The 2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented

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in the 2009–10

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season. This was head coach Billy Kennedy's fourth season at Murray State. The Racers competed in the

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and played their home games at the Regional Special Events Center, also known simply as the ''RSEC''. They finished the season 31–5, 17–1 in OVC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the

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. They earned a 13 seed in the West Region where they upset 4 seed and AP #21 Vanderbilt in the first round before losing to 5 seed and AP #11

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in the second round.

Roster

Source

Schedule and results

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References

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