2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Their head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 15th year. The Spartans played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference . MSU finished the season 28–9, 14–4 in Big Ten play to earn a share of the Big Ten regular season championship for the 12th time in school history. They lost to Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament . The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed, their 13th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Izzo. They defeated New Mexico State , Maryland , Northern Iowa , and Tennessee to advance to the Final Four. In the Final Four, the Spartans' sixth trip to the Final Four under Izzo, they lost to Butler .
Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2008–09 season 31–7, 15–3 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten regular season championship. Michigan State received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament , their 12th straight trip to the Tournament, and advanced to the National Championship game , their second trip to the title game under Tom Izzo, before losing to North Carolina .
Offseason
The Spartans lost Goran Suton (10.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game) to the NBA draft following the season.
2009 recruiting class
Season summary
Michigan State was led by junior Kalin Lucas (14.8 points and 4 assists per game), senior Raymar Morgan (11.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game), and sophomore Draymond Green (9.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3 assists per game). The Spartans began the season ranked No. 2 in the polls following their trip to the National Championship game in 2009.[ 1] MSU competed in the Legends Classic and were upset by Florida in the semifinals.[ 2] In the third place game, the Spartans routed UMass .[ 3] MSU fell to again to No. 10 North Carolina in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge in a rematch of the prior year's National Championship game.[ 4] The Spartans finished the non-conference schedule at 10–3, also losing at No. 2 Texas .[ 5] The Spartans were ranked No. 11 in the country entering the Big Ten regular season.
The Spartans began the Big Ten season on fire, winning their first nine games, with wins over No. 25 Northwestern [ 6] and No. 17 Wisconsin in the first two games.[ 7] The winning streak ended with three straight losses to Wisconsin,[ 8] Illinois ,[ 9] and No. 6 Purdue .[ 10] The Spartans rebounded to finish 14–4 in Big Ten play and capture a share of the Big Ten regular season title. Michigan State completed the regular season at 24–7 and ranked 11th in the country. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament , they were defeated in overtime by No. 6 seed Minnesota in the quarterfinals.[ 11]
The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 13th straight appearance, earning a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region. Lucas scored a career high 25 points to pull off a controversial win against New Mexico State in the First Round.[ 12] In the Second Round, Lucas went down with a serious knee injury and the Spartans needed a three-point shot from Korie Lucious at the buzzer to advance past Maryland .[ 13] Without Lucas for the remainder of the Tournament, MSU beat Northern Iowa and Tennessee to advance to their second consecutive Final Four and sixth in the last twelve years.[ 14] In the National Semifinal, they were defeated by National Runner-Up, Butler .[ 15]
Roster
2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
3
Chris Allen
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Jr
Meadowcreek H.S.
Lawrenceville, Georgia
F
25
Jon Crandell (W)
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
Sr
Rochester Adams H.S.
Rochester Hills, Michigan
G
22
Isaiah Dahlman (C)
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Sr
Braham Area Sec.
Braham, Minnesota
F
23
Draymond Green (C)
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
So
Saginaw H.S.
Saginaw, Michigan
C
40
Tom Herzog
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
RS Jr
Luke M. Powers Catholic H.S.
Flint, Michigan
C
44
Anthony Ianni
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
260 lb (118 kg)
Jr
Okemos H.S. (Grand Valley State)
East Lansing, Michigan
G
20
Mike Kebler (W)
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Jr
Okemos H.S.
Okemos, Michigan
G
1
Kalin Lucas (C)
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Jr
St. Mary Preparatory School
Detroit , Michigan
G
34
Korie Lucious
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
So
Pius XI H.S.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F
2
Raymar Morgan
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
Sr
McKinley H.S.note=C
Canton, Ohio
C
50
Derrick Nix
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
280 lb (127 kg)
Fr
Pershing H.S.
Detroit , Michigan
F
10
Delvon Roe
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
So
St. Edward H.S.
Lakewood, Ohio
C
41
Garrick Sherman
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
Fr
Kenton H.S.
Kenton, Ohio
G
15
Durrell Summers
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Jr
Covenant H.S.
Detroit , Michigan
G
13
Austin Thornton
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
RS So
Cedar Springs H.S.
