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	No. 19
AP	No. 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 Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 8:30pm	New Mexico State	W 100–68	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
11/16/2009* 11:00pm, ESPN	San Diego State	W 80–58	2–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,774) Moraga, CA
11/20/2009* 8:30pm	Vanderbilt	L 70–72	2–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
11/23/2009* 7:05pm	Cal Poly	W 92–67	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,673) Moraga, CA
11/25/2009* 7:05pm	Cal–Maritime	W 100–59	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,524) Moraga, CA
11/30/2009* 7:00pm	at San Jose State	W 78–71	5–1	The Event Center (2,166) San Jose, CA
12/5/2009* 6:00pm	at Utah State	W 68–63	6–1	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
12/12/2009* 7:30pm	at Oregon	W 81–76	7–1	McArthur Court (6,487) Eugene, OR
12/15/2009* 7:05pm	Portland State	W 101–80	8–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,600) Moraga, CA
12/18/2009* 7:05pm	Pacific	W 80–65	9–1	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
12/22/2009* 12:00pm, ESPNU	vs. Northeastern Diamond Head Classic	W 78–67	10–1	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, HI
12/23/2009* 12:00pm, ESPNU	vs. Southern California Diamond Head Classic	L 49–60	10–2	Stan Sheriff Center (6,666) Honolulu, HI
12/25/2009* 4:30pm, ESPN2	at Hawai'i Diamond Head Classic	W 84–75	11–2	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, HI
12/29/2009* 7:35pm, ESPNU	Binghamton Shamrock Office Solutions Classic	W 85–57	12–2	McKeon Pavilion (3,072) Moraga, CA
12/30/2009* 7:35pm	Howard Shamrock Office Solutions Classic	W 94–46	13–2	McKeon Pavilion (2,965) Moraga, CA
1/8/2010 6:30pm, CSNCA	at San Francisco	W 83–62	14–2 (1–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium (3,126) San Francisco, CA
1/10/2010 7:00pm, CSNCA	at Santa Clara	W 80–72	15–2 (2–0)	Leavey Center (2,527) Santa Clara, CA
1/14/2010 8:00pm, ESPN2	No. 17 Gonzaga	L 82–89	15–3 (2–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
1/16/2010 7:00pm, CSNCA	Portland	W 77–72	16–3 (3–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
1/21/2010 8:00pm, ESPNU	San Diego	W 71–56	17–3 (4–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,126) Moraga, CA
1/28/2010 7:00pm	at Pepperdine	W 88–71	18–3 (5–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (967) Malibu, CA
1/30/2010 7:00pm, FSN CSNBA	at Loyola Marymount	W 85–67	19–3 (6–1)	Gersten Pavilion (3,966) Los Angeles, CA
2/4/2010 8:30pm, CSNCA	Santa Clara	W 74–62	20–3 (7–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
2/6/2010 8:00pm, CSNCA	San Francisco	W 73–57	21–3 (8–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
2/11/2010 8:00pm, ESPN2	at No. 16 Gonzaga	L 61–80	21–4 (8–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
2/13/2010 6:00pm, ESPN2	at Portland	L 75–80	21–5 (8–3)	Chiles Center (2,774) Portland, OR
2/18/2010 6:00pm, ESPN2	at San Diego	W 61–49	22–5 (9–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,371) San Diego, CA
2/25/2010 7:05pm	Pepperdine	W 76–49	23–5 (10–3)	McKeon Pavilion (2,718) Moraga, CA
2/27/2010 6:00pm, CSNCA	Loyola Marymount	W 88–80	24–5 (11–3)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
West Coast Conference Tournament
3/7/2010 7:30pm	vs. Portland Semifinals	W 69–55	25–5	Orleans Arena (7,941) Paradise, Nevada
3/8/2010 7:30pm, ESPN	vs. No. 18 Gonzaga Finals	W 81–62	26–5	Orleans Arena (7,726) Paradise, Nevada
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010* 11:50am, CBS	vs. No. 24 Richmond First Round	W 80–71	27–5	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,106) Providence, RI
3/20/2010* 10:05am, CBS	vs. No. 9 Villanova Second Round	W 75–68	28–5	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,271) Providence, RI
3/26/2010* 4:27pm, CBS	vs. No. 19 Baylor Sweet Sixteen	L 49–72	28–6	Reliant Stadium (45,505) Houston, TX
*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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