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

2010–11 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:10
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Arizona Wildcats
Second Place:UCLA Bruins
Mvp:Derrick Williams, Arizona
Mvp Link:Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:Washington Huskies
Finals Runner-Up:Arizona Wildcats
Finals Mvp:Isaiah Thomas, Washington
Finals Mvp Link:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament#Results
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:09–10
Nextseason Link:2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:11–12

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.[1]

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

See main article: article and 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Non-Conference games

Conference games

Conference tournament

See main article: article and 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament.

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona

Herb Sendek, Arizona State

Mike Montgomery, California

Dana Altman, Oregon

Craig Robinson, Oregon State

Johnny Dawkins, Stanford

Ben Howland, UCLA

Kevin O'Neill, USC

Lorenzo Romar, Washington

Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

NIT

CBI

Highlights and notes

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

All-Pac-10 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:[5]

Derrick Williams, Arizona

Allen Crabbe, California

Marcus Simmons, USC

Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington

Sean Miller, Arizona

FIRST TEAM:

NameSchoolPos.YearHt., Wt.Hometown (Prev. school)
Matthew Bryan-AmaningWASHFSr.6–9 240London, England (South Kent School, Conn.)
STAN G Jr. 6–4 198 Austin, Texas (Bowie HS)
CAL G Jr. 6–3 195 Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
UCLA F So. 6–8 183 Los Angeles, Calif. (Sylmar HS)
UCLA G Jr. 6–4 195 Riverside, Calif. (John W. North HS)
UCLA F So. 6–8 235 Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS)
WASH G Jr. 5–9 185 Tacoma, Wash. (South Kent School, Conn.)
WSU G Jr. 6–6 202 Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS)
USC F Jr. 6–10 240 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep)
ARIZ F So. 6–8 240 La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS)

All-Academic

First Team:

Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

Notes and References

  1. News: Bolch . Ben . Pacific-10 Conference dedicating basketball season to John Wooden . October 28, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110205152951/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/10/pacific-10-conference-dedicating-basketball-season-to-john-wooden.html . February 5, 2011 . live .
  2. http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102810aaa.html Preseason Pac-10 Media Poll
  3. Associated Press, Cal punished for impermissible calls, ESPN.com, February 25, 2011
  4. News: Painter . Jill . Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion . . February 26, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110820095118/http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display . 2011-08-20 . dead . 2011-03-19 .
  5. . 2010–11 Pac-10 Conference Men’s Basketball Honors . March 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817084554/http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2010-11All-Pac-10.pdf . August 17, 2011 . dead .