2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 112th basketball season. Their head coach was Bill Self, who was serving his 7th year. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks finished the season 33–3, 15–1 in Big 12 play to capture the Big 12 regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned the #1 overall seed in the entire tournament and were the 1 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 16 seed Lehigh in the first round and were upset by 9 seed Northern Iowa in the second round.

2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big 12 tournament champions Big 12 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big 12
Division	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 1
Record	33–3 (15–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Self (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Dooley (7th season) Danny Manning (3rd season) Kurtis Townsend (6th season)
Captains	Cole Aldrich (2nd year) Sherron Collins (2nd year)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Kansas†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	3		.917
No. 7 Kansas State	11	–	5		.688			29	–	8		.784
No. 19 Baylor	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
No. 23 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
Missouri	10	–	6		.625			23	–	11		.676
Texas	9	–	7		.563			24	–	10		.706
Oklahoma State	9	–	7		.563			22	–	11		.667
Colorado	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Texas Tech	4	–	12		.250			19	–	16		.543
Iowa State	4	–	12		.250			15	–	17		.469
Oklahoma	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Nebraska	2	–	14		.125			15	–	18		.455
† 2010 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Pre-Season

On April 13, 2009, key players Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich announced that they would forgo the NBA draft and return for the 2009–10 season.^[2] The Jayhawks will return all players who saw significant minutes on last years Sweet 16 team. In early polls for the season, The Jayhawks were almost the consensus #1 ranked team for the 09–10 season, the only other team that was #1 in any other pre-season polls, was Michigan State, which defeated KU in the Sweet 16 of the 2009 NCAA tournament.

Departures

In the offseason the Jayhawks lost Senior walk-ons Matt Kleinmann and Brennan Bechard from the 2008–09 roster. On April 9, Quintrell Thomas and Tyrone Appleton announced their intention to transfer to other schools due to lack of available playing time.^[3] Appleton averaged 0.8 points on 2.2 minutes per game in 2008–09 and Thomas averaged 1.5 points on 5.4 minutes.

Thomas announced that he will be joining the UNLV squad, however will not be eligible to play until the 2010–11 season. Appleton transferred to Southwest Baptist University in Missouri.

Recruiting

In October 2008, the Jayhawks received commitments from a pair of five-star recruits, Elijah Johnson from North Las Vegas and Thomas Robinson of Washington, D.C. On Thursday April 23, 2009 McDonald's All-American Xavier Henry of Oklahoma City announced his intention to play at Kansas, prompting ESPN to name the Jayhawks as "the team to beat in 2010." The Jayhawks will add center Jeff Withey, who transferred from the University of Arizona, and C.J. Henry who will transfer from the University of Memphis to join his brother Xavier. C.J. will walk on as his tuition is paid by the New York Yankees who took him in the 2005 MLB Draft. Withey will not be eligible to play until the end of the fall semester.

Class of 2009

^[4][5][6]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Xavier Henry SG	Oklahoma City, OK	Putnam City HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Apr 23, 2009
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 98
Elijah Johnson SG	North Las Vegas, NV	Cheyenne HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 19, 2008
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 95
Thomas Robinson PF	Wolfeboro, NH	Brewster Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Oct 10, 2008
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Overall Recruiting Rankings:     Scout – 4 [7]    Rivals – 6 [8]     ESPN – 5 [9]

Transfers

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jeff Withey C	San Diego, CA	Horizon Jr Sr HS	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Transfer
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 96
C. J. Henry SG	Oklahoma City, OK	Putnam City HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Transfer
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A

Accolades

Team:

• Big 12 Preseason #1 (unanimous)^[10]
• Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason #1 team^[11]
• Sporting News preseason #1.^[12]
• Associated Press Preseason #1
• ESPN/USAToday Preseason #1

Sherron Collins:

• Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Year^[13]
• John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidate^[14]
• Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason all-American team candidate
• Associated Press preseason All-American^[15]

Cole Aldrich:

• Big 12 Preseason Co-Player of the Year
• John R. Wooden All-American and player of the year candidate
• Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason player of the year candidate.
• Associated Press preseason All-American^[15]

Season summary

Highlights

• Bill Self gained his 400th career victory with a 73–59 win over Iowa State on Feb. 13, 2010.^[16]
• Bill Self gained his 100th win over a Big 12 opponent as coach of the Jayhawks with a 59–54 win over Texas A&M on Feb. 15, 2010. Self achieved the milestone in less than 7 seasons and in 121 games played.
• Cole Aldrich broke Greg Ostertag's single season block record of 97. Aldrich had 98 as of Feb. 15, 2010.^[17]
• Sherron Collins set the record for winningest Jayhawk in a four-year span with his 124th win, an 81–68 victory over Oklahoma on Feb. 22, 2010.^[18] Breaking the previous record of 123 set by Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas and C.B. McGrath.
• Kansas won their sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship, a feat that hadn't been accomplished in a BCS conference since John Wooden's UCLA teams of the 1960-70's.^[19]
• Kansas claimed their 2,000th program victory on March 11, 2010, when they defeated Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament. They now rank 2nd in overall Division I wins, behind only Kentucky.
• Bill Self scored his 200th win as Kansas head coach on March 12, 2010, when they defeated Texas A&M in the Big 12 tournament, the fastest to reach that mark in KU history.
• The Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament championship on March 13, by defeating Kansas State 72–64 and improving their record to 32–2. The following day, they became the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Awards

