| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2009–10 |
| Team: | South Dakota Coyotes |
| Sex: | men |
| Conference: | Great West Conference |
| Short Conf: | GWC |
| Record: | 22–10 |
| Conf Record: | 11–1 |
| Hc Year: | 22nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Chris Kassin |
| Ac1 Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach2: | Joey James |
| Ac2 Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach3: | Eric Johnson |
| Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
| Champion: | Great West Regular Season Champions Great West Tournament Champions |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2009–10 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Coyotes were led by head coach Dave Boots in his 22nd year leading the team. South Dakota played their home games at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, South Dakota, as members of the Great West Conference.
The Coyotes finished conference play with an 11–1 record and won the Great West Conference regular season title. As the top seed in the Great West tournament, South Dakota won two games, culminating in a 91-86 victory over to win the Great West tournament championship.[1] [2]
As a recently formed conference, the Great West Conference was not eligible for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3] Instead, as the Great West champion, South Dakota was given an automatic bid[4] to the 2010 CIT. The Coyotes were eliminated in the first round of the CIT by Creighton, 89-78.[5]
The Coyotes finished the season with a 22–10 record.
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