The 2009–10
Washington Huskies men's basketball
The Washington Huskies men's basketball team represents the University of Washington in NCAA Division I college basketball competing in the Pac-12 Conference. Their home games are played at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, located in Seattle, and they ar ...
team represented the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
in the
2009–10 college basketball
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season. This was head coach
Lorenzo Romar
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's 8th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at
Bank of America Arena and are members of the
Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Pac-10 play and defeated
California
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in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament to claim the conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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. They earned an 11 seed in the East Region where they upset 6 seed
Marquette in the first round and 3 seed and AP #8
New Mexico
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in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by 2 seed and AP #6
West Virginia
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to end their season.
Pre-season
In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in
Los Angeles, CA
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during the Pac-10 media days
Washington was selected to finish 2nd in the conference.
2009–10 Team
Roster
A number of players on this team would one day play in the NBA. The list includes:
*Isaiah Thomas
*Quincy Pondexter
*Justin Holiday
*CJ Wilcox
Coaching staff
2009-10 Schedule and results
Source
*All times are
Pacific
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Pac-10 tournament
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References
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Washington
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
Washington Huskies men's basketball seasons
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Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament championship seasons