Cole Aldrich

• Consensus Second Team All-American
• NABC Second Team All-American
• USBWA Second Team All-American
• AP Third Team All-American
• ESPN and CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year^[20]
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team^[21]
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
• All-Big 12 First Team
• All-Big 12 Defensive Team
• AP Big 12 First Team^[22]
• USBWA All-District VI Team^[23]
• Yahoo! Sports Third Team All-American^[24]
• Foxsports.com Third Team All-American^[24]

Sherron Collins

• Consensus First Team All-American
• NABC First Team All-American
• USBWA First Team All-American
• AP Second Team All-American
• Sporting News Second Team All-American
• All-Big 12 First Team
• AP Big 12 First Team
• USBWA All-District VI Team
• Yahoo! Sports Second Team All-American
• Foxsports.com Second Team All-American
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
• Lute Olson Award
• NABC Senior Achievement Award

Xavier Henry

• All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• Sporting News All-Freshman Team^[25]
• USBWA All-District VI Team
• Foxsports.com All-Freshman Team

Marcus Morris

• All-Big 12 Second Team
• AP Big 12 Honorable Mention
• Yahoo! Sports Most Improved Player of the Year

Tyrel Reed

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Roster

2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 0 Thomas Robinson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Washington, D.C. G 1 Xavier Henry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Oklahoma City, Oklahoma G 2 Conner Teahan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Leawood, Kansas G 4 Sherron Collins (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois C 5 Jeff Withey 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr San Diego, California G 10 Tyshawn Taylor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Hoboken, New Jersey G 12 Brady Morningstar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Lawrence, Kansas G 13 C. J. Henry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Oklahoma City, Oklahoma G 14 Tyrel Reed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Burlington, Kansas G 15 Elijah Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr North Las Vegas, Nevada C 21 Markieff Morris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 232 lb (105 kg) So Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F 22 Marcus Morris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G 23 Mario Little  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois G 24 Travis Releford  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Shawnee Mission, Kansas G 40 Jordan Juenemann 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Hays, Kansas G 41 Chase Buford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr San Antonio, Texas C 45 Cole Aldrich (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Bloomington, Minnesota	Head coach Bill Self (Oklahoma State) Assistant coach(es) Danny Manning (Kansas) Joe Dooley (George Washington) Kurtis Townsend (Western Kentucky) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2009-11-13

