2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
WCC Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	28–6 (11–3 WCC)
Head coach	Randy Bennett;
Assistant coaches	Kyle Smith; David Patrick; Mark Campbell;
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion

The 2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2009–10 college basketball season, coached by Randy Bennett for the 9th consecutive year. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished conference play with a record of 11–3 to place second. They were the champions of the 2010 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they entered as a No 10 seed South Region. Their first round win over 7 seed Richmond was the school's first tournament win since beating Idaho State in 1959. They continued to beat No 2 seed Villanova and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to No 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor to end their season 28–6

2009–10 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 22 Gonzaga	12	–	2	.857	27	–	7	.794
Saint Mary's†	11	–	3	.786	28	–	6	.824
Portland	10	–	4	.714	21	–	11	.656
San Francisco	7	–	7	.500	12	–	18	.400
Loyola Marymount	7	–	7	.500	18	–	16	.529
San Diego	3	–	11	.214	11	–	21	.344
Santa Clara	3	–	11	.214	11	–	21	.344
Pepperdine	3	–	11	.214	7	–	24	.226

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.