2009–10 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Coen's fourth season at Northeastern. The Huskies competed in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games at Matthews Arena. They finished the season 20–13, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to William & Mary and were invited to play in the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Connecticut.
Preseason
In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, DC, Northeastern was predicted to finish second in the CAA. Sr. guard/forward Matt Janning was selected to the preseason all conference first team and Sr. forward Manny Adako was selected the second team.Roster
Source# | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team |
1 | Chris Avenant | 6'4" | 193 | G/F | Fr. | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento HS |
3 | Chaisson Allen | 6'4" | 190 | G | Jr. | Murfreesboro, TN | Oakland HS |
10 | Kauri Black | 6'7" | 213 | F | Fr. | Rialto, CA | Eisenhower HS |
11 | Vinny Lima | 6'10" | 210 | F | Jr. | São Vicente, Cape Verde | Jose Augusto Pinto |
14 | Jonathan Lee | 6'2" | 196 | G | Fr. | Flint, MI | Carman-Ainsworth HS |
15 | Brian McDonald | 6'2" | 180 | G | Sr. | Southbury, CT | Pomperaug HS |
20 | Joel Smith | 6'4" | 175 | G | Fr. | Leander, TX | Leander HS |
21 | Dinko Marshavelski | 6'11" | 240 | F | Fr. | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Wilbraham & Monson Academy |
22 | Alwayne Bigby | 6'5" | 207 | G/F | Fr. | Toronto, Ontario Canada | Eastern Commerce C.I. |
23 | Matt Janning | 6'4" | 198 | G/F | Sr. | Watertown, MN | Watertown-Mayer HS |
24 | Mathiang Muo | 6'6" | 227 | G/F | Fr. | Sydney, Australia | Patterson School Quinnipiac |
25 | Baptiste Bataille | 5'10" | 189 | G | Sr. | Férin, France | Community Christian |
32 | Manny Adako | 6'8" | 254 | F | Sr. | Decatur, GA | The Winchendon School |
33 | Ben Felix | 6'11" | 240 | C | So. | Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada | Brentwood College School |
54 | Nkem Ojougboh | 6'9" | 220 | C | Sr. | Scottsdale, AZ | Scottsdale Christian Academy Texas San Antonio |
Schedule and results
Source- All times are Eastern
!colspan=10| 2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
!colspan=10| 2010 National Invitation Tournament