The 2009–10 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represented

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in the 2009–10

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season. This was head coach

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's ninth season at Old Dominion. The Monarchs compete in the

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and played their home games at the

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. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in CAA play to win the regulars season championship. They also won the

2010 CAA men's basketball tournament The 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament was held from March 5–8, 2010 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was Old Dominion, who received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketbal ...

to earn the CAA's automatic bid to the

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. They earned an 11 seed in the South Region where they upset 6 seed Notre Dame in the first round before losing to 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor in the second round.

Preseason

In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, D.C., Old Dominion was predicted to finish first in the CAA. Sr. C/F Gerald Lee was selected to the preseason all conference first team and was picked as the conference preseason co–player of the year with Hofstra's Charles Jenkins. Jr. G/F Ben Finney was a preseason conference honorable mention.

Roster

Coaching staff

– Head Coach *Jim Corrigan – Assistant Coach *John Richardson – Assistant Coach *Robert Wilkes – Assistant Coach *Joel Hines – Director of Basketball Operations

Schedule and results

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References

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