2009–10 Pacific 10 Conference men's basketball season

Pre-season

Tim Floyd, the head coach at USC resigned and was replaced by Kevin O'Neill, who was on the Arizona staff.

Pre-season media day is scheduled for October 29.

2009–10 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:

1. California (25 first place votes)2. Washington (7)3. UCLA (5)4. Arizona5. Oregon State6. Oregon7. Arizona State8. Washington State9. USC10. Stanford

In the ESPN/USA poll: California, No. 12; Washington, No. 13.

In the AP poll: California, No. 13; Washington, No. 14.

In the ESPN The Magazine: California, No. 10; Washington, No. 13; UCLA, No. 30; Oregon State, No. 36

Rankings

November 2, 2009 – Washington (0–0) #14 (AP), #13 (Coaches); California (0–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)

November 16, 2009 – Washington (3–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–0) #13 (AP), #12 (Coaches)

November 23, 2009 – Washington (4–0) #14 (AP), #14 (Coaches); California (2–2) #23 (Coaches)

November 30, 2009 – Washington (5–0) #12 (AP), #10 (Coaches); California (4–2) #25 (Coaches)

December 7, 2009 – Washington (6–1) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)

December 14, 2009 – Washington (6–2) #24 (AP), #21 (Coaches)

December 21, 2009 – Washington (7–2) #22 (AP), #19 (Coaches)

December 28, 2009 – Washington (9–2) #17 (AP), #16 (Coaches)

January 4, 2010 – Washington (10–3) #24 (AP), #22 (Coaches)

Conference games

January 23, 2010 – Five conference teams are tie for second place, and the Oregon schools are last.

January 23, 2010 – Washington has lost all road games, including four conference games.

January 31, 2009 – After playing 9 conference games, California and Arizona are tied for first place with 6 wins and 3 losses, followed by Arizona State and UCLA at third place with a 5–4 conference record.

February 4, 2010 – Four teams tied for first place, Arizona, Arizona State, California and UCLA.

Conference tournament

March 10–13, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California

Tournament winner became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier

USC did not participate in the conference tournament this season

NCAA Tournament

Thurs., Mar. 18, – No. 11 Washington def. No. 6 Marquette 80–78, San Jose, CA (East Region)

Fri., Mar. 19, – No. 8 California def. No. 9 Louisville 77–62, Jacksonville, FL (South Region)

Sat., Mar. 20 – Washington def. New Mexico 82–64, San Jose, Calif. (East Region)

Sun., Mar. 21 – Duke def. California 68–53, Jacksonville, FL (South Region)

Thu., Mar. 25 – West Virginia def. Washington 69–56, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (East Region)

NIT

Tues., Mar. 18 – No. 8-seed Jacksonville def. No. 1-seed Arizona State 67–66, (First Round, Arizona State Bracket)

CBI

Wed., Mar. 19 – Boston University def. Oregon State 96–78, 7 p.m. (First Round, Gill Coliseum)

Awards and honors

Three guards from the Pac-10 Conference have been named to the pre-season John R. Wooden Award list: Nic Wise, Arizona; Jerome Randle, California; Isaiah Thomas, Washington.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Senior Landry Fields, Stanford – Scholar-Athlete of the Year, presented by Toyo Tires

All-Pac-10 teams

Player of The Year: Jerome Randle, California

Freshman of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona

Defensive Player of The Year: Seth Tarver, Oregon State

Most Improved Player Of The Year: Nikola Vucevic, USC

Coach of The Year: Herb Sendek, Arizona State

FIRST TEAM:

All-Academic

First Team:

Second Team: