2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's tenth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 20–14, 7–11 in Big Ten play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the University of Rhode Island. Northwestern received its first national (AP) ranking in 41 years, when it was ranked #25 in the December 28 AP poll.

2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–14 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Carmody
Assistant coaches	Mitch Henderson Tavaras Hardy Ivan Vujic
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena

2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Ohio State†	14	–	4		.778			29	–	8		.784
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	4		.778			29	–	6		.829
No. 13 Michigan State	14	–	4		.778			28	–	9		.757
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Illinois	10	–	8		.556			21	–	15		.583
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			20	–	14		.588
Michigan	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Indiana	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Iowa	4	–	14		.222			10	–	22		.313
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
† 2010 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 3, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
3	Capocci, Mike	F	6–6	200	JR	Lombard, Illinois/Glenbard East
44	Coble, Kevin	F	6–8	210	SR*	Phoenix, Arizona/Scottsdale Christian Academy
1	Crawford, Drew	G/F	6–5	185	FR	Naperville, Illinois/Naperville Central
30	Curletti, Davide	F	6–9	232	SO	Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's
15	Fruendt, Nick	G	6–5	195	SO	Batavia, Illinois/Batavia
11	Hearn, Reggie	G	6–4	195	FR	Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider
4	Marcotullio, Alex	G	6–3	180	FR	Warren, Michigan/De La Salle
12	Mirković, Luka	F/C	6–11	235	SO	Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)
23	Nash, Jeremy	G	6–4	191	SR	Chicago, Illinois/Marist
21	Peljusic, Ivan	F	6–8	215	JR	Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium
54	Rowley, Kyle	C	7–0	280	SO	Arima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy
5	Ryan, Jeff	G/F	6–7	205	SR*	Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South
24	Shurna, John	F	6–8	210	SO	Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West
33	Steger, Matt	G/F	6–5	195	SR	Northfield, Illinois/Loyola Academy
22	Thompson, Michael	G	5–10	182	JR	Chicago, Illinois/Lincoln Park

Source:

"*"=indicates player used redshirt season.

Schedule and results

Source

• All times are Central

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 13, 2009* 7:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Northern Illinois	W 77–55	1–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Nov 18, 2009* 7:00pm, BTN		No. 11 Butler	W 67–54	1–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Nov 22, 2009* 1:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Tennessee State	L 69–92	2–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Nov 24, 2009* 5:30pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Liberty	W 69–53	3–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Nov 27, 2009* 7:30pm, BTN		vs. No. 23 Notre Dame Chicago Challenge Invitational	W 72–58	4–1	UIC Pavilion  Chicago, IL
Nov 28, 2009* 7:00pm, BTN		vs. Iowa State Chicago Challenge Invitational	W 67–65	5–1	UIC Pavilion  Chicago, IL
Dec 1, 2009* 6:00pm, ESPNU		at North Carolina State ACC-Big Ten Challenge	W 65–53	6–1	RBC Center  Raleigh, NC
Dec 13, 2009* 4:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		North Carolina A&T	W 90–65	7–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 16, 2009* 8:00pm, ESPNU		North Florida	W 84–54	8–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 19, 2009* 1:30pm, BTN		Stanford	W 70–62	9–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 22, 2009* 7:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Central Connecticut St	W 74–54	10–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 30, 2009 8:00pm, BTN	No. 25	at Illinois	L 83–89 OT	10–2 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
Jan 2, 2010 5:30pm, BTN	No. 25	No. 11 Michigan St	L 70–91	10–3 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 7, 2010* 6:00pm, BigTenNetwork.com		Texas-Pan American	W 53–44	11–3	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 10, 2010 1:00pm, BTN		at Michigan	W 68–62	12–3 (1–2)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 13, 2010 7:30pm, BTN		No. 13 Wisconsin	L 60–50	12–4 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 16, 2010 4:30pm, BTN		No. 6 Purdue	W 72–64	13–4 (2–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 19, 2010 6:00pm, BTN		at No. 21 Ohio State	L 76–56	13–5 (2–4)	Schottenstein Center  Columbus, OH
Jan 23, 2010 7:00pm, BTN		Illinois	W 73–68	14–5 (3–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 26, 2010 8:00pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 65–61	14–6 (3–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 30, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		at No. 5 Michigan St	L 79–70	14–7 (3–6)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		Michigan	W 67–52	15–7 (4–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 7, 2010 1:30pm, BTN		Indiana	W 78–61	16–7 (5–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 10, 2010 7:35pm, BTN		at Iowa	L 78–65	16–8 (5–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Feb 14, 2010 4:00pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 77–74 OT	17–8 (6–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 17, 2010 7:30pm, BTN		Penn State	L 81–70	17–9 (6–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 21, 2010 1:00pm, BTN		at No. 14 Wisconsin	L 70–63	17–10 (6–9)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
Feb 25, 2010 6:00pm, ESPN2		Iowa	W 74–57	18–10 (7–9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 28, 2010 11:00am, BTN		at Penn State	L 79–60	18–11 (7–10)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
Mar 3, 2010* 7:00pm		Chicago State	W 72–49	19–11	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Mar 6, 2010 11:00am, BTN		at Indiana	L 88–80 OT	19–12 (7–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
March 11, 2010 3:55pm, ESPN2		vs. Indiana First Round	W 73–58	20–12	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2010 6:30pm, BTN		vs. No. 6 Purdue Quarterfinals	L 69–61	20–13	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
2010 National Invitation Tournament
March 17, 2010 6:00pm, ESPNU		at Rhode Island First Round	L 76–64	20–14	Ryan Center  Kingston, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.