2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team
Introduction The '''2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team''' represented Old Dominion University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Blaine Taylor's ninth season at Old Dominion. The Monarchs compete in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in CAA play to win the regulars season championship. They also won the 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament to earn the CAA's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned an 11 seed in the South Region where they upset 6 seed Notre Dame in the first round before losing to 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor in the second round.
Preseason In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, D.C., Old Dominion was predicted to finish first in the CAA. Sr. C/F Gerald Lee was selected to the preseason all conference first team and was picked as the conference preseason co–player of the year with Hofstra's Charles Jenkins. Jr. G/F Ben Finney was a preseason conference honorable mention.
Roster '''Monarch Men's Basketball''''''2009–2010 roster'''G/F 24Kent BazemoreSophomore (RS)6'5", 190 lb(Kelford, North Carolina)F33Keyon CarterJunior (RS)6'8", 218 lb(Riveiera Beach, Florida)F20Chris CooperSophomore6'9", 215 lb(Woodridge, Virginia)G22Marquel De LanceySophomore6'0", 190 lb(Alexandria, Virginia)G/F35Ben FinneyJunior6'5", 220 lb(Portsmouth, Virginia)F21Frank HassellJunior (RS)6'8", 245 lb(Chesapeake, Virginia)G2Josh HicksFreshman5'9, 160 lb(Virginia Beach, Virginia)G15Trian IliadisSophomore6'3", 185 lb(Perth, W. Australia)G3Darius JamesJunior6'1", 165 lb(Virginia Beach, Virginia)C/F40Anton LarsenFreshman7'0, 240 lb(Copenhagen, Denmark)F12Gerald LeeSenior6'10", 250 lb(Uusikaupunki, Finland)G23Marsharee NeelySenior6'2", 190 lb(Greensboro, North Carolina)F1Nick WrightFreshman (RS)6'8", 205 lb(Suffolk, Virginia)
Coaching staff *Blaine Taylor – Head Coach*Jim Corrigan – Assistant Coach*John Richardson – Assistant Coach*Robert Wilkes – Assistant Coach*Joel Hines – Director of Basketball Operations
Schedule and results Source*All times are Eastern Exhibition Regular Season 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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