The 2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University in the college basketball season of 2009–10. The team was coached by Louis Orr and played their homes game in Anderson Arena. The Falcons were defeated in the first round of the MAC tournament by Western Michigan.
Coaching staff NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Louis Orr Head coach Syracuse University 1980 LaMonta Stone Assistant coach Wayne State University 1999 Louis Twigg Assistant coach Temple University 2002 Dennis Hopson Assistant coach Ohio State University 1987 Megan Centers Director of Basketball Operations
Preseason
Roster changes Only two starters return from last year's team. Both senior Otis Polk and junior Joe Jakubowski started all 33 games from Bowling Green's previous season. Along with these two players, the Falcons also return sophomores Dee Brown and Scott Thomas as well as senior Erik Marschall, all who started at least 30 games in the season. Bowling Green also added seven new players to their roster. Out of those players, one (Darion Goins) is a transfer from San José State.
Recruiting
Roster NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown Jordon Crawford 1 G 5–6 143 Freshman Cincinnati, Ohio Luke Kraus 3 G 6–2 187 Freshman Findlay, Ohio Darion Goins 4 G 6–3 204 Junior Cincinnati, Ohio DaVon Haynes 5 F 6–7 210 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Scott Thomas 10 F 6-6 183 Sophomore Delaware, Ohio James Erger 12 G 6-6 185 Freshman McKinney, Texas Joe Jakubowski 14 G 6–2 191 Junior Rossford, Ohio A'uston calhoun 15 F 6–7 218 Freshman Southfield, Michigan Dee Brown 22 G 6–2 200 Sophomore Detroit, Michigan Matt Karaffa 32 G 6–3 204 Senior West Chester, Ohio Danny McElroy 33 F 6–8 198 Freshman Cincinnati, Ohio Erik Marschall 33 F 6–8 198 Freshman New London, Ohio Otis Polk 45 C 6–9 285 Senior Detroit, Michigan Marc Larson 50 C 6–9 236 Senior Mattawan, Michigan
Schedule
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;" | colspan=9 | *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.
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