2009–10 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 2009–10 Fairfield Stags Basketball 150 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 23–11 13–5 Ed Cooley 4th Arena at Harbor Yard CIT Second Round The 2009–10 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Stags, led by 4th year head coach Ed Cooley, played their home games at The Arena at Harbor Yard and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Stags finished the season 23–11, 13–5 in MAAC play. They lost in the finals of the 2010 MAAC men's basketball tournament to Siena in an overtime thriller. They earned a bid to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they defeated George Mason in the first round before falling in the second round to Creighton.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/fairfield/men/2010.html 2009-10 Fairfield Stags Men's Roster and Stats sports-reference.com April 3, 2024 June 2, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230602084224/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/fairfield/men/2010.html live Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 Jamal Turner Guard 6–3 190 Sophomore Boston, MA 3 Derek Needham Guard 5–11 180 Freshman Dolton, IL 4 Yorel Hawkins Forward 6–5 207 Junior Apex, NC 10 Jimmy O'Sullivan Guard 6–2 170 Senior Honeoye Falls, NY 11 Lyndon Jordan Guard 6–2 180 Freshman Winder, GA 12 Sean Crawford Guard 5–10 150 Sophomore Queens, NY 13 Gary Martin Guard 6–2 180 Sophomore Cleveland, OH 20 Sean Grzeck Forward 6–7 217 Junior Wilmington, NC 25 Colin Nickerson Guard 6–3 150 Freshman Waukegan, IL 32 Anthony Johnson Forward 6–8 245 Senior Lake Wales, FL 34 Ryan Olander Forward 7–0 220 Sophomore Mansfield, CT 41 Mike Evanovich Forward 6–9 220 Senior Storrs, CT Source: Schedule 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2010 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags| Regular season Nov 13, 2009 yes Central Connecticut Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 67–58 1–0 Nov 15, 2009 yes Fordham Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 2,190 63–55 2–0 Nov 17, 2009 yes yes Maryland 25 Comcast Center College Park, MD 16,227 42–71 2–1 Nov 23, 2009 yes yes American Bender Arena Washington, D.C. 1,033 72–56 3–1 Nov 25, 2009 yes yes Howard Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 461 81–60 4–1 Nov 30, 2009 yes yes Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, NY 2,146 80–84 4–2 Dec 3, 2009 Marist Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 1,841 70–61 5–2 1–0 Dec 6, 2009 yes Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Newark, NJ 792 61–48 6–2 2–0 Dec 9, 2009 yes Holy Cross Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 2,329 73–54 7–2 Dec 13, 2009 yes Sacred Heart Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 3,124 93–77 8–2 Dec 20, 2009 yes yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 3,114 84–89 8–3 Dec 29, 2009 yes St. Francis (NY) Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 1,960 65–58 9–3 Jan 2, 2010 yes Canisius HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY 2,616 58–52 10–3 3–0 Jan 4, 2010 yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,292 68–77 10–4 3–1 Jan 8, 2010 Loyola (MD) Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 2,025 65–60 11–4 4–1 Jan 10, 2010 Manhattan Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 1,574 88–85 12–4 5–1 Jan 16, 2010 Siena Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 3,384 73–81 12–5 5–2 Jan 18, 2010 Canisius Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 1,826 76–74 13–5 6–2 Jan 21, 2010 yes Marist McCann Arena Poughkeepsie, NY 1,775 70–50 14–5 7–2 Jan 24, 2010 yes Iona Hynes Athletics Center New Rochelle, NY 1,524 58–68 14–6 7–3 Jan 28, 2010 yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 1,212 73–69 15–6 8–3 Jan 30, 2010 Rider Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 3,413 80–88 15–7 8–4 Feb 5, 2010 Saint Peter's Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 2,123 59–46 16–7 9–4 Feb 8, 2010 yes Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 7,184 67–69 16–8 9–5 Feb 12, 2010 yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,650 79–75 OT 17–8 10–5 Feb 15, 2010 yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Bronx, NY 1,141 74–56 18–8 11–5 Feb 20, 2010 yes yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT ESPN BracketBusters 2,585 67–77 18–9 Feb 26, 2010 Iona Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 3,143 71–54 19–9 12–5 Feb 28, 2010 Niagara Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT 1,907 80–74 OT 19–9 13–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags| MAAC tournament Mar 6, 2010 yes 2 Canisius 7 Times Union Center Albany, NY Quarterfinals 67–57 21–9 Mar 7, 2010 yes 2 Niagara 6 Times Union Center Albany, NY Semifinals 8,250 69–63 22–9 Mar 8, 2010 yes 2 Siena 1 Times Union Square Albany, NY Finals 10,679 65–72 OT 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags| CIT Mar 16, 2010 yes yes George Mason Patriot Center Fairfax, VA First Round 2,062 101–96 OT 23–10 Mar 22, 2010 yes yes Creighton Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE Quarterfinals 3,824 55–73 23–11 AP Poll Eastern Time C NIT Colorado bracket Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/fairfield/men/2010-schedule.html 2009-10 Fairfield Stags Men's Schedule and Results sports-reference.com April 3, 2024 April 3, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240403201003/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/fairfield/men/2010-schedule.html live References Category:Fairfield Stags men's basketball seasons Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags