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2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	2009–10
team	Baylor Bears
image	Baylor_University_Athletics_(logo).svg
image_size	100
conference	Big 12 Conference
short_conf	Big 12
CoachRank	10
APRank	19
record	28–8
conf_record	11–5
head_coach	Scott Drew
hc_year	7th
asst_coach1	Mark Morefield
asst_coach2	Jerome Tang
asst_coach3	Paul Mills
arena	Ferrell Center
tourney	NCAA tournament
tourney_result	Elite Eight

The 2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's seventh season at Baylor. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament before losing to Kansas State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a #3 seed in the South Region. Their first round win over #14 seed Sam Houston State was the school's first tournament win since 1950. They defeated #11 seed Old Dominion in second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. They extended their record breaking run by defeating #10 seed Saint Mary's to advance to the Elite Eight where they would fall to #1 seed and AP #3 Duke. They finished the season with a record of 28–8, the 28 wins is a school record.

Pre-season

In the Big 12 preseason polls, released October 14, Baylor was selected to finish tenth in the Big 12 coaches poll.

Roster

Source

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
3	Fred Ellis	6'6"	215	F	So.	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Sacramento HS
4	Quincy Acy	6'7"	225	F	So.	Mesquite, TX, U.S.	Horn HS
12	Nolan Dennis	6'5"	180	G	Fr.	North Richland Hills, TX, U.S.	Richland HS
13	Ekpe Udoh	6'10"	240	F
C	Jr.	Edmond, OK, U.S.	Edmond Santa Fe HS
Michigan
14	Dragan Sekelja	7'0"	275	C	Fr.	Zagreb, Croatia	Sportska Gimnazija
20	Givon Crump	6'7"	210	F	Fr.	Washington, DC, U.S.	Brewster Academy
21	Oscar Griffin	6'4"	200	G	Fr.	Philadelphia, PA, U.S.	Life Center Academy
22	A. J. Walton	6'1"	190	G	Fr.	Little Rock, AR, U.S.	Hall HS
24	LaceDarius Dunn	6'4"	205	G	Jr.	Monroe, LA, U.S.	Excelsior Christian School
34	Cory Jefferson	6'9"	200	F	Fr.	Killeen, TX, U.S.	Killeen HS
41	Anthony Jones	6'10"	195	F	So.	Houston, TX, U.S.	Yates HS
45	Tweety Carter	5'11"	185	G	Sr.	Reserve, LA, U.S.	Reserve Christian School
50	Josh Lomers	7'0"	280	C	Sr.	Boerne, TX, U.S.	Boerne HS

Schedule and results

Source

All times are Central |- !colspan=9| Exhibition |- !colspan=9| Regular Season |- !colspan=10| 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament |- !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

All Conference

Lacedarius Dunn was named to the All-Big 12 2nd team. Ekpe Udoh and Tweety Carter were named to the All-Big 12 3rd team after the season.

Rankings

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

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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