2009–10 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	† 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

2009–10 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
2009–10 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
CBI, Finals, L 0–2 vs VCU
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2009–10 record	23–13 (11–5 A-10)
Head coach	Rick Majerus;
Assistant coaches	Porter Moser; Chris Harriman; Alex Jensen;
Home arena	Chaifetz Arena
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Rick Majerus's third season at Saint Louis. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at Chaifetz Arena. They finished the season 23–13, 11–5 in A-10 play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 College Basketball Invitational where they advanced to the best-of-3 games final. They lost 0–2 to VCU.

2009-10 Roster[]

NO	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown (Last School)
3	Kwamain Mitchell	Guard	5-10	175	SO	Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Dominican)
10	Paul Eckerle	Guard	6-1	175	JR	Washington, Missouri (St. Francis Borgia)
12	Justin Jordan	Guard	5-9	179	FR	Fort Wayne, Indiana (North Side)
13	Femi John	Guard	6-2	205	RS FR	St. Louis, Missouri (McCluer North)
14	Brian Conklin	Forward	6-6	230	SO	North Eugene, Oregon (North Eugene)
15	Christian Salecich	Guard	6-3	190	FR	Gold Coast, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport)
20	Darrin Young	Guard	5-10	165	FR	Kirkwood, Missouri (Kirkwood)
21	Jon Smith	Forward	6-5	190	FR	Columbus, Ohio (Grove City)
22	Jeff Reid	Guard	6-4	185	FR	Topeka, Kansas (Hayden)
23	Kyle Cassity	Guard	6-3	200	SO	Tamaroa, Illinois(Pinckneyville)
24	Cody Ellis	Forward	6-8	240	FR	Perth, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport)
32	Cory Remekun	Forward	6-7	205	FR	Dallas, Texas (Mesquite))
33	Willie Reed	Forward	6-9	220	SO	Kansas City, Missouri (Bishop Miege)

Schedule and results[]

Source^[1]

