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Under head coach Mitch Buonaguro, the Siena Saints men's basketball team plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

The Siena team was originally called The Golden Warriors. Later they switched the schools athletic teams' names to The Indians. In 1976, they became a Division I school and in the late 1980s the name was changed for the final time to The Siena Saints....

The Saints have a history of winning in basketball teams. In 1989, the Siena men's basketball eam had a first round March Madness victory (80-78) over third seed Stanford.

In 2002, the Siena Saints men's basketball team won an opening round NCAA Tournament victory over Alcorn State. The Saints later fell to national champion Maryland before 20,000 fans at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

In 2007, the Saints defeated Stanford again, this time with a 79-67 victory over the then-20th-ranked Cardinal.

In 2008 their first round upset of fourth seeded Vanderbilt sent them on to play against Villanova. Since then, 2010 was the school's sixth trip to the "Big Dance".

More about Siena college basketball around the Web:

Siena College Athletics - Men's Basketball - Official Athletic site of the Saints - Siena College athletics provides updates on the team, upcoming schedules, rosters with focus on each player, game notes, traditions,events and more...

Yahoo! Sports College Basketball - Siena Saints - Videos of the game highlights, plus scores, schedule rankings, standings, stats, news, team photos and live broadcasts.

Sportsline - Siena Saints Basketball - Plenty of opinion from basketball reporters plus Team Report, Schedule, Stats, Roster and more...

Siena Saints Basketball News - If games scores, players profiles, injuries or rumors make the news, you'll find it here, with links to breaking stories and magazine articles around the Web, from Topix.net

College Hoops - Siena Saints - Follow the stats, news and predictions as the Saints take on Louisville in the 2009 NCAA Tournament seond round and keep updated about next season's outlook.