2009–10 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Recruiting class

• In November 2009, five student-athletes signed a national letters of intent to attend UCLA. They are Tyler Honeycutt, a 6-foot-8-inch, 190-pound guard/forward out of Sylmar, Calif. (Sylmar HS); Brendan Lane, a 6-foot-10-inch, 205-pound forward from Rocklin, Calif. (Rocklin HS); Mike Moser, a 6-foot-7-inch, 185 pound forward out of Portland, Oregon (Grant HS); Reeves Nelson, a 6-foot-7-inch, 220-pound forward out of Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS) and Anthony Stover, a 6-foot-10-inch, 210-pound center from La Cañada, Calif. (Windward HS).
• Tyler Lamb, Mater Dei's 6'4", 190-pound shooting guard, and Josh Smith, a 6'10", 280-pound center from Kentwood, have signed a letter of intent to play for UCLA next season. Lazeric Jones, of John A. Logan College, in Carterville, Illinois, is 6'1", 195 pounds, and he will be a junior for UCLA next year.

Roster

• Donny Daniels (Cal State Fullerton)
• Scott Duncan
• Scott Garson (UCSB)}}

Schedule

|- !colspan=9 style=|Exhibition |- !colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference Season |- !colspan=9 style=| Conference Season |- !colspan=9 style=| Pac-10 Tournament

Notes

• Freshman Jrue Holiday left the team to go to the NBA. Seniors Darren Collison, Josh Shipp and Alfred Aboya graduated.
• 14 former UCLA players are on the NBA teams on opening day.
• Starter power forward Nikola Dragovic, who averaged 9.4points per game, is returning.
• November 20, 2009 – Dragovic was suspended for the November 20 and 23 games after the Los Angeles County District Attorney filed felony assault charges for an off-court altercation at a Hollywood concert.
• November 26, 2009 – UCLA's worst defeat in the Ben Howland era.
• November 29, 2009 - Long Beach State's first ever win over UCLA.
• December 1, 2009 - Head coach Ben Howland announced that by mutual agreement, sophomore forward Drew Gordon has left the team. Gordon would transfer at the end of the school quarter.
• Feb. 18, 2010 – Senior forward James Keefe's career at UCLA ends with a left shoulder injury.
• July 13, 2010 - Mustafa Abdul-Hamid has been named a recipient of the Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship for 2009-10.

References

References

1. "UCLA Men's Basketball Signs Heralded Class of Four on First Signing Day".
2. "Jrue Holiday Declares for NBA Draft".
3. Jon Gold, [http://www.insidesocal.com/ucla/2009/11/dragovic-suspended.html Dragovic suspended], ''Inside UCLA, Daily News'', November 20, 2009