2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2009–10 Siena Saints Basketball Siena Saints wordmark.svg 175px Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 27–7 17–1 Fran McCaffery 5th Mitch Buonaguro Andrew Francis Adam Chaskin Times Union Center MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA tournament Round of 64 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 Division I men's 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, New Jersey, Siena was predicted to finish first in the MAAC.http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=204821505 Coaches Tab Siena as Preseason Favorite in Men's Basketball Roster Sourcehttp://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sien-m-baskbl-mtt.html SIENA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Basketball 2010-01-18 2010-01-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100110024805/http://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sien-m-baskbl-mtt.html dead #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious team(s)0Conner Fenlon6'0"157GSo.Tampa, Florida, U.S.Tampa Prep1O. D. Anosike6'7"217FFr.Staten Island, New York, U.S.St. Peter's Boys HS2Denzel Yard5'11"166GFr.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Franklin Learning Center3Kyle Downey6'2"203GSo.Fairport, New York, U.S.Fairport4Just-in'love Smith5'11"190GSr.East Greenbush, New York, U.S.Columbia HS5Kyle Griffin6'3"198GSo.Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.Germantown AcademyLa Salle13Clarence Jackson6'3"185GJr.Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.Cherokee21Davis Martens6'9"220FFr.Cologne, GermanyThe Patterson School22Ryan Rossiter6'9"234FJr.Staten Island, New York, U.S.Monsignor Farrell HS23Edwin Ubiles6'6"204GFSr.Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.St. Thomas More HS25Ronald Moore6'0"156GSr.Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S.Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS31Owen Wignot6'5"210FSo.Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.Holy Redeemer HS32Jonathan Breeden5'11"163GFr.Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.Central Dauphin East HS42Alex Franklin6'5"226FSr.Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.Central Catholic HS43Steven Priestley6'5"241FJr.Baldwin, New York, U.S.Uniondale HSBrandon Walters6'5"226CJr.Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Abraham Lincoln HSSeton Hall University Coaching staff Name Position Year at SienaAlma Mater (Year)Fran McCafferyHead 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 thumb|Siena guard Ronald Moore dribbles toward the basket in a game against Loyola in January 2010.2009–2010 Siena Saints Yearbook Siena College 2010 2010-06-22 http://content.yudu.com/A1i64y/09-10MBBYearbook/McGuire Mark 2010-01-22 http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=9321018 https://archive.today/20120711125750/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=9321018 dead 2012-07-11 Streaking Siena Times Union (Albany) Hearst Newspapers B1 2010-06-22 Source http://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/sien-m-baskbl-sched.html 2009–10 Schedule 2010-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100107073919/http://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/sien-m-baskbl-sched.html 7 January 2010 live All times are Eastern yes |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/13/2009 8:00pm w yes yes Tennessee State Gentry Center Nashville, Tennessee 85–69 1–0 2,139 11/17/2009 12:00pm w yes Northeastern Times Union Center Albany, New York ESPN 59–53 2–0 6,445 11/21/2009 7:00pm l yes yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philly Hoop Group Classic 73–69 2–1 6,759 11/24/2009 7:00pm w yes Delaware Times Union Center Albany, New York Philly Hoop Group Classic 90–56 3–1 7,437 11/27/2009 5:30pm l yes yes St. John's The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philly Hoop Group Classic 77–68 3–2 NA 11/28/2009 4:00pm w yes yes Brown The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philly Hoop Group Classic 99–79 4–2 NA 12/2/2009 7:00pm l yes yes Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia 74–61 4–3 6,898 12/5/2009 7:30pm w yes Albany Times Union Center Albany, New York 83–54 5–3 12,960 12/7/2009 7:30pm w yes Iona Hynes Center New Rochelle, New York 73–60 6–3 (1–0) 2,130 12/12/2009 8:05pm l yes yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, Iowa 82–65 6–4 5,096 12/23/2009 7:00pm w Rider Times Union Center Albany, New York 84–62 7–4 (2–0) 6,672 12/29/2009 7:00pm w yes Saint Joseph's Times Union Center Albany, New York 92–75 8–4 7,998 12/31/2009 4:00pm w Saint Peter's Times Union Center Albany, New York 64–53 9–4 (3–0) 6,081 1/2/2010 7:00pm w yes Mount St. Mary's Times Union Center Albany, New York 79–76 OT 10–4 6,516 1/4/2010 7:00pm w yes Loyola Reitz Arena Baltimore, Maryland 76–56 11–4 (4–0) 852 1/9/2010 1:00pm w Niagara Times Union Center Albany, New York 83–65 12–4 (5–0) 8,065 1/11/2010 7:00pm w Canisius Times Union Center Albany, New York TW3 82–70 13–4 (6–0) 5,889 1/16/2010 4:00pm w yes Fairfield Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, Connecticut TW3 81–73 14–4 (7–0) 3,384 1/18/2010 7:00pm w Manhattan Times Union Center Albany, New York 83–68 15–4 (8–0) 7,632 1/21/2010 7:00pm w Loyola Times Union Center Albany, New York TW3 67–61 16–4 (9–0) 6,653 1/24/2010 2:00pm w yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, New York 66–58 17–4 (10–0) 1,452 1/28/2010 7:00pm w yes Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, New Jersey 66–58 18–4 (11–0) 1,609 1/30/2010 4:00pm w yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, New York MSG 79–60 19–4 (12–0) 2,858 2/5/2010 7:00pm w Iona Times Union Center Albany, New York TW1 88–68 20–4 (13–0) 8,065 2/8/2010 7:00pm w Fairfield Times Union Center Albany, New York MSG 69–67 21–4 (14–0) 7,184 2/12/2010 7:00pm l yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, New York ESPN2 87–74 21–5 (14–1) 2,310 2/14/2010 7:00pm w yes Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York TW3 74–57 22–5 (15–1) 1,504 2/20/2010 11:00am l yes yes Butler 18 Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana ESPN Bracket Busters ESPN2 70–53 22–6 9,111 2/26/2010 7:00pm w yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, New Jersey ESPNU 80–54 23–6 (16–1) 1,650 2/28/2010 4:00pm w yes Marist Times Union Center Albany, New York TW3 76–51 24–6 (17–1) 8,065 |- !colspan=10| 2010 MAAC men's basketball tournament 3/6/2010 5:25pm w Manhattan Times Union Center Albany, New York Quarterfinals MSG 78–61 25–6 8,914 3/7/2010 4:00pm w Rider Times Union Center Albany, New York Semifinals MSG 72–62 26–6 8,250 3/8/2010 7:00pm w Fairfield Times Union Center Albany, New York Finals ESPN2 72–65 OT 27–6 10,679 |- !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3/19/2010 2:30pm l yes yes Purdue 10 Spokane Arena Spokane, Washington First Round CBS 72–64 27–7 10,899 References Siena Category:Siena Saints men's basketball seasons Siena Siena Saints men's basketball Siena Saints men's basketball