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The 2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were the defending National Champions. This season represented the 100th season of basketball in the school's history. The Tar Heels finished the season 20–17, 5–11 in ACC play and lost in the first round of the 2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. They received an invitation to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the championship game before falling to Dayton. == Preseason == The Tar Heels lost four starters from their 2008–09 Championship team and top backcourt reserve Bobby Frasor. Tyler Hansbrough, the Atlantic Coast Conference all-time leading scorer, was selected in the lottery of the 2009 NBA Draft, going #13 to the Indiana Pacers. ACC Player of the Year Ty Lawson and 2009 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Wayne Ellington also were drafted in the first round, by the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves respectively. Senior swingman Danny Green would also be drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round. Top returnees are senior center Deon Thompson, who spent the Summer helping lead Team USA to a bronze at the World University Games〔(Thompson, USA Win Bronze Medal At World University Games ) ''tarheelblue.com.'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 and sophomore Ed Davis, who had been projected as a first-round draft pick. Reserve sophomores Larry Drew II and Tyler Zeller also return, and junior swingman Will Graves was reinstated over the Summer after a mid-season suspension by coach Roy Williams. Also returning is defensive stopper Marcus Ginyard, who took a medical redshirt for the 2008–09 campaign after starting as a junior for the 2007–08 Tar Heel team, who advanced to the Final Four. Joining the returnees is a recruiting class containing four McDonald's All-Americans and ranked as one of the top 5 in the Nation.〔(Heels ride their recruits ) ''Raleigh News and Observer'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 Despite the heavy losses for the defending champions, the Tar Heels were ranked in the top ten of both preseason polls when they were released on October 29,〔(2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings – Preseason ) ''ESPN.com'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 even garnering a single vote for #1 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. UNC was ranked #6 in the AP and #4 in the Coaches poll. The Tar Heels were also picked as the ACC pre-season favorite (with rival Duke) by the conference media, while Davis was chosen a member of the preseason All-ACC Team.〔(Media Splits Top Spot in 2009–10 ACC Preseason Poll ) ''Atlantic Coast Conference'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 Other preseason honors for Tar Heel players included the inclusion of Davis and Thompson on the 50-man Wooden Award preseason candidate list, while Davis was also one of the 50 players named to the Naismith watch list.〔(Nine ACC Players Highlight Preseason Naismith List ) ''Atlantic Coast Conference'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 Marcus Ginyard was named a preseason candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, one of only two ACC players named to the 30-man list (with Duke's Jon Scheyer).〔(Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Names 2009–10 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Candidates ) ''Lowe's Senior CLASS Award'' Retrieved on November 14, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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