2009–10 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2009–10
Prev Year:2008–09
Next Year:2010–11
Team:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Short Conf:WAC
Record:10–20
Conf Record:3–13
Asst Coach1:Jackson Wheeler

The 2009–10 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi during the 2009–10 men's college basketball season. This was Bob Nash's third and final season as head coach as he was fired at the end of the season. The Warriors played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and competed in the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 10 - 20 and 3 - 13 in WAC play to finish ninth and failed to qualify for the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference[1] Hawai'i was selected to finish 9th in the coaches and media polls. Sr. Roderick Flemings was selected to the coaches All-WAC second team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source[2]

NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)
1Petras Balocka6'8"250CSr.Vilnius, LithuaniaCommunity Christian School
Pensacola JC
2Hiram Thompson6'2"175GJr.Sacramento, CaliforniaOak Ridge HS
3Zane Johnson 6'6"210GJr.Phoenix, ArizonaThunderbird HS
Arizona
5Dwain Williams6'0"175GJr.San Diego, CaliforniaVista Murrieta HS
Providence
12Rykin Enos5'11"190GSo.Aiea, HawaiiKamehameha Schools
15Beau Albrechtson 6'4"205GSo.Honolulu, HawaiiKaimuki HS
20Jeremy Lay 6'0"185GJr.Oklahoma City, OklahomaSoutheast HS
Northern Oklahoma-Enid
21Paul Campbell 6'10"215CSr.Toronto, OntarioNorthview Heights SS
Arkansas-Fort Smith
22Leroy Lutu 6'3"200GSo.Mercer Island, WashingtonMercer Island HS
23Roderick Flemings 6'7"210GSr.Dallas, TexasDeSoto HS
Weatherford JC
24Adhar Mayen 6'8"195FSr.Pflugerville, TexasPflugerville HS
Hill CC
25Ji Xiang 6'10"240FSo.Zhengzhou, HenanZhengzhou No. 11 Middle School
32Brandon Adams 6'7"220FSr.Seattle, WashingtonSan Ramon Valley HS
Diablo Valley College
33Aleksandar Milovic 6'7"220FSo.Cetinje, MontenegroGymnasium
Duquesne
34Douglas Kurtz 7'0"265CJr.Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilUniversitario in Porto Alegre
Marshalltown CC
41Bill Amis 6'9"220FSr.Oklahoma City, OklahomaPutnam City HS
Pratt CC

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Hawai'iAlma Mater (Year)
Bob NashHead coach 3rd as HC/31st overall Hawai'i (1984)
Jackson Wheeler Associate head coach 20th Marymount (1982)
Larry Farmer Assistant coach 3rd UCLA (1973)
Eran Ganot Assistant coach 4th Swarthmore College (2003)
Tim Shepherd Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Chaminade (2004)

2009–10 schedule and results

Source[3]

|-!colspan=9| Exhibition|-!colspan=9| Regular Season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-10 WAC Basketball Preseason Polls Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference . 2009-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130154/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45988&SPID=4126&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204817316 . 2012-02-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2018-2019 Men's Basketball Roster. University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics.
  3. Web site: 2009-10 Schedule . 2009-11-20.