The 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the

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in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 112th basketball season. Their head coach was Bill Self, who was serving his 7th year. The team played its home games in

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and are members of the

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. The Jayhawks finished the season 33–3, 15–1 in Big 12 play to capture the Big 12 regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the

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. They earned the #1 overall seed in the entire tournament and were the 1 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 16 seed Lehigh in the first round and were upset by 9 seed Northern Iowa in the second round.

Pre-Season

On April 13, 2009 key players

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and

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announced that they would forgo the NBA draft and return for the 2009–10 season. The Jayhawks will return all players who saw significant minutes on last years Sweet 16 team. In early polls for the season, The Jayhawks were almost the consensus #1 ranked team for the 09–10 season, the only other team that was #1 in any other pre-season polls, was

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, which defeated KU in the Sweet 16 of the 2009 NCAA tournament.

Departures

In the offseason the Jayhawks lost Senior walk-ons Matt Kleinmann and Brennan Bechard from the 2008–09 roster. On April 9, Quintrell Thomas and Tyrone Appleton announced their intention to transfer to other schools due to lack of available playing time. Appleton averaged 0.8 points on 2.2 minutes per game in 2008–09 and Thomas averaged 1.5 points on 5.4 minutes. Thomas announced that he will be joining the

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squad, however will not be eligible to play until the 2010–11 season. Appleton transferred to

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in Missouri.

Recruiting

In October 2008, the Jayhawks received commitments from a pair of five-star recruits, Elijah Johnson from North Las Vegas and Thomas Robinson of

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On Thursday April 23, 2009 McDonald's All-American

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announced his intention to play at Kansas, prompting

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to name the Jayhawks as "the team to beat in 2010." The Jayhawks will add center Jeff Withey, who transferred from the

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, and

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who will transfer from the

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to join his brother Xavier. C.J. will walk on as his tuition is paid by the

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who took him in the 2005 MLB Draft. Withey will not be eligible to play until the end of the fall semester.

Class of 2009

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Transfers

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Accolades

Team: *Big 12 Preseason #1 (unanimous) * Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason #1 team * Sporting News preseason #1. *Associated Press Preseason #1 *ESPN/USAToday Preseason #1 Sherron Collins: *Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Year *John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidate *Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason all-American team candidate *Associated Press preseason All-American Cole Aldrich: *Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Year *John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidate *Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason player of the year candidate. *Associated Press preseason All-American

Season summary

Highlights

*Bill Self gained his 400th career victory with a 73–59 win over Iowa State on Feb. 13, 2010. *Bill Self gained his 100th win over a Big 12 opponent as coach of the Jayhawks with a 59–54 win over Texas A&M on Feb. 15, 2010. Self achieved the milestone in less than 7 seasons and in 121 games played. *Cole Aldrich broke Greg Ostertag's single season block record of 97. Aldrich had 98 as of Feb. 15, 2010. *Sherron Collins set the record for winningest Jayhawk in a four-year span with his 124th win, an 81–68 victory over Oklahoma on Feb. 22, 2010. Breaking the previous record of 123 set by Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas and C.B. McGrath. *Kansas won their sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship, a feat that hadn't been accomplished in a BCS conference since John Wooden's UCLA teams of the 1960-70's. *Kansas claimed their 2,000th program victory on March 11, 2010 when they defeated Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament. They now rank 2nd in overall Division I wins, behind only Kentucky. *Bill Self scored his 200th win as Kansas head coach on March 12, 2010 when they defeated Texas A&M in the Big 12 tournament, the fastest to reach that mark in KU history. *The Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament championship on March 13, by defeating Kansas State 72–64 and improving their record to 32–2. The following day, they became the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Awards

Cole Aldrich *Consensus Second Team All-American *NABC Second Team All-American *USBWA Second Team All-American *AP Third Team All-American *ESPN and

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Academic All-American of the Year *Academic All-Big 12 First Team *Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year *All-Big 12 First Team *All-Big 12 Defensive Team *AP Big 12 First Team *

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All-District VI Team *Yahoo! Sports Third Team All-AmericanGeneral Awards List
*Foxsports.com Third Team All-American Sherron Collins *Consensus First Team All-American *NABC First Team All-American *USBWA First Team All-American *AP Second Team All-American *Sporting News Second Team All-American *All-Big 12 First Team *AP Big 12 First Team *USBWA All-District VI Team *Yahoo! Sports Second Team All-American *Foxsports.com Second Team All-American *

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award was an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter-than-average players who excelled on the court despite their size. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter-in-la ...

* Lute Olson Award *NABC Senior Achievement Award Xavier Henry *All-Big 12 Rookie Team *All-Big 12 Honorable Mention *Sporting News All-Freshman Team *USBWA All-District VI Team *Foxsports.com All-Freshman Team Marcus Morris *All-Big 12 Second Team *AP Big 12 Honorable Mention *Yahoo! Sports Most Improved Player of the Year Tyrel Reed *Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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