2010–11 Melbourne Tigers season

2010–11 Melbourne Tigers season
2010–11 Melbourne Tigers season
Head coach	Al Westover; Darryl McDonald
Captain	Cameron Tragardh
Arena	State Netball Hockey Centre
NBL results
Record	10–18 (35.7%)
Ladder	7th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Williams 17.3
Rebounds	Nevill 7.4
Assists	Williams 6.1
Uniforms
Home	Away
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 NBL season was the 28th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. The Tigers went into this season without the experience of former captain Chris Anstey and fellow ex-boomer Sam Mackinnon as the pair retired at the end of the 2009–10 NBL season.

Off-season

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Cameron Tragardh	Signed to 3-year deal in April.^[1]	Wollongong Hawks

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Chris Anstey	Retired	n/a
Sam Mackinnon	Retired	n/a

Roster

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2010–11 Melbourne Tigers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	1	Williams, Corey (I)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	3	Qaafow, Yusef (DP)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	4	Corletto, Daryl	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F	5	Greer, Tommy	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G	7	Adepoju, Moses (DP)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G	9	Lewis, Bennie	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
F	11	Tragardh, Cameron (C)	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	112 kg (247 lb)
C	12	Helliwell, Wade	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	118 kg (260 lb)
G	14	Campbell, Terrance (I)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
F/C	22	Burston, Matt	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
G	23	Devendorf, Eric (I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
F	24	Walker, Lucas	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
C	33	Nevill, Luke	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	120 kg (265 lb)
G	41	Westover, Boden (DP)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	45	Zunic, Edin (DP)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
G	53	Stone, Robbie (DP)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Head coach

Al Westover

Assistant coach(es)

Darryl McDonald
Warrick Giddey

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Warrick Vale

Team manager

Ian Jones

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 February 2011

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Development
C	Matt Burston	Luke Nevill	Wade Helliwell
PF	Cameron Tragardh	Lucas Walker		Edin Zunic
SF	Tommy Greer			Moses Adepoju
SG	Daryl Corletto	Eric Devendorf	Bennie Lewis	Boden Westover
PG	Corey Williams	Terrance Campbell	Yusef Qaafow	Robbie Stone

Regular season

Ladder

Below is the ladder at the end of the season, before the finals. The top 4 teams qualified for the finals series.

Pos	2010–11 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	22	6	78.57%	4–1	W3	12–2	10–4	2463	2367	104.06%
2	Townsville Crocodiles	28	17	11	60.71%	3–2	L1	13–1	4–10	2225	2163	102.87%
3	Cairns Taipans¹	28	16	12	57.14%	4–1	W4	12–2	4–10	2186	2107	103.75%
4	Perth Wildcats¹	28	16	12	57.14%	3–2	L2	10–4	6–8	2380	2192	108.58%

5	Wollongong Hawks	28	15	13	53.57%	4–1	W1	10–4	5–9	2272	2209	102.85%
6	Gold Coast Blaze	28	13	15	46.43%	2–3	W1	8–6	5–9	2396	2440	98.20%
7	Melbourne Tigers	28	10	18	35.71%	1–4	L3	5–9	5–9	2209	2357	93.72%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	9	19	32.14%	1–4	L1	7–7	2–12	2212	2362	93.65%
9	Sydney Kings	28	8	20	28.57%	2–3	L3	5–9	3–11	2171	2317	93.70%

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system, as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations, states that in the case of an identical win–to–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine the order of seeding.

Game log

2010–11 game log

October: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	15 October	Sydney	L 68–84	Luke Nevill (17)	Luke Nevill (12)	Cameron Tragardh (5)	State Netball Hockey Centre	0–1
2	24 October	Perth	L 66–91	Cameron Tragardh (16)	Luke Nevill (8)	Matt Burston (3)	State Netball Hockey Centre	0–2
3	28 October	@ New Zealand	L 84–79	Terrance Campbell (16)	Wade Helliwell (8)	Terrance Campbell (4)	North Shore Events Centre	0–3

November: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	7 November	Wollongong	L 82–86	Terrance Campbell (21)	Matt Burston (11)	Terrance Campbell (5)	State Netball Hockey Centre	0–4
5	14 November	@ Wollongong	L 93–82	Eric Devendorf (19)	Luke Nevill (9)	Eric Devendorf (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre	0–5
6	19 November	Perth	L 84–93	Cameron Tragardh (19)	Matt Burston (12)	Corey Williams (10)	State Netball Hockey Centre	0–6
7	21 November	@ Gold Coast	W 82–85	Corey Williams (19)	Tommy Greer (12)	Tragardh, Williams (2)	Gold Coast Convention Centre	1–6
8	26 November	@ Townsville	L 94–66	Cameron Tragardh (15)	Corey Williams (7)	Corey Williams (4)	Townsville Entertainment Centre	1–7

December: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	4 December	Gold Coast	W 82–78	Corