2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2009-10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
Saint Mary's Hilton Tournament champions
Big 12 Conference regular-season champion
2010 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Big 12
Division North
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
2009-10 record 32–2 (16–0 Big-12)
Head coach Connie Yori
Assistant coach Sunny Smallwood
Assistant coach Kellie Lewis-Jay
Assistant coach Tony Verdi
Home arena Devaney Sports Center
2009–10 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#4 Nebraska16–0 1.000  32–2  .941
#14 Iowa State11–5 .688  25–8  .758
#12 Oklahoma11–5 .688  27–11  .711
#11 Texas A&M†10–6 .625  26–8  .765
#15 Texas10–6 .625  22–11  .667
#16 Baylor9–7 .563  27–10  .730
#20 Oklahoma State9–7 .563  24–11  .686
Texas Tech5–11 .313  18–15  .545
Kansas5–11 .313  17–16  .515
Kansas State5–11 .313  14–18  .438
Colorado3–13 .188  13–17  .433
Missouri2–14 .125  12–18  .400
† 2010 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of 4/4/10; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they lost in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas A&M. Their season ended in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost 76–67 to Kentucky.

Offseason

  • The Huskers will welcome three incoming freshmen to the program. The rookies will be led by 2009 Washington High School Player-of-the-Year Lindsey Moore. The 5-9 point guard from Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington. She earned third-team All-America honors from Parade Magazine after leading the Conquerors to the Class 4A state title and a final No. 2 national ranking in the USA Today Super 25 poll. California forward Meghin Williams and Minnesota forward Katya Leick are the other freshmen.[1]
  • May 7: Nebraska incoming freshman Lindsey Moore will be one of the nation's top 19-and-under players invited to the USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team Trials next week.[2]
  • Senior Kelsey Griffin was chosen as a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the league coaches for the third consecutive season.[3]
  • Nebraska was picked to finish sixth in the powerful Big 12 Conference in voting by the league's coaches announced on Thursday, Oct. 15, by the conference office in Irving, Texas.[4]
  • Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin was officially named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS award on Wednesday, Nov. 4, honoring women's basketball players across the nation who excel both on and off the court.[5]

Roster [6]

Connie Yori, cutting the nets after leading Nebraska to the 2010 Big 12 Conference regular-season title with a perfect 16-0 record
NumberNameHeightPositionClassHometown
5Kaitlyn Burke5-7GuardJuniorNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
00Lindsey Moore5-9GuardFreshmanCovington, Washington
10Meghin Williams6-1ForwardFreshmanRancho Cucamonga, California
11Nicole Neals5-6GuardSeniorChandler, Arizona
12Layne Reeves5-11GuardRedshirt FreshmanLubbock, Texas
13Kala Kuhlmann5-8GuardSeniorCharter Oak, Iowa
20Katya Leick6-1ForwardFreshmanGrey Cloud Township, Minnesota
21Harleen Sidhu6-1ForwardSophomoreSurrey, British Columbia, Canada
22Yvonne Turner5-8GuardSeniorOmaha, Nebraska
23Kelsey Griffin6-2ForwardSeniorEagle River, Alaska
24Dominique Kelley5-7GuardJuniorLincoln, Nebraska
35Jessica Periago6-4CenterJuniorToulon, France
40Cory Montgomery6-2ForwardSeniorCannon Falls, Minnesota
42Nikki Bober6-4CenterSeniorMurdock, Nebraska
44Catheryn Redmon6-3CenterJuniorGrand Prairie, Texas

Schedule [7]

Preseason exhibitions

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 3Devaney Ctr.Pittsburg State68-541-0
Nov. 8Devaney Ctr.Nebraska-Kearney89-472-0

