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2009-10 WAC men's basketball season

2009–10 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season
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League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 9
Regular Season
Champion Utah State
Season MVP Luke Babbitt
Tournament
Champions New Mexico State
Basketball seasons
← 2008–09
2010–11 →
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

The 2009–10 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 17, 2009 and ended with the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament March 11–13, 2010 at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, NV on the campus of the University of Nevada. Utah State won the regular season championship while New Mexico State won the WAC Tournament.

The WAC conducted a media teleconference on October 20, 2009 and released the media and coaches poll, as well as the preseason All-WAC teams and player of the year.

Player of the Year

First Team

Second Team

Player of the Year

Players of the Week

On January 26 San Jose State's Adrian Oliver was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for games ending the week of January 24.

First Round

(12) New Mexico State vs. (5) Michigan State L 70–67

(12) Utah State vs. (5) Texas A&M L 69–53

First Round

(6) Nevada @ (3) Wichita State W 74–70

Second Round

(6) Nevada @ (2) Rhode Island L 85–83

First Round

Louisiana Tech vs. Southern Mississippi W 66–57

Quarterfinals

Louisiana Tech @ Missouri State L 69–40

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.


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