Conference Big 12 Conference Home arena Lloyd Noble Center | Head coach Jeff Capel | |
2009–10 record 0–18, 13 wins vacated (0–12 Big 12, 4 wins vacated) | ||
The 2009–10 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Jeff Capel, who was in his fourth year with the school. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK with a capacity of 11,528 and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The Sooners finished the season 13–18, 4–12 in Big 12 play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament. They finished the season on a nine-game losing streak. All wins were subsequently vacated due to use of an ineligible player, Keith "Tiny" Gallon, who had received impermissible benefits.>
Pre-season
On April 19, 2009, Willie Warren announced that he would forgo the NBA Draft and return of the 2009–10 season. In the offseason the Sooners lost seniors Omar Leary, Austin Johnson and Taylor Griffin and junior Blake Griffin. The younger Griffin was the number one pick in the 2009 NBA Draft while the elder Griffin was pick number 48. In the pre-season Big 12 coaches' poll, which is a poll of the current head coaches in the Big 12 and not to be confused with the Coaches Poll, the Sooners were picked to finish third. The Sporting News also named Warren their preseason Player of the Year.