# 2009–10 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by third-year head coach Brett Reed, played their home games at Stabler Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 22–11, 10–4 in Patriot League play to finish in first place in the conference.
Following the regular season, Lehigh won the Patriot League Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2010 NCAA tournament. This was their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance with their previous trip coming in 2004. As the No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they fell to No. 1 seed Kansas in the Round of 64.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 13, 2009* 7:00 pm | | at Richmond | L 53–65 | 0–1 | Robins Center (4,139) Richmond, Virginia |
| Nov 16, 2009* 7:05 pm | | at Rider | L 71–86 | 0–2 | Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey |
| Nov 18, 2009* 7:35 pm | | Quinnipiac | W 79–71 | 1–2 | Stabler Arena (684) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Nov 23, 2009* 7:05 pm | | Monmouth | W 86–74 | 2–2 | Stabler Arena (620) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Nov 25, 2009* 7:00 pm | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 76–67 | 3–2 | DeGol Arena (714) Loretto, Pennsylvania |
| Nov 30, 2009* 7:05 pm | | Stony Brook | L 52–71 | 3–3 | Stabler Arena (609) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 3, 2009* 7:00 pm | | at Columbia | L 70–75 | 3–4 | Levien Gymnasium (626) New York, New York |
| Dec 5, 2009* 2:00 pm | | at Dayton | L 71–89 | 3–5 | University of Dayton Arena (12,719) Dayton, Ohio |
| Dec 17, 2009* 7:05 pm | | Dartmouth | W 66–58 | 4–5 | Stabler Arena (622) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 20, 2009* 7:00 pm | | at Saint Joseph's | L 66–77 | 4–6 | Hagan Arena (3,208) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 22, 2009* 7:05 pm | | Marist | W 66–55 | 5–6 | Stabler Arena (637) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 28, 2009* 7:00 pm | | at Longwood | W 89–78 | 6–6 | Willett Hall (528) Farmville, Virginia |
| Dec 30, 2009* 7:30 pm | | at Delaware State | W 73–66 $^{OT}$ | 7–6 | Memorial Hall (172) Dover, Delaware |
| Jan 2, 2010* 7:35 pm | | NJIT | W 86–79 | 8–6 | Stabler Arena (1,032) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 5, 2010* 7:05 pm | | Yale | W 75–69 | 9–6 | Stabler Arena (605) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Patriot League regular season ||||||
| Jan 9, 2010 7:05 pm | | American | W 78–67 | 10–6 (1–0) | Stabler Arena (925) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 14, 2010 7:00 pm, CBS College Sports | | at Navy | L 83–94 | 10–7 (1–1) | Alumni Hall (2,608) Annapolis, Maryland |
| Jan 17, 2010 2:00 pm | | at Army | W 73–55 | 11–7 (2–1) | Christl Arena (1,005) West Point, New York |
| Jan 20, 2010 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Colgate | W 74–60 | 12–7 (3–1) | Stabler Arena (1,012) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 23, 2010 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Lafayette | W 75–57 | 13–7 (4–1) | Stabler Arena (3,849) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 27, 2010 7:00 pm | | at Bucknell | L 76–81 $^{OT}$ | 13–8 (4–2) | Sojka Pavilion (2,041) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 31, 2010 12:00 pm, CBS College Sports | | at Holy Cross | W 78–60 | 14–8 (5–2) | Hart Center (2,948) Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Feb 6, 2010 2:00 pm | | at American | W 77–65 | 15–8 (6–2) | Bender Arena (786) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 10, 2010 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Navy | L 78–85 | 15–9 (6–3) | Stabler Arena (329) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 13, 2010 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Army | W 78–66 | 16–9 (7–3) | Stabler Arena (1,513) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 17, 2010 7:00 pm | | at Colgate | W 91–81 | 17–9 (8–3) | Cotterell Court (426) Hamilton, New York |
| Feb 21, 2010 2:00 pm, CBS College Sports | | at Lafayette | L 75–90 | 17–10 (8–4) | Kirby Sports Center (3,375) Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 24, 2010 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Bucknell | W 81–59 | 18–10 (9–4) | Stabler Arena (1,161) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 27, 2010 7:35 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | | Holy Cross | W 91–80 | 19–10 (10–4) | Stabler Arena (1,623) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| 2010 Patriot League tournament ||||||
| Mar 3, 2010* 7:05 pm, Service Electric 2 Sports | (1) | (8) Army Quarterfinals | W 64–45 | 20–10 | Stabler Arena (1,062) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 7, 2010* 8:05 pm, CBS College Sports | (1) | (4) American Semifinals | W 79–57 | 21–10 | Stabler Arena (1,296) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 12, 2010* 4:45 pm, ESPN2 | (1) | (3) Lafayette Championship Game | W 74–59 | 22–10 | Stabler Arena (4,259) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| 2010 NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 2010* 8:55 pm, CBS | (16 MW) | vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Kansas Second Round | L 74–90 | 22–11 | Ford Center (13,484) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* CJ McCollum – Patriot League Player of the Year, Patriot League Newcomer of the Year