The 2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They are members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–3 in MAC play to win the east division and overall regular season championship. As the 1 seed they were upset by 9 seed and eventual champion Ohio in the quarterfinals of the 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament. As regular season champions they received an automatic bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Illinois.
Before the season
Roster changes The Golden Flashes lost four seniors from their 2008–09 roster. These seniors include the starters Al Fisher, Jordan Mincy, and Julian Sullinger. Fisher was the team's leading scorer, averaging 14.4 points per game. The team also lost Rashad Woods, who was suspended last year due to a violation of team rules.
To compensate for the team's losses, four new players joined the Flashes for the 2009–10 basketball season. Only one of these four players is a freshman, while one sophomore and two juniors are recruits from junior colleges.
Recruiting
Roster Roster current as of June 25, when their summer prospectus was published. NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown Tyree Evans 0 G 6–3 210 Senior Richmond, Virginia Chris Singletary 2 G 6–4 220 Senior Chicago, Illinois Cameron Joyce 13 G 5–8 160 Freshman Akron, Ohio Anthony Simpson 21 F 6–8 215 Senior Rockford, Illinois Mike McKee 22 G 6–5 190 Senior Plum Borough, Pennsylvania Frank Henry-Ala 30 F 6–5 210 Senior Pasadena, California Rodriquez Sherman 32 G 6–2 185 Junior Indianapolis, Indiana Justin Greene 33 F 6–8 230 Sophomore Brooklyn, New York Alex Grimsley 42 F 6–7 220 Sophomore Batesville, Indiana Brandon Parks 55 C 6–10 270 Senior Bunker Hill, Indiana Greg Avila F 6-6 235 Junior Bronx, New York Just Manns C 6–11 215 Junior Winston-Salem, North Carolina Ian Pinckney G 6–3 195 Sophomore Chicago, Illinois Randal Holt G 6–1 180 Freshman Bedford, Ohio
Coaching staff NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Geno Ford Head coach Ohio University 1997 Rob Senderoff Associate Coach University at Albany 1995 Bobby Steinburg Assistant coach Middle Tennessee State University 1997 Armon Gates Assistant coach Kent State University 2007 Jaden Uken Director of Basketball Operations University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2003 Brian Edelstein Graduate Assistant Cal Poly 2009
Schedule
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular Season
!colspan=9| 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament
!colspan=9| 2010 National Invitation Tournament
After the season
Awards On March 8, 2010, head coach Geno Ford was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, the seventh time a KSU coach has won the award (Jim McDonald, 1990; Gary Waters, 1999 and 2000; Stan Heath, 2002; and Jim Christian, 2006 and 2008). He was selected by three votes over Keith Dambrot of Akron.
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