The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by Kevin Stallings, in his tenth year as head coach, and played their home games at their home since 1952, Memorial Gymnasium on the school's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. They finished the season 24–9, 12–4 in SEC play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament to Mississippi State. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed Murray State in the first round on a last second buzzer beater.
Roster and individual statistics
# Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Jermaine Beal G 6–3 205 SR DeSoto, TX 1 Brad Tinsley G 6–3 210 SO Oregon City, OR 3 Festus Ezeli C 6–11 255 SO Benin City, Nigeria 4 Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy C 6–11 250 JR Sydney, Australia 5 Lance Goulbourne G/F 6–7 215 SO Brooklyn, NY 12 Jordan Smart1 G/F 6–6 180 FR Lexington, KY 15 Elliott Cole1 G 5–11 180 JR Memphis, TN 21 Darshawn McClellan F 6–7 240 JR Fresno, CA 23 John Jenkins G 6–4 215 FR Hendersonville, TN 24 Andre Walker F 6–7 214 SO Flossmoor, IL 33 Steve Tchiengang F 6–9 240 SO Douala, Cameroon 44 Jeffery Taylor G/F 6–7 210 SO Norrköping, Sweden 50 Joe Duffy1 F 6–8 225 JR Charlotte, NC
1 Walk-on.
Source: ESPN.com
2009-10 schedule and results
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| 2010 SEC tournament
!colspan=9| 2010 NCAA tournament
References