2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 6

2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State †	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
Morehead State	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Eastern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Austin Peay	11	–	7	.611	17	–	15	.531
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Tennessee Tech	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Jacksonville State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Tennessee State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	23	.281
Southeast Missouri State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233
UT Martin	1	–	17	.056	4	–	25	.138

† 2010 OVC tournament winner As of March 22, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Billy Kennedy's fourth season at Murray State. The Racers competed in the Ohio Valley Conference and played their home games at the Regional Special Events Center, also known simply as the RSEC. They finished the season 31–5, 17–1 in OVC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 13 seed in the West Region where they upset 4 seed and AP #21 Vanderbilt in the first round before losing to 5 seed and AP #11 Butler in the second round.

Roster

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#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Isaac Miles	6'2"	205	G	Jr.	Kansas City, MO, U.S.	Bishop Miege HS
1	B. J. Jenkins	6'0"	180	G	Jr.	Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.	Green Run HS
2	Ed Daniel	6'7"	220	F	Fr.	Birmingham, AL, U.S.	Woodlawn HS
3	Isaiah Canaan	6'0"	175	G	Fr.	Biloxi, MS, U.S.	Biloxi HS
10	Jordan Burge	5'11"	170	G	Fr.	Mayfield, KY, U.S.	Northside Baptist Christian
11	Donte Poole	6'3"	185	G	So.	Las Vegas, NV, U.S.	Mojave HS
12	Danero Thomas	6'4"	190	F	Sr.	New Orleans, LA, U.S.	Mount Zion Christian Academy
14	Picasso Simmons	6'0"	170	G	Jr.	Gallatin, TN, U.S.	Lee Academy
22	Jeffery McClain	6'6"	230	F	Jr.	Hickman, KY, U.S.	Fulton County HS Three Rivers CC
23	A.J. Wilson	6'8"	215	F	Jr.	St. Paul, MN, U.S.	Saint Bernard's HS Northeastern JC (CO)
33	Jewuan Long	6'1"	180	G	So.	Jackson, TN, U.S.	Liberty Tech HS
42	Ivan Aska	6'7"	230	F	So.	Ft. Lauderdale, FL, U.S.	Boyd H. Anderson HS
43	Tony Easley	6'9"	200	F	Sr.	Auburn, AL, U.S.	Auburn HS
50	Georges Fotso	6'8"	240	F	Sr.	Douala, Cameroon	Piney Woods HS

