2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team

The 2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team represent the University of Southern California in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans are coached by Michael Cooper. The Trojans are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record18–11 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachErvin Monier
Home arenaGalen Center
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 †-Stanford18–0 1.00036–2  .947
No. 23 UCLA15–3 .83325–9  .735
USC12–6 .66719–12  .613
California11–7 .61124–13  .649
Arizona State9–9 .50018–14  .563
Oregon7–11 .38918–16  .529
Washington7–11 .38913–18  .419
Arizona6–12 .33314–17  .452
Washington State3–15 .1678–22  .267
Oregon State2–16 .11111–20  .355
† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of April 6, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason
  • April 8: Head coach Mark Trakh resigned after guiding the Women of Troy for 5 seasons. Trakh had a 90–64 (.584) record. The Women of Troy won 20 games in 2005 and then 19 in 2006 as both advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney. Four of his teams made it to the semifinals of the Pac-10 Tournament and had an 8–3 mark against crosstown rival UCLA. His players made various All-Pac-10 teams 20 times and Pac-10 All-Academics squads 14 times. He signed Top 10 recruiting classes the past 4 seasons, including the nation's No. 1 group in 2006, and 7 of his signees were named McDonald's All-Americans. This past season, the Women of Troy went 17–15 overall, tied for fourth in the Pac-10 with a 9–9 mark and made it to the Pac-10 Tournament final for the first time in history before losing to eventual NCAA Final Four participant Stanford.[1]
  • April 9: USC senior point guard Camille LeNoir was selected in the second-round of the 2009 WNBA draft. She was chosen by the Washington Mystics as the 23rd pick overall. LeNoir becomes the eighth Trojan to be selected in the WNBA Draf.[2]
  • May 1: Los Angeles Sparks head coach and former Los Angeles Lakers great Michael Cooper has been named head coach of the USC women's basketball team, effective at the completion of the Sparks' 2009 season.[3] Joining Cooper's USC staff will be long-time collegiate and high school assistant Ervin Monier, who will oversee the program as associate head coach until Cooper's arrival.
  • May 4: The Women of Troy will participate in the 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam at the University of Virgin Islands. The event is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Games will be played at UVI's Sports and Fitness Center, the Caribbean's premier basketball facility located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.[4]
  • June 9:USC guard Jacki Gemelos has had her playing career delayed to a knee injury. Already the victim of three ligament tears that have kept her out of action for her first three seasons at USC, Gemelos has suffered another setback when she recently had surgery to replace the ACL graft in her left knee. Gemelos is expected to be sidelined from competition until January 2010.[5]

Season summary
  • January 21, 2010 – Pacific-10 Conference issued a public reprimand to Michael Cooper for his post-game comments following USC's game with UCLA on Sunday, January 17.[6]

Roster
NumberNameHeightPositionClass

Games
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season Schedule
November 13*
1:30 pm, no		 No. 11 Xavier W 81–71 OT 0–1
 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
November 15*
5:30 pm, no		 Fresno State W 68–63  1–1
 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
November 19*
6:00 pm, no		 at Gonzaga W 70–58  1–2
 McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, Washington
November 26*
4:00 pm, no		 vs. Rutgers W 66–51  1–3
 Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 27*
6:30 pm, no		 vs. No. 13 Texas W 61–54  2–3
 Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 28*
2:45 pm, no		 vs. No. 19 Mississippi State W 64–60  3–3
 Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
December 3*
7:00 pm, no		 at Long Beach State W 83–77  4–3
 Walter Pyramid 
Long Beach, California
December 6*
11:00 am, no		 at No. 11 Duke W 78–72  4–4
 Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, North Carolina
December 19*
4:30 pm, no		 Dartmouth W 78–46  5–4
 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
December 20*
5:30 pm, no		 Cal State Bakersfield W 93–56  6–4
 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
December 30*
6:00 pm, no		 North Carolina State W 59–53  6–5
 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
Pacific-10 Conference Regular Season Schedule
January 1
1:00 pm, no		 at Arizona State W 60–56  7–5
(1–0 Pac-10)		 Wells Fargo Arena 
Tempe, Arizona
January 3
1:00 pm, no		 at Arizona W 81–78 OT 8–5
(2–0 Pac-10)		 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
January 8
7:00 pm, no		 No. 2 Stanford W 82–62  8–6
(2–1 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 10
3:00 pm, no		 California W 67–64  9–6
(3–1 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 17
2:30 pm, no		 UCLA W 70–63  10–6
(4–1 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 21
7:00 pm, no		 at Washington W 69–65  11–6
(5–1 Pac-10)		 Bank of America Arena 
Seattle, Washington
January 23
2:00 pm, no		 at Washington State W 61–51  12–6
(6–1 Pac-10)		 Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, Washington
January 28
7:00 pm, no		 Oregon State W 61–34  13–6
(7–1 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 30
2:30 pm, no		 Oregon W 85–77  13–7
(7–2 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 4
7:00 pm, no		 at California W 61–55  13–8
(7–3 Pac-10)		 Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, California
February 7
1:00 pm, no		 at No. 2 Stanford W 77–39  13–9
(7–4 Pac-10)		 Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
February 13
11:00 am, no		 at UCLA W 74–56  13–10
(7–5 Pac-10)		 Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, California
February 18
7:00 pm, no		 Washington State W 64–52  13–11
(7–6 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 20
8:00 pm, no		 Washington W 56–51  14–11
(8–6 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 25
7:00 pm, no		 at Oregon W 87–84  15–11
(9–6 Pac-10)		 McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
February 27
2:00 pm, no		 at Oregon State W 53–50  16–11
(10–6 Pac-10)		 Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
March 4
7:00 pm, no		 Arizona State W 55–53  17–11
(11–6 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
March 6
12:30 pm, no		 Arizona W 62–52  18–11
(12–6 Pac-10)		 Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Player stats
PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

Pac-10 Basketball tournament

NCAA Basketball tournament

Team players drafted into the WNBA
RoundPickPlayerNBA Club

See also

References
  1. "Mark Trakh Resigns as Women's Basketball Head Coach - USC OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  2. "USC's Camille LeNoir Selected in WNBA Draft - USC OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  3. "Michael Cooper Named USC Women's Basketball Head Coach - USC OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  4. "Women's PJAM Tournaments". Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
  5. http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/060909aaa.html
  6. USC Women's Basketball Coach Reprimanded, pac-10.org, January 21, 2010
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