2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 21
Record24–9 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
2009–10 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky 14 2   .875 35 3   .921
No. 21 Vanderbilt 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
No. 15 Tennessee 11 5   .688 28 9   .757
Florida 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
South Carolina 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Georgia 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
West
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 24 12   .667
Mississippi 9 7   .563 24 11   .686
Arkansas 7 9   .438 14 18   .438
Alabama 6 10   .375 17 15   .531
Auburn 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
LSU 2 14   .125 11 20   .355
2010 SEC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by Kevin Stallings, 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 Nashville, Tennessee. 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 Mississippi State. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed Murray State in the first round on a last second buzzer beater.