2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

The 2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 17, 2009 and ended with the Pac-10 Tournament on March 10–13, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

2009–10 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Tournament

2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
California y	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
Arizona State	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
Washington †	11	–	7		.611			26	–	10		.722
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
USC*	8	–	10		.444			16	–	14		.533
Oregon State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
UCLA	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
Stanford	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament y-Clinched regular season championship

Pre-season

• Tim Floyd, the head coach at USC resigned and was replaced by Kevin O'Neill, who was on the Arizona staff.
• Pre-season media day is scheduled for October 29.
• 2009–10 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:

1. California (25 first place votes)

2. Washington (7)

3. UCLA (5)

4. Arizona

5. Oregon State

6. Oregon

7. Arizona State

8. Washington State

9. USC

10. Stanford

• In the ESPN/USA poll: California, No. 12; Washington, No. 13.
• In the AP poll: California, No. 13; Washington, No. 14.
• In the ESPN The Magazine: California, No. 10; Washington, No. 13; UCLA, No. 30; Oregon State, No. 36[1]

Rankings

• November 2, 2009 – Washington (0–0) #14 (AP), #13 (Coaches); California (0–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)
• November 16, 2009 – Washington (3–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)
• November 23, 2009 – Washington (4–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–2) #23 (Coaches)
• November 30, 2009 – Washington (5–0) #12 (AP), #10 (Coaches); California (4–2) #25 (Coaches)
• December 7, 2009 – Washington (6–1) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)
• December 14, 2009 – Washington (6–2) #24 (AP), #21 (Coaches)
• December 21, 2009 – Washington (7–2) #22 (AP), #19 (Coaches)
• December 28, 2009 – Washington (9–2) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)
• January 4, 2010 – Washington (10–3) #24 (AP), #22 (Coaches)

Conference games

• January 23, 2010 – Five conference teams are tie for second place, and the Oregon schools are last.
• January 23, 2010 – Washington has lost all road games, including four conference games.
• January 31, 2009 – After playing 9 conference games, California and Arizona are tied for first place with 6 wins and 3 losses, followed by Arizona State and UCLA at third place with a 5–4 conference record.
• February 4, 2010 – Four teams tied for first place, Arizona, Arizona State, California and UCLA.

Conference tournament

• March 10–13, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
• Tournament winner became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier
• USC did not participate in the conference tournament this season

	First Round March 10					Quarterfinals March 11					Semifinals March 12					Final March 13
						1	California	90
						8	Oregon	74
	8	Oregon	82
	9	Washington State	80
											1	California	85
										5	UCLA	72
						4	Arizona	69
						5	UCLA	75
																1	California	75
																3	Washington	79
						2	Arizona State	61
						7	Stanford	70
											7	Stanford	64
										3	Washington	79
						3	Washington	59
						6	Oregon State	52

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona Herb Sendek, Arizona State Mike Montgomery, California Ernie Kent, Oregon Craig Robinson, Oregon State

Johnny Dawkins, Stanford Ben Howland, UCLA Kevin O'Neill, USC Lorenzo Romar, Washington Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA Tournament

• Thurs., Mar. 18, – No. 11 Washington def. No. 6 Marquette 80–78, San Jose, CA (East Region)
• Fri., Mar. 19, – No. 8 California def. No. 9 Louisville 77–62, Jacksonville, FL (South Region)
• Sat., Mar. 20 – Washington def. New Mexico 82–64, San Jose, Calif. (East Region)
• Sun., Mar. 21 – Duke def. California 68–53, Jacksonville, FL (South Region)
• Thu., Mar. 25 – West Virginia def. Washington 69–56, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (East Region)

NIT

• Tues., Mar. 18 – No. 8-seed Jacksonville def. No. 1-seed Arizona State 67–66, (First Round, Arizona State Bracket)

CBI

• Wed., Mar. 19 – Boston University def. Oregon State 96–78, 7 p.m. (First Round, Gill Coliseum)

Highlights and notes

November

• 50 former Pac-10 players were listed on the NBA opening day rosters, the average of 5.0 player per conference team tops among all conferences, with 14 former UCLA players are on the teams.
• November 26, 2009 – UCLA's loss to Portland 74–47 was the worst defeat during the Ben Howland era.[2]

December

• December 1, 2009 – UCLA head coach Ben Howland announced that by mutual agreement, sophomore forward Drew Gordon is no longer a member of the team. Gordon will transfer at the end of the school quarter.
• December 6, 2009 – After winning just one in their first four games, the Beavers won three games in a row.

