2009–10 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Introduction 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#NameHeightWeight (lbs. )PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Venoy Overton 5'11"185GJr.Seattle, WA, U.S.Franklin HS2Isaiah Thomas5'8"185GSo.Tacoma, WA, U.S.South Kent School10Abdul Gaddy6'3"190GFr.Tacoma, WA, U.S.Bellarmine Prep11Matthew Bryan-Amaning6'9"240FJr.London, England, U.K.South Kent School12Clarence Trent 6'5"225FFr.Tacoma, WA, U.S.The Patterson School15Scott Suggs6'6"185GSo.Washington, MO, U.S.Washington HS20Quincy Pondexter6'6"215FSr.Fresno, CA, U.S.San Joaquin Memorial HS22Justin Holiday6'6"180FJr.Chatsworth, CA, U.S.Campbell Hall School23C. J. Wilcox  6'5"180GFr.Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S.Pleasant Grove HS31Elston Turner 6'4"205GSo.Missouri City, TX, U.S.Elkins HS33Tyreese Breshers  6'7"255FFr.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Price HS42Brendan Sherrer  6'9"240FSo.Monroe, WA, U.S.Archbishop Murphy HS44Darnell Gant  6'8"225FRS So.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Crenshaw HS===Coaching staff===Name Position Year at WashingtonAlma 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 Exhibition Regular Season Pac-10 tournament NCAA tournament
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