2009–10 VCU Rams men's basketball team

The 2009–10 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Shaka Smart's first season at VCU. The Rams compete in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center. They finished the season 27–9, 11–7 in CAA play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 CAA men's basketball tournament. They were champions of the 2010 College Basketball Invitational.

Preseason In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, DC, VCU was predicted to finish third in the CAA. Jr. forward Larry Sanders was selected to the preseason all conference first team.

Roster Source #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Larry Sanders6'11"235FJr.Fort Pierce, FLPort St. Lucie HS2Issiah Grayson5'11"160GFr.Atlanta, GAFindlay Prep4Terrance Saintil6'8"240FSo.North Miami, FLMonsignor Edward Pace HS10Darius Theus6'3"195GFr.Portsmouth, VAI. C. Norcom HS11Kirill Pishchalnikov6'8"265FSr.Maykop, RussiaMGGTK AGU12Joey Rodriguez5'10"175GJr.Oviedo, FLLake Howell HS20Bradford Burgess6'5"215GSo.Midlothian, VABenedictine HS21Jamie Skeen6'9"245FJr.Charlotte, NCNorth Mecklenburg HSWake Forest30Troy Daniels6'4"195GFr.Roanoke, VAWilliam Fleming HS32Brandon Rozzell6'2"185GJr.Richmond, VAHighland Springs HS34David Hinton6'8"230FFr.Winston-Salem, NCRJ Reynolds HS42T.J. Gwynn6'4"205FSr.Burlington, NCCummings HS50Ed Nixon6'4"200GJr.St. Petersburg, FLLakewood HS

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=10 style=| CAA Tournament

!colspan=10 style=| CBI

References