January

• January 3, 2010 – USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett announced that the school is forfeiting the 2007–08 season's victories, not participating in any post season tournaments in 2010 and reducing the number of scholarships for two years for violation of NCAA rules.[3]

March

• Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson has agreed to a two-year contract extension, through the 2015–16 season.
• March 17, 2010 – California's Omondi Amoke was suspended for team rules violation going into the NCAA tournament.[4]
• March 17, 2010 – Oregon head coach Ernie Kent's contract was terminated effective June 30.[5]
• March 19, 2010 – Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti step down to join ESPN as a football analyst.

June

• June 10, 2010 – NCAA to release the report of its investigation of the USC basketball team.
• June 10, 2010 – Colorado Buffaloes join the Pac-10 as its 11th member.

Awards and honors

Three guards from the Pac-10 Conference have been named to the pre-season John R. Wooden Award list: Nic Wise, Arizona; Jerome Randle, California; Isaiah Thomas, Washington.[6]

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

• Senior Landry Fields, Stanford – Scholar-Athlete of the Year, presented by Toyo Tires

Player-of-the-Week

Nov. 16 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Nov. 23 – Klay Thompson, WSU[7] Nov. 30 – Klay Thompson, WSU[8] Dec. 7 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Dec. 14 – Patrick Christopher, CAL Dec. 21 – Alex Stepheson, USC Dec. 28 – Mike Gerrity, USC Jan. 4 – Michael Dunigan, ORE Jan. 11 – Ty Abbott, ASU

Jan. 18 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Jan. 25 – Landry Fields, STAN Feb. 1 – Nic Wise, ARIZ Feb. 8 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH Feb. 15 – Jerome Randle, CAL Feb. 22 – Landry Fields, STAN Mar. 1 – Jamal Boykin, CAL Mar. 8 – Quincy Pondexter, WASH

All-Pac-10 teams

• Player of The Year: Jerome Randle, California
• Freshman of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona
• Defensive Player of The Year: Seth Tarver, Oregon State
• Most Improved Player Of The Year: Nikola Vucevic, USC
• Coach of The Year: Herb Sendek, Arizona State

FIRST TEAM:

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Hometown
Ty Abbott	ASU	G	Jr.	Phoenix, ARIZ
Patrick Christopher	CAL	G	Sr.	Compton, Calif.
Landry Fields	STAN	G/F	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif.
Quincy Pondexter	WASH	F	Sr.	Fresno, Calif.
Jerome Randle	CAL	G	Sr.	Chicago, Ill.
Michael Roll	UCLA	G	Sr.	Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Isaiah Thomas	WASH	G	So.	Tacoma, Wash.
Klay Thompson	WSU	G	So.	Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Derrick Williams	ARIZ	F	Fr.	La Mirada, Calif.
Nic Wise	ARIZ	G	Sr.	Houston, Texas

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, UCLA	Jr.	3.81	Global Studies
Landry Fields, Stanford	Sr.	3.03	Communication
Nikola Koprivica, Washington State	Sr.	3.32	International Studies
Roeland Schaftenaar, Oregon State	Sr.	3.17	Business
Drew Shiller, Stanford	Sr.	3.14	Communication

Second Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major
Jorge Gutierrez, California	So.	3.09	Undeclared
Malcolm Lee, UCLA	So.	3.13	Undeclared
Abe Lodwick, Washington State	So.	3.26	Communication
Garrett Sim, Oregon	So.	3.08	Undeclared
Jack Trotter, Stanford	So.	3.31	Undeclared

References

1. Elena Bergeron, Matt Giles, Ian Gordon and Dan Hodes, Splite Takes, ESPN The Magazine, College Basketball Preview: 2009/10
2. David Wharton, UCLA's loss to Portland is a real drag, Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2009
3. David Wharton and Baxter Holmes, O.J. Mayo scandal leads to heavy sanctions for USC basketball; team 'shocked and saddened', Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2010
4. Amoke suspended for rules violation, Associated Press, March 17, 2010
5. Oregon fires basketball coach Kent, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2010
6. Three Pac-10 Men's Basketball Players Named to Wooden Award Preseason List Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-10.org, Aug. 20, 2009
7. Washington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-10.org, November 23, 2009
8. Washington State's Thompson Named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Pac-10.org, November 30, 2009