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The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2009–10 basketball season.
Only twice has there been no national champion in a calendar year. [18] The first occurrence was when the 2013 championship won by Louisville became the first men's basketball national title to ever be vacated by the NCAA after the school and its coach at the time, Rick Pitino, were implicated in a 2015 sex scandal involving recruits.
In the 2nd round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Duke beat California 68–53. [8] In the Sweet 16, Kyle Singler had 24 points and Jon Scheyer had 18 points to beat Purdue 70–57. [ 9 ] In the Elite Eight, Nolan Smith scored 29 points to lead Duke to a 78–71 victory over Baylor to advance to the Final Four. [ 10 ]
NCAA Division I champions are the winners of annual top-tier competitions among American college sports teams. This list also includes championships classified by the NCAA as "National Collegiate", the organization's official branding of championship events open to members of more than one of the NCAA's three legislative and competitive divisions.
The 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2009, and ended with the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 5, 2010, on the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The opening round occurred on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, followed by first and second rounds on Thursday through Sunday ...
NCAA basketball tournament (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of NCAA basketball champions .
First year men's basketball coach Adam Walsh led the Gentlemen in their final year as a Division I program. Notable Centenary basketball alumni include Hall of Famer Robert Parish and the 2000–01 NCAA scoring champion Ronnie McCollum. On June 4, 2010, legendary college basketball player and coach John Wooden died at the age of 99. [3]
Led by Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils won the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, claiming the school's fourth national title. Duke led the ACC in scoring margin (+16.2), free throw percentage (.761), 3-point field goal percentage (.382), 3-point field goal defense (.278), 3-point field goals made (7.4 per game ...