Sand Lake, Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 6 November 2009
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13, 2009 *7:00 pm, ESPN360
No. 2
Florida Gulf Coast
W 97–58
1–0
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Nov 17, 2009 *8:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
Gonzaga
W 75–71
2–0
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Nov 20, 2009 *6:30 pm, BTN
No. 2
Toledo Legends Classic
W 75–62
3–0
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Nov 22, 2009 *12:00 pm, BTN
No. 2
Valparaiso Legends Classic
W 90–60
4–0
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Nov 27, 2009 *8:00 pm, HDNet
No. 2
vs. Florida Legends Classic
L 74–77
4–1
Boardwalk Hall (5,154)Atlantic City, NJ
Nov 28, 2009 *5:30 pm, HDNet
No. 2
vs. Massachusetts Legends Classic
W 106–68
5–1
Boardwalk Hall (3,626)Atlantic City, NJ
Dec 1, 2009 *9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 9
at No. 10 North Carolina
L 82–89
5–2
Dean Smith Center (21,346)Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 4, 2009 *7:00 pm, BTN
No. 9
Wofford
W 72–60
6–2
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Dec 7, 2009 *7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 12
at The Citadel
W 69–56
7–2
McAlister Field House (5,194)Charleston, SC
Dec 10, 2009 *7:00 pm, BTN
No. 12
Oakland
W 88–57
8–2
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Dec 19, 2009 *12:00 pm, BTN
No. 12
IPFW
W 80–58
9–2
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Dec 22, 2009 *9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 9
at No. 2 Texas
L 68–79
9–3
Frank Erwin Center (16,734)Austin, TX
Dec 30, 2009 *7:00 pm, BTN
No. 11
Texas-Arlington
W 87–68
10–3
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 2, 2010 6:30 pm, BTN
No. 11
at No. 25 Northwestern
W 91–70
11–3 (1–0)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)Evanston, IL
Jan 6, 2010 6:30 pm, BTN
No. 10
No. 17 Wisconsin
W 54–47
12–3 (2–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Jan 9, 2010 5:30 pm, BTN
No. 10
at Iowa
W 71–53
13–3 (3–0)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,924)Iowa City, IA
Jan 13, 2010 6:30 pm, BTN
No. 7
Minnesota
W 60–53
14–3 (4–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Jan 16, 2010 3:30 pm, CBS
No. 7
Illinois
W 73–63
15–3 (5–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Jan 20, 2010 6:30 pm, BTN
No. 6
Iowa
W 70–63
16–3 (6–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Jan 23, 2010 12:00 pm, CBS
No. 6
at Minnesota
W 65–64
17–3 (7–0)
Williams Arena (14,625)Minneapolis
Jan 26, 2010 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5
at Michigan Rivalry
W 57–56
18–3 (8–0)
Crisler Arena (13,751)Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 30, 2010 7:00 pm, BTN
No. 5
Northwestern
W 79–70
19–3 (9–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 2010 9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5
at No. 16 Wisconsin
L 49–67
19–4 (9–1)
Kohl Center (17,230)Madison, WI
Feb 6, 2010 9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5
at Illinois ESPN College GameDay
L 73–78
19–5 (9–2)
Assembly Hall (16,618)Champaign, IL
Feb 9, 2010 9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 10
No. 6 Purdue
L 64–76
19–6 (9–3)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Feb 13, 2010 12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 10
at Penn State
W 65–54
20–6 (10–3)
Bryce Jordan Center (14,017)University Park, PA
Feb 16, 2010 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 11
at Indiana
W 72–58
21–6 (11–3)
Assembly Hall (16,075)Bloomington, IN
Feb 21, 10 12:00 pm, CBS
No. 11
No. 9 Ohio State
L 67–74
21–7 (11–4)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Feb 28, 2010 4:00 pm, CBS
No. 14
at No. 3 Purdue
W 53–44
22–7 (12–4)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
Mar 4, 2010 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 11
Penn State
W 67–65
23–7 (13–4)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Mar 7, 2010 4:00 pm, CBS
No. 11
Michigan Rivalry
W 64–48
24–7 (14–4)
Breslin Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
Mar 12, 2010 8:55 pm, BTN
(3) No. 11
vs. (6) Minnesota quarterfinals
L 67–72 OT
24–8
Conseco Fieldhouse (17,563)Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 2010 *7:35 pm, CBS
(5 MW) No. 13
vs. (12 MW) New Mexico State First Round
W 70–67
25–8
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (10,851)Spokane, WA
Mar 21, 2010 *2:30 pm, CBS
(5 MW) No. 13
vs. (4 MW) No. 20 Maryland Second Round
W 85–83
26–8
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,015)Spokane, WA
Mar 26, 2010 *9:37 pm, CBS
(5 MW) No. 13
vs. (9 MW) Northern Iowa Sweet Sixteen
W 59–52
27–8
Edward Jones Dome (26,377)St. Louis, MO
Mar 28, 2010 *2:37pm, CBS
(5 MW) No. 13
vs. (6 MW) No. 15 Tennessee Elite Eight
W 70–69
28–8
Edward Jones Dome (25,242)St. Louis, MO
Apr 3, 2010 *6:07 pm, CBS
(5 MW) No. 13
vs. (5 W) No. 11 Butler Final Four
L 50–52
28–9
Lucas Oil Stadium (71,298)Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time Source
[ 16] .
