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2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
year	2009–10
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	Basketball
image	Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	21–14
conf_record	9–9
head_coach	Tubby Smith
hc_year	3rd
asst_coach1	Ron Jirsa
ac1_year	3rd
asst_coach2	Saul Smith
ac2_year	3rd
asst_coach3	Vince Taylor
ac3_year	3rd
stadium	Williams Arena
tourney	[NCAA Tournament](2010-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
tourney_result	First Round

The 2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2009–2010. The team's head coach was Tubby Smith in his third year. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament before losing to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning an 11 seed in the West Region. They lost to six-seed and AP #25 Xavier in the first round.

Season

Royce White signed with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but did not play due to shoplifting and trespassing charges. He transferred to Iowa State in July 2010.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous team(s)
0	Al Nolen	6'1"	180	G	Jr.	Minneapolis	Minneapolis Camden HS
1	Paul Carter	6'8"	205	F	Jr.	Little Rock, Arkansas	Little Rock Mills HS
Missouri State-West Plains
3	Justin Cobbs	6'3"	190	G	Fr.	Los Angeles	Bishop Montgomery HS
5	Devoe Joseph	6'3"	170	G	So.	Ajax, Ontario, Canada	Pickering HS
20	Lawrence Westbrook	6'0"	195	G	Sr.	Chandler, Arizona	Winchendon Prep
22	Devron Bostick	6'5"	210	G	Sr.	Racine, Wisconsin	St. Catharine's HS
SW Illinois
24	Blake Hoffarber	6'4"	200	G	Jr.	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Hopkins HS
32	Trevor Mbakwe	6'8"	240	F	RJr.	Saint Paul, Minnesota	St. Bernard's HS
Miami Dade College
33	Rodney Williams	6'7"	210	F	Fr.	Minneapolis	Robbinsdale Cooper HS
34	Damian Johnson	6'7"	210	F	RSr.	Thibodaux, Louisiana	Thibodaux HS
45	Colton Iverson	6'10"	235	F/C	So.	Yankton, South Dakota	Yankton HS
50	Ralph Sampson III	6'11"	230	F/C	So.	Duluth, Georgia	Northview HS

2009–10 Schedule and results

|- !colspan="8" style="text-align: center; background:#800000" | Exhibition |- ! colspan="8" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Non-conference regular season

|- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten regular season

|- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2010 Big Ten tournament

|- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2010 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings ^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References

(July 12, 2010). "Minnesota standout Royce White signs with Iowa St". [[CBS Sports]].

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