Regular season

DateLocationRankOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 13Devaney CenterNRDavidson86-621-0
Nov. 15Las VegasNRUNLV73-512-0
Nov. 19Devaney CenterNRIdaho State88-413-0
Nov. 22Devaney CenterNRWashington State107-544-0
Nov. 27Moraga, CA.NRUALR62-455-0
Nov. 29Moraga, CA.NRSaint Mary's College84-736-0
Dec. 3Devaney CenterNRSouth Dakota77-387-0
Dec. 5Coral Gables, FLNRMiami76-718-0
Dec. 9Devaney Center#24Creighton69-569-0
Dec. 13Devaney Center#24Northern Illinois69-4410-0
Dec. 20Devaney Center#20#5 LSU77-6311-0
Dec. 30Devaney Center#13Albany88-4112-0
Jan. 4Burlington, VT.#12Vermont94-5013-0
Jan. 9Ames, Iowa#12Iowa State57-4914-0 (1-0)
Jan. 12Devaney Center#11#19 Texas91-7915-0 (2-0)
Jan. 17Waco, Texas#11#9 Baylor65-5616-0 (3-0)
Jan. 23Devaney Center#7Kansas State71-5617-0 (4-0)
Jan. 27Lubbock, Texas#6Texas tech89-4718-0 (5-0)
Jan. 30Boulder, Colorado#6Colorado80-6419-0 (6-0)
Feb. 3Devaney Center#4#10 Oklahoma State88-6720-0 (7-0)
Feb. 6Devaney Center#4#12 Texas A&M71-6021-0 (8-0)
Feb. 10Lawrence, Kansas#3Kansas67-6022-0 (9-0)
Feb. 13Columbia, Missouri#3Missouri82-7823-0 (10-0)
Feb. 17Devaney Center#3#13 Iowa State60-5024-0 (11-0)
Feb. 20Devaney Center#3Colorado89-7325-0 (12-0)
Feb. 24Norman, Oklahoma#3#11 Oklahoma80-6426-0 (13-0)
Feb. 27Devaney Center#3Missouri67-5127-0 (14-0)
March 3Devaney Center#3Kansas77-5228-0 (15-0)
March 6Manhattan, Kansas#3Kansas State82-7229-0 (16-0)

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament
DateLocationRankOpponentScoreRecord
March 12Kansas City, Missouri#1#9 Kansas State63-4630-0
March 13Kansas City, Missouri#1#4 Texas A&M70-8030-1
NCAA Tournament
DateLocationSeedOpponentScoreRecord
March 21Minneapolis#1#16 Northern Iowa83-4431-1
March 23Minneapolis#1#8 UCLA83-7032-1
March 28Kansas City, Missouri#1#4 Kentucky67–7632–2

Player stats [8]

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints
Bober, Nikki--------------------
Burke, Kaitlyn65.7.286.2001.0000.53----1.2
Griffin, Kelsey3227.4.607.250.76210.358225820.4
Kelley, Dominique3224.1.427.408.7783.95912612.0
Kuhlmann, Kala3216.8.340.313.8061.6271103.4
Leick, Katya105.8.222.000.8331.42021.8
Montgomery, Cory3227.6.503.380.7925.23371712.8
Moore, Lindsey3227.4.349.266.6902.21416435.8
Neals, Nicole3215.0.324.284.3641.0462203.0
Periago, Jessica288.4.302.238.2861.7131061.2
Redmon, Catheryn3215.9.620--.2754.6663134.3
Reeves, Layne236.7.385.533.3330.77351.3
Sidhu, Harleen125.2.385.286.5001.73112.2
Turner, Yvonne3226.9.406.368.6943.65146211.8
Williams, Meghin132.9.222.000.6670.70000.9

Awards and honors

Players

Coach

All of the following were awarded to head coach Connie Yori:

Rankings

Ranking Movement
PollPre-
season		Nov
16		Nov
23		Nov
30		Dec
7		Dec
14		Dec
21		Dec
28		Jan
4		Jan
11		Jan
18		Jan
25		Feb
1		Feb
8		Jan
15		Jan
22		March
1		March
8		March
15		Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll[11] NR NR NR NR 23 18 14 14 13 9 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
Associated Press[12] NR NR NR NR 24 20 14 13 12 11 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4
NR = Not Ranked

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club
13Kelsey GriffinMinnesota Lynx
(traded to Connecticut Sun)
325Cory MontgomeryNew York Liberty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Montgomery Earns Husker Offensive MVP Award". Huskers.com. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Moore Earns USA Basketball U19 Invite". Huskers.com. 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Griffin Earns Preseason All-Big 12 Honor". Huskers.com. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  4. ↑ "Huskers Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll". Huskers.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  5. ↑ "Griffin Among 30 Candidates for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award". Huskers.com. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Women's Basketball 2009-10 Roster". Huskers.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  7. ↑ "2009-10 Schedule/Results". Huskers.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  8. ↑ "2009-10 Season Statistics". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "2009-10 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  10. ↑ "Yori Named WBCA National Coach of the Year" (Press release). Huskers.com. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  11. ↑ "USA Today/ESPN". Rivals.com from Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  12. ↑ "AP 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
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