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/5/2009 7:00pm		Bethel	W 93–39		RSEC (1,954) Murray, KY
Regular Season
11/9/2009* 10:00pm, ESPNU	No. 1	at No. 13 California Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic	W 75–70	0–1	Haas Pavilion (7,603) Berkeley, CA
11/14/2009* 7:00pm	No. 1	Missouri–Kansas City	W 92–54	1–1	RSEC (2,936) Murray, KY
11/20/2009* 3:00pm	No. 5	vs. James Madison Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic	W 71–43	2–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (NA) Miami, FL
11/22/2009* 7:00pm	No. 5	vs. North Carolina Central Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic	W 84–61	3–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,043) Miami, FL
11/23/2009* 6:00pm	No. 4	at Florida International Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic	W 84–71	4–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena (905) Miami, FL
12/28/2009* 7:00pm	No. 4	Tennessee Wesleyan	W 108–49	5–1	RSEC (2,106) Murray, KY
12/3/2009 6:00pm, ESPNU	No. 4	Eastern Kentucky	W 62–60	6–1 (1–0)	RSEC (3,984) Murray, KY
12/5/2009 7:30pm	No. 4	Morehead State	W 86–56	7–1 (2–0)	RSEC (3,831) Murray, KY
12/12/2009* 3:00pm	No. 4	at East Tennessee State	W 61–57	8–1	MSHA Athletic Center (2,888) Johnson City, TN
12/15/2009* 7:00pm	No. 3	at Louisiana Tech	W 87–81	8–2	Thomas Assembly Center (1,911) Ruston, LA
12/19/2009* 2:00pm	No. 3	Chattanooga	W 73–62	9–2	RSEC (2,290) Murray, KY
12/22/2010* 8:00pm	No. 3	at Western Kentucky	W 83–72	9–3	E. A. Diddle Arena (5,576) Bowling Green, KY
12/30/2010* 7:00pm	No. 8	at SIU–Edwardsville	W 82–51	10–3	Vadalabene Center (1,912) Edwardsville, IL
1/4/2010 7:30pm	No. 8	UT–Martin	W 83–59	11–3 (3–0)	RSEC (2,931) Murray, KY
1/7/2010 6:00pm	No. 8	at Tennessee State	W 80–59	12–3 (4–0)	Gentry Center (348) Nashville, TN
1/9/2010 5:00pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at Austin Peay	W 69–53	13–3 (5–0)	Dunn Center (4,203) Clarksville, TN
1/11/2010 7:00pm	No. 6	Eastern Illinois	W 75–59	14–3 (6–0)	RSEC (3,444) Murray, KY
1/14/2010 7:30pm	No. 6	Jacksonville State	W 92–68	15–3 (7–0)	RSEC (3,832) Murray, KY
1/16/2010 7:30pm	No. 6	Tennessee Tech	W 88–66	16–3 (8–0)	RSEC (4,837) Murray, KY
1/21/2010 7:45pm	No. 5	at Eastern Illinois	W 60–51	17–3 (9–0)	Lantz Arena (1,169) Charleston, IL
1/23/2010 7:45pm	No. 5	at SE Missouri State	W 80–61	18–3 (10–0)	Show Me Center (3,261) Cape Girardeau, MO
1/27/2010* 7:00pm	No. 5	SIU–Edwardsville	W 84–51	19–3	RSEC (3,060) Murray, KY
1/30/2010 1:00pm	No. 5	at UT–Martin	W 77–45	20–3 (11–0)	Skyhawk Arena (1,129) Martin, TN
2/4/2010 7:30pm	No. 5	Tennessee State	W 76–54	21–3 (12–0)	RSEC (3,894) Murray, KY
2/6/2010 7:30pm	No. 5	Austin Peay	W 65–63	22–3 (13–0)	RSEC (6,017) Murray, KY
2/11/2010 7:30pm	No. 4	at Tennessee Tech	W 94–62	23–3 (14–0)	Eblen Center (4,221) Cookeville, TN
2/13/2010 4:30pm	No. 4	at Jacksonville State	W 75–67	24–3 (15–0)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,919) Jacksonville, AL
2/16/2010 7:00pm	No. 4	SE Missouri State	W 80–68	25–3 (16–0)	RSEC (3,698) Murray, KY
2/20/2010* 11:00am, ESPNU	No. 4	Morgan State ESPN Bracket Busters	W 75–66	26–3	RSEC (5,125) Murray, KY
2/25/2010 7:00pm	No. 3	at vs. Morehead State	W 70–65	26–4 (16–1)	Ellis Johnson Arena (5,103) Morehead, KY
2/27/2010 1:00pm	No. 3	at Eastern Kentucky	W 88–74	27–4 (17–1)	Alumni Coliseum (4,800) Richmond, KY
2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/2/2010 7:00pm	No. 7	Tennessee State Quarterfinals	W 84–51	28–4	RSEC (3,245) Murray, KY
3/5/2010 6:00pm, ESPNU	No. 7	vs. Eastern Illinois Semifinals	W 55–51	29–4	Bridgestone Arena (NA) Nashville, TN
3/6/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2	No. 7	vs. Morehead State Championship	W 62–51	30–4	Bridgestone Arena (3,530) Nashville, TN
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010* 1:30pm, CBS	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. (15) Vanderbilt West Region First Round	W 66–65	31–4	HP Pavilion (12,712) San Jose, CA
3/20/2010* 2:20pm, CBS	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. 19 (7) Butler West Region Second Round	W 54–52	31–5	HP Pavilion (16,044) San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time ( ) NCAA Tournament Seed.

References

^ http://www.goracers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6700&KEY=&SPID=2583&SPSID=32205
^ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-23.

[1] ttp://www.goracers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6700&KEY=&SPID=2583&SPSID=32205

[schedule-2] "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-23.

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