The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented

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in the 2009–10

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Division I men's

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season. The team competed in the East Division of the

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, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by

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, 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

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. 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

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. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the

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, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed

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in the first round on a last second buzzer beater.

Roster and individual statistics

¹ Walk-on. Source: ESPN.com

2009-10 schedule and results

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References

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2010 in Nashville, Tennessee