2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball
Pac-10 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record24–11 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
California135 .7222411  .686
Arizona State126 .6672211  .667
Washington117 .6112610  .722
Arizona108 .5561615  .516
USC*810 .4441614  .533
Oregon State810 .4441418  .438
UCLA810 .4441418  .438
Stanford711 .3891417  .452
Oregon711 .3891616  .500
Washington State612 .3331615  .516
Conference tournament winner
As of March 25, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2009–10 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's second season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participate in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 2411, 135 in Pac-10 play to win the regular season conference championship, their first regular season title since the 195960 season. They lost to Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an atlarge bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning an 8 seed in the South Region. They defeated 9 seed Louisville in the first round before falling to 1 seed and AP #3 Duke in the second round. The Blue Devils went on to claim their fourth national title.