2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	14	–	2	.875	27	–	7	.794
Nevada	11	–	5	.688	21	–	13	.618
New Mexico State†	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Louisiana Tech	9	–	7	.563	24	–	11	.686
Fresno State	7	–	9	.438	15	–	18	.455
San Jose State	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Idaho	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Boise State	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
Hawai'i	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Fresno State University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Cleveland's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Fresno State finished the season 15–18, 7–9 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to New Mexico State.

Pre-Season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] Fresno State was selected to finish 6th in the coach's poll and 7th in the media poll. Sr. Sylvester Seay was selected to the coache's All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Mychal Ladd	6'5"	190	G	So.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Rainier Beach HS
2	Jonathan Wills	6'6"	180	G	Jr.	Carson, CA, U.S.	Mayfair HS New Mexico
3	Taylor Kelly	6'2"	220	G	Fr.	Bakersfield, CA, U.S.	Centennial HS
11	Jerry Brown, Jr.	6'7"	195	G F	Fr.	Richmond, CA, U.S.	Sacred Heart
12	Steven Shepp	6'2"	170	G	So.	Woodbridge, Va, U.S.	C.D. Hylton HS Allegany College of Maryland
15	Nedeljko Golubovic	6'8"	245	F	Jr.	Pljevlja, Serbia, Serbia	Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, NV)
20	Garrett Johnson	6'5"	190	G F	Fr.	Pomona, CA, U.S.	Diamond Ranch HS
22	Greg Smith	6'10"	250	C	Fr.	Fresno, CA, U.S.	Westwind Academy
24	Paul George	6'8"	210	G F	So.	Palmdale, CA, U.S.	Pete Knight HS
25	Justin Johnson	6'6"	205	F	Fr.	Phoenix, AZ, U.S.	Brophy College Prep
30	Sylvester Seay	6'10"	235	F	Sr.	San Bernardino, CA, U.S.	Winchendon School Arizona State
32	Brandon Sperling	6'4"	180	G	So.	Fresno, CA, U.S.	Buchanan HS
42	Brandon Webster	6'10"	275	C	Jr.	Bryan, TX, U.S.	Bryan HS

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Year at Fresno State	Alma Mater (Year)
Steve Cleveland	Head Coach	5th	UC Irvine (1976)
Jeff Reinert	Associate Head Coach	3rd	Gonzaga (1985)
Senque Carey	Assistant Coach	5th	New Mexico (2004)
Lee Moon	Assistant Coach	3rd	UNC-Wilmington (2002)
Don Slade	Director of Basketball Operations	3rd	Fresno State (1973)

2009-10 Schedule and Results

Source^[3]

All times are Pacific

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Wed, Nov 4 8:00pm	Chico State	W 78–67		Save Mart Center (8,433) Fresno, CA
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 7:00pm	San Francisco State	W 65–59	1–0	Save Mart Center (8,213) Fresno, CA
Tue, Nov 17* 5:35pm, FSN Arizona	at Northern Arizona West Coast Classic	W 65–59	2–0	J.C. Role Activity Center (1,123) Flagstaff, AZ
Thu, Nov 19* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	at Seattle	W 85–84	2–1	KeyArena (4,713) Seattle, WA
Mon, Nov 23* 7:00pm	San Diego State West Coast Classic	W 62–58	2–2	Save Mart Center (8,041) Fresno, CA
Sat, Nov 28* 2:00pm	at Santa Clara West Coast Classic	W 74–67	2–3	Leavey Center (1,332) Santa Clara, CA
Tue, Dec 1* 7:00pm	Pacific West Coast Classic	W 70–58	2–4	Selland Arena (7,506) Fresno, CA
Sun, Dec 6* 4:00pm	San Diego	W 69–37	3–4	Save Mart Center (7,558) Fresno, CA
Tue, Dec 8* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	at Pepperdine	W 80–72	4–4	Firestone Fieldhouse (962) Malibu, CA
Sat, Dec 12* 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	Brigham Young	W 72–67	4–5	Save Mart Center (NA) Fresno, CA
Thu, Dec 17* 7:00pm	UC Davis	W 68–57	5–5	Save Mart Center (7,541) Fresno, CA
Sat, Dec 19* 7:00pm	North Dakota State	W 68–54	6–5	Save Mart Center (7,460) Fresno, CA
Mon, Dec 21* 6:00pm	at Montana	W 59–56	6–6	Dahlberg Arena (2,726) Missoula, MT
Wed, Dec 23* 5:30pm, FSN Northwest	at Oregon State	W 73–65	6–7	Gill Coliseum (4,167) Corvallis, OR
Mon, Dec 28* 7:00pm	Colorado State	W 73–50	7–7	Save Mart Center (7,425) Fresno, CA
Sat, Jan 2 7:00pm	Boise State	W 71–68	8–7 (1–0)	Save Mart Center (7,983) Fresno, CA
Sat, Jan 9 7:00pm	Hawai'i	W 78–64	9–7 (2–0)	Save Mart Center (8,193) Fresno, CA
Mon, Jan 11 7:00pm	San Jose State	W 80–70	10–7 (3–0)	Save Mart Center (7,991) Fresno, CA
Thu, Jan 14 6:00pm, ESPN Plus	at Louisiana Tech	W 81–73	10–8 (3–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,146) Ruston, LA
Sat, Jan 16 6:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	at New Mexico State	W 86–77	10–9 (3–2)	Pan American Center (6,106) Las Cruces, NM
Thu, Jan 21 7:00pm, ESPN Plus	Utah State	W 69–43	10–10 (3–3)	Save Mart Center (8,302) Fresno, CA
Sat, Jan 23 7:00pm	Nevada	W 87–77	11–10 (4–3)	Save Mart Center (8,494) Fresno, CA
Thu, Jan 28 7:00pm	at Idaho	W 74–59	11–11 (4–4)	Cowan Spectrum (1,301) Moscow, ID
Sat, Jan 30 7:15pm	at Boise State	W 65–49	11–12 (4–5)	Taco Bell Arena (5,019) Boise, ID
Sat, Feb 6 10:00pm	at Hawai'i	W 61–51	12–12 (5–5)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,456) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Feb 11 7:00pm	New Mexico State	W 83–64	13–12 (6–5)	Save Mart Center (7,889) Fresno, CA
Sat, Feb 13 7:00pm	Idaho	W 68–59	13–13 (6–6)	Save Mart Center (8,186) Fresno, CA
Wed, Feb 17 7:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	at Nevada	W 74–70	13–14 (6–7)	Lawlor Events Center (5,479) Reno, NV
Sat, Feb 20* 7:30pm	UC Santa Barbara	W 64–60	13–15	Save Mart Center (7,959) Fresno, CA
Tue, Feb 23* 7:00pm	Cal State Bakersfield	W 79–68	14–15	Save Mart Center (7,607) Fresno, CA
Sat, Feb 27 7:00pm, ESPNU	at San Jose State	W 72–45	14–16 (6–8)	The Event Center (3,047) San Jose, CA
Mon, Mar 1 6:00pm, Bulldog Sports Network	at Utah State	W 76–39	14–17 (6–9)	Smith Spectrum (10,257) Logan, UT
Thu, Mar 4 7:00pm	Louisiana Tech	W 66–59	15–17 (7–9)	Save Mart Center (8,350) Fresno, CA
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 2:30pm	vs. Louisiana Tech Quarterfinals	W 74–66	15–18	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

[1] ttp://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316

[2] ttp://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/fres-m-baskbl-mtt.html#Numerical

[schedule-3] "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2009-11-19.

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