2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

The 2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 18, 2010 and ended with the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament from March 9–11, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 12, with the conference schedule starting on December 30. The conference dedicated the season to legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who died in June 2010 at age 99.[3]

2010–11 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season championsArizona Wildcats
Runners-upUCLA Bruins
Season MVPDerrick Williams, Arizona
Tournament
ChampionsWashington Huskies
  Runners-upArizona Wildcats
Finals MVPIsaiah Thomas, Washington
2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 17 Arizona144 .778  308  .789
UCLA135 .722  2311  .676
No. 23 Washington117 .611  2411  .686
USC108 .556  1915  .559
California108 .556  1815  .545
Washington State99 .500  2213  .629
Oregon711 .389  2118  .538
Stanford711 .389  1516  .484
Oregon State513 .278  1120  .355
Arizona State414 .222  1219  .387
2011 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The Washington Huskies defeated the regular season champions Arizona Wildcats 77–75 in overtime to capture the tournament championship. Four Pac-10 teams were selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament: Arizona, Washington, UCLA and USC.

This was the final season for the Pac-10 under that name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference, at which time its name officially changed to Pac-12 Conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Washington (33) 348
2. Arizona (1) 296
3. UCLA (1) 281
4. Arizona State 215
5. Washington State 191
6. USC 178
7. California 151
8. Oregon State 120
9. Stanford 98
10. Oregon 47

Rankings

  • November 8, 2010 – Washington #17 (Coaches)
  • November 15, 2010 – Washington #17 (AP), #15 (Coaches)
  • November 22, 2010 – Washington #13 (AP), #11 (Coaches)
  • November 29, 2010 – Washington #23 (AP), #22 (Coaches)
  • December 6, 2010 – Washington #21 (AP), #22 (Coaches)
  • January 3, 2011 – Washington #23 (AP)
  • January 10, 2011 – Washington #17 (AP), #18 (Coaches)

Non-Conference games

Conference games

  • December 29 – First conference games.

Conference tournament

  First Round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Final
March 12
                                     
  1 Arizona (#16) 78  
  9 Oregon State 69  
8 Stanford 67  
9 Oregon State 69
  1 Arizona (#16) 67  
  4 Southern California 62  
4 Southern California 70
5 California 56  
  1 Arizona (#16) 75
  3 Washington 77
3 Washington 89  
6 Washington State 87  
  3 Washington 69
  7 Oregon 51  
7 Oregon 76  
10 Arizona State 69  
  2 UCLA 59
7 Oregon 76  

Head coaches

Post season

NCAA Tournament

  • March 15, 2011 – Tournament begins.
  • April 4, 2011 – National Championship game.
  • March 13, 2011 – Four Pac-10 teams were selected: Arizona (West Region), Washington (East Region), UCLA (Southeast Region) and USC (Southwest Region).
  • March 16, 2011 – USC ended its tournament hopes when they were defeated in the first round to VCU.
  • March 17, 2011 – UCLA defeated Michigan State to advance to the third round to face Florida on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
  • March 19, 2011 – UCLA was defeated by Florida 65–73 and ended its season.
  • March 20, 2011 – Arizona defeated Texas 70–69 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen and Washington was defeated by North Carolina 83–86 to end the season.
  • March 24, 2011 – Arizona defeated 1-seed Duke 93–77 in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite 8.
  • March 26, 2011 – Arizona was defeated by UConn 65–63 in the Elite 8.

NIT

Highlights and notes

  • November 12, 2010 – UCLA and Oregon kicked off the season with wins over San Diego State and North Dakota State respectively.
  • February 25, 2011 – California was placed on two years probation for impermissible recruiting phone calls.[5]
  • February 26, 2011 – UCLA defeated Arizona in the final men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The late Coach John Wooden's great-grandson Tyler Trapani scored the last two points for the Bruins.[6]

Awards and honors

  • The Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award in both men’s and women’s basketball is now known as the John Wooden Coach of the Year Award.[3]

Player-of-the-Week

All-Pac-10 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:[7]

FIRST TEAM:

Name School Pos. Year Ht., Wt. Hometown (Prev. school)
Matthew Bryan-AmaningWASHFSr.6–9 240London, England (South Kent School, Conn.)
Jeremy GreenSTANGJr.6–4 198Austin, Texas (Bowie HS)
Jorge GuiterrezCALGJr.6–3 195Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
Tyler HoneycuttUCLAFSo.6–8 183Los Angeles, Calif. (Sylmar HS)
Malcolm LeeUCLAGJr.6–4 195Riverside, Calif. (John W. North HS)
Reeves NelsonUCLAFSo.6–8 235Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS)
Isaiah ThomasWASHGJr.5–9 185Tacoma, Wash. (South Kent School, Conn.)
Klay ThompsonWSUGJr.6–6 202Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS)
Nikola VucevicUSCFJr.6–10 240Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep)
Derrick WilliamsARIZFSo.6–8 240La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS)

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

Second Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

References

  1. "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  2. "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  3. Bolch, Ben (October 28, 2010). "Pacific-10 Conference dedicating basketball season to John Wooden". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 20, 2011.
  4. Preseason Pac-10 Media Poll Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, UCLABruins.com, October 28, 2010
  5. Associated Press, Cal punished for impermissible calls, ESPN.com, February 25, 2011
  6. Painter, Jill (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  7. "2010–11 Pac-10 Conference Men's Basketball Honors" (PDF) (Press release). Pacific-10 Conference. March 7, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2011.
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