2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball team
2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball | |
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MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
2009–10 record | 27–7 (17–1 MAAC) |
Head coach | Fran McCaffery |
Assistant coach | Mitch Buonaguro |
Assistant coach | Andrew Francis |
Assistant coach | Adam Chaskin |
Home arena | Times Union Center |
2009–10 MAAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 1 | – | 29 | .033 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2010 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Fran McCaffery's fifth season at Siena. The Saints competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and played their home games at Times Union Center. They finished the season 27–7, 17–1 in MAAC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament for the third consecutive year to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 13 seed in the South Region where they lost to 4 seed and AP #10 Purdue in the first round.
Preseason
In the MAAC preseason poll, released October 27 in Edison, NJ, Siena was predicted to finish first in the MAAC.[1]
Roster
Source[2]
Coaching staff
Name | Position | Year at Siena | Alma Mater (Year) |
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Fran McCaffery | Head Coach | 5th | Pennsylvania (1982) |
Mitch Buonaguro | Assistant Coach | 5th | Boston College (1975) |
Andrew Francis | Assistant Coach | 3rd | LIU-Southampton (1998) |
Adam Chaskin | Assistant Coach | 5th | Michigan (1992) |
Cory Magee | Student Assistant Coach | 1st | Siena (2010) |
David Matturro | Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | St. John Fisher (2006) |
Schedule and results
Source[5]
- All times are Eastern
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/13/2009* 8:00pm |
at Tennessee State | W 85–69 | 1–0 |
Gentry Center (2,139) Nashville, TN | |||||||
11/17/2009* 12:00pm, ESPN |
Northeastern | W 59–53 | 2–0 |
Times Union Center (6,445) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/21/2009* 7:00pm |
at Temple Philly Hoop Group Classic |
L 73–69 | 2–1 |
Liacouras Center (6,759) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
11/24/2009* 7:00pm |
Delaware Philly Hoop Group Classic |
W 90–56 | 3–1 |
Times Union Center (7,437) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/27/2009* 5:30pm |
vs. St. John's Philly Hoop Group Classic |
L 77–68 | 3–2 |
The Palestra (NA) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
11/28/2009* 4:00pm |
vs. Brown Philly Hoop Group Classic |
W 99–79 | 4–2 |
The Palestra (NA) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/2/2009* 7:00pm |
at Georgia Tech | L 74–61 | 4–3 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,898) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
12/5/2009* 7:30pm |
Albany | W 83–54 | 5–3 |
Times Union Center (12,960) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/7/2009 7:30pm |
at Iona | W 73–60 | 6–3 (1–0) |
Hynes Center (2,130) New Rochelle, NY | |||||||
12/12/2009* 8:05pm |
at Northern Iowa | L 82–65 | 6–4 |
McLeod Center (5,096) Cedar Falls, IA | |||||||
12/23/2009 7:00pm |
Rider | W 84–62 | 7–4 (2–0) |
Times Union Center (6,672) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/29/2009* 7:00pm |
Saint Joseph's | W 92–75 | 8–4 |
Times Union Center (7,998) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/31/2009 4:00pm |
Saint Peter's | W 64–53 | 9–4 (3–0) |
Times Union Center (6,081) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/2/2010* 7:00pm |
Mount St. Mary's | W 79–76 OT | 10–4 |
Times Union Center (6,516) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/4/2010 7:00pm |
at Loyola | W 76–56 | 11–4 (4–0) |
Reitz Arena (852) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
1/9/2010 1:00pm |
Niagara | W 83–65 | 12–4 (5–0) |
Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/11/2010 7:00pm, TW3 |
Canisius | W 82–70 | 13–4 (6–0) |
Times Union Center (5,889) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/16/2010 4:00pm, TW3 |
at Fairfield | W 81–73 | 14–4 (7–0) |
Arena at Harbor Yard (3,384) Bridgeport, CT | |||||||
1/18/2010 7:00pm |
Manhattan | W 83–68 | 15–4 (8–0) |
Times Union Center (7,632) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/21/2010 7:00pm, TW3 |
Loyola | W 67–61 | 16–4 (9–0) |
Times Union Center (6,653) Albany, NY | |||||||
1/24/2010 2:00pm |
at Manhattan | W 66–58 | 17–4 (10–0) |
Draddy Gymnasium (1,452) Riverdale, NY | |||||||
1/28/2010 7:00pm |
at Saint Peter's | W 66–58 | 18–4 (11–0) |
Yanitelli Center (1,609) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
1/30/2010 4:00pm, MSG |
at Marist | W 79–60 | 19–4 (12–0) |
McCann Field House (2,858) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
2/5/2010 7:00pm, TW1 |
Iona | W 88–68 | 20–4 (13–0) |
Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY | |||||||
2/8/2010 7:00pm, MSG |
Fairfield | W 69–67 | 21–4 (14–0) |
Times Union Center (7,184) Albany, NY | |||||||
2/12/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
at Niagara | L 87–74 | 21–5 (14–1) |
Gallagher Center (2,310) Lewiston, NY | |||||||
2/14/2010 7:00pm, TW3 |
at Canisius | W 74–57 | 22–5 (15–1) |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,504) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
2/20/2010* 11:00am, ESPN2 |
at No. 18 Butler ESPN Bracket Busters |
L 70–53 | 22–6 |
Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,111) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
2/26/2010 7:00pm, ESPNU |
at Rider | W 80–54 | 23–6 (16–1) |
Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, NJ | |||||||
2/28/2010 4:00pm, TW3 |
at Marist | W 76–51 | 24–6 (17–1) |
Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY | |||||||
2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
3/6/2010 5:25pm, MSG |
Manhattan Quarterfinals |
W 78–61 | 25–6 |
Times Union Center (8,914) Albany, NY | |||||||
3/7/2010 4:00pm, MSG |
Rider Semifinals |
W 72–62 | 26–6 |
Times Union Center (8,250) Albany, NY | |||||||
3/8/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
Fairfield Finals |
W 72–65 OT | 27–6 |
Times Union Center (10,679) Albany, NY | |||||||
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
3/19/2010* 2:30pm, CBS |
vs. No. 10 Purdue First Round |
L 72–64 | 27–7 |
Spokane Arena (10,899) Spokane, WA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ↑ http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=204821505
- ↑ http://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sien-m-baskbl-mtt.html
- ↑ "2009–2010 Siena Saints Yearbook". Siena College. 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ McGuire, Mark (2010-01-22). "Streaking Siena". Times Union (Albany). Hearst Newspapers. p. B1. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-18.