Player statistics
Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes
Scoring
Total FGs
3-point FGs
Free-Throws
Rebounds
Player
GP
Tot
Avg
Pts
Avg
FG
FGA
Pct
3FG
3FA
Pct
FT
FTA
Pct
Off
Def
Tot
Avg
A
Stl
Blk
Tov
Allen, Chris
36
917
25.5
296
8.2
105
244
.430
53
133
.398
33
45
.733
32
69
101
2.8
73
16
3
52
Crandell, Jon
12
17
1.4
0
0.0
0
2
.000
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0.2
1
0
1
1
Dahlman, Isaiah
22
88
4.0
29
1.3
12
20
.600
3
8
.375
2
2
1.000
2
7
9
0.4
3
2
0
3
Green, Draymond
37
945
25.5
366
9.9
139
265
.525
2
16
.125
86
128
.672
81
205
286
7.7
112
45
34
62
Herzog, Tom
15
55
3.7
20
1.3
9
11
.818
0
0
2
4
.500
9
9
18
1.2
0
2
3
6
Kebler, Mike
25
103
4.1
8
0.3
1
10
.100
0
1
.000
6
10
.600
3
10
13
0.5
9
2
1
6
Lucas, Kalin
33
1027
31.1
490
14.8
165
364
.453
35
99
.354
125
162
.772
22
40
62
1.9
131
40
2
80
Lucious, Korie
36
825
22.9
201
5.6
70
205
.341
44
139
.317
17
23
.739
11
50
61
1.7
118
27
5
68
Morgan, Raymar
36
979
27.2
407
11.3
154
291
.529
5
17
.294
94
140
.671
77
145
222
6.2
63
38
25
69
Nix, Derrick
36
279
7.8
83
2.3
35
69
.507
0
0
13
48
.271
34
42
76
2.1
9
7
6
13
Roe, Delvon
37
764
20.6
238
6.5
83
150
.553
0
0
72
109
.661
68
117
185
5.0
43
31
35
50
Sherman, Garrick
36
259
7.2
69
1.9
31
52
.596
0
0
7
11
.63
18
39
57
1.6
3
4
5
18
Sims, Dion
1
1
1.0
0
0.0
0
1
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Summers, Durrell
37
971
9.3
417
11.3
156
343
.455
43
120
.358
62
78
.795
56
118
174
0.7
31
25
3
65
Thornton, Austin
33
195
1.2
34
1.0
14
41
.341
2
10
.200
4
4
1.000
14
21
35
0.1
10
3
0
13
Source[ 17]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final AP 2 (5) 2 (5) 2 (7) 9 12 12 9 11 10 7 6 5 5 10 11 14 11 11 13 Not released Coaches 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (2) 9 14 12 9 11 11 8 7 5 5 10 11 14 12 11 12 4
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
Awards and honors
Draymond Green
Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year[ 18]
All Big Ten Third Team[ 18]
Kalin Lucas
All Big Ten First Team[ 18]
NABC All District First Team
USBWA All-District Team
Raymar Morgan
All Big Ten Third Team (Coaches)
All Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)[ 18]
Durrell Summers
Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Tournament, Midwest Region[ 19]
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