2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team

2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball
2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball
CAA tournament & regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	27–9 (15–3 CAA)
Head coach	Blaine Taylor;
Assistant coaches	Jim Corrigan; John Richardson; Robert Wilkes;
Home arena	Ted Constant Convocation Center

2009–10 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
†	15	–	3	.833	27	–	9	.750
Northeastern	14	–	4	.778	20	–	13	.606
William & Mary	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
George Mason	12	–	6	.667	17	–	15	.531
VCU	11	–	7	.611	27	–	9	.750
Drexel	11	–	7	.611	16	–	16	.500
Hofstra	10	–	8	.556	19	–	15	.559
Towson	6	–	12	.333	10	–	21	.323
Georgia State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
UNCW	5	–	13	.278	9	–	22	.290
James Madison	4	–	14	.222	13	–	20	.394
Delaware	3	–	15	.167	7	–	24	.226

† 2010 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represented Old Dominion University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Blaine Taylor's ninth season at Old Dominion. The Monarchs compete in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in CAA play to win the regulars season championship. They also won the 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament to earn the CAA's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the South Region where they upset 6 seed Notre Dame in the first round before losing to 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor in the second round.

Preseason

In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, D.C., Old Dominion was predicted to finish first in the CAA.^[1] Sr. C/F Gerald Lee was selected to the preseason all conference first team and was picked as the conference preseason co–player of the year with Hofstra's Charles Jenkins. Jr. G/F Ben Finney was a preseason conference honorable mention.

Roster

Monarch Men's Basketball 2009–2010 roster
G/F	24	Kent Bazemore	Sophomore (RS)	6'5", 190 lb	(Kelford, North Carolina)
F	33	Keyon Carter	Junior (RS)	6'8", 218 lb	(Riveiera Beach, Florida)
F	20	Chris Cooper	Sophomore	6'9", 215 lb	(Woodridge, Virginia)
G	22	Marquel De Lancey	Sophomore	6'0", 190 lb	(Alexandria, Virginia)
G/F	35	Ben Finney	Junior	6'5", 220 lb	(Portsmouth, Virginia)
F	21	Frank Hassell	Junior (RS)	6'8", 245 lb	(Chesapeake, Virginia)
G	2	Josh Hicks	Freshman	5'9, 160 lb	(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
G	15	Trian Iliadis	Sophomore	6'3", 185 lb	(Perth, W. Australia)
G	3	Darius James	Junior	6'1", 165 lb	(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
C/F	40	Anton Larsen	Freshman	7'0, 240 lb	(Copenhagen, Denmark)
F	12	Gerald Lee	Senior	6'10", 250 lb	(Uusikaupunki, Finland)
G	23	Marsharee Neely	Senior	6'2", 190 lb	(Greensboro, North Carolina)
F	1	Nick Wright	Freshman (RS)	6'8", 205 lb	(Suffolk, Virginia)

Coaching staff

Blaine Taylor – Head Coach
Jim Corrigan – Assistant Coach
John Richardson – Assistant Coach
Robert Wilkes – Assistant Coach
Joel Hines – Director of Basketball Operations

