNNW | | at Stanford | W 78–61 | 17–8 (7–6) | Maples Pavilion (6,932) Stanford, CA |
| 02/18/2010 7:30 pm, FSNNW | | USC | L 64–67 | 17–9 (7–7) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/20/2010 6:00 pm, ESPN | | UCLA ESPN College GameDay | W 97–68 | 18–9 (8–7) | Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/27/2010 7:00 pm, FSNNW | | at Washington State | W 59–52 | 19–9 (9–7) | Beasley Coliseum (11,671) Pullman, WA |
| 03/04/2010 7:00 pm | | at Oregon | W 86–72 | 20–9 (10–7) | McArthur Court (8,004) Eugene, OR |
| 03/06/2010 5:00 pm, FSNNW | | at Oregon State | W 82–70 | 21–9 (11–7) | Gill Coliseum (8,014) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2010 7:40 pm, FSN | (3) | vs. (6) Oregon State Quarterfinals | W 59–52 | 22–9 | Staples Center (12,255) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/12/2010 8:45 pm, FSN | (3) | vs. (7) Stanford Semifinals | W 79–64 | 23–9 | Staples Center (15,971) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/13/2010 3:00 pm, CBS | (3) | vs. (1) California Finals | W 79–75 | 24–9 | Staples Center (15,851) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2010* 4:20 pm, CBS | (11) | vs. (6) Marquette First Round | W 80–78 | 25–9 | HP Pavilion (15,427) San Jose, CA |
| 03/20/2010* 2:50 pm, CBS | (11) | vs. (3) No. 8 New Mexico Second Round | W 82–64 | 26–9 | HP Pavilion ( 16,044) San Jose, CA |
| 03/25/2010* 4:27 pm, CBS | (11) | vs. (2) No. 6 West Virginia Sweet Sixteen | L 56–69 | 26–10 | Carrier Dome (22,271) Syracuse, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||