2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
	† 2010 WAC Tournament winner ; As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

Idaho Vandals men's basketball
2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	15–16 (6–10 WAC)
Head coach	Don Verlin
Assistant coach	Ray Lopes
Assistant coach	Mike Freeman
Assistant coach	Mike Score
Home arena	Cowan Specturm

The 2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Don Verlin's second season at Idaho. The Vandals are members of the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at the Cowan Specturm. They finished the season 15–16, 6–10 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to Nevada.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Idaho was selected to finish 4th in both the media and coaches poll and Senior guard Mac Hobson was selected to the All-WAC first team by both the media and coaches.^[1]

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School(s)
0	Stern, Corey	6'–7"	200	Forward	FR	Seattle, Washingto	Rainier Beach HS
1	Hopson, Mac	6'–2"	185	Guard	SR	Portland, Oregon	Jefferson HS, Washington State
2	Ledbetter, Jeff	6'–3"	195	Guard	JR	Brea, California	Orange Lutheran HS, Irvine Valley CC
3	Henderson, Shawn	6'–3"	178	Guard	JR	Renton, Washington	Renton HS, North Idaho College
5	Johnson, Steffan	6'–1"	180	Guard	SR	Kent, Washington	Kent-Meridian HS, Pacific
10	Tatum, Landon	5'–11"	196	Guard	JR	San Antonio, Texas	O'Connor HS, South Plains CC
11	Wiley, Brandon	6'–6"	218	Forward	SR	Pinole, California	Pinole Valley HS, City College of San Francisco
13	de Souza, Luciano	6'–7"	210	Forward	SR	Matão, Brazil	South Plains CC
20	Lawrence, Marcus	5'–11"	174	Guard	JR	Las Vegas, Nevada	Bishop Gorman HS, UNLV
21	Toledo, Luiz	6'–8"	225	Forward	SO	Araraquara, Brazil	Modesto Christian HS, St. Francis Xavier
23	Stewart, Justin	6'–1"	185	Guard	FR	Spokane, Washington	Ferris HS
32	Watson, Kashif	6'–4"	186	Guard	SR	Las Vegas, Nevada	Bishop Gorman HS, Irvine Valley CC
33	Barone, Kyle	6'–10"	220	Center	FR	Garden Grove, California	Pacifica HS
34	Blackstock, Travis	6'–5"	206	Forward	SR	Kuna, Idaho	Kuna HS
42	Kammerer, Joe	6'–9"	241	Center	FR	Eugene, Oregon	North Eugene HS
53	Jefferson, Marvin	6'–9"	250	Center	SR	Merced, California	Golden Valley HS, Modesto JC

Indicates Red Shirt Year

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Idaho	Alma mater (Year)
Don Verlin	Head Coach	2nd	Colorado State (1993)
Ray Lopes	Associate Head Coach	2nd	College of Idaho (1987)
Mike Freeman	Assistant Coach	3rd	Iowa (2006)
Mike Score	Assistant Coach	3rd	Washington (1996)
Chris Helbling	Director of Basketball Operations	2nd	Gonzaga (2008)

2009–10 schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Pacific

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Fri, Nov 6 8:05pm	St. Martin's	W 87–61		Memorial Gym (1,472) Moscow, Idaho
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 6:00pm	at Utah	W 94–87	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,127) Salt Lake City, Utah
Sun, Nov 15* 4:00pm	at Texas Southern	L 72–65	1–1	Health and Physical Education Arena (659) Houston, Texas
Sat, Nov 21* 2:00pm	at North Dakota State	W 81–69	2–1	Bison Sports Arena (3,247) Fargo, North Dakota
Tue, Nov 24* 7:05pm	Sacramento State	W 75–61	3–1	Memorial Gym (740) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Nov 28* 7:05pm	Eastern Washington	W 76–54	4–1	Memorial Gym (1,500) Moscow, Idaho
Thu, Dec 3* 7:05pm	at Cal-State Northridge	L 95–93	4–2	Matadome (1,175) Northridge, California
Sun, Dec 6* 5:05pm	No. 25 Portland	W 68–48	5–2	Cowan Spectrum (1,500) Moscow, Idaho
Wed, Dec 9* 8:00pm, FSN	at Washington State	L 76–64	5–3	Beasley Coliseum (7,285) Pullman, Washington
Sat, Dec 12* 5:05pm	Eastern Oregon	W 82–77	6–3	Memorial Gym (1,023) Moscow, Idaho
Tue, Dec 22* 7:00pm	Portland	L 82–52	6–4	Chiles Center (1,746) Portland, Oregon
Tue, Dec 29 7:00pm	vs. Lewis-Clark State	W 71–52	7–4	Qwest Arena (4,111) Boise, Idaho
Sat, Jan 2 9:05pm	at Hawai'i	W 59–52	8–4 (1–0)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,611) Honolulu, Hawaii
Mon, Jan 4 7:05pm	at San Jose State	L 78–75	8–5 (1–1)	The Event Center Arena (1,287) San Jose, California
Sat, Jan 9 5:05pm	Louisiana Tech	L 77–71	8–6 (1–2)	Cowan Specturm (2,047) Moscow, Idaho
Mon, Jan 11 7:05pm	New Mexico State	L 75–72	8–7 (1–3)	Cowan Specturm (1,296) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm	at Nevada	L 76–68	8–8 (1–4)	Lawlor Events Center (6,030) Reno, Nevada
Sat, Jan 23 5:05pm	Utah State	L 60–48	8–9 (1–5)	Cowan Specturm (2,570) Moscow, Idaho
Mon, Jan 25 8:05pm, ESPNU	Boise State	L 77–67 ^OT	8–10 (1–6)	Cowan Spectrum (4,104) Moscow, Idaho
Thu, Jan 28 7:05pm	Fresno State	W 74–59	9–10 (2–6)	Cowan Spectrum (1,301) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Jan 30* 7:10pm	at Seattle	W 87–85	10–10	KeyArena (4,183) Seattle, Washington
Wed, Feb 3 8:00pm, ESPN2	at Utah State	L 80–62	10–11 (2–7)	Smith Spectrum (9,777) Logan, Utah
Sat, Feb 6 6:05pm	at Boise State	W 79–55	11–11 (3–7)	Taco Bell Arena (7,734) Boise, Idaho
Wed, Feb 10 8:00pm, ESPN2	Nevada	L 67–66	11–12 (3–8)	Cowan Spectrum (1,580) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Feb 13 7:00pm	at Fresno State	W 68–59	12–12 (4–8)	Save Mart Center (8,186) Fresno, California
Thu, Feb 18* 7:05pm	Seattle	W 82–72	13–12	Cowan Spectrum (1,287) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Feb 20* 5:30pm	Long Beach State	L 77–66	13–13	Cowan Spectrum (1,554) Moscow, Idaho
Wed, Feb 24 8:05pm, ESPN2	at New Mexico State	L 74–57	13–14 (4–9)	Pan American Center (5,834) Las Cruces, New Mexico
Sat, Feb 27 6:00pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 60–49	13–15 (4–10)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,669) Ruston, Louisiana
Thu, Mar 4 7:00pm, ESPN Plus	San Jose State	W 86–76	14–15 (5–10)	Cowan Spectrum (961) Moscow, Idaho
Sat, Mar 6 5:05pm	Hawai'i	W 78–69	15–15 (6–10)	Cowan Spectrum (1,502) Moscow, Idaho
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 6:00pm	at Nevada Quarterfinals	L 87–71	15–16	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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[schedule-3] "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2009-10-13.

Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–present)
Rivalries	Washington State Gonzaga (dormant)
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
	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
Hawaii	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll