2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

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2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
DurationDecember 29, 2009
through February 27, 2010
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Fox Sports Midwest, ESPN, CBS Sports
Regular Season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
  08–09
10–11  
2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Iowa153 .833305  .857
Wichita State 126 .6672510  .714
Illinois State 117 .6112211  .667
Creighton 108 .5561816  .529
Bradley 99 .5001615  .516
Indiana State 99 .5001715  .531
Missouri State 810 .4442412  .667
Drake 711 .3891419  .424
Southern Illinois 612 .3331515  .500
Evansville 315 .167921  .300
2010 MVC tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season marks the 101st season of Missouri Valley Conference basketball.

Contents

Preseason

In the preseason, Northern Iowa was the conference favorite – returning all five starters and 9 of the top 10 players from their MVC championship team. UNI received all but one first-place vote in the preseason poll of MVC coaches, media, and sports information directors. Creighton received the other first place vote. The preseason player of the year was 2009 MVC conference tournament MVP Osiris Eldridge of Illinois State – who tested the NBA draft waters over the offseason. [1]

Also in the preseason, three MVC players were named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award preseason candidate list: Dodie Dunson of Bradley, Adam Koch of Northern Iowa and Josh Young of Drake. [2]

MVC Preseason Poll

RankTeamVotes
1Northern Iowa (38)389
2Creighton (1)336
3Illinois State299
4Southern Illinois272
5Wichita State216
6Bradley208
7Indiana State173
8Drake105
9Missouri State92
10Evansville55

Preseason All-MVC Team

Preseason Player of the Year

Regular season

Non-conference

Bradley was dealt a tough blow in their season opener as, for the fourth consecutive season, the Braves suffered an injury to a key player. Senior guard Dodie Dodson broke two bones in his forearm in Bradley's home opener against Idaho State. Bradley won the game, 74–69, but likely lost Dodson for the season. [3] In another memorable opening games, Creighton hung tough at number 21 Dayton, but ultimately lost down the stretch 70–60. The Bluejays led 46–41 at the half and were within 3 points with 2 minutes left to play. [4] Jake Kelly also made his debut for Indiana State, scoring 16 in an 88–58 win over Nebraska-Kerney. Kelly transferred to Indiana State from Iowa to be closer to home after the death of his mother. [5]

Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge

The Missouri Valley Conference won the inaugural challenge with 6 wins to the Mountain West's 4 wins. 2009 marked the inaugural year of the Mountain West - Missouri Valley Challenge – matching teams from the MVC against teams from the Mountain West Conference in an effort to bolster strength of schedule for both leagues. Match-ups were set in January 2009 and were based on 2008–09 preseason projections. [6]

Conference season

Postseason

MVC Tournament

Conference awards & honors

Weekly awards

MVC Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the MVC offices name a player and newcomer of the week.

WeekPlayer of the weekNewcomer of the week
November 16 [7] Carlton Fay, SIU Wayne Runnels, CRE
November 23 [8] Kyle Weems, MSU Dwayne Lathan, IN ST
November 30 [9] Kwadzo Ahelegbe, UNI Adam Leonard, MSU
December 7 [10] Jordan Eglseder, UNIColt Ryan, UE
December 14 [11] Kwadzo Ahelegbe, UNITony Freeman, SIU
December 21 [12] Clevin Hannah, WSU Marc Sonnen, UNI
December 28 [13] Jordan Eglseder, UNIDwayne Lathan, IN ST
January 4 Osiris Eldridge, ISU Jermaine Mallett, MSU
January 11Jordan Eglseder, UNIJackie Charmichael, ISU
January 18Bill ToddJoey G
January 25
February 1
February 8
February 15
February 22
March 1
March 8

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