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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
California 13 5   .722 24 11   .686
Arizona State 12 6   .667 22 11   .667
Washington 11 7   .611 26 10   .722
Arizona 10 8   .556 16 15   .516
USC* 8 10   .444 16 14   .533
Oregon State 8 10   .444 14 18   .438
UCLA 8 10   .444 14 18   .438
Stanford 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Oregon 7 11   .389 16 16   .500
Washington State 6 12   .333 16 15   .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 24–11, 13–5 in Pac-10 play to win the regular season conference championship, their first regular season title since the 1959–60 season. They lost to Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large 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.