2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP #21
2009–10 record 24–9 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach Kevin Stallings
Assistant coach Dan Muller
Assistant coach Tom Richardson
Assistant coach King Rice
Home arena Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
#2 Kentucky† 14   2   .875     35   3   .921
#21 Vanderbilt 12   4   .750     24   9   .727
#15 Tennessee 11   5   .688     28   9   .757
Florida 9   7   .563     21   13   .618
South Carolina 6   10   .375     15   16   .484
Georgia 5   11   .313     14   17   .452
West
Mississippi St. 9   7   .563     24   12   .667
Ole Miss 9   7   .563     24   11   .686
Arkansas 7   9   .438     14   18   .438
Alabama 6   10   .375     17   15   .531
Auburn 6   10   .375     15   17   .469
LSU 2   14   .125     11   20   .355
† SEC Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by Kevin Stallings, in his tenth year as head coach, and played their home games at their home since 1952, Memorial Gymnasium on the school's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. They finished the season 24–9, 12–4 in SEC play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi State. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed Murray State in the first round on a last second buzzer beater.

Contents

Roster and individual statistics

# Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown
0 Jermaine Beal G 6–3 205 SR DeSoto, TX
1 Brad Tinsley G 6–3 210 SO Oregon City, OR
3 Festus Ezeli C 6–11 255 SO Benin City, Nigeria
4 Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy C 6–11 250 JR Sydney, Australia
5 Lance Goulbourne G/F 6–7 215 SO Brooklyn, NY
12 Jordan Smart1 G/F 6–6 180 FR Lexington, KY
15 Elliott Cole1 G 5–11 180 JR Memphis, TN
21 Darshawn McClellan F 6–7 240 JR Fresno, CA
23 John Jenkins G 6–4 215 FR Hendersonville, TN
24 Andre Walker F 6–7 214 SO Flossmoor, IL
33 Steve Tchiengang F 6–9 240 SO Douala, Cameroon
44 Jeffery Taylor G/F 6–7 210 SO Norrköping, Sweden
50 Joe Duffy1 F 6–8 225 JR Charlotte, NC

1 Walk-on.

Source: ESPN.com[1]

2009-10 schedule and results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Record
Regular Season
11/16/09* 7:00p Lipscomb Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN W 95–73  1–0
11/20/09* 10:30p at Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion • Moraga, CA W 72–70  2–0
11/23/09* 4:30p vs. Cincinnati #24 Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI
(Maui Invitational)		 ESPN2 L 58–67  2–1
11/24/09* 12:30p vs. Chaminade #24 Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI
(Maui Invitational)		 ESPN2 W 68–41  3–1
11/25/09* 6:00p vs. Arizona #24 Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI
(Maui Invitational)		 ESPNU W 84–72  4–1
12/2/09* 8:30p Missouri Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPNU W 89–83  5–1
12/5/09* 3:00p DePaul Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN W 67–54  6–1
12/8/09* 7:30p at Illinois Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN L 68–75  6–2
12/11/09* 8:30p vs. Western Kentucky Sommet Center • Nashville, TN
(Sun Belt Classic)		 L 69–76  6–3
12/19/09* 3:00p Tennessee State Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN W 84–71  7–3
12/21/09* 7:00p Mercer Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN W 99–59  8–3
12/30/09* 7:00p Manhattan Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN W 86–48  9–3
1/2/10* 2:00p Southern Miss Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN FSN W 82–46  10–3
1/4/10* 8:00p Middle Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN FSN W 73–53  11–3
1/9/10 11:00a Florida Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPN2 W 95–87  12–3 (1–0)
1/13/10 8:00p at Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL CSS W 65–64  13–3 (2–0)
1/16/10 5:00p at South Carolina Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC CSS W 89–79  14–3 (3–0)
1/23/10 12:30p Auburn Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SEC W 82–74  15–3 (4–0)
1/27/10 6:00p at #14 Tennessee #21 Thompson-Boling Arena • Knoxville, TN ESPNU W 85–76  16–3 (5–0)
1/30/10 3:00p at #1 Kentucky #21 Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY ESPN L 72–85  16–4 (5–1)
2/3/10 7:00p Mississippi State #18 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SEC W 75–72  17–4 (6–1)
2/6/10 7:00p at Georgia #18 Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, GA FSN L 58–72  17–5 (6–2)
2/9/10 6:00p #12 Tennessee  #22 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPN W 90–71  18–5 (7–2)
2/13/10 12:30p LSU  #22 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SEC W 77–69  19–5 (8–2)
2/18/10 6:00p at Mississippi  #17 Tad Smith Coliseum • Oxford, MS ESPNU W 82–78  20–5 (9–2)
2/20/10 5:00p #2 Kentucky  #17 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPN L 56–58  20–6 (9–3)
2/25/10 6:00p Georgia  #16 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPNU W 96–94 OT 21–6 (10–3)
2/27/10 12:30p at Arkansas  #16 Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR SEC W 89–72  22–6 (11–3)
3/2/10 6:00p at Florida  #13 O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL ESPN W 64–60  23–6 (12–3)
3/6/10 1:00p South Carolina  #13 Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPN2 L 73–77  23–7 (12–4)
2010 SEC Tournament
3/12/10 9:05p vs. Georgia #20 Bridgestone Arena • Nashville, TN
(Quarterfinals)		 SEC W 78–66  24–7
3/13/10 2:15p vs. Mississippi State #20 Bridgestone Arena • Nashville, TN
(Semifinals)		 ABC L 52–62  24–8
2010 NCAA Tournament
3/18/10 1:30p vs. Murray State #21 HP Pavilion • San Jose, CA
(First Round)		 CBS L 65–66  24–9
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time Zone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=238. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 

External links

Eastern Division
Western Division
Tournament