2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

{{Infobox college sports team season

|sport=Women's Basketball

|year=2009–10

|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers

|image=Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg

|conference= Big 12

|division=North

|short_conf= Big-12

|CoachRank=4

|APRank=4

|record=32–2

|conf_record=16–0

|head_coach=Connie Yori

|asst_coach1= Sunny Smallwood

|asst_coach2= Kellie Lewis-Jay

|asst_coach3= Tony Verdi

|stadium= Devaney Sports Center

|champion=Saint Mary's Hilton Tournament champions
Big 12 Conference regular-season champion

|tourney=2010 NCAA tournament

|tourney_result=Sweet Sixteen

}}

The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they lost in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas A&M. Their season ended in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional of the NCAA tournament, where they lost 76–67 to Kentucky.

Offseason

The Huskers will welcome three incoming freshmen to the program. The rookies will be led by 2009 Washington High School Player-of-the-Year Lindsey Moore. The 5-9 point guard from Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington. She earned third-team All-America honors from Parade Magazine after leading the Conquerors to the Class 4A state title and a final No. 2 national ranking in the USA Today Super 25 poll. California forward Meghin Williams and Minnesota forward Katya Leick are the other freshmen.{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&atclid=3724559 | title = Montgomery Earns Husker Offensive MVP Award | last = | first = | date = 2009-04-20 | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-23}}
May 7: Nebraska incoming freshman Lindsey Moore will be one of the nation's top 19-and-under players invited to the USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team Trials next week.{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&atclid=3734801 | title = Moore Earns USA Basketball U19 Invite | last = | first = | date = 2009-05-07 | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-23}}
Senior Kelsey Griffin was chosen as a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the league coaches for the third consecutive season.{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204809182 | title = Griffin Earns Preseason All-Big 12 Honor | last = | first = | date = 2009-10-07 | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-23}}
Nebraska was picked to finish sixth in the powerful Big 12 Conference in voting by the league's coaches announced on Thursday, Oct. 15, by the conference office in Irving, Texas.{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204814308 | title = Huskers Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll | last = | first = | date = 2009-10-15 | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-23}}
Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin was officially named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS award on Wednesday, Nov. 4, honoring women's basketball players across the nation who excel both on and off the court.{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204827369 | title =

Griffin Among 30 Candidates for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award | last = | first = | date = 2009-11-04 | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-23}}

Roster

File:Yori285 Yori9x12.jpg

class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
align="center" ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Number ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Name ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Height ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Position ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Class ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Hometown
align="center" \| 5	{{hs\|Burke}}Kaitlyn Burke	5-07	Guard	{{hs\|3}}Junior	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
align="center" \| 00	{{hs\|Moore}}Lindsey Moore	5-09	Guard	{{hs\|1}}Freshman	Covington, Washington
align="center" \| 10	{{hs\|Williams}}Meghin Williams	6-01	Forward	{{hs\|1}}Freshman	Rancho Cucamonga, California
align="center" \| 11	{{hs\|Neals}}Nicole Neals	5-06	Guard	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Chandler, Arizona
align="center" \| 12	{{hs\|Reeves }}Layne Reeves	5-11	Guard	{{hs\|1}}Redshirt Freshman	Lubbock, Texas
align="center" \| 13	{{hs\|Kuhlmann}}Kala Kuhlmann	5-08	Guard	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Charter Oak, Iowa
align="center" \|20	{{hs\|Leick}}Katya Leick	6-01	Forward	{{hs\|1}}Freshman	Grey Cloud Township, Minnesota
align="center" \| 21	{{hs\|Sidhu}}Harleen Sidhu	6-01	Forward	{{hs\|2}}Sophomore	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
align="center" \| 22	{{hs\|Turner}}Yvonne Turner	5-08	Guard	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Omaha, Nebraska
align="center" \| 23	{{hs\|Griffin}}Kelsey Griffin	6-02	Forward	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Eagle River, Alaska
align="center" \| 24	{{hs\|Kelley}}Dominique Kelley	5-07	Guard	{{hs\|3}}Junior	Lincoln, Nebraska
align="center" \| 35	{{hs\|Periago}}Jessica Periago	6-04	Center	{{hs\|3}}Junior	Toulon, France
align="center" \| 40	{{hs\|Montgomery}}Cory Montgomery	6-02	Forward	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Cannon Falls, Minnesota
align="center" \| 42	{{hs\|Bober}}Nikki Bober	6-04	Center	{{hs\|4}}Senior	Murdock, Nebraska
align="center" \| 44	{{hs\|Redmon}}Catheryn Redmon	6-03	Center	{{hs\|3}}Junior	Grand Prairie, Texas
align="center"

