2008–09 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2008-09 The Citadel Bulldogs Basketball Citadel Athletics Script.jpg 150 Southern Conference South Division SoCon 20–13 15–5 Ed Conroy McAlister Field House CollegeInsider.com First Round vs. ODU L, 59–67 The 2008–09 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Ed Conroy and played their home games at McAlister Field House. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2643/year/2009/citadel-bulldogs ESPN Citadel Bulldogs Basketball 2008-09 Schedule July 11, 2013http://www.citadelsports.com/sports/mbkb/2008-09/schedule The Citadel 2008-09 Men's Basketball Schedule July 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130606161216/http://www.citadelsports.com/sports/mbkb/2008-09/schedule June 6, 2013 dead mdy-all The Bulldogs won 20 games for just the second time in school history, and finished tied with archrival College of Charleston for second in the SoCon South Division. They also made their first postseason appearance, earning an invitation to the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by eventual champion Old Dominion. Schedule no no no no yes |- ! colspan=8 style="Citadel Bulldogs white 0"|Exhibition November 9 no yes no 2008 Georgia Southwestern State Hurricanes Georgia Southwestern State McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 69–68   |- ! colspan=8 style="Citadel Bulldogs white 0"|Regular Season November 14 no no 2008 Grace Bible Tigers Grace Christian University Grace Bible McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 81–72   1–0 November 16 no yes yes no VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA no 59–82 5,123 1–1 November 20 no yes no Iowa McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 48–70 2,024 1–2 November 22 no yes no 2008 Cincinnati Christian Eagles Cincinnati Christian McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 78–55   2–2 November 25 no yes yes no 2008 Charleston Southern Buccaneers Charleston Southern North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, SC no 84–80 2,085 3–2 November 29 no yes yes no 2008 Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge no 53–58   3–3 November 30 no yes yes no 2008 Grambling State Tigers Grambling Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge no 55–41   4–3 December 4 no yes no 2008 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greenbsoro Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC no 57–50 1,127 5–3 1–0 December 6 no yes no 2008 Elon Phoenix Elon Alumni Gym Elon, NC no 54–56 1,076 5–4 1–1 December 15 no yes no 2008 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 61–79 1,022 5–5 December 17 no yes yes no Michigan State 19 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI no 65–79 14,759 5–6 December 20 no yes yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC no 66–80 9,493 5–7 January 3 no yes no 2008 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 58–57 837 6–7 January 8 no no 2008 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 84–75 845 7–7 2–1 January 10 no no Davidson McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 69–84 5,336 7–8 2–2 January 12 no no Chattanooga McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 70–76 1,326 7–9 2–3 January 15 no yes no 2008 Furman Paladins Furman Timmons Arena Greenville, SC no 74–69 OT 1,638 8–9 3–3 January 17 no yes no 2008 Wofford Terriers Wofford Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, SC no 63–66 1,327 8–10 3–4 January 22 no no 2008 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 66–52 1,133 9–10 4–4 January 24 no no 2008 College of Charleston Cougars College of Charleston McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 72–63 5,107 10–10 5–4 January 26 no yes no 2008 Samford Bulldogs Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL no 70–45 1,211 11–10 6–4 January 29 no no Elon McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 60–58 1,412 12–10 7–4 January 31 no no UNC Greensboro McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 66–60 1,640 13–10 8–4 February 5 no yes no 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers Appalachian State Holmes Center Boone, NC no 74–72 1,227 14–10 9–4 February 7 no yes no Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC no 75–66 1,503 15–10 10–4 February 12 no no Appalachian State McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 78–73 OT 2,178 16–10 11–4 February 14 no yes no College of Charleston Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC no 72–58 5,168 17–10 12–4 February 18 no yes no Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC no 64–46 5,223 18–10 13–4 February 26 no no Furman McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 75–54 4,219 19–10 14–4 February 28 no no Wofford McAlister Field House Charleston, SC no 55–62 4,485 19–11 14–5 March 2 no yes no Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA no 74–53 1,704 20–11 15–5 |- ! colspan=8 style="Citadel Bulldogs white 0"|2009 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament March 6 no yes no Samford McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN no 67–76 4,560 20–12 |- ! colspan=8 style="Citadel Bulldogs white 0"|2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament March 19 no yes no Old Dominion Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA no 59–67 2,157 20–13 no Eastern Time References 2 Category:The Citadel Bulldogs basketball seasons Citadel Citadel Citadel Bulldogs bask Citadel Bulldogs bask