2009–10 Siena Saints men's basketball team
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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. The 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 were they lost to 4 seed and AP #10 Purdue
in the first round.
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Siena Saints men's basketball
The Siena Saints men's basketball team represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Saints are coached by Mitch Buonaguro who just completed his first season as head coach at Siena after serving as...
team represented Siena College
Siena College
Siena College is an independent Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937. It has 3,000 full-time students and...
in the 2009–10
2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2009, and ended with the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 5, 2010 on the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The opening round occurred on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, followed by first...
college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
season. This was head coach Fran McCaffery
Fran McCaffery
Fran McCaffery is an American college basketball coach and the current men's head basketball coach at the University of Iowa. He is the former head of the Siena men's basketball program. He previously served as head coach of Lehigh University and UNC Greensboro...
's fifth season at Siena. The Saints competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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. The also won the 2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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for the third consecutive year to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The first and second round games were played at the following sites:*March 18 / 20*March 25 / 27*March 26 / 28Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's...
. They earned a 13 seed in the South Region were they lost to 4 seed and AP #10 Purdue
2009–10 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Matt Painter, then in his fifth season with the Boilers...
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.Roster
Source| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
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| 0 | Conner Fenlon | 6'0" | 157 | G | So. | Tampa, FL, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Tampa Prep Tampa Preparatory School Tampa Preparatory School is a coed, independent school serving grades 6-12 located on the Hillsborough River across from downtown Tampa and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, enrolling 680 students... |
| 1 | O.D. Anosike | 6'7" | 217 | F | Fr. | Staten Island, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
St. Peter's Boys HS St. Peter's Boys High School St. Peter's Boys' High School is a Catholic all-boys high school located in the West Brighton area of Staten Island in New York City. St. Peter's is affiliated with the Christian Brothers of St. John Baptist de la Salle. The school is located at 200 Clinton Avenue and is part of the St. Peter's... |
| 2 | Denzel Yard | 5'11" | 166 | G | Fr. | Philadelphia, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Franklin Learning Center |
| 3 | Kyle Downey | 6'2" | 203 | G | So. | Fairport, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Fairport Fairport High School Fairport High School is a public high school serving the tenth through twelfth grades in Fairport, NY and is part of the Fairport Central School District. Principal Christopher Salinas is currently in his second year at FHS.... |
| 4 | Just-in'love Smith | 5'11" | 190 | G | Sr. | East Greenbush, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Columbia HS Columbia High School (New York) Columbia High School is a public high school located on Luther Road in East Greenbush, New York, USA. It is the only high school for the East Greenbush Central School District and educates around 1,501 students in grades 9-12. The school has a thirteen to one student to teacher ratio that is... |
| 5 | Kyle Griffin | 6'3" | 198 | G | So. | Allentown, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Germantown Academy Germantown Academy Germantown Academy is America's oldest nonsectarian day school, founded on December 6, 1759 . Germantown Academy is now a K-12 school in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, having moved from its original Germantown campus in 1965... LaSalle |
| 13 | Clarence Jackson | 6'3" | 185 | G | Jr. | Marlton, NJ, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Cherokee Cherokee High School (New Jersey) Cherokee High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of four high schools of the Lenape Regional High School District in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The communities in the district are Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township,... |
| 21 | Davis Martens | 6'9" | 220 | F | Fr. | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
The Patterson School The Patterson School The Patterson School is a private, non-profit, co-educational, non-denominational, multi-cultural boarding and day school for grades seven through twelve, and one year for Post Graduate study, located in Lenoir, North Carolina... |
| 22 | Ryan Rossiter | 6'9" | 234 | F | Jr. | Staten Island, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Monsignor Farrell HS Monsignor Farrell High School Monsignor Farrell High School is a Catholic secondary school located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, New York. Opened in 1961, the school was named in honor of Monsignor Joseph Farrell, a prominent Catholic priest, as well as a religious, political and community leader on Staten Island.The... |
| 23 | Edwin Ubiles | 6'6" | 204 | G F |
Sr. | Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
St. Thomas More HS |
| 25 | Ronald Moore | 6'0" | 156 | G | Sr. | Conshohocken, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School is a high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Colonial School District, with a current enrollment of approximately 1,600 students.- PWHS Principal :... |
| 31 | Owen Wignot | 6'5" | 210 | F | So. | Wilkes-Barre, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Holy Redeemer HS Holy Redeemer High School Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Holy Redeemer High School is located in Luzerne County.-Holy Redeemer:... |
| 32 | Jonathan Breeden | 5'11" | 163 | G | Fr. | Harrisburg, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Central Dauphin East HS Central Dauphin East High School Central Dauphin East High School is a large, urban, public high school located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is one of two high schools operated by the Central Dauphin School District.-History:Central Dauphin East High school opened in 1961... |
| 42 | Alex Franklin | 6'5" | 226 | F | Sr. | Reading, PA, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Central Catholic HS Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Central Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for boys in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is administrated and partially staffed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.... |
| 43 | Steven Priestley | 6'5" | 241 | F | Jr. | Baldwin, NY Baldwin, Nassau County, New York Baldwin is a hamlet located in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 24,033 at the 2010 census.Baldwin is also a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Uniondale HS |
| Brandon Walters | 6'5" | 226 | C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
Jr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Abraham Lincoln HS Seton Hall University Seton Hall University Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the... |
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Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Year at Siena | Alma Mater Alma mater Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:... (Year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fran McCaffery Fran McCaffery Fran McCaffery is an American college basketball coach and the current men's head basketball coach at the University of Iowa. He is the former head of the Siena men's basketball program. He previously served as head coach of Lehigh University and UNC Greensboro... |
Head Coach | 5th | Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution... (1982) |
| Mitch Buonaguro | Assistant Coach | 5th | Boston College Boston College Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early... (1975) |
| Andrew Francis | Assistant Coach | 3rd | LIU-Southampton (1998) |
| Adam Chaskin | Assistant Coach | 5th | Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... (1992) |
| Cory Magee | Student Assistant Coach | 1st | Siena (2010) |
| David Matturro | Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | St. John Fisher (2006) |
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9| Regular Season
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!colspan=10| 2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
-External links:*...
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!colspan=10| 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The first and second round games were played at the following sites:*March 18 / 20*March 25 / 27*March 26 / 28Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's...