{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=25&spsid=32&db_oem_id=100 | title = Women's Basketball 2009-10 Roster | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091230083535/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=25&spsid=32&db_oem_id=100| archivedate= 30 December 2009 | url-status= live}}

Schedule

{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=25&spsid=31&db_oem_id=100 | title = 2009-10 Schedule/Results | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091229053934/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=25&spsid=31&db_oem_id=100| archivedate= 29 December 2009 | url-status= live}}

=Preseason exhibitions=

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style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Date ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Location ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Opponent ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Score ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Record
Nov. 3	Devaney Ctr.	Pittsburg State	68-54	1-0
Nov. 8	Devaney Ctr.	Nebraska-Kearney	89-47	2-0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Date

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Location

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Opponent

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Score

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Record

Nov. 3

Devaney Ctr.

Pittsburg State

68-54

1-0

Nov. 8

Devaney Ctr.

Nebraska-Kearney

89-47

2-0

=Regular season=

style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Date ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Location ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Rank ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Opponent ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Score ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Record
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Nov. 13	Devaney Center	NR	Davidson	86-62	1-0
Nov. 15	Las Vegas	NR	UNLV	73-51	2-0
Nov. 19	Devaney Center	NR	Idaho State	88-41	3-0
Nov. 22	Devaney Center	NR	Washington State	107-54	4-0
Nov. 27	Moraga, CA.	NR	UALR	62-45	5-0
Nov. 29	Moraga, CA.	NR	Saint Mary's College	84-73	6-0
Dec. 3	Devaney Center	NR	South Dakota	77-38	7-0
Dec. 5	Coral Gables, FL	NR	Miami	76-71	8-0
Dec. 9	Devaney Center	#24	Creighton	69-56	9-0
Dec. 13	Devaney Center	#24	Northern Illinois	69-44	10-0
Dec. 20	Devaney Center	#20	#5 LSU	77-63	11-0
Dec. 30	Devaney Center	#13	Albany	88-41	12-0
Jan. 4	Burlington, VT.	#12	Vermont	94-50	13-0
Jan. 9	Ames, Iowa	#12	Iowa State	57-49	14-0 (1-0)
Jan. 12	Devaney Center	#11	#19 Texas	91-79	15-0 (2-0)
Jan. 17	Waco, Texas	#11	#9 Baylor	65-56	16-0 (3-0)
Jan. 23	Devaney Center	#7	Kansas State	71-56	17-0 (4-0)
Jan. 27	Lubbock, Texas	#6	Texas tech	89-47	18-0 (5-0)
Jan. 30	Boulder, Colorado	#6	Colorado	80-64	19-0 (6-0)
Feb. 3	Devaney Center	#4	#10 Oklahoma State	88-67	20-0 (7-0)
Feb. 6	Devaney Center	#4	#12 Texas A&M	71-60	21-0 (8-0)
Feb. 10	Lawrence, Kansas	#3	Kansas	67-60	22-0 (9-0)
Feb. 13	Columbia, Missouri	#3	Missouri	82-78	23-0 (10-0)
Feb. 17	Devaney Center	#3	#13 Iowa State	60-50	24-0 (11-0)
Feb. 20	Devaney Center	#3	Colorado	89-73	25-0 (12-0)
Feb. 24	Norman, Oklahoma	#3	#11 Oklahoma	80-64	26-0 (13-0)
Feb. 27	Devaney Center	#3	Missouri	67-51	27-0 (14-0)
March 3	Devaney Center	#3	Kansas	77-52	28-0 (15-0)
March 6	Manhattan, Kansas	#3	Kansas State	82-72	29-0 (16-0)

=Postseason=

colspan="6" \| Big 12 Tournament
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Date ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Location ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Rank ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Opponent ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Score ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Record
March 12	Kansas City, Missouri	#1	#9 Kansas State	63-46	30-0
March 13	Kansas City, Missouri	#1	#4 Texas A&M	70-80	30-1
colspan="6" \| NCAA Tournament
style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Date ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Location ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Seed ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Opponent ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Score ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Record
March 21	Minneapolis	#1	#16 Northern Iowa	83-44	31-1
March 23	Minneapolis	#1	#8 UCLA	83-70	32-1
March 28	Kansas City, Missouri	#1	#4 Kentucky	67–76	32–2

