2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg 150px Southeastern Conference SEC 21 24–9 12–4 Kevin Stallings Dan Muller Tom Richardson King Rice Memorial Gymnasium NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by Kevin Stallings, in his tenth year as head coach, and played their home games at their home since 1952, Memorial Gymnasium on the school's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. They finished the season 24–9, 12–4 in SEC play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament to Mississippi State. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed Murray State in the first round on a last second buzzer beater. Roster and individual statistics # Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Jermaine Beal G 6–3 205 SR DeSoto, TX 1 Brad Tinsley G 6–3 210 SO Oregon City, OR 3 Festus Ezeli C 6–11 255 SO Benin City, Nigeria 4 Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy C 6–11 250 JR Sydney, Australia 5 Lance Goulbourne G/F 6–7 215 SO Brooklyn, NY 12 Jordan Smart1 G/F 6–6 180 FR Lexington, KY 15 Elliott Cole1 G 5–11 180 JR Memphis, TN 21 Darshawn McClellan F 6–7 240 JR Fresno, CA 23 John Jenkins G 6–4 215 FR Hendersonville, TN 24 Andre Walker F 6–7 214 SO Flossmoor, IL 33 Steve Tchiengang F 6–9 240 SO Douala, Cameroon 44 Jeffery Taylor G/F 6–7 210 SO Norrköping, Sweden 50 Joe Duffy1 F 6–8 225 JR Charlotte, NC 1 Walk-on. Source: ESPN.comhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/238 Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse ESPN.com 2009-04-20 2009-10 schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/16/09 7:00pm w yes Lipscomb Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 95–73 13,481 1–0 11/20/09 10:30pm w yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 72–70 3,500 2–0 11/23/09 4:30pm l yes yes 24 Cincinnati Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPN2 58–67 2,400 2–1 11/24/09 12:30pm w yes yes 24 Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPN2 68–41 2,400 3–1 11/25/09 6:00pm w yes yes 24 Arizona Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPNU 84–72 2,400 4–1 12/2/09 8:30pm w yes Missouri Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPNU 89–83 14,256 5–1 12/5/09 3:00pm w yes DePaul Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 67–54 14,016 6–1 12/8/09 7:30pm l yes yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 68–75 15,594 6–2 12/11/09 8:30pm l yes yes Western Kentucky Sommet Center Nashville, TN Sun Belt Classic 69–76 14,516 6–3 12/19/09 3:00pm w yes Tennessee State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 84–71 12,429 7–3 12/21/09 7:00pm w yes Mercer Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 99–59 12,347 8–3 12/30/09 7:00pm w yes Manhattan Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 86–48 12,338 9–3 1/2/10 2:00pm w yes Southern Miss Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN 82–46 13,176 10–3 1/4/10 8:00pm w yes Middle Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN 73–53 12,383 11–3 1/9/10 11:00a w Florida Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN2 95–87 13,327 12–3 (1–0) 1/13/10 8:00pm w yes Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CSS 65–64 11,608 13–3 (2–0) 1/16/10 5:00pm w yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC CSS 89–79 13,166 14–3 (3–0) 1/23/10 12:30pm w Auburn Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SEC 82–74 14,316 15–3 (4–0) 1/27/10 6:00pm w yes 21 Tennessee 14 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPNU 85–76 19,103 16–3 (5–0) 1/30/10 3:00p l yes 21 Kentucky 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY ESPN 72–85 24,339 16–4 (5–1) 2/3/10 7:00pm w 18 Mississippi State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SEC 75–72 14,316 17–4 (6–1) 2/6/10 7:00pm l yes 18 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA FSN 58–72 8,131 17–5 (6–2) 2/9/10 6:00pm w 22 Tennessee 12 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN 90–71 14,316 18–5 (7–2) 2/13/10 12:30pm w 22 LSU Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SEC 77–69 14,316 19–5 (8–2) 2/18/10 6:00pm w yes 17 Mississippi Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS ESPNU 82–78 6,651 20–5 (9–2) 2/20/10 5:00pm 17 Kentucky 2 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN 56–58 14,316 20–6 (9–3) 2/25/10 6:00pm 16 Georgia Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPNU 96–94 OT 14,316 21–6 (10–3) 2/27/10 12:30pm yes 16 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SEC 89–72 14,146 22–6 (11–3) 3/2/10 6:00pm yes 13 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN 64–60 11,607 23–6 (12–3) 3/6/10 1:00pm 13 South Carolina Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN2 73–77 14,316 23–7 (12–4) |- !colspan=9| 2010 SEC tournament 3/12/10 9:05pm yes 20 Georgia Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Quarterfinals SEC 78–66 16,614 24–7 3/13/10 2:15pm l yes 20 Mississippi State Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Semifinals ABC 52–62 20,207 24–8 |- !colspan=9| 2010 NCAA tournament 3/18/10 1:30pm yes 21 Murray State HP Pavilion San Jose, CA First Round CBS 65–66 12,712 24–9 Central Time Zone References Category:Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball seasons Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball Category:2010 in Nashville, Tennessee Category:2009 in Nashville, Tennessee