2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 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 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10–20 and 3–13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference^[1] Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Petras Balocka	6'8"	250	C	Sr.	Vilnius, Lithuania	Community Christian School Pensacola JC
2	Hiram Thompson	6'2"	175	G	Jr.	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Oak Ridge HS
3	Zane Johnson	6'6"	210	G	Jr.	Phoenix, AZ, U.S.	Thunderbird HS Arizona
5	Dwain Williams	6'0"	175	G	Jr.	San Diego, CA, U.S.	Vista Murrieta HS Providence
12	Rykin Enos	5'11"	190	G	So.	Aiea, Hawaii, U.S.	Kamehameha Schools
15	Beau Albrechtson	6'4"	205	G	So.	Honolulu, HI, U.S.	Kaimuki HS
20	Jeremy Lay	6'0"	185	G	Jr.	Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.	Southeast HS Northern Oklahoma-Enid
21	Paul Campbell	6'10"	215	C	Sr.	Toronto, ON, Canada	Northview Heights SS Arkansas-Fort Smith
22	Leroy Lutu	6'3"	200	G	So.	Mercer Island, WA, U.S.	Mercer Island HS
23	Roderick Flemings	6'7"	210	G	Sr.	Dallas, TX, U.S.	DeSoto HS Weatherford JC
24	Adhar Mayen	6'8"	195	F	Sr.	Pflugerville, TX, U.S.	Pflugerville HS Hill CC
25	Ji Xiang	6'10"	240	F	So.	Zhengzhou, Henan, China	Zhengzhou No. 11 Middle School
32	Brandon Adams	6'7"	220	F	Sr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	San Ramon Valley HS Diablo Valley College
33	Aleksandar Milovic	6'7"	220	F	So.	Cetinje, Montenegro	Gymnasium Duquesne
34	Douglas Kurtz	7'0"	265	C	Jr.	Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Universitario in Porto Alegre Marshalltown CC
41	Bill Amis	6'9"	220	F	Sr.	Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.	Putnam City HS Pratt CC

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Hawai'i	Alma Mater (Year)
Bob Nash	Head Coach	3rd as HC/31st overall	Hawai'i (1984)
Jackson Wheeler	Associate Head Coach	20th	Marymount (1982)
Larry Farmer	Assistant Coach	3rd	UCLA (1973)
Eran Ganot	Assistant Coach	4th	Swarthmore College (2003)
Tim Shepherd	Director of Basketball Operations	2nd	Chaminade (2004)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Hawaiian

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 30 7:05pm	Hawai'i-Hilo	W 76–65		Stan Sheriff Center (5,057) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Nov 5 7:05pm	BYU-Hawai'i	W 83–69		Stan Sheriff Center (5,575) Honolulu, HI
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 7:35pm, KFVE	Southern Utah Rainbow Classic	W 65–48	1–0	Stan Sheriff Center (5,707) Honolulu, HI
Sun, Nov 15* 5:05pm, KFVE	McNesse State Rainbow Classic	W 73–65	2–0	Stan Sheriff Center (5,322) Honolulu, HI
Mon, Nov 16* 11:00pm, ESPN	Northern Colorado Rainbow Classic/ ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	W 81–75	2–1	Stan Sheriff Center (6,134) Honolulu, HI
Fri, Nov 20* 7:05pm, KFVE	Brigham Young	W 83–65	2–2	Stan Sheriff Center (5,891) Honolulu, HI
Fri, Nov 27* 8:05pm	New Mexico	W 83–71	2–3	Stan Sheriff Center (5,256) Honolulu, HI
Wed, Dec 2* 5:05pm	at UC Irvine	W 80–70	2–4	Bren Events Center (1,248) Irvine, CA
Sun, Dec 6* 5:05pm	Lamar	W 96–78	3–4	Stan Sheriff Center (5,096) Honolulu, HI
Wed, Dec 9* 7:05pm, KFVE	Chaminade	W 70–61	4–4	Stan Sheriff Center (5,057) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm	Chicago State	W 83–58	5–4	Stan Sheriff Center (5,158) Honolulu, HI
Tue, Dec 22* 7:30pm, ESPNU	Coll. of Charleston Diamond Head Classic	W 84–71	6–4	Stan Sheriff Center (7,119) Honolulu, HI
Wed, Dec 23* 6:30pm, ESPN2	UNLV Diamond Head Classic	W 77–53	6–5	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, HI
Fri, Dec 25* 2:30pm, ESPN2	Saint Mary's Diamond Head Classic	W 84–75	6–6	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, HI
Mon, Dec 28* 7:05pm	Northwestern State	W 81–62	7–6	Stan Sheriff Center (5,770) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Jan 2 7:05pm, KFVE	Idaho	W 59–52	7–7 (0–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,611) Honolulu, HI
Mon, Jan 4 7:05pm, KFVE	Boise State	W 76–68	8–7 (1–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,119) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Jan 9 5:00pm	at Fresno State	W 78–64	8–8 (1–2)	Save Mart Center (8,193) Fresno, CA
Mon, Jan 11 4:00pm	at Utah State	W 98–54	8–9 (1–3)	Smith Spectrum (9,888) Logan, UT
Sun, Jan 17 7:05pm, KFVE	San Jose State	W 68–67	9–9 (2–3)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,723) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Jan 21 7:05pm, KFVE	New Mexico State	W 71–69	9–10 (2–4)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,288) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Jan 23 7:05pm, KFVE	Louisiana Tech	W 65–60	9–11 (2–5)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,857) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Jan 28 5:00pm	at San Jose State	W 83–60	9–12 (2–6)	The Event Center (2,651) San Jose, CA
Sat, Jan 30 5:05pm	at Nevada	W 66–60	9–13 (2–7)	Lawlor Events Center (7,490) Reno, NV
Sat, Feb 6 8:05pm, KFVE	Fresno State	W 61–51	9–14 (2–8)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,456) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Feb 13 4:00pm, KFVE	at Louisiana Tech	W 66–60	9–15 (2–9)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,096) Ruston, LA
Mon, Feb 15 4:00pm	at New Mexico State	W 88–64	9–16 (2–10)	Pan American Center (5,561) Las Cruces, NM
Sat, Feb 20* 8:00pm	Cal Poly	W 102–89	9–17	Stan Sheriff Center (5,381) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Feb 25 7:05pm, KFVE	Utah State	W 61–50	9–18 (2–11)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,446) Honolulu, HI
Sat, Feb 27 7:05pm, KFVE	Nevada	W 74–63	10–18 (3–11)	Stan Sheriff Center (6,025) Honolulu, HI
Thu, Mar 4 4:05pm	at Boise State	W 82–63	10–19 (3–12)	Taco Bell Arena (2,183) Boise, ID
Sat, Mar 6 3:05pm	at Idaho	W 78–69	10–20 (3–13)	Cowan Spectrum (1,502) Moscow, ID
*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.hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&

[schedule-3] "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2009-11-20.

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