The 2009–10 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. Members of the

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(WAC), the

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were led by second-year head coach

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and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in

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. The Vandals were overall in the regular season and in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings. They met second-seed and host

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in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament in

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and lost by sixteen points.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Idaho was selected to finish fourth 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.

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

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References

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