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/2/2009* 7:00pm	Barton	W 91–62		Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,696) Norfolk, Virginia
11/7/2009* 7:00pm	Elizabeth City State	W 91–62		Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,972) Norfolk, Virginia
Regular Season
11/15/2009* 1:00pm	Bethune–Cookman South Padre Island Invitational	W 69–38	1–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,015) Norfolk, Virginia
11/17/2009* 7:00pm	Longwood South Padre Island Invitational	W 98–59	2–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,264) Norfolk, Virginia
11/19/2009* 7:00pm	at Liberty	W 73–41	3–0	Vines Center (2,013) Lynchburg, Virginia
11/21/2009* 7:00pm	Marshall	W 70–62	4–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,141) Norfolk, Virginia
11/27/2009* 8:30pm, FCS	vs. Missouri South Padre Island Invitational	L 61–66	4–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre (NA) South Padre Island, Texas
11/28/2009* 5:30pm, FCS	vs. Mississippi State South Padre Island Invitational	L 55–69	4–2	South Padre Island Convention Centre (NA) South Padre Island, Texas
12/2/2009* 7:00pm	at Richmond	L 60–67	4–3	Robins Center (4,130) Richmond, Virginia
12/5/2009 7:00pm	Delaware	W 65–44	5–3 (1–0)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,318) Norfolk, Virginia
12/8/2009* 7:00pm	Mount St. Mary's	W 64–38	6–3	Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,803) Norfolk, Virginia
12/11/2009* 7:00pm, Cox Channel 11 Comcast Plus	at Dayton	L 50–58	6–4	UD Arena (13,159) Dayton, Ohio
12/19/2009* 7:00pm, MASN	at No. 11 Georgetown	W 61–57	7–4	McDonough Gymnasium (2,400) Washington, D.C.
12/23/2009* 7:00pm	Charlotte	W 81–48	8–4	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,513) Norfolk, Virginia
12/30/2009* 7:00pm	Duquesne	W 63–54	9–4	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,612) Norfolk, Virginia
1/2/2010 12:00pm, CSN-Washington	at George Mason	L 55–71	9–5 (1–1)	Patriot Center (8,629) Fairfax, Virginia
1/4/2010 7:00pm	at Towson	W 87–71	10–5 (2–1)	Towson Center (1,077) Towson, Maryland
1/6/2010 7:00pm	James Madison Rivalry	W 74–72	11–5 (3–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,078) Norfolk, Virginia
1/9/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington	Hofstra	W 57–46	12–5 (4–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,834) Norfolk, Virginia
1/13/2010 7:00pm, WSKY	at UNC Wilmington	W 70–52	13–5 (5–1)	Trask Coliseum (2,820) Wilmington, North Carolina
1/16/2010 7:00pm	Drexel	W 71–48	14–5 (6–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,820) Norfolk, Virginia
1/20/2010 7:00pm, WSKY	at Delaware	W 68–49	15–5 (7–1)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,178) Newark, Delaware
1/23/2010 7:00pm, WSKY	at William & Mary Rivalry	W 58–55	16–5 (8–1)	Kaplan Arena (7,216) Williamsburg, Virginia
1/28/2010 7:00pm, MASN	Georgia State	W 56–40	17–5 (9–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,029) Norfolk, Virginia
1/30/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington	at Northeastern	L 64–74	17–6 (9–2)	Matthews Arena (3,061) Boston, Massachusetts
2/3/2010 6:00pm	William & Mary Rivalry	W 61–42	18–6 (10–2)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,015) Norfolk, Virginia
2/6/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington	at VCU Rivalry	L 58–70	18–7 (10–3)	Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,556) Richmond, Virginia
2/10/2010 7:00pm, WSKY	at James Madison Rivalry	W 64–44	19–7 (11–3)	Convocation Center (3,434) Harrisonburg, Virginia
2/13/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington	George Mason	W 76–60	20–7 (12–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Norfolk, Virginia
2/16/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington	Towson	W 78–67	21–7 (13–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,832) Norfolk, Virginia
2/19/2010* 7:00pm, ESPN2	at Northern Iowa ESPN BracketBusters	L 62–71	21–8	McLeod Center (7,031) Cedar Falls, Iowa
2/23/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington	at Georgia State	W 75–62	22–8 (14–3)	GSU Sports Arena (1,142) Atlanta
2/27/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington	VCU Rivalry	W 73–70	23–8 (15–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Norfolk, Virginia
2010 CAA men's basketball tournament
3/6/2010 12:00pm, CSN-NE	vs. Towson Quarterfinals	W 86–56	24–8	Richmond Coliseum (NA) Richmond, Virginia
3/7/2010 3:00pm, CSN-NE	vs. VCU Semifinals	W 73–69 ^OT	25–8	Richmond Coliseum (NA) Richmond, Virginia
3/8/2010 7:00pm, ESPN	vs. William & Mary Finals	W 60–53	26–8	Richmond Coliseum (8,455) Richmond, Virginia
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
3/18/2010 12:25pm, CBS	vs. Notre Dame First Round	W 51–50	27–8	New Orleans Arena (10,484) New Orleans
3/20/2010 5:45pm, CBS	vs. No. 19 Baylor Second Round	L 68–76	27–9	New Orleans Arena (11,966) New Orleans
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Old Dominion Picked to Win Caa Men?S Basketball Title in 2009-10".
^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.

[1] "Old Dominion Picked to Win Caa Men?S Basketball Title in 2009-10".

[schedule-2] "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.

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Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball
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