2009–10 Siena Saints Men's Basketball Team
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Siena Saints men's basketball The Siena Saints men's basketball team (formerly the Siena Indians) represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The NCAA Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and the annual Franciscan Cup. Th ...
team represented
Siena College Siena College is an American private Franciscan college in Loudonville, New York. Siena was founded by the Order of Friars Minor in 1937. The college was named after Bernardino of Siena, a 15th-century Italian Franciscan friar and preacher. St ...
in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach
Fran McCaffery Francis John McCaffery (born May 23, 1959) is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at the University of Iowa. He has taken four Division I (NCAA), Division I programs to postseason tournaments, includi ...
'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. They also won the
2010 MAAC men's basketball tournament The 2010 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8, 2010 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The winner was crowned with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and its ...
for the third consecutive year to earn the conference's automatic bid to the
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2009–10 basketball seaso ...
. They earned a 13 seed in the South Region where they lost to 4 seed and AP #10
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in the first round.


Preseason

In the MAAC preseason poll, released October 27 in Edison, New Jersey, Siena was predicted to finish first in the MAAC.


Roster

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Coaching staff


Schedule and results

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2010 MAAC men's basketball tournament The 2010 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8, 2010 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The winner was crowned with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and its ...
, - !colspan=10,
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2009–10 basketball seaso ...


References

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Siena Saints men's basketball The Siena Saints men's basketball team (formerly the Siena Indians) represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The NCAA Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and the annual Franciscan Cup. Th ...
Siena Saints men's basketball The Siena Saints men's basketball team (formerly the Siena Indians) represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The NCAA Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and the annual Franciscan Cup. Th ...