2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball
MAC East Division Champions
MAC Regular Season Champions
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record24–10 (13–3 MAC)
Head coach
Associate head coachRob Senderoff (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Bobby Steinburg
  • Armon Gates
Home arenaMemorial Athletic and Convocation Center
2009–10 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State133 .8132410  .706
Akron124 .7502411  .686
Miami97 .5631418  .438
Buffalo97 .5631812  .600
Ohio79 .4382215  .595
Bowling Green610 .3751416  .467
West
Central Michigan97 .5631515  .500
Eastern Michigan88 .5001715  .531
Western Michigan88 .5001815  .545
Ball State88 .5001515  .500
Northern Illinois610 .3751020  .333
Toledo115 .063428  .125
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They are members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2410, 133 in MAC play to win the east division and overall regular season championship. As the 1 seed they were upset by 9 seed and eventual champion Ohio in the quarterfinals of the 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament. As regular season champions they received an automatic bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Illinois.