2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the college basketball season of 2009–10. This season was the first of John Calipari's tenure as head coach; he accepted the position on March 31, 2009.

2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
Record35–3 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Orlando Antigua (1st season)
  • John Robic (1st season)
  • Rod Strickland (1st season)
Home arenaRupp Arena
2009–10 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky142 .875353  .921
No. 21 Vanderbilt124 .750249  .727
No. 15 Tennessee115 .688289  .757
Florida97 .5632113  .618
South Carolina610 .3751516  .484
Georgia511 .3131417  .452
West
Mississippi State97 .5632412  .667
Mississippi97 .5632411  .686
Arkansas79 .4381418  .438
Alabama610 .3751715  .531
Auburn610 .3751517  .469
LSU214 .1251120  .355
2010 SEC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The Wildcats set several records this season. They became the first men's college basketball program to reach 2,000 wins by defeating the Drexel Dragons on December 21. Coach Calipari set a record for the most consecutive wins for a first-year Kentucky basketball coach at 19–0, surpassing Adolph Rupp's previous mark of 11–0. Kentucky also extended their existing records for most wins all-time, SEC regular-season championships, SEC tournament championships, NCAA tournament berths, and NCAA tournament wins.

The team was briefly ranked #1 in both the ESPN/Coaches poll and AP poll, and posted the best record in the NCAA (35–3) Off the court, Coach Calipari spearheaded an effort to raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, yielding $1.5 million and a congratulatory call from President Barack Obama.

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