2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team
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The 2009–10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball
team represented Louisiana Tech University
in the 2009–10
men's college basketball
season. This was Kerry Rupp
's 3rd season as head coach. The Bulldogs played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center
and compete in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–7 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
. They were invited to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Missouri State.
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On January 4, So. Olu Ashaolu was named the WAC player of the week for the eighth week of the season with weekly averages of 15.5 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 1.5 AST, 0.5 Steals and 52.4 FG%.
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball program represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Louisiana Tech University. The school competes in the Western Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and play home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston,...
team represented Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
in the 2009–10
2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2009, and ended with the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 5, 2010 on the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The opening round occurred on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, followed by first...
men's college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
season. This was Kerry Rupp
Kerry Rupp
Kerry Rupp is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University.-Head coaching record:-External links:*...
's 3rd season as head coach. The Bulldogs played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center
Thomas Assembly Center
The Samuel M. Thomas Assembly Center is an 8,098-seat multi-purpose arena in Ruston, Louisiana. The arena, named for its benefactor and businessman Samuel M...
and compete in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–7 in WAC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada from March 11th through March 13th, 2010. The winner of the tournament was New Mexico State, who received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned the...
. They were invited to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
The 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams....
where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Missouri State.
Pre-season
In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference La Tech was selected to finish 5th in the coaches poll and 6th in the media poll. Sr. Kyle Gibson was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.Roster
Source| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Brandon Gibson | 6'5" | 225 | G | So. | Marianna, FL, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Marianna HS Marianna High School Marianna High School is a public high school in Marianna, Florida. It enrolls 805 students in grades 9–12 making it the largest of the five high schools in the Jackson County School District. Marianna High offers technical, and academic courses, as well as Dual Enrollment and Early Admission with... |
| 3 | Jamel Guyton | 6'3" | 200 | G | Sr. | Odessa, TX, U.S. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Odessa HS Odessa High School Odessa High School is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas and is part of the Ector County Independent School District. The full name of the school is Odessa Senior High School. This name was originally to differentiate it from Odessa Junior High School... Odessa CC Odessa College Odessa College is a public two-year junior college based in Odessa, Texas, USA serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. It opened in 1952 and currently enrolls about 5,000 annually in its university-parallel and occupational/technical courses, and 11,000 students annually in its... |
| 5 | Olu Ashaolu | 6'7" | 220 | G | So. | Toronto, ON, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
Humble Christian (Texas) |
| 10 | Yonas Berhe | 6'0" | 170 | G | So. | Toronto, ON, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
Father Henry Carr SS Father Henry Carr Secondary School Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school administered by the Toronto Catholic District School Board in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.... |
| 11 | DeAndre Brown | 5'11" | 160 | G | Jr. | Fort Worth, TX, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Paul Laurence Dunbar HS Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth, Texas) Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a comprehensive high school in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas.Named for the dialectical poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the school strives to highly educate the majority African-American community it serves.... Navarro CC Navarro College Navarro College is a two-year public institution consisting of a main campus located in Corsicana, with branches in Mexia, Midlothian, and Waxahachie, Texas... |
| 13 | Trey Felder | 6'5" | 169 | G F |
Fr. | Jackson, MS, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Murrah HS Murrah High School Murrah High School is a public high school in Jackson, Mississippi . It is part of the Jackson Public School District.-Demographics:There were a total of about 1,600 students enrolled in Murrah High during the 2008-2009 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 56% female and 44% male... |
| 15 | Magnum Rolle Magnum Rolle Magnum Rolle is a Bahamian professional basketball player currently with the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Born in Freeport, Bahamas, Rolle did not play basketball until his freshman year in high school and was taught by his coach at St. George's High School, Darrel Sears.... |
6'11" | 225 | F C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
