2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball team

2009–10 MAAC men's basketball standings
	† 2010 MAAC Tournament winner; As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

Siena Saints men's basketball
2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball
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MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	27–7 (17–1 MAAC)
Head coach	Fran McCaffery
Assistant coach	Mitch Buonaguro
Assistant coach	Andrew Francis
Assistant coach	Adam Chaskin
Home arena	Times Union Center
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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 Men's Division I 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, NJ, Siena was predicted to finish first in the MAAC.^[1]

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Conner Fenlon	6'0"	157	G	So.	Tampa, FL, U.S.	Tampa Prep
1	O. D. Anosike	6'7"	217	F	Fr.	Staten Island, NY, U.S.	St. Peter's Boys HS
2	Denzel Yard	5'11"	166	G	Fr.	Philadelphia, PA, U.S.	Franklin Learning Center
3	Kyle Downey	6'2"	203	G	So.	Fairport, NY, U.S.	Fairport
4	Just-in'love Smith	5'11"	190	G	Sr.	East Greenbush, NY, U.S.	Columbia HS
5	Kyle Griffin	6'3"	198	G	So.	Allentown, PA, U.S.	Germantown Academy La Salle
13	Clarence Jackson	6'3"	185	G	Jr.	Marlton, NJ, U.S.	Cherokee
21	Davis Martens	6'9"	220	F	Fr.	Cologne, Germany	The Patterson School
22	Ryan Rossiter	6'9"	234	F	Jr.	Staten Island, NY, U.S.	Monsignor Farrell HS
23	Edwin Ubiles	6'6"	204	G F	Sr.	Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.	St. Thomas More HS
25	Ronald Moore	6'0"	156	G	Sr.	Conshohocken, PA, U.S.	Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS
31	Owen Wignot	6'5"	210	F	So.	Wilkes-Barre, PA, U.S.	Holy Redeemer HS
32	Jonathan Breeden	5'11"	163	G	Fr.	Harrisburg, PA, U.S.	Central Dauphin East HS
42	Alex Franklin	6'5"	226	F	Sr.	Reading, PA, U.S.	Central Catholic HS
43	Steven Priestley	6'5"	241	F	Jr.	Baldwin, NY, U.S.	Uniondale HS
	Brandon Walters	6'5"	226	C	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Abraham Lincoln HS Seton Hall University

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Siena	Alma Mater (Year)
Fran McCaffery	Head 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

Siena guard Ronald Moore dribbles toward the basket in a game against Loyola in January 2010.^[3]^[4]

Source^[5]

All times are Eastern

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 8:00pm	at Tennessee State	W 85–69	1–0	Gentry Center (2,139) Nashville, TN
11/17/2009* 12:00pm, ESPN	Northeastern	W 59–53	2–0	Times Union Center (6,445) Albany, NY
11/21/2009* 7:00pm	at Temple Philly Hoop Group Classic	L 73–69	2–1	Liacouras Center (6,759) Philadelphia, PA
11/24/2009* 7:00pm	Delaware Philly Hoop Group Classic	W 90–56	3–1	Times Union Center (7,437) Albany, NY
11/27/2009* 5:30pm	vs. St. John's Philly Hoop Group Classic	L 77–68	3–2	The Palestra (NA) Philadelphia, PA
11/28/2009* 4:00pm	vs. Brown Philly Hoop Group Classic	W 99–79	4–2	The Palestra (NA) Philadelphia, PA
12/2/2009* 7:00pm	at Georgia Tech	L 74–61	4–3	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,898) Atlanta, GA
12/5/2009* 7:30pm	Albany	W 83–54	5–3	Times Union Center (12,960) Albany, NY
12/7/2009 7:30pm	at Iona	W 73–60	6–3 (1–0)	Hynes Center (2,130) New Rochelle, NY
12/12/2009* 8:05pm	at Northern Iowa	L 82–65	6–4	McLeod Center (5,096) Cedar Falls, IA
12/23/2009 7:00pm	Rider	W 84–62	7–4 (2–0)	Times Union Center (6,672) Albany, NY
12/29/2009* 7:00pm	Saint Joseph's	W 92–75	8–4	Times Union Center (7,998) Albany, NY
12/31/2009 4:00pm	Saint Peter's	W 64–53	9–4 (3–0)	Times Union Center (6,081) Albany, NY
1/2/2010* 7:00pm	Mount St. Mary's	W 79–76 ^OT	10–4	Times Union Center (6,516) Albany, NY
1/4/2010 7:00pm	at Loyola	W 76–56	11–4 (4–0)	Reitz Arena (852) Baltimore, MD
1/9/2010 1:00pm	Niagara	W 83–65	12–4 (5–0)	Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY
1/11/2010 7:00pm, TW3	Canisius	W 82–70	13–4 (6–0)	Times Union Center (5,889) Albany, NY
1/16/2010 4:00pm, TW3	at Fairfield	W 81–73	14–4 (7–0)	Arena at Harbor Yard (3,384) Bridgeport, CT
1/18/2010 7:00pm	Manhattan	W 83–68	15–4 (8–0)	Times Union Center (7,632) Albany, NY
1/21/2010 7:00pm, TW3	Loyola	W 67–61	16–4 (9–0)	Times Union Center (6,653) Albany, NY
1/24/2010 2:00pm	at Manhattan	W 66–58	17–4 (10–0)	Draddy Gymnasium (1,452) Riverdale, NY
1/28/2010 7:00pm	at Saint Peter's	W 66–58	18–4 (11–0)	Yanitelli Center (1,609) Jersey City, NJ
1/30/2010 4:00pm, MSG	at Marist	W 79–60	19–4 (12–0)	McCann Field House (2,858) Poughkeepsie, NY
2/5/2010 7:00pm, TW1	Iona	W 88–68	20–4 (13–0)	Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY
2/8/2010 7:00pm, MSG	Fairfield	W 69–67	21–4 (14–0)	Times Union Center (7,184) Albany, NY
2/12/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2	at Niagara	L 87–74	21–5 (14–1)	Gallagher Center (2,310) Lewiston, NY
2/14/2010 7:00pm, TW3	at Canisius	W 74–57	22–5 (15–1)	Koessler Athletic Center (1,504) Buffalo, NY
2/20/2010* 11:00am, ESPN2	at #18 Butler ESPN Bracket Busters	L 70–53	22–6	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,111) Indianapolis, IN
2/26/2010 7:00pm, ESPNU	at Rider	W 80–54	23–6 (16–1)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, NJ
2/28/2010 4:00pm, TW3	at Marist	W 76–51	24–6 (17–1)	Times Union Center (8,065) Albany, NY
2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
3/6/2010 5:25pm, MSG	Manhattan Quarterfinals	W 78–61	25–6	Times Union Center (8,914) Albany, NY
3/7/2010 4:00pm, MSG	Rider Semifinals	W 72–62	26–6	Times Union Center (8,250) Albany, NY
3/8/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2	Fairfield Finals	W 72–65 ^OT	27–6	Times Union Center (10,679) Albany, NY
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/19/2010* 2:30pm, CBS	vs. #10 Purdue First Round	L 72–64	27–7	Spokane Arena (10,899) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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2009–10 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Siena†	17	–	1	.944	27	–	7	.794
Fairfield	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Iona	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Saint Peter's	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
Rider	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
Niagara	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Canisius	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Loyola	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Manhattan	4	–	14	.222	11	–	20	.355
Marist	1	–	17	.056	1	–	29	.033

† 2010 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll