2009–10 Summit League men's basketball season explained

2009–10 The Summit League men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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Duration:November 13, 2009
through March 13, 2010
No Of Teams:10
Season Champs:Oakland University
Season Champ Name:Regular season champion
Mvp:Keith Benson (Oakland)
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Year:2008–09
Nextseason Year:2010–11

The 2009–10 The Summit League men's basketball season is the 28th college basketball season in the conference's existence. The conference features ten teams that are competing for The Summit League regular season and tournament titles.

Pre-season

Oakland University was picked to win The Summit League championship, receiving 34 of the 35 first place votes.[1] The vote was conducted by league coaches, SIDs and media.[2] Oakland senior point guard Johnathon Jones was chosen as Pre-season Player of the year.[2] The complete preseason poll was as follows:[2]

  1. Oakland (34 first place votes), 520 votes
  2. , 426
  3. IUPUI (1), 422
  4. , 401
  5. , 303
  6. , 265
  7. , 250
  8. , 176
  9. , 141
  10. , 89

Jones was joined on the Pre-season All-League First Team by Oakland center Keith Benson and forward Derick Nelson, Southern Utah guard Davis Baker, South Dakota State guard Garrett Callahan and IUPUI forward Robert Glenn.[2] Named to the second team were SDSU forward Anthony Cordova, Oral Roberts forwards Kevin Ford and Dominique Morrison, North Dakota State forward Michael Tveidt and IPFW forward Deilvez Yearby.[2]

Records

Oakland's Jones became The Summit League's all-time leading assists leader with 11 assists against on November 28, 2009. Jones broke the record of 626 held by Bryce Drew of Valparaiso.[3]

Oakland tied the league record for consecutive regular season win with their 16th victory in a row against . The 16 wins span two seasons and tied the Cleveland State team that won 16 in a row in 1992 and 1993.[4]

Non-conference games

In non-conference wins against "major" conferences, Oral Roberts defeated No. 12 ranked and undefeated New Mexico 75–66.[5] ORU also defeated Stanford (Pacific-10 Conference) 83–81 on Stanford's home court.[6] [7] ORU's victory over Stanford was the third consecutive season and fourth in the last five seasons that a Summit League team has defeated a Pac-10 Conference team. Oakland defeated Oregon in 2007–08 and 2008–09, ORU beat in the 2005 Great Alaska Shootout and Southern Utah defeated Washington State in 2003–04.[3] In its third "upset" of the season, ORU defeated Big 12 Conference opponent Missouri 60–59.[6] [8]

South Dakota State is the only other Summit League school to defeat a "major" conference team, defeating Wyoming (Mountain West Conference) 77–61.[6] [9]

Through February 9, 2010, the conference as a whole is 32–61 in Division I non-conference games and 20–0 in games against non-Division I opponents.[10]

Player of the week award

The following table lists each of The Summit League's players of the week award winners (number of weeks won in parentheses):

Week Player Position School
1 Robert Glenn F IUPUI[11]
2 Deilvez Yearby F IPFW[12]
3 C Oakland[13]
4 Robert Glenn (2) F IUPUI[14]
5 Keith Benson (2) C Oakland[15]
6 Robert Glenn (3) F IUPUI[16]
Deilvez Yearby (2) F IPFW
7 Michael Craion F Oral Roberts[17]
8 Keith Benson (3) C Oakland[18]
9 Davis Baker G Southern Utah[19]
Week Player Position School
10 Warren Niles G Oral Roberts[20]
Deilvez Yearby (3) F IPFW
11 Keith Benson (4) C Oakland[21]
12 Robert Glenn (4) F IUPUI[22]
13 Warren Niles (2) G Oral Roberts[23]
14 Ceola Clark G Western Illinois[24]
Robert Glenn (5) F IUPUI
15 Robert Glenn (6) F IUPUI[25]
G Oakland
16 Keith Benson (5) C Oakland[26]

