2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner ; As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball
2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 17
2009–10 record	30–6 (13–3 Mountain West)
Head coach	Dave Rose;
Assistant coaches	Dave Rice; John Wardenburg; Terry Nashif;
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's fifth season at BYU. The Cougars were members of the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 30–6, 13–3 in MWC play. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to UNLV. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They beat 10 seed Florida in double overtime in the first round before losing to 2 seed and AP #7 Kansas State in the second round.

Pre-Season[]

In the Mountain West preseason polls, released October 6 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, Colorado, BYU was selected to finish first in the media poll.^[1] Jr. Jimmer Fredette was selected as the preseason conference player of the year along with being selected to the preseason MWC first team. Sr. Jonathan Tavernari was also selected to the preseason first team.

Roster[]

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Brandon Davies	6'9"	230	F	Fr.	Provo, Utah, United States	Provo HS
1	Charles Abouo	6'5"	210	G F	So.	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	Brewster Academy
2	Lamont Morgan Jr.	5'10"	170	G	Sr.	Pomona, California, United States	Diamond Ranch HS Saddleback CC
4	Jackson Emery	6'3"	185	G	Jr.	Alpine, Utah, United States	Lone Peak HS
10	Michael Loyd Jr.	6'1"	170	G	So.	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Palo Verde HS
12	Logan Magnusson	6'6"	210	G F	Jr.	Heber City, Utah, United States	Wasatch HS Salt Lake CC
13	Brock Zylstra	6'6"	205	G F	Jr.	La Verne, California, United States	Bonita HS
15	James Anderson	6'10"	230	F C	So.	Page, Arizona, United States	Page HS
23	Tyler Haws	6'5"	200	G	Fr.	Alpine, Utah, United States	Lone Peak HS
32	Jimmer Fredette	6'2"	195	G	Jr.	Glens Falls, New York, United States	Glens Falls HS
34	Noah Hartsock	6'8"	215	F	So.	Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States	Bartlesville HS
45	Jonathan Tavernari	6'6"	215	G F	Sr.	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil	Bishop Gorman HS
54	Chris Miles	6'11"	235	F C	Sr.	Provo, Utah, United States	Timpview HS

Schedule and results[]

Source^[3]