All times are Central

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2009* 8:00pm	Arkansas–Fort Smith	W 79–51		Chaifetz Arena (NA) St. Louis, Missouri
11/7/2009* 2:00pm	Saint Ambrose	W 61–47		Chaifetz Arena (NA) St. Louis, Missouri
Regular Season
11/14/2009* 7:00pm	SE Missouri State	W 59–41	1–0	Chaifetz Arena (7,131) St. Louis, Missouri
11/18/2009* 7:00pm, FS Midwest	Nebraska	W 69–55	2–0	Chaifetz Arena (7,596) St. Louis, Missouri
11/22/2009* 1:00pm	Kennesaw State Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 76–66	3–0	Chaifetz Arena (6,538) St. Louis, Missouri
11/24/2009* 7:00pm	Miss Valley State Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 75–39	4–0	Chaifetz Arena (6,842) St. Louis, Missouri
11/27/2009* 5:00pm	vs. Iowa State Chicago Invitational Challenge	L 65–54	4–1	UIC Pavilion (NA) Chicago, Illinois
11/28/2009* 4:30pm	vs. Notre Dame Chicago Invitational Challenge	L 64–52	4–2	UIC Pavilion (NA) Chicago, Illinois
12/2/2009* 6:00pm, FS Midwest	at Georgia	L 64–56	4–3	Stegeman Coliseum (4,650) Athens, Georgia
12/5/2009* 7:00pm, KPLR	Southern Illinois	W 71–61	5–3	Chaifetz Arena (9,483) St. Louis, Missouri
12/12/2009* 7:00pm	Rockhurst	W 66–53	6–3	Chaifetz Arena (7,823) St. Louis, Missouri
12/16/2009* 7:00pm	Belmont	W 75–67	7–3	Chaifetz Arena (6,432) St. Louis, Missouri
12/19/2009* 7:00pm, KPLR	Missouri State	L 73–63	7–4	Chaifetz Arena (8,483) St. Louis, Missouri
12/22/2009* 7:00pm	UMKC	W 61–54	8–4	Chaifetz Arena (6,762) St. Louis, Missouri
12/29/2009* 7:00pm	Eastern Illinois	W 60–42	9–4	Chaifetz Arena (7,354) St. Louis, Missouri
1/2/2010* 6:00pm	at Bowling Green	L 59–50	9–5	Anderson Arena (1,518) Bowling Green, Ohio
1/9/2010 4:00pm, FS Midwest	Richmond	W 63–58	10–5 (1–0)	Chaifetz Arena (8,134) St. Louis, Missouri
1/13/2010 6:00pm	Duquesne	W 79–75 ^2OT	11–5 (2–0)	A. J. Palumbo Center (2,563) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1/17/2010 3:00pm, CBSCS	at Charlotte	L 63–61 ^OT	11–6 (2–1)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,570) Charlotte, North Carolina
1/20/2010 7:00pm, KPLR	Fordam	W 75–48	12–6 (3–1)	Chaifetz Arena (7,076) St. Louis, Missouri
1/27/2010 6:00pm	at George Washington	L 67–62 ^OT	12–7 (3–2)	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center (1,782) Washington, D.C.
1/30/2010 1:00pm, CCIN	at Richmond	L 62–36	12–8 (3–3)	Robins Center (3,193) Richmond, Virginia
2/3/2010 7:00pm, KPLR	St. Bonaventure	W 67–65	13–8 (4–3)	Chaifetz Arena (6,687) St. Louis, Missouri
2/6/2010 3:00pm, CCIN	at La Salle	W 68–65	14–8 (5–3)	Tom Gola Arena (1,177) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2/9/2010 6:00pm, CCIN	at Saint Joseph's	W 56–52	15–8 (6–3)	Hagan Arena (3,152) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2/13/2010 3:00pm, ESPNU	Dayton	W 68–65 ^2OT	16–8 (7–3)	Chaifetz Arena (9,453) St. Louis, Missouri
2/17/2010 8:00pm, CCIN	Rhode Island	W 62–57	17��8 (8–3)	Chaifetz Arena (7,257) St. Louis, Missouri
2/21/2010 3:00pm	at Massachusetts	W 69–56	18–8 (9–3)	Mullins Center (3,454) Amherst, Massachusetts
2/24/2010 7:00pm, FS Midwest	Xavier	L 73–71	18–9 (9–4)	Chaifetz Arena (10,008) St. Louis, Missouri
2/27/2010 7:00pm, KPLR	Duquesne	W 69–59	19–9 (10–4)	Chaifetz Arena (8,169) St. Louis, Missouri
3/3/2010 7:00pm, FS Midwest	No. 20 Temple	L 57–51	19–10 (10–5)	Chaifetz Arena (7,984) St. Louis, Missouri
3/6/2010 6:00pm, CCIN	at Dayton	W 71–66	20–10 (11–5)	UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, Ohio
2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
3/12/2010 1:30pm, CBSCS	vs. Rhode Island Quarterfinals	L 63–47	20–11	Boardwalk Hall (5,416) Atlantic City, New Jersey
2010 College Basketball Invitational
3/16/2010 8:00pm, HDNet	Indiana State First Round	W 63–54	21–11	Chaifetz Arena (3,542) St. Louis, Missouri
3/22/2010 8:00pm, HDNet	UW–Green Bay Quarterfinals	W 68–62 ^2OT	22–11	Chaifetz Arena (4,235) St. Louis, Missouri
3/24/2010 8:00pm, HDNet	Princeton Semifinals	W 69–59	23–11	Chaifetz Arena (4,682) St. Louis, Missouri
3/29/2010 6:00pm, HDNet	at VCU Finals–Game 1	L 68–56	23–12	Stuart C. Siegel Center (4,386) Richmond, Virginia
3/31/2010 7:00pm, HDNet	VCU Finals–Game 2	L 71–65	23–13	Chaifetz Arena (5,612) St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[]

^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

[schedule-1] "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

[1]

v t Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
Venues	First Regiment Armory (1920–1925) West Pine Gym (1925–1945) Kiel Auditorium (1945–1968; 1973–1978; 1982–1991) St. Louis Arena (1968–1973; 1978–1982; 1991–1994) Scottrade Center (1994–2008) Chaifetz Arena (2008–present)
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1943–44 1999–2000 2006–07 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Temple†	14	–	2	.875	29	–	6	.829
No. 25 Xavier	14	–	2	.875	26	–	9	.743
No. 24 Richmond	13	–	3	.813	26	–	9	.743
Saint Louis	11	–	5	.688	23	–	13	.639
Rhode Island	9	–	7	.563	26	–	10	.722
Charlotte	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Dayton	8	–	8	.500	25	–	12	.676
St. Bonaventure	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
Duquesne	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
George Washington	6	–	10	.375	16	–	15	.516
UMass	5	–	11	.313	12	–	20	.375
Saint Joseph's	5	–	11	.313	11	–	20	.355
La Salle	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Fordham	0	–	16	.000	2	–	26	.071

† 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll