American college basketball season
The 2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's second season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participate in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 24–11, 13–5 in Pac-10 play to win the regular season conference championship, their first regular season title since the 1959–60 season. They lost to Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning an 8 seed in the South Region. They defeated 9 seed Louisville in the first round before falling to 1 seed and AP #3 Duke in the second round. The Blue Devils went on to claim their fourth national title.
Pre-season
In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, California during the Pac-10 media days California was selected to finish 1st in the conference.[1]
Roster
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Coaching staff
Schedule and results
Source[3]
Notes
- Point guard Jerome Randle was named the 2010 Pac-10 Player of the Year.[4] He also became Cal's leading scorer on March 13, 2010, when Cal defeated UCLA 85–72 in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament, surpassing Sean Lampley with 1,790 career points.[5]
- March 17, 2010 – Forward Omondi Amoke was suspended for violating team rules violation going into the NCAA tournament and did not play in the Bears' first round match against Louisville.[6]
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
References
- ^ "California Picked to Capture Pac-10 Men's Basketball Title in 2009-10". Pac-10.org. October 29, 2009. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
- ^ "Basketball - M - 2009-10 Roster". GoDucks.com. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ "2009-10 Schedule". GoDucks.com. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ Tafur, Vittorio (March 9, 2010). "Randle is Pac-10's Player of the Year". Pac-10.org. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ "California beats UCLA 85-72 in Pac-10 semifinals". Pac-10.org. March 13, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ Amoke suspended for rules violation, Associated Press, March 17, 2010
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