2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2009–10
Team:	Vanderbilt Commodores
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Aprank:	21
Record:	24–9
Conf Record:	12–4
Asst Coach2:	Tom Richardson
Bowl Result:	Round of 64

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
1	Brad Tinsley	G	6 - 3	210	SO
3	Festus Ezeli	C	6 - 11	255	SO
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 Smart^1	G/F	6 - 6	180	FR	Lexington, KY
15	Elliott Cole^1	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 Duffy^1	F	6 - 8	225	JR	Charlotte, NC

¹ Walk-on.

Source: ESPN.com^[1]

2009-10 schedule and results

|-!colspan=9| Regular season |-!colspan=9| 2010 SEC tournament|-!colspan=9| 2010 NCAA tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse. ESPN.com. 2009-04-20.