2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball

WCC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#19
AP	#19
2009–10 record	28–6 (11–3 WCC)
Head coach	Randy Bennett
Assistant coach	Kyle Smith
Assistant coach	David Patrick
Assistant coach	Mark Campbell
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion

{{2009–10 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings}} The 2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's ninth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished conference play with a record of 11–3 to place second. They were the champions of the 2010 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they were a 10 seed in the Midwest Region. Their first round win over 7 seed Richmond was the school's first tournament win since beating Idaho State in 1959. They continued their success by knocking off 2 seed and AP #9 Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they would fall to 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor to end their season 28–6

Roster

Matthew Dellavedova

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Jorden Page	6'1"	175	G	Fr.	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	AIS
3	Mitchell Young	6'9"	225	F	Fr.	Logan, Queensland, Australia	AIS
4	Matthew Dellavedova	6'4"	185	G	Fr.	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	AIS
11	Clint Steindl	6'7"	180	F	So.	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	AIS
12	Tim Harris	6'4"	190	F	Fr.	San Jose, CA, U.S.	Valley Christian HS
15	Beau Levesque	6'5"	215	F	Fr.	Lafayette, CA, U.S.	De La Salle HS
21	Ben Allen	6'11"	250	C	Sr.	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	AIS Indiana
23	Trey Anderson	6'4"	175	G	Fr.	Carrollton, TX, U.S.	Hebron HS
24	Wayne Hunter	6'4"	210	G	Sr.	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Valley HS
25	Tim Williams	6'9"	235	F	Fr.	Antioch, CA, U.S.	Antioch HS
30	Kenton Walker II	6'9"	235	F	Jr.	San Diego, CA, U.S.	Scripps Ranch HS Creighton
32	Mickey McConnell	6'0"	175	G	Jr.	Mesa, AZ, U.S.	Dobson HS
40	Phil Benson	6'8"	230	F	Jr.	Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.	Horizon HS Canisius
50	Omar Samhan	6'11"	265	C	Sr.	San Ramon, CA, U.S.	San Ramon HS

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Pacific

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/13/2009*	New Mexico State	W 100–68	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
11/16/2009*	San Diego State	W 80–58	2–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,774)
11/20/2009*	Vanderbilt	L 72–70	2–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
11/23/2009*	Cal Poly	W 92–67	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,673)
11/25/2009*	Cal–Maritime	W 100–59	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,524)
11/30/2009*	at San Jose State	W 78–71	5–1	The Event Center (2,166)
12/5/2009*	at Utah State	W 68–63	6–1	Smith Spectrum (10,270)
12/12/2009*	at Oregon	W 81–76	7–1	McArthur Court (6,487)
12/15/2009*	Portland State	W 101–80	8–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,600)
12/18/2009*	Pacific	W 80–65	9–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
12/22/2009*	vs. Northeastern (Diamond Head Classic)	W 78–67	10–1	Stan Sheriff Center (NA)
12/23/2009*	vs. Southern California (Diamond Head Classic)	L 60–49	10–2	Stan Sheriff Center (6,666)
12/25/2009*	at Hawai'i (Diamond Head Classic)	W 84–75	11–2	Stan Sheriff Center (NA)
12/29/2009*	Binghamton (Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)	W 85–57	12–2	McKeon Pavilion (3,072)
12/30/2009*	Howard (Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)	W 94–46	13–2	McKeon Pavilion (2,965)
1/8/2010	at San Francisco	W 83–62	14–2 (1–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium (3,126)
1/10/2010	at Santa Clara	W 80–72	15–2 (2–0)	Leavey Center (2,527)
1/14/2010	#17 Gonzaga	L 89–82	15–3 (2–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
1/16/2010	Portland	W 77–72	16–3 (3–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
1/21/2010	San Diego	W 71–56	17–3 (4–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,126)
1/28/2010	at Pepperdine	W 88–71	18–3 (5–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (967)
1/30/2010	at Loyola Marymount	W 85–67	19–3 (6–1)	Gersten Pavilion (3,966)
2/4/2010	Santa Clara	W 74–62	20–3 (7–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
2/6/2010	San Francisco	W 73–57	21–3 (8–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
2/11/2010	at #16 Gonzaga	L 80–61	21–4 (8–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
2/13/2010	at Portland	L 80–75	21–5 (8–3)	Chiles Center (2,774)
2/18/2010	at San Diego	W 61–49	22–5 (9–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,371)
2/25/2010	Pepperdine	W 76–49	23–5 (10–3)	McKeon Pavilion (2,718)
2/27/2010	Loyola Marymount	W 88–80	24–5 (11–3)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
West Coast Conference Tournament
3/7/2010	vs. Portland (Semifinals)	W 69–55	25–5	Orleans Arena (7,941)
3/8/2010	vs. #18 Gonzaga (Finals)	W 81–62	26–5	Orleans Arena (7,726)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010*	vs. #24 Richmond (First Round)	W 80–71	27–5	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,106)
3/20/2010*	vs. #9 Villanova (Second Round)	W 75–68	28–5	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,271)
3/26/2010*	vs. #19 Baylor (Sweet Sixteen)	L 72–49	28–6	Reliant Stadium (45,505)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101618
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-02-02.

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