The 2009–10 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Mountain Hawks, led by third-year head coach Brett Reed, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 22–11, 10–4 in Patriot League play to finish in first place in the conference. Following the regular season, Lehigh won the Patriot League Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2010 NCAA tournament. This was their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance with their previous trip coming in

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. As the No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they fell to No. 1 seed

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in the Round of 64.

Roster

Source

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

* CJ McCollum – Patriot League Player of the Year, Patriot League Newcomer of the Year

References

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