Sr. | Freeport Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of Grand Bahama of the North-west Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of... , Bahamas |
Bahamas National prep school LSU Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name... |
| 20 | Andres Marmolejo | 6'3" | 215 | G | Jr. | Alamo Heights, TX, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Alamo Heights SS Alamo Heights High School Alamo Heights High School is a secondary school located in the city of Alamo Heights, Texas and is the only high school in the Alamo Heights Independent School District.... Oakton CC Oakton Community College Oakton Community College is a two-year community college with campuses in Skokie, Illinois and Des Plaines, Illinois. District 535 serves 450,000 residents in northeast Cook County, Illinois... |
| 22 | Kyle Gibson | 6'5" | 205 | G | Sr. | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Dorsey HS Susan Miller Dorsey High School Susan Miller Dorsey High School is a high school located in Los Angeles, California.Dorsey is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school serves Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Village, Jefferson Park, Leimert Park, and portions of Crenshaw.... |
| 24 | Darius Redding | 6'4" | 205 | F | Fr. | Tallahassee, FL, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Godby HS Amos P. Godby High School Amos P. Godby High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida, named for Mr. Amos P. Godby, who served as a teacher, coach, Leon County Superintendent, and President and Secretary of the Florida Superintendents Association.-History:Amos P... |
| 30 | David Jackson | 6'8" | 205 | F | Sr. | Tucson, AZ, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Rincon HS Rincon High School Rincon High School is a public high school in Tucson, Arizona. The school serves about 1,300 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Tucson Unified School District . Since 1985, the campus has been shared with University High School, a separate accelerated institution. Courses from each school can be... Mesa CC Mesa Community College Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona, is the largest of the 10 community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District and is the largest in the United States. MCC began in 1963 as a branch of Phoenix College and later granted independent status in 1965.MCC offers more than 200... |
| 31 | Kaiser Stegall | 6'3" | 205 | F | Fr. | Lancaster, TX, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Skyline HS |
| 33 | Anson Bartlett | 6'3" | 175 | G | So. | Little Rock, AR, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy is a private, independent college preparatory, preschool, elementary, and junior/senior high school in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas... |
| 34 | Justin Rake | 6'3" | 200 | G | Fr. | Mandeville, LA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
St. Paul's School St. Paul's School (Covington, Louisiana) Saint Paul's School is a private all-boys Lasallian high school, located in Covington, Louisiana just to the north of New Orleans, United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, the school is run by the Christian Brothers and is one of the 1,000 Lasallian schools in more... |
| 45 | Shawn Oliverson | 6'10" | 250 | F C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
Jr. | Preston, ID, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Preston HS Preston High School (Idaho) Preston High School is located in the small town of Preston, in Idaho, United States.Preston High was one of the main filming locations in the movie Napoleon Dynamite... Cornell Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... |
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Year at La Tech | Alma Mater Alma mater Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:... (Year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Rupp Kerry Rupp Kerry Rupp is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University.-Head coaching record:-External links:*... |
Head Coach | 3rd | Southern Utah Southern Utah University Southern Utah University, or SUU, is located in Cedar City, Utah. It was founded in 1897 as an extension of the Agricultural College of Utah, by the citizens of Cedar City.During its history, the school has been known as:... (1977) |
| Nikita Johnson | Associate Head Coach | 3rd | West Georgia University of West Georgia The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003... (1989) |
| Curtis Condie | Assistant Coach | 3rd | Utah State Utah State University Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.... (1994) |
| Dusty May | Assistant Coach | 1st | Indiana (2000) |
| Cody Fueger | Director of Basketball Operations | 3rd | Utah University of Utah The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest... (2006) |
2009-10 Schedule and results
Source- All times are CentralCentral Time zoneIn North America, the Central Time Zone refers to national time zones which observe standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC , and daylight saving, or summer time by subtracting five hours...
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!colspan=9| Exhibition
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!colspan=9| Regular Season
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!colspan=9| 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada from March 11th through March 13th, 2010. The winner of the tournament was New Mexico State, who received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned the...
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!colspan=10| 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
The 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams....
Season highlights
On December 7, Sr. Kyle Gibson was named the WAC player of the week for the fourth week of the season with weekly averages of 27.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.5 Steals and 59.3 FG%.On January 4, So. Olu Ashaolu was named the WAC player of the week for the eighth week of the season with weekly averages of 15.5 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 1.5 AST, 0.5 Steals and 52.4 FG%.