# 2009–10 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team was a college basketball team which represented Stony Brook University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Pikiell's fifth season at Stony Brook. The Seawolves competed in the America East Conference and played their home games at Pritchard Gymnasium. They finished the season 22–10, 13–3 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 America East men's basketball tournament but received an automatic bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament as the regular season champions. The NIT berth was Stony Brook's first ever postseason bid as a Division I school. They hosted Illinois in the first round and lost 76–66.

## Roster

Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 1 | Preye Preboye | 6'6" | 220 | G/F | Fr. | Springfield, MA | Winchendon Prep |
| 2 | Danny Carter | 6'9" | 210 | F | So. | Windsor, England | Reading Rockets |
| 10 | Bryan Dougher | 6'1" | 185 | G | So. | Scotch Plains, NJ | Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS |
| 11 | Marcus Rouse | 6'0" | 170 | G | Fr. | Upper Marlboro, MD | DeMatha HS |
| 12 | Eddie Castellanos | 6'1" | 180 | G | Sr. | Jersey City, NJ | Hoboken HS |
| 15 | Leonard Hayes | 6'4" | 185 | G | Fr. | Voorhees, NJ | Lawrenceville Prep |
| 20 | Desmond Adedeji | 6'10" | 305 | F/C | Sr. | Landover Hills, MD | DeMatha HS Dayton |
| 22 | Eric McAlister | 6'8" | 200 | F | Fr. | Hightstown, NJ | Hightstown HS |
| 23 | Dallis Joyner | 6'7" | 250 | F | So. | Norfolk, VA | Granby HS |
| 24 | Tommy Brenton | 6'5" | 215 | G/F | So. | Columbia, MD | Hargrave Military Academy |
| 30 | Chris Martin | 6'1" | 223 | G | Jr. | Springfield Gardens, NY | Christ The King HS |
| 32 | Andrew Goba | 6'9" | 235 | F/C | Sr. | Durban, South Africa | Durban HS |
| 35 | Muhammad El-Amin | 6'5" | 210 | G | Sr. | Lansing, MI | Holt HS Lansing CC |

## Schedule and results

Source
* All times are Eastern
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/13/2009* 7:00pm | | at Maryland Eastern Shore | W 75–57 | 1–0 | Hytche Athletic Center (1,713) Princess Anne, MD |
| 11/16/2009* 7:00pm | | Mount St. Mary's | W 87–53 | 2–0 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,258) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/21/2009* 7:00pm | | at Wagner | W 72–48 | 3–0 | Spiro Sports Center (1,310) Staten Island, NY |
| 11/24/2009* 7:30pm | | at Rhode Island | L 58-75 | 3–1 | Ryan Center (4,030) Kingston, RI |
| 11/28/2009* 2:00pm | | NJIT | W 60–46 | 4–1 | Pritchard Gymnasium (842) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/30/2009* 7:00pm | | at Lehigh | W 71–52 | 5–1 | Stabler Arena (609) Bethlehem, PA |
| 12/2/2009* 7:00pm, SNY | | at St. John's | L 55-63 | 5–2 | Carnesecca Arena (3,302) Queens, NY |
| 12/5/2009* 2:00pm, MSG Plus | | Columbia | W 63–60 | 6–2 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,342) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/8/2009* 7:00pm | | at Fordham | L 77-93 | 6–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,250) The Bronx, NY |
| 12/12/2009* 2:00pm | | at Colgate | W 66–55 | 7–3 | Cotterell Court (406) Hamilton, NY |
| 12/21/2009* 3:00pm | | at Sacred Heart | L 70-78 | 7–4 | William H. Pitt Center (279) Fairfield, CT |
| 12/28/2009* 7:00pm | | Saint Peter's | L 46-67 | 7–5 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,113) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/31/2009* 2:00pm | | Holy Cross | W 69–60 | 8–5 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,144) Stony Brook, NY |
| 1/2/2010 12:00pm, MSG Plus/NESN | | at Boston University | W 84–75 | 9–5 (1–0) | Case Gym (547) Boston, MA |
| 1/7/2010 7:00pm | | Hartford | W 70–59 | 10–5 (2–0) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,029) Stony Brook, NY |
| 1/10/2010 2:00pm | | New Hampshire | W 69–63 | 11–5 (3–0) | Pritchard Gymnasium (971) Stony Brook, NY |
| 1/12/2010 7:00pm | | at Binghamton | L 62–64 | 11–6 (3–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,578) Vestal, NY |
| 1/16/2010 2:00pm | | at Maine | L 61–67 | 11–7 (3–2) | Alfond Arena (1,507) Orono, ME |
| 1/18/2010 5:00pm, MSG Plus/MASN | | UMBC | W 81–69 | 12–7 (4–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,058) Stony Brook, NY |
| 1/21/2010 7:00pm | | at Vermont | W 65–60 | 13–7 (5–2) | Patrick Gym (2,909) Burlington, VT |
| 1/24/2010 12:00pm, MSG Plus | | Albany | W 67–61 | 14–7 (6–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,139) Stony Brook, NY |
| 1/30/2010 7:00pm | | Boston University | W 71–55 | 15–7 (7–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,595) Stony Brook, NY |
| 2/3/2010 7:00pm | | at Hartford | W 54–44 | 16–7 (8–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,062) Hartford, CT |
| 2/10/2010 7:00pm | | Maine | W 83–64 | 17–7 (9–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,595) Stony Brook, NY |
| 2/13/2010 7:00pm | | Binghamton | W 81–61 | 18–7 (10–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 2/16/2010 7:00pm | | at UMBC | W 86–72 | 19–7 (11–2) | Retriever Activities Center (2,010) Baltimore, MD |
| 2/19/2010 7:00pm, MSG Plus | | at Albany | W 68–66 | 20–7 (12–2) | SEFCU Arena (2,891) Albany, NY |
| 2/24/2010 7:00pm, MSG Plus/NESN | | Vermont | W 82–78 | 21–7 (13–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,650) Stony Brook, NY |
| 2/28/2010 1:00pm | | at New Hampshire | L 55–77 | 21–8 (13–3) | Lundholm Gym (1,136) Durham, NH |
| America East tournament ||||||
| 3/6/2010 12:00pm | (1) | vs. (8) Albany AE Quarterfinals | W 68–59 | 22–8 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT |
| 3/7/2010 5:00pm | (1) | vs. (4) Boston University AE Semifinals | L 63–70 | 22–9 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT |
| NIT ||||||
| 3/17/2010 9:00pm, ESPNU | (8 I) | (1 I) Illinois NIT First round | L 66–76 | 22–10 | Stony Brook Arena (4,423) Stony Brook, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. I=NIT Illinois bracket. ||||||