The Varsity Blues men’s basketball team finished the season 12-10 and in third place in the OUA East division. The Blues season came to a sudden halt with an 86-79 loss to the York Lions in the East quarter-final round.

The Blues went 9-1 in preseason action and won the Ottawa Gee-Gees Jack Donahue tournament, Oct. 23-25, where third-year centre Andrew Wasik was named the most valuable player.

Toronto was 5-3 in the first half of the season before becoming plagued by injury in early January. U of T finished 2009-10 strong with two big wins over the Ryerson Rams to gain home court advantage going into the playoffs, however, they ran into a hot Lions squad and their season came to an abrupt end.

Fifth-year guard Rob Paris led the Blues and finished the season ranked 13th in the OUA with 15.63 points per game, while fellow veteran Nick Magalas was not far behind with 15.09 points per game. Both reached their 1000th career point in the latter half of the season, while Paris established a new Blues regular season single-game scoring record against the Lions, scoring 46 points in their game at York on Jan. 23.

Third-year forward Drazen Glisic finished the season ranked second in the province with a 58.2 FG% and sixth with eight boards per game.

Magalas was named an OUA first team all-star, while Paris earned second team recognition.