Player stats

style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Player ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Games Played ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Minutes ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Field Goals ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Three Pointers ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Free Throws ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Rebounds ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Assists ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Blocks ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Steals ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Points
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Bober, Nikki	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Burke, Kaitlyn	6	5.7	.286	.200	1.000	0.5	3	--	--	1.2
Griffin, Kelsey	32	27.4	.607	.250	.762	10.3	58	22	58	20.4
Kelley, Dominique	32	24.1	.427	.408	.778	3.9	59	1	26	12.0
Kuhlmann, Kala	32	16.8	.340	.313	.806	1.6	27	1	10	3.4
Leick, Katya	10	5.8	.222	.000	.833	1.4	2	0	2	1.8
Montgomery, Cory	32	27.6	.503	.380	.792	5.2	33	7	17	12.8
Moore, Lindsey	32	27.4	.349	.266	.690	2.2	141	6	43	5.8
Neals, Nicole	32	15.0	.324	.284	.364	1.0	46	2	20	3.0
Periago, Jessica	28	8.4	.302	.238	.286	1.7	13	10	6	1.2
Redmon, Catheryn	32	15.9	.620	--	.275	4.6	6	63	13	4.3
Reeves, Layne	23	6.7	.385	.533	.333	0.7	7	3	5	1.3
Sidhu, Harleen	12	5.2	.385	.286	.500	1.7	3	1	1	2.2
Turner, Yvonne	32	26.9	.406	.368	.694	3.6	51	4	62	11.8
Williams, Meghin	13	2.9	.222	.000	.667	0.7	0	0	0	0.9

{{cite web | url = http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204833421 | title = 2009-10 Season Statistics |last = | first = | date = | publisher = Huskers.com | accessdate = 2009-12-21}}

Awards and honors

=Players=

Big 12 Player of the Year — Kelsey Griffin{{cite press release|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204903887 |title=2009-10 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Awards Announced |publisher=Big 12 Conference |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2010-03-08}}
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year — Yvonne Turner (with Brittney Griner of Baylor)
First-team All-Big 12 — Griffin (unanimous selection), Cory Montgomery, and Turner
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award — Kelsey Griffin

=Coach=

All of the following were awarded to head coach Connie Yori:

Naismith College Coach of the Year
Big 12 Coach of the Year
WBCA National Coach of the Year{{cite press release|url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29&SPID=25&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204913419 |title=Yori Named WBCA National Coach of the Year|publisher=Huskers.com |date=2010-03-22 |accessdate=2010-03-03}}
Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award

Rankings

Poll	Pre- season	Nov 16	Nov 23	Nov 30	Dec 7	Dec 14	Dec 21	Dec 28	Jan 4	Jan 11	Jan 18	Jan 25	Feb 1	Feb 8	Jan 15	Jan 22	March 1	March 8	March 15	Final
class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;" \|+ Ranking Movement
style="text-align:center;" ! USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll{{cite web \| url = http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/polls?poll=3 \| title = USA Today/ESPN \| publisher = Rivals.com from Yahoo! Sports \| accessdate = 2009-12-23\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091205202647/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/polls?poll=3\| archivedate= 5 December 2009 \| url-status= live}} \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 23 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 18 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 13 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 6 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4
style="text-align:center;" ! Associated Press{{cite web \| url = https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=1 \| title = AP 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings \|last = \| first = \| date = \| publisher = ESPN \| access-date = 2009-12-23}} \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 24 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 20 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 13 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 12 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 11 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 7 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 6 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 3 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 4
colspan="20" \| NR = Not Ranked

Team players drafted into the WNBA

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style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Round ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Pick ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| Player ! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" \| WNBA Club
1	3	Kelsey Griffin	Minnesota Lynx (traded to Connecticut Sun)
3	25	Cory Montgomery	New York Liberty

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style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Round

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Pick

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | Player

! style="background:red;color:#FFFFFF;" | WNBA Club

Kelsey Griffin

Minnesota Lynx
(traded to Connecticut Sun)

Cory Montgomery

New York Liberty