2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2009–10 college basketball season, coached by Randy Bennett for the 9th consecutive year. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished conference play with a record of 11–3 to place second. They were the champions of the 2010 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they entered as a No 10 seed South Region. Their first round win over 7 seed Richmond was the school's first tournament win since beating Idaho State in 1959. They continued to beat No 2 seed Villanova and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to No 3 seed and AP #19 Baylor to end their season 28–6

Roster

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#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Jorden Page	6'1"	175	G	Fr.	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	AIS
3	Mitchell Young	6'9"	225	F	Fr.	Logan, Queensland, Australia	AIS
4	Matthew Dellavedova	6'4"	185	G	Fr.	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	AIS
11	Clint Steindl	6'7"	180	F	So.	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	AIS
12	Tim Harris	6'4"	190	F	Fr.	San Jose, CA, U.S.	Valley Christian HS
15	Beau Levesque	6'5"	215	F	Fr.	Lafayette, CA, U.S.	De La Salle HS
21	Ben Allen	6'11"	250	C	Sr.	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	AIS
Indiana
23	Trey Anderson	6'4"	175	G	Fr.	Carrollton, TX, U.S.	Hebron HS
24	Wayne Hunter	6'4"	210	G	Sr.	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Valley HS
25	Tim Williams	6'9"	235	F	Fr.	Antioch, CA, U.S.	Antioch HS
30	Kenton Walker II	6'9"	235	F	Jr.	San Diego, CA, U.S.	Scripps Ranch HS
Creighton
32	Mickey McConnell	6'0"	175	G	Jr.	Mesa, AZ, U.S.	Dobson HS
40	Phil Benson	6'8"	230	F	Jr.	Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.	Horizon HS
Canisius
50	Omar Samhan	6'11"	265	C	Sr.	San Ramon, CA, U.S.	San Ramon HS