2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season explained

2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
Color:	193980
Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	125px
Duration:	December 2009 through March, 2010
No Of Teams:	11
Tv:	Big Ten Network, ESPN
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	TBD
Season Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	TBD
League Champ Name:	Runners-Up
Mvp:	TBD
Mvp Link:	Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	TBD
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2010 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:	Ohio State
Finals Runner-Up:	Iowa
Finals Mvp:	TBD
Finals Mvp Link:	Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Year:	08–09
Nextseason Year:	10–11

The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members.

Offseason

• On July 30, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009-2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. The nominees are made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The list of Big Ten athletes are as follows:
• Jantel Lavender, Ohio State ^[1]
• Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State ^[1]
• Jenna Smith, Illinois^[2]

Preseason

• October 29: Ohio State junior Jantel Lavender was selected as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by the conference coaches and a panel of media members.^[3]

Preseason polls

• Coaches Polls
  • 1. Ohio State
  • 2. Michigan State
  • 3. Minnesota
  • 4. Purdue
  • 5. Iowa
  • 6. Illinois
  • 7. Penn State
  • 8. Northwestern
  • 9. Indiana
  • 10. Wisconsin
  • 11. Michigan

Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team

• JENNA SMITH, Sr., F, ILL
• Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
• JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
• Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
• Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU

Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team

• Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
• Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
• JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
• Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
• Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU

^[3]

Regular season

November

• Nov. 11: The Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women's basketball. The challenge will span at least two years and will begin in the fall of 2010. The series will feature a home-and-home format over the initial two-year agreement, and each of the Big 12's teams will play in each Challenge, while one Big Ten team, Wisconsin, will play two Challenge games each year.^[4]

2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule

Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance
Dec. 2/09	Georgia Tech	Penn State	G Tech 64-60^[5]	Tyra Grant, PSU (20)	TBD
Dec. 2/09	Illinois	Wake Forest	Illinois, 65-50^[6]	Jenna Smith, Illinois (27)	TBD
Dec. 2/09	Boston College	Iowa	BC, 72-67^[7]	Kamilee Wahlin, Iowa (23)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Michigan	Virginia Tech	Mich, 71-51	Veronica Hicks, Michigan (19)^[8]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Clemson	Northwestern	CLEM, 69-68	Kirstyn Wright, Clemson (22)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Minnesota	Maryland	MD, 66-45	Kim Rodgers, Maryland (14)^[9]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	North Carolina	Michigan State	MSU, 72-66	Italee Lucas, North Carolina (29)^[10]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Ohio State		Duke, 83-67	Jasmine Thomas, Duke (29)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Purdue	Virginia	VA, 56-49	Brittany Rayburn, Purdue (19)^[11]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Florida State	Indiana	FSU, 82-74	Jori Davis, Indiana (23)^[12]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Wisconsin	NC State	Wisc, 53-48	Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin (13)^[13]	TBD

Rankings

The rankings are based on the ESPN/USA Today poll.

AP Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final^
Illinois	NR
Indiana	NR
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State	10	25	22		20
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State	3^[14]	3	3		7
Purdue	23
Wisconsin

^Final Poll = ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

In season honors

Players of the weekThroughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
11/16/09
11/23/09
11/30/09
12/7/09
12/14/09
12/21/09
12/28/08
1/4/10
1/11/10
1/18/10
1/25/10
2/1/10
2/8/10
2/15/10
2/22/10
3/1/10
3/8/10

Midseason watch lists

Conference honors

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Woman of the Year
All Big Ten First Team
All Big Ten Second Team
All Big Ten Third Team
All-Freshman Team
All Defensive Team

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

See main article: 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

See main article: 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ohio State Buckeyes | Ohio State University Athletics. Ohio State Buckeyes.
2. Web site: Jenna Smith Named to Wade Trophy Watch List - FIGHTINGILLINI.COM // THE OFFICIAL HOME OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETICS . 2009-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609135201/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/073009aab.html . 2011-06-09 . dead .
3. Web site: Ohio State's Lavender Named Preseason Player Of The Year; Buckeyes Selected To Finish First - BIG TEN OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091105031842/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/102909aaa.html . 2009-11-05 . dead .
4. Web site: Big Ten and Big 12 Announce Formation of Annual Women's Basketball Challenge - BIG TEN OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118164450/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/111109aaa.html . 2009-11-18 . dead .
5. Web site: Lady Lions' Comeback Falls Short Against No. 23 Georgia Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge - PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-12-03 . 2009-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091207010441/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/120209aaa.html . dead .
6. Web site: Comeback Kids Win Seventh Straight - FIGHTINGILLINI.COM // THE OFFICIAL HOME OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETICS . 2009-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609140620/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/120209aaa.html . 2011-06-09 . dead .
7. Web site: Boston College Escapes with 72-67 Win - IOWA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-12-03 . 2009-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091207024905/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/120209aaa.html . dead .
8. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2009-2010/bkw-boxscore-120309.html
9. http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2009-2010/wb120309.html
10. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2009-2010/msuunc.html
11. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-12-07 . 2012-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312093728/http://www.virginiasports.com/fls/17800/stats/wbasketball/2009/va1203.htm . dead .
12. Web site: Florida State University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball . 2009-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727034317/http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2009-2010/iuwgam07.html . 2011-07-27 . dead .
13. Web site: Badgers down N.C. State 53-48 - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers . 2009-12-07 . 2009-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091208000917/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/120309aaa.html . dead .
14. Web site: 2020-21 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings.