2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

Departures

Class of 2009 signees

Class of 2010 signees

Roster

• John Calipari (Clarion)
• John Robic (Denison)
• Orlando Antigua ()
• Rod Strickland ()

Depth chart

Schedule

|- !colspan=12 style="background:#005DAA; color:white;"| Exhibition

|- !colspan=12 style="background:#005DAA; color:white;"| Non-conference Regular Season

|- !colspan=12 style="background:#005DAA; color:white;"| SEC Regular Season |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#005DAA"|SEC Tournament |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#005DAA"|NCAA tournament |-

Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:

Honors

Watch Lists

Weekly Awards

SEC Awards

Wall was named SEC Player of the Year. Cousins, Patterson, and Wall were chosen to the first-team All-SEC by coaches and the media. Cousins was the SEC Freshman of the Year, and he, Bledsoe, and Wall were All-Freshman team selections by the coaches and media. Calipari was named SEC Coach of the Year by the coaches media.

National District Awards

Wall was named District IV (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida) Player of the Year, Calipari was named District IV Coach of the Year and Patterson was named to the All-District IV team by the USBWA. Cousins and Wall were listed on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All-District 21 first team, while Patterson was listed on the second team on March 12.

All-American and National Awards

Wall was a consensus first-team All-American, and Cousins was a consensus second-team All-American. The Associated Press named Cousins and Wall as first-team All-Americans. The USBWA named Wall a first-team All-American and Cousins a second-team All-American. The NABC named Wall a first-team All-American and Cousins a second-team All-American. The Sporting News named Wall a first-team All-American and Cousins a second-team All-American. John Wall became the first Kentucky player to win a National Player of the Year award as he won the Adolph Rupp Trophy. Wall also won the two Freshman of the Year awards as he was named USBWA National Freshman of the Year and Freshman of the Year by the Sporting News.

Rankings

{{anchor|2010 NBA draft}}2010 NBA draft

On April 7 five players announced their intentions to enter the 2010 NBA draft. Five players declared themselves eligible for the draft: Bledsoe, Cousins, Orton, Patterson, and Wall. Leading up to the draft Wall, Cousins, and Patterson were projected as lottery picks. Meanwhile, Bledsoe and Orton were projected as possible first round draft picks.

In the draft Wall was selected No. 1 by Washington. He was followed by Cousins, who went to the Sacramento Kings at No. 5; Patterson, who was taken by the Houston Rockets at No. 14; Bledsoe, who was chosen No. 18 by the Oklahoma City Thunder; and Orton, who was chosen No. 29 by the Orlando Magic. Wall became the first player in Kentucky history taken first in the draft. The five players taken in the first round tied the record for most players taken from one school in the first round.

{{anchor|Team players drafted into the NBA}}NBA draft selections

References

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