2009–10 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
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|sport=Women's Basketball
|year=2009–10
|team=Colorado Buffaloes
|image=Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg
|conference=Big 12 Conference
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|short_conf=Big 12
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|head_coach= Kathy McConnell-Miller
|asst_coach1= Patrick Harrington
|asst_coach2= Tom McConnell
|asst_coach3= Aisha Veasley
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The 2009–10 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes were members of the Big 12.
Offseason
- July 7: Bianca Smith played basketball with a group from USA Athletes International, an organization that gives amateur athletes the opportunity to participate on an international stage. Smith teamed up with the three former Central Michigan Chippewas – Sharonda Hurd, Latisha Luckett and Angel Chan as well as Prairie View A&M’s Gaati Werema, IPFW’s Jordan Zuppe, Cornell’s Lauren Benson, Breynna Winkler of Gardner-Webb and Vanderbilt’s Jence Rhoads. In all, three teams – two women’s, one men's – were part of the USAAI travel party. Six of the seven games were played in Vienna at the Pentecost Tournament. The team played two games a day, competing against teams from all over Europe. After the three-day tournament, USAAI took a six-hour trip into the Czech Republic for a game there.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3761599 |title = Smith Broadens Horizons With Europe Trip - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606171700/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3761599 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead }}
- July 21: University of Colorado sophomore forward Julie Seabrook will be playing for the Canada National Junior Team at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, to be contested July 23-August 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3748551 |title = Seabrook Named To Canada Junior World Team - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606171737/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3748551 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead }}
=Freshmen=
- April 16: Kailah Bailey has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at the University of Colorado in 2009-10. Bailey is a 6-0 power forward from Omaha, Nebraska, was listed as the 9th best available unsigned player for 2009 according to the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3721228 |title=CU Signs Kailah Bailey to NLI - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606171809/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3910&SPID=258&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3721228 |url-status=dead }} Bailey is the fifth player in CU’s Class of 2009, joining Janeesa “Chucky” Jeffery, a 5-10 guard from Colorado Springs (Sierra High School), Brenna Malcolm-Peck, a 6-2 forward from Boulder (Horizon), Meagan Malcolm-Peck, a 6-2 forward from Boulder (Horizon) and Melissa MacFarlane, a 6-7 center from Omaha (Millard North). The 2009 class includes three Colorado signees. This is the largest contingent from the state to come to CU since 1997.
Exhibition
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| style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Date
! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Location ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Opponent ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 15 | Boulder | UC-Irvine | 61-56 |
Regular season
=Roster=
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| style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Number
! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Name ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Height ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Position ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alyssa Fressle | 5-10 | Guard | Sophomore |
| 2 | Bianca Smith | 5-9 | Guard | Senior |
| 3 | Whitney Houston | 5-5 | Guard | Junior |
| 4 | Britney Blythe | 5-9 | Guard | Junior |
| 14 | Meagan Malcolm-Peck | 6-2 | Guard-Forward | Freshman |
| 15 | Julie Seabrook | 6-3 | Forward | Sophomore |
| 21 | Chelsea Dale | 6-1 | Guard-Forward | Junior |
| 22 | Brittany Spears | 6-1 | Forward | Junior |
| 23 | Chucky Jeffery | 5-10 | Guard | Freshman |
| 24 | Breanna Malcolm-Peck | 6-2 | Guard-Forward | Freshman |
| 32 | Kelly-Jo Mullaney | 5-8 | Guard | Junior |
| 34 | Courtney Dunn | 6-4 | Center | Junior |
| 42 | Kailah Bailey | 6-0 | Forward | Freshman |
| 55 | Melissa MacFarlane | 6-7 | Center | Freshman |
=Schedule=
- The Buffaloes participated in the Minnesota Tournament held on November 21 and 22. In addition, the Buffaloes hosted the 23rd Annual Coors Classic from November 27 to 28.
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| style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Date
! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Location ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Opponent ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Score ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Leading Scorer ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 20 | Minneapolis | Illinois-Chicago | 63-49 | 1-0 | |
| Nov. 22 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 78-87 | 1-1 | |
| Nov. 27 | Boulder | Georgia Southern | 62-50 | 2-1 | |
| Nov. 28 | Boulder | Harvard | 67-65 | 3-1 | |
| Dec. 2 | Boulder | Denver | 84-57 | 4-1 | |
| Dec. 6 | Boulder | Seton Hall | |||
| Dec. 11 | Fort Collins, CO | Colorado State | |||
| Dec. 19 | Boulder | Southern Utah | |||
| Dec. 22 | Boulder | San Jose State | |||
| Dec. 30 | Boulder | Grambling State | |||
| Jan. 2 | Boulder | Virginia | |||
| Jan. 4 | Boulder | Yale | |||
| Jan. 9 | Boulder | Missouri | |||
| Jan. 12 | Lubbock, TX | Texas Tech | |||
| Jan. 16 | Boulder | Iowa State | |||
| Jan. 20 | Manhattan, KS | Kansas State | |||
| Jan. 23 | Boulder | Oklahoma State | |||
| Jan. 27 | Lawrence, KS | Kansas | |||
| Jan. 30 | Boulder | Nebraska | |||
| Feb. 7 | Waco, TX | Baylor | |||
| Feb. 10 | Boulder | Texas | |||
| Feb. 13 | |||||
| Feb. 16 | |||||
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| Feb. 23 | |||||
| Feb. 27 | |||||
| March 3 | |||||
| March 6 | Ames, Iowa | Iowa State |
==Big 12 Tournament==
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| style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Date
! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Location ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Opponent ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Buffaloes Points ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Opp. Points ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11 |
Player stats
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| style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Player
! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Games Played ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Minutes ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Field Goals ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Three Pointers ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Free Throws ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Rebounds ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Assists ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Blocks ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Steals ! style="background:black;color:yellow;" | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&SPID=258&SPSID=3910 Official Site]
{{Big 12 Conference women's basketball navbox}}
{{Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball navbox}}
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