2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–14 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Carmody;
Assistant coaches	Mitch Henderson; Tavaras Hardy; Ivan Vujic;
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Ohio State†	14	–	4	.778	29	–	8	.784
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
No. 13 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	21	–	15	.583
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	20	–	14	.588
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355

† AP Poll

The 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented

2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the University of Rhode Island

. Northwestern received its first national (AP) ranking in 41 years, when it was ranked #25 in the December 28 AP poll.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
3	Capocci, Mike	F	6–6	200	JR	Lombard, Illinois/Glenbard East
44	Coble, Kevin	F	6–8	210	SR*	Phoenix, Arizona/Scottsdale Christian Academy
1	Crawford, Drew	G/F	6–5	185	FR	Naperville Central
30	Curletti, Davide	F	6–9	232	SO	Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's
15	Fruendt, Nick	G	6–5	195	SO	Batavia
11	Hearn, Reggie	G	6–4	195	FR	Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider
4	Marcotullio, Alex	G	6–3	180	FR	Warren, Michigan/De La Salle
12	Mirković, Luka	F/C	6–11	235	SO	Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)
23	Nash, Jeremy	G	6–4	191	SR	Marist
21	Peljusic, Ivan	F	6–8	215	JR	Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium
54	Rowley, Kyle	C	7–0	280	SO	Arima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy
5	Ryan, Jeff	G/F	6–7	205	SR*	Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South
24	Shurna, John	F	6–8	210	SO	Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West
33	Steger, Matt	G/F	6–5	195	SR	Northfield, Illinois/Loyola Academy
22	Thompson, Michael	G	5–10	182	JR	Lincoln Park

Source:[1]

"*"=indicates player used redshirt season.

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Central

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 13, 2009* 7:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Northern Illinois	W 77–55	1–0	Evanston, IL
Nov 18, 2009* 7:00pm, BTN		No. 11 Butler	W 67–54	1–1	Evanston, IL
Nov 22, 2009* 1:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Tennessee State	L 69–92	2–1	Evanston, IL
Nov 24, 2009* 5:30pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Liberty	W 69–53	3–1	Evanston, IL
Nov 27, 2009* 7:30pm, BTN		vs. No. 23 Notre Dame Chicago Challenge Invitational	W 72–58	4–1	Chicago, IL
Nov 28, 2009* 7:00pm, BTN		vs. Iowa State Chicago Challenge Invitational	W 67–65	5–1	Chicago, IL
Dec 1, 2009* 6:00pm, ESPNU		at North Carolina State ACC-Big Ten Challenge	W 65–53	6–1	Raleigh, NC
Dec 13, 2009* 4:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		North Carolina A&T	W 90–65	7–1	Evanston, IL
Dec 16, 2009* 8:00pm, ESPNU		North Florida	W 84–54	8–1	Evanston, IL
Dec 19, 2009* 1:30pm, BTN		Stanford	W 70–62	9–1	Evanston, IL
Dec 22, 2009* 7:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Central Connecticut St	W 74–54	10–1	Evanston, IL
Dec 30, 2009 8:00pm, BTN	No. 25	at Illinois	L 83–89 ^OT	10–2 (0–1)	Champaign, IL
Jan 2, 2010 5:30pm, BTN	No. 25	No. 11 Michigan St	L 70–91	10–3 (0–2)	Evanston, IL
Jan 7, 2010* 6:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Texas-Pan American	W 53–44	11–3	Evanston, IL
Jan 10, 2010 1:00pm, BTN		at Michigan	W 68–62	12–3 (1–2)	Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 13, 2010 7:30pm, BTN		No. 13 Wisconsin	L 60–50	12–4 (1–3)	Evanston, IL
Jan 16, 2010 4:30pm, BTN		No. 6 Purdue	W 72–64	13–4 (2–3)	Evanston, IL
Jan 19, 2010 6:00pm, BTN		at No. 21 Ohio State	L 76–56	13–5 (2–4)	Columbus, OH
Jan 23, 2010 7:00pm, BTN		Illinois	W 73–68	14–5 (3–4)	Evanston, IL
Jan 26, 2010 8:00pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 65–61	14–6 (3–5)	Minneapolis, MN
Jan 30, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		at No. 5 Michigan St	L 79–70	14–7 (3–6)	East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		Michigan	W 67–52	15–7 (4–6)	Evanston, IL
Feb 7, 2010 1:30pm, BTN		Indiana	W 78–61	16–7 (5–6)	Evanston, IL
Feb 10, 2010 7:35pm, BTN		at Iowa	L 78–65	16–8 (5–7)	Iowa City, IA
Feb 14, 2010 4:00pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 77–74 ^OT	17–8 (6–7)	Evanston, IL
Feb 17, 2010 7:30pm, BTN		Penn State	L 81–70	17–9 (6–8)	Evanston, IL
Feb 21, 2010 1:00pm, BTN		at No. 14 Wisconsin	L 70–63	17–10 (6–9)	Madison, WI
Feb 25, 2010 6:00pm, ESPN2		Iowa	W 74–57	18–10 (7–9)	Evanston, IL
Feb 28, 2010 11:00am, BTN		at Penn State	L 79–60	18–11 (7–10)	University Park, PA
Mar 3, 2010* 7:00pm		Chicago State	W 72–49	19–11	Evanston, IL
Mar 6, 2010 11:00am, BTN		at Indiana	L 88–80 ^OT	19–12 (7–11)	Bloomington, IN
2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
March 11, 2010 3:55pm, ESPN2		vs. Indiana First Round	W 73–58	20–12	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		vs. No. 6 Purdue Quarterfinals	L 69–61	20–13	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
2010 National Invitation Tournament
March 17, 2010 6:00pm, ESPNU		at Rhode Island First Round	L 76–64	20–14	Ryan Center Kingston, RI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "2009-10 Northwestern Roster". Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
^ "2009-10 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

[cstv4-1] "2009-10 Northwestern Roster". Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

[schedule-2] "2009-10 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

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