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/09* 7:05 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Fort Hays State	W 107–68	–	19 – Collins	13 – Aldrich	5 – Taylor	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
11/10/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Pittsburg State	W 103–45	–	17 – Robinson	10 – Mk. Morris	5 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
Regular season
11/13/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Hofstra	W 101–65	1–0	27 – X. Henry	8 – Aldrich	6 – Taylor	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
11/17/09* 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. Memphis Hall of Fame Showcase	W 57–55	2–0	18 – Aldrich	11 – Aldrich	5 – Taylor	Scottrade Center (12,107) St. Louis, MO
11/19/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Central Arkansas	W 94–44	3–0	12 – (4 Tied)	11 – Robinson	3 – (3 Tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
11/25/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Oakland	W 89–59	4–0	19 – (2 Tied)	11 – Mc. Morris	7 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
11/27/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Tennessee Tech	W 112–75	5–0	18 – Taylor	10 – Aldrich	5 – (2 Tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/02/09* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Alcorn State	W 98–31	6–0	18 – (2 Tied)	16 – Aldrich	9 – Johnson	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/06/09* 4:30 pm, FSN	No. 1	at UCLA Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series	W 73–61	7–0	19 – Mk. Morris	12 – Aldrich	4 – Collins	Pauley Pavilion (10,451) Los Angeles
12/09/09* 7:00 pm, ESPN U	No. 1	Radford	W 99–64	8–0	15 – (2 Tied)	9 – Aldrich	8 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/12/09* 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. La Salle M&I Bank Kansas City Shootout	W 90–65	9–0	31 – X. Henry	12 – Mk. Morris	6 – (2 Tied)	Sprint Center (18,830) Kansas City, MO
12/19/09* 11:00 am, ESPN	No. 1	Michigan The ESPN Green Game	W 75–64	10–0	23 – Mc. Morris	11 – Aldrich	5 – Taylor	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/22/09* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	California	W 84–69	11–0	17 – Collins	10 – Aldrich	7 – (2 Tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/29/09* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 1	Belmont	W 81–51	12–0	14 – Mc. Morris	14 – Aldrich	5 – (2 Tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/02/10* 4:30 pm, ESPN 2	No. 1	at No. 18 Temple	W 84–52	13–0	15 – X. Henry	10 – Aldrich	5 – Morningstar	Liacouras Center (10,206) Philadelphia, PA
01/06/10* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk Network	No. 1	Cornell	W 71–66	14–0	33 – Collins	9 – Aldrich	3 – (2 Tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/10/10* 3:30 pm, CBS	No. 1	at No. 16 Tennessee	L 68–76	14–1	22 – Collins	18 – Aldrich	5 – Collins	Thompson-Boling Arena (21,936) Knoxville, TN
01/13/10 8:00 pm, ESPN 2	No. 3	at Nebraska	W 84–72	15–1 (1–0)	22 – Collins	9 – Aldrich	5 – Collins	Bob Devaney Sports Center (12,510) Lincoln, NE
01/16/10 12:45 pm, Big 12	No. 3	Texas Tech	W 89–63	16–1 (2–0)	20 – Mc. Morris	8 – Mc. Morris	5 – X. Henry	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/20/10 8:00 pm, ESPN 2	No. 3	No. 25 Baylor	W 81–75	17–1 (3–0)	28 – Collins	8 – Mc. Morris	5 – Taylor	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/23/10 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 3	at Iowa State	W 84–61	18–1 (4–0)	19 – Aldrich	11 – Aldrich	6 – Collins	Hilton Coliseum (14,356) Ames, IA
01/25/10 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	Missouri Border War	W 84–65	19–1 (5–0)	17 – Mc. Morris	16 – Aldrich	5 – Morningstar	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/30/10 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	at No. 11 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 81–79 OT	20–1 (6–0)	18 – Aldrich	11 – Aldrich	4 – Collins	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, KS
02/03/10 8:00 pm, ESPN 2	No. 1	at Colorado	W 72–66 OT	21–1 (7–0)	16 – (2 Tied)	14 – Aldrich	6 – Morningstar	Coors Events Center (11,027) Boulder, CO
02/06/10 5:00 pm, ESPN U	No. 1	Nebraska	W 75–64	22–1 (8–0)	20 – Mc. Morris	11 – Mc. Morris	6 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
02/08/10 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at No. 14 Texas	W 80–68	23–1 (9–0)	18 – Mc. Morris	9 – Mk. Morris	5 – Collins	Frank Erwin Center (16,734) Austin, TX
02/13/10 7:00 pm, ESPN U	No. 1	Iowa State	W 73–59	24–1 (10–0)	16 – X. Henry	12 – Aldrich	5 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
02/15/10 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at No. 24 Texas A&M	W 59–54	25–1 (11–0)	12 – (3 Tied)	10 – Aldrich	5 – Morningstar	Reed Arena (13,657) College Station, TX
02/20/10 3:00 pm, Big 12	No. 1	Colorado	W 94–74	26–1 (12–0)	24 – X. Henry	10 – Aldrich	7 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
02/22/10 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	Oklahoma	W 81–68	27–1 (13–0)	23 – X. Henry	12 – Aldrich	6 – Collins	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
02/27/10 3:00 pm, CBS	No. 1	at Oklahoma State	L 77–85	27–2 (13–1)	22 – Collins	5 – Aldrich	4 – Collins	Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Stillwater, OK
03/03/10 7:00 pm, Big 12	No. 2	No. 5 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 82–65	28–2 (14–1)	19 – X. Henry	9 – Mk. Morris	4 – (2 tied)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
03/06/10 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 2	at Missouri Border War	W 77–56	29–2 (15–1)	13 – Taylor	10 – Mc. Morris	6 – Taylor	Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO
Big 12 tournament
03/11/10 11:30 am, ESPN2	No. 1	vs. Texas Tech Quarterfinals	W 80–68	30–2	19 – Collins	18 – Aldrich	5 – Collins	Sprint Center (18,879) Kansas City, MO
03/12/10 6:00 pm, Big 12	No. 1	vs. No. 23 Texas A&M Semifinals	W 79–66	31–2	26 – Collins	9 – Aldrich	6 – Collins	Sprint Center (18,879) Kansas City, MO
03/13/10 5:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. No. 9 Kansas State Championship game	W 72–64	32–2	18 – Mc. Morris	8 – (2 Tied)	7 – Collins	Sprint Center (19,003) Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/18/10 8:40 pm, CBS	No. 1 (1)	vs. (16) Lehigh First Round	W 90–74	33–2	26 – Mc. Morris	10 – Mc. Morris	6 – Collins	Ford Center (13,484) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3/20/10* 4:40 pm, CBS	No. 1 (1)	vs. (9) Northern Iowa Second Round	L 67–69	33–3	16 – Mc. Morris	10 – Aldrich	4 – Collins	Ford Center (15,587) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time[26].

Rankings

See also: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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	1 (55)	1 (58)	1 (56)	1 (63)	1 (62)	1 (61)	1 (55)	1 (52)	1 (56)	3	3	2	1 (54)	1 (55)	1 (62)	1 (61)	2 (6)	1 (63)	1 (65)	Not released
Coaches	1 (27)	1 (27)	1 (28)	1 (30)	1 (31)	1 (30)	1 (31)	1 (28)	1 (30)	3	3	2	1 (26)	1 (29)	1 (30)	1 (30)	2 (7)	1 (30)	1 (31)	6

See also

• 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
• 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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