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2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year2009–10
teamMississippi State Bulldogs
imageMississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg
image_size150
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
divisionWest
short_confSEC
record24–12
conf_record9–7
head_coachRick Stansbury
hc_year12th
asst_coach1Robert Kirby
asst_coach2Phil Cunningham
asst_coach3Marcus Grant
stadiumHumphrey Coliseum
championSEC West Division champions
bowlNIT
bowl_resultSecond round

The 2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Rick Stansbury's twelfth season at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs competed in the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum, nicknamed The Hump. They finished the season 24–12, 9–7 in SEC play. They advanced to the championship game where they were defeated by Kentucky in overtime. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before being defeated by North Carolina.

Previous season

The 2008–09 Bulldogs finished the season 23–13 (9–7 in SEC play). The Bulldogs won the 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament, allowing them to advance to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Washington in the Round of 64.

Before the season

Departures

Four players from the 2008–09 team did not return for this season.

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
10Guard165SeniorHattiesburg, MSGraduated (Walk-on)
1Forward205JuniorCollege Park, GATransferred to West Texas A&M
44Forward245SeniorLaurinburg, NCGraduated
14Guard165SophomoreBirmingham, ALLeft team (Walk-on)

Recruits

Roster

Because the Bulldogs were one player above the scholarship limit, Jarvis Varnado gave his scholarship up so that no one on the team would have to leave, making him a walk-on. Renardo Sidney was suspended for the entire season over recruitment violations.

  • Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville)
  • Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville)
  • Marcus Grant ()
  • Robert Kirby (UTPA)

Rankings

Main article: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16WK 17Wk 18FinalAPCoaches
18RVRV----RVRVRVRVRV23RV----RVRVRV--RV
19RV------RVRV--RVRVRVRV--------------

Schedule and results

Source

  • All times are Central |- !colspan=9| Exhibition

|- !colspan=9| Regular Season |- !colspan=10| 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament |- !colspan=10| 2010 National Invitation Tournament

References

References

  1. (2009-08-23). "WT men's basketball team signs 13 players". Amarillo Globe-News.
  2. Brennan, Eamonn. (2009-08-19). "How Jarvis Varnado became the nation's best walk-on". Yahoo!.
  3. Pugmire, Lance. (2010-03-05). "NCAA fines Renardo Sidney, rules him ineligible".
  4. "2009-10 Schedule".
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