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2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record10–20 (3–13 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arena Stan Sheriff Center
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
Hawai'i 3 13   .188 10 20   .333
2010 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2009–10 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10–20 and 3–13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference [1] Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source [2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Petras Balocka 6'8" 250 C Sr. Vilnius, Lithuania Community Christian School
Pensacola JC
2 Hiram Thompson 6'2" 175 G Jr. Sacramento, California Oak Ridge HS
3 Zane Johnson 6'6" 210 G Jr. Phoenix, Arizona Thunderbird HS
Arizona
5 Dwain Williams 6'0" 175 G Jr. San Diego, California Vista Murrieta HS
Providence
12 Rykin Enos 5'11" 190 G So. Aiea, Hawaii Kamehameha Schools
15 Beau Albrechtson 6'4" 205 G So. Honolulu, Hawaii Kaimuki HS
20 Jeremy Lay 6'0" 185 G Jr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Southeast HS
Northern Oklahoma-Enid
21 Paul Campbell 6'10" 215 C Sr. Toronto, Ontario Northview Heights SS
Arkansas-Fort Smith
22 Leroy Lutu 6'3" 200 G So. Mercer Island, Washington Mercer Island HS
23 Roderick Flemings 6'7" 210 G Sr. Dallas, Texas DeSoto HS
Weatherford JC
24 Adhar Mayen 6'8" 195 F Sr. Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS
Hill CC
25 Ji Xiang 6'10" 240 F So. Zhengzhou, Henan Zhengzhou No. 11 Middle School
32 Brandon Adams 6'7" 220 F Sr. Seattle, Washington San Ramon Valley HS
Diablo Valley College
33 Aleksandar Milovic 6'7" 220 F So. Cetinje, Montenegro Gymnasium
Duquesne
34 Douglas Kurtz 7'0" 265 C Jr. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Universitario in Porto Alegre
Marshalltown CC
41 Bill Amis 6'9" 220 F Sr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Putnam City HS
Pratt CC

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Hawai'i Alma Mater (Year)
Bob Nash Head coach 3rd as HC/31st overall Hawai'i (1984)
Jackson Wheeler Associate head coach 20th Marymount (1982)
Larry Farmer Assistant coach 3rd UCLA (1973)
Eran Ganot Assistant coach 4th Swarthmore College (2003)
Tim Shepherd Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Chaminade (2004)

2009–10 schedule and results

Source [3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 30
7:05pm
Hawai'i-Hilo W 76–65 
Stan Sheriff Center (5,057)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Nov 5
7:05pm
BYU-Hawai'i W 83–69 
Stan Sheriff Center (5,575)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13*
7:35pm,  KFVE
Southern Utah
Rainbow Classic
W 65–48  1–0
Stan Sheriff Center (5,707)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sun, Nov 15*
5:05pm,  KFVE
McNesse State
Rainbow Classic
W 73–65  2–0
Stan Sheriff Center (5,322)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mon, Nov 16*
11:00pm,  ESPN
Northern Colorado
Rainbow Classic/
ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
L 75–81  2–1
Stan Sheriff Center (6,134)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Fri, Nov 20*
7:05pm,  KFVE
Brigham Young L 65–83  2–2
Stan Sheriff Center (5,891)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Fri, Nov 27*
8:05pm
New Mexico L 71–83  2–3
Stan Sheriff Center (5,256)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wed, Dec 2*
5:05pm
at  UC Irvine L 70–80  2–4
Bren Events Center (1,248)
Irvine, California
Sun, Dec 6*
5:05pm
Lamar W 96–78  3–4
Stan Sheriff Center (5,096)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wed, Dec 9*
7:05pm,  KFVE
Chaminade W 70–61  4–4
Stan Sheriff Center (5,057)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Dec 12*
7:05pm
Chicago State W 83–58  5–4
Stan Sheriff Center (5,158)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tue, Dec 22*
7:30pm,  ESPNU
Coll. of Charleston
Diamond Head Classic
W 84–71  6–4
Stan Sheriff Center (7,119)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wed, Dec 23*
6:30pm,  ESPN2
UNLV
Diamond Head Classic
L 53–77  6–5
Stan Sheriff Center (NA)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Fri, Dec 25*
2:30pm,  ESPN2
Saint Mary's
Diamond Head Classic
L 75–84  6–6
Stan Sheriff Center (NA)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mon, Dec 28*
7:05pm
Northwestern State W 81–62  7–6
Stan Sheriff Center (5,770)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Jan 2
7:05pm,  KFVE
Idaho L 52–59  7–7 (0–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,611)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mon, Jan 4
7:05pm,  KFVE
Boise State W 76–68  8–7 (1–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,119)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Jan 9
5:00pm
at  Fresno State L 64–78  8–8 (1–2)
Save Mart Center (8,193)
Fresno, California
Mon, Jan 11
4:00pm
at  Utah State L 54–98  8–9 (1–3)
Smith Spectrum (9,888)
Logan, Utah
Sun, Jan 17
7:05pm,  KFVE
San Jose State W 68–67  9–9 (2–3)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,723)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Jan 21
7:05pm,  KFVE
New Mexico State L 69–71  9–10 (2–4)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,288)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Jan 23
7:05pm,  KFVE
Louisiana Tech L 60–65  9–11 (2–5)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,857)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Jan 28
5:00pm
at  San Jose State L 60–83  9–12 (2–6)
The Event Center (2,651)
San Jose, California
Sat, Jan 30
5:05pm
at  Nevada L 60–66  9–13 (2–7)
Lawlor Events Center (7,490)
Reno, Nevada
Sat, Feb 6
8:05pm,  KFVE
Fresno State L 51–61  9–14 (2–8)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,456)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Feb 13
4:00pm,  KFVE
at  Louisiana Tech L 60–66  9–15 (2–9)
Thomas Assembly Center (2,096)
Ruston, Louisiana
Mon, Feb 15
4:00pm
at  New Mexico State L 64–88  9–16 (2–10)
Pan American Center (5,561)
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Sat, Feb 20*
8:00pm
Cal Poly L 89–102  9–17
Stan Sheriff Center (5,381)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Feb 25
7:05pm,  KFVE
Utah State L 50–61  9–18 (2–11)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,446)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat, Feb 27
7:05pm,  KFVE
Nevada W 74–63  10–18 (3–11)
Stan Sheriff Center (6,025)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thu, Mar 4
4:05pm
at  Boise State L 63–82  10–19 (3–12)
Taco Bell Arena (2,183)
Boise, Idaho
Sat, Mar 6
3:05pm
at  Idaho L 69–78  10–20 (3–13)
Cowan Spectrum (1,502)
Moscow, Idaho
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ "2009-10 WAC Basketball Preseason Polls Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "2018-2019 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics.
  3. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved November 20, 2009.