The 2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Rick Stansbury's twelfth season at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs competed in the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum, nicknamed The Hump. They finished the season 24–12, 9–7 in SEC play. They advanced to the championship game where they were defeated by Kentucky in overtime. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before being defeated by North Carolina.

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2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball
SEC West Division champions
NIT, Second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	24–12 (9–7 SEC)
Head coach	Rick Stansbury (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Robert Kirby Phil Cunningham Marcus Grant
Home arena	Humphrey Coliseum
Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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The 2008–09 Bulldogs finished the season 23–13 (9–7 in SEC play). The Bulldogs won the 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament, allowing them to advance to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Washington in the Round of 64.

Because the Bulldogs were one player above the scholarship limit, Jarvis Varnado gave his scholarship up so that no one on the team would have to leave, making him a walk-on.^[2] Renardo Sidney was suspended for the entire season over recruitment violations.^[3]

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2009–10 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Renardo Sidney (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Fairfax HS (Calif.) Jackson, MS G 2 Ravern Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Coahoma County HS Lyon, MS G 3 Dee Bost 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Concord HS Concord, NC G 4 Twany Beckham   6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Ballard HS Louisville, KY F 5 Romero Osby 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Northeast Lauderdale HS Meridian, MS G 10 Shaun Smith  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Noxubee County HS Brooksville, MS G 12 Charles Parker (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Fr McKinney North HS McKinney, TX G 15 Riley Benock 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Meade County HS Battletown, KY F 20 Taylor Luczak (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Glens Falls HS Glens Falls, NY G 21 Baxter Price (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Fr Northwest Rankin HS Brandon, MS G 22 Barry Stewart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Shelbyville Central HS Shelbyville, TN F 24 Kodi Augustus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Maine Central Institute Baton Rouge, LA G 25 Phil Turner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Jr Grenada HS Grenada, MS C 30 Wendell Lewis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Selma HS Selma, AL F 32 Jarvis Varnado (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Haywood HS Brownsville, TN G 33 Brandon Bolen (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Madison-Ridgeland Academy Madison, MS F 45 Elgin Bailey   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jr Belaire HS New Orleans, LA F 50 John Riek 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Fr IMG Academy Khartoum, Sudan	Head coach Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville) Assistant coach(es) Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville) Marcus Grant (Mississippi State) Robert Kirby (UTPA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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