2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team

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.

2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball
CAA tournament & regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	27–9 (15–3 CAA)
Head coach	Blaine Taylor
Assistant coaches	Jim Corrigan John Richardson Robert Wilkes
Home arena	Ted Constant Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 CAA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Old Dominion †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	9		.750
Northeastern	14	–	4		.778			20	–	13		.606
William & Mary	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
George Mason	12	–	6		.667			17	–	15		.531
VCU	11	–	7		.611			27	–	9		.750
Drexel	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Hofstra	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
Towson	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Georgia State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	20		.375
UNCW	5	–	13		.278			9	–	22		.290
James Madison	4	–	14		.222			13	–	20		.394
Delaware	3	–	15		.167			7	–	24		.226
† 2010 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Preseason

In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, D.C., Old Dominion was predicted to finish first in the CAA.^[1] 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	24	Kent Bazemore	Sophomore (RS)	6'5", 190 lb	(Kelford, North Carolina)
F	33	Keyon Carter	Junior (RS)	6'8", 218 lb	(Riveiera Beach, Florida)
F	20	Chris Cooper	Sophomore	6'9", 215 lb	(Woodridge, Virginia)
G	22	Marquel De Lancey	Sophomore	6'0", 190 lb	(Alexandria, Virginia)
G/F	35	Ben Finney	Junior	6'5", 220 lb	(Portsmouth, Virginia)
F	21	Frank Hassell	Junior (RS)	6'8", 245 lb	(Chesapeake, Virginia)
G	2	Josh Hicks	Freshman	5'9, 160 lb	(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
G	15	Trian Iliadis	Sophomore	6'3", 185 lb	(Perth, W. Australia)
G	3	Darius James	Junior	6'1", 165 lb	(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
C/F	40	Anton Larsen	Freshman	7'0, 240 lb	(Copenhagen, Denmark)
F	12	Gerald Lee	Senior	6'10", 250 lb	(Uusikaupunki, Finland)
G	23	Marsharee Neely	Senior	6'2", 190 lb	(Greensboro, North Carolina)
F	1	Nick Wright	Freshman (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^[2]

• All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/2/2009* 7:00pm		Barton	W 91–62		Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,696) Norfolk, Virginia
11/7/2009* 7:00pm		Elizabeth City State	W 91–62		Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,972) Norfolk, Virginia
Regular Season
11/15/2009* 1:00pm		Bethune–Cookman South Padre Island Invitational	W 69–38	1–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,015) Norfolk, Virginia
11/17/2009* 7:00pm		Longwood South Padre Island Invitational	W 98–59	2–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,264) Norfolk, Virginia
11/19/2009* 7:00pm		at Liberty	W 73–41	3–0	Vines Center (2,013) Lynchburg, Virginia
11/21/2009* 7:00pm		Marshall	W 70–62	4–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,141) Norfolk, Virginia
11/27/2009* 8:30pm, FCS		vs. Missouri South Padre Island Invitational	L 61–66	4–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre (NA) South Padre Island, Texas
11/28/2009* 5:30pm, FCS		vs. Mississippi State South Padre Island Invitational	L 55–69	4–2	South Padre Island Convention Centre (NA) South Padre Island, Texas
12/2/2009* 7:00pm		at Richmond	L 60–67	4–3	Robins Center (4,130) Richmond, Virginia
12/5/2009 7:00pm		Delaware	W 65–44	5–3 (1–0)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,318) Norfolk, Virginia
12/8/2009* 7:00pm		Mount St. Mary's	W 64–38	6–3	Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,803) Norfolk, Virginia
12/11/2009* 7:00pm, Cox Channel 11 Comcast Plus		at Dayton	L 50–58	6–4	UD Arena (13,159) Dayton, Ohio
12/19/2009* 7:00pm, MASN		at No. 11 Georgetown	W 61–57	7–4	McDonough Gymnasium (2,400) Washington, D.C.
12/23/2009* 7:00pm		Charlotte	W 81–48	8–4	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,513) Norfolk, Virginia
12/30/2009* 7:00pm		Duquesne	W 63–54	9–4	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,612) Norfolk, Virginia
1/2/2010 12:00pm, CSN-Washington		at George Mason	L 55–71	9–5 (1–1)	Patriot Center (8,629) Fairfax, Virginia
1/4/2010 7:00pm		at Towson	W 87–71	10–5 (2–1)	Towson Center (1,077) Towson, Maryland
1/6/2010 7:00pm		James Madison Rivalry	W 74–72	11–5 (3–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,078) Norfolk, Virginia
1/9/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington		Hofstra	W 57–46	12–5 (4–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,834) Norfolk, Virginia
1/13/2010 7:00pm, WSKY		at UNC Wilmington	W 70–52	13–5 (5–1)	Trask Coliseum (2,820) Wilmington, North Carolina
1/16/2010 7:00pm		Drexel	W 71–48	14–5 (6–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,820) Norfolk, Virginia
1/20/2010 7:00pm, WSKY		at Delaware	W 68–49	15–5 (7–1)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,178) Newark, Delaware
1/23/2010 7:00pm, WSKY		at William & Mary Rivalry	W 58–55	16–5 (8–1)	Kaplan Arena (7,216) Williamsburg, Virginia
1/28/2010 7:00pm, MASN		Georgia State	W 56–40	17–5 (9–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,029) Norfolk, Virginia
1/30/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington		at Northeastern	L 64–74	17–6 (9–2)	Matthews Arena (3,061) Boston, Massachusetts
2/3/2010 6:00pm		William & Mary Rivalry	W 61–42	18–6 (10–2)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,015) Norfolk, Virginia
2/6/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington		at VCU Rivalry	L 58–70	18–7 (10–3)	Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,556) Richmond, Virginia
2/10/2010 7:00pm, WSKY		at James Madison Rivalry	W 64–44	19–7 (11–3)	Convocation Center (3,434) Harrisonburg, Virginia
2/13/2010 4:00pm, CSN-Washington		George Mason	W 76–60	20–7 (12–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Norfolk, Virginia
2/16/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington		Towson	W 78–67	21–7 (13–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,832) Norfolk, Virginia
2/19/2010* 7:00pm, ESPN2		at Northern Iowa ESPN BracketBusters	L 62–71	21–8	McLeod Center (7,031) Cedar Falls, Iowa
2/23/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington		at Georgia State	W 75–62	22–8 (14–3)	GSU Sports Arena (1,142) Atlanta
2/27/2010 7:00pm, CSN-Washington		VCU Rivalry	W 73–70	23–8 (15–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Norfolk, Virginia
2010 CAA men's basketball tournament
3/6/2010 12:00pm, CSN-NE		vs. Towson Quarterfinals	W 86–56	24–8	Richmond Coliseum (NA) Richmond, Virginia
3/7/2010 3:00pm, CSN-NE		vs. VCU Semifinals	W 73–69 OT	25–8	Richmond Coliseum (NA) Richmond, Virginia
3/8/2010 7:00pm, ESPN		vs. William & Mary Finals	W 60–53	26–8	Richmond Coliseum (8,455) Richmond, Virginia
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
3/18/2010 12:25pm, CBS		vs. Notre Dame First Round	W 51–50	27–8	New Orleans Arena (10,484) New Orleans
3/20/2010 5:45pm, CBS		vs. No. 19 Baylor Second Round	L 68–76	27–9	New Orleans Arena (11,966) New Orleans
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.