Post-season

The conference tournament will take place in Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from March 6 through March 9, 2010. This is the second year the conference tournament will take place in Sioux Falls and is under contract to continue to host the tournament through 2012.[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oakland Selected as Preseason Summit League Favorite - Oakland University Official Athletic Site . Ougrizzlies.com . 2009-10-20 . 2013-04-03.
  2. Web site: Oakland Chosen as Favorite, Jones Player of the Year in Preseason Poll - theSummitLeague.org—Official Web Site of The Summit League . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023855/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204817103 . dead . 2011-07-23 . 2018-03-08.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106141246/https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf4/659709.pdf . 2012-11-06 . /pdf4/659709.pdf
  4. Web site: Post-game Notes - Oakland University Official Athletic Site . Ougrizzlies.com . 2010-01-23 . 2013-04-03.
  5. Web site: at Oral Roberts 75, New Mexico 66 (Wed 12/23/2009) - Basketball State . Bbstate.com . 2009-12-23 . 2013-04-03.
  6. Web site: Red Line Upsets - 2009-10 - Basketball State . Bbstate.com . 2013-04-03.
  7. Web site: Oral Roberts 83, at Stanford 81 (Wed 11/18/2009) - Basketball State . Bbstate.com . 2013-04-03.
  8. Web site: at Oral Roberts 60, Missouri 59 (Wed 12/09/2009) - Basketball State . Bbstate.com . 2009-12-09 . 2013-04-03.
  9. Web site: South Dakota State 77, at Wyoming 61 (Fri 11/13/2009) - Basketball State . Bbstate.com . 2013-04-03.
  10. http://www.thesummitleague.org/fls/3900/sports/mbball/weeklyrelease.pdf
  11. Web site: IUPUI's Robert Glenn Named as Season's First Player of the Week - theSummitLeague.org—Official Web Site of The Summit League . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023942/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204834451 . dead . 2011-07-23 . 2018-03-08.
  12. Web site: IPFW's Deilvez Yearby Named Summit League Player of the Week - theSummitLeague.org—Official Web Site of The Summit League . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024007/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204839068 . dead . 2011-07-23 . 2018-03-08.
  13. Web site: Oakland's Keith Benson Named Player of the Week - theSummitLeague.org—Official Web Site of The Summit League . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024029/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204841827 . dead . 2011-07-23 . 2018-03-08.
  14. http://www.thesummitleague.org//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204845497
  15. Web site: OU's Benson Tabbed Player of the Week - Oakland University Official Athletic Site . Ougrizzlies.com . 2009-12-14 . 2013-04-03.
  16. Web site: 03-22-10 Summit League Men's Basketball Release.indd . December 28, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100814041447/http://www.thesummitleague.org/fls/3900/sports/mbball/weeklyrelease.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=3900 . August 14, 2010 .
  17. http://www.thesummitleague.org//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204862617
  18. http://www.thesummitleague.org//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204864598
  19. http://www.thesummitleague.org//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204867665
  20. Web site: IPFW's Yearby and ORU's Niles Named Co-Players of the Week - theSummitLeague.org—Official Web Site of The Summit League . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024348/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204871245 . dead . 2011-07-23 . 2018-03-08.
  21. http://www.thesummitleague.org//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204874411
  22. Web site: IUPUI s Glenn Earns Fourth Summit League Player of the Week Honor - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2010-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024429/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204878404 . 2011-07-23 . dead .
  23. Web site: Oral Roberts Niles Named Player of the Week - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2010-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024435/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204883472 . 2011-07-23 . dead .
  24. Web site: WIU s Clark and IUPUI s Glenn Named Co-Players of the Week - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2010-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024514/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204888170 . 2011-07-23 . dead .
  25. Web site: theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2008-11-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011102040/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ . 2008-10-11 . /ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204893126
  26. Web site: theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2008-11-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011102040/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ . 2008-10-11 . /ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204898466
  27. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106141246/https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf4/659709.pdf . 2012-11-06 . /pdf4/659709.pdf?ATCLID=204831472&SPSID=21768&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900

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