All times are Mountain

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2009* 7:05 pm, BYU TV		Trinity Western	W 74–56		Marriott Center (7,533) Provo, UT
11/10/2009* 7:35 pm, BYU TV		Central Washington	W 82–46		Marriott Center (N/A) Provo, UT
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 7:35 pm, The Mtn.		Bradley MWC–MVC Challenge	W 70–60	1–0	Marriott Center (16,276) Provo, UT
11/17/2009* 7:35 pm		Idaho State	W 87–53	2–0	Marriott Center (8,367) Provo, UT
11/20/2009* 10:05 pm, KFVE		at Hawai'i	W 83–65	3–0	Stan Sheriff Center (5,891) Honolulu, HI
11/24/2009* 7:05 pm		Southern	W 107–51	4–0	Marriott Center (9,596) Provo, UT
11/27/2009* 7:35 pm, The Mtn.		Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 87–70	5–0	Marriott Center (11,892) Provo, UT
12/02/2009* 7:05 pm, CW30		at Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 61–71	5–1	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
12/05/2009* 4:05 pm, BYU TV/KJZZ		vs. San Francisco	W 69–43	6–1	EnergySolutions Arena (10,106) Salt Lake City, UT
12/08/2009* 8:05 pm, The Mtn.		Arizona State	W 81–68	7–1	Marriott Center (11,587) Provo, UT
12/12/2009* 8:00 pm, KJZZ		at Fresno State	W 72–67	8–1	Save Mart Center (4,853) Fresno, CA
12/17/2009* 7:05 pm, BYU TV		Wagner Las Vegas Classic	W 77–61	9–1	Marriott Center (8,031) Provo, UT
12/19/2009* 7:05 pm, BYU TV		Eastern Washington Las Vegas Classic	W 91–34	10–1	Marriott Center (8,003) Provo, UT
12/22/2009* 12:00 pm, BYU TV		vs. Nevada Las Vegas Classic semifinals	W 110–104	11–1	Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV
12/23/2009* 12:00 pm, BYU TV		vs. Nebraska Las Vegas Classic championship	W 88–66	12–1	Orleans Arena (1,817) Paradise, NV
12/28/2009* 7:00 pm, FCS		at Arizona Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic	W 99–69	13–1	McKale Center (13,992) Tucson, AZ
01/02/2010* 7:05 pm		Eastern New Mexico	W 95–49	14–1	Marriott Center (11,293) Provo, UT
01/06/2010 8:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 25	UNLV	W 77–73	15–1 (1–0)	Marriott Center (15,546) Provo, UT
01/09/2010* 7:00 pm, CBSCS	No. 25	at UTEP	W 83–77	16–1 (1–0)	Don Haskins Center (8,687) El Paso, TX
01/13/2010 6:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 18	at Air Force	W 67–49	17–1 (2–0)	Clune Arena (3,185) Colorado Springs, CO
01/16/2010 4:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 18		W 91–47	18–1 (3–0)	Marriott Center (20,155) Provo, UT
01/20/2010 6:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 14	Wyoming	W 81–66	19–1 (4–0)	Marriott Center (10,931) Provo, UT
01/23/2010 8:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 14	at San Diego State	W 71–69	20–1 (5–0)	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
01/27/2010 8:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 12	at No. 23 New Mexico	L 72–76	20–2 (5–1)	The Pit (14,586) Albuquerque, NM
01/30/2010 7:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 12	Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 82–69	21–2 (6–1)	Marriott Center (22,644) Provo, UT
02/02/2010 7:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 12		W 76–56	22–2 (7–1)	Marriott Center (11,454) Provo, UT
02/06/2010 1:00 pm, Versus	No. 12	at UNLV	L 74–88	22–3 (7–2)	Thomas & Mack Center (18,557) Paradise, NV
02/13/2010 4:05 pm, The Mtn.	No. 17	Air Force	W 91–48	23–3 (8–2)	Marriott Center (15,647) Provo, UT
02/17/2010 6:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 16	at Colorado State	W 92–40	24–3 (9–2)	Moby Arena (3,738) Fort Collins, CO
02/20/2010 4:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 16	at Wyoming	W 85–63	25–3 (10–2)	Arena-Auditorium (5,154) Laramie, WY
02/24/2010 7:05 pm, CBSCS	No. 13	San Diego State	W 82–68	26–3 (11–2)	Marriott Center (20,124) Provo, UT
02/27/2010 2:05 pm, Versus	No. 13	No. 10 New Mexico	L 81–83	26–4 (11–3)	Marriott Center (22,644) Provo, UT
03/03/2010 7:00 pm, CBSCS	No. 14	at Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 71–51	27–4 (12–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (14,901) Salt Lake City, UT
03/06/2010 5:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 14	at TCU	W 107–77	28–4 (13–3)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (6,469) Fort Worth, TX
2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/11/2010 7:00 pm, The Mtn.	No. 14	vs. TCU Quarterfinals	W 95–85	29–4	Thomas & Mack Center (N/A) Paradise, NV
03/12/2010 9:30 pm, CBSCS	No. 14	vs. UNLV Semifinals	L 60–70	29–5	Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) Paradise, NV
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/18/2010* 10:20 am, CBS	No. 17	vs. Florida First Round	W 99–92 ^2OT	30–5	Ford Center (13,382) Oklahoma City, OK
03/20/2010* 6:10 pm, CBS	No. 17	vs. No. 7 Kansas State Second Round	L 72–84	30–6	Ford Center (15,668) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	18	14	12	12	17	16	13	14	14	17	Not released
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	17	13	10	12	17	14	11	15	15	16	22

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2010-01-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?SP=111
^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2010-01-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?SP=111

[schedule-3] "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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v t BYU Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Smith Fieldhouse (1951–1971) Marriott Center (1971–present)
Rivalries	Gonzaga Utah In-state Utah schools
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Pep band
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 2000–01 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 New Mexico	14	–	2	.875	30	–	5	.857
No. 17 BYU	13	–	3	.813	30	–	6	.833
UNLV	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
San Diego State†	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Colorado State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Utah	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
TCU	5	–	11	.313	13	–	19	.406
Wyoming	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Air Force	1	–	15	.063	10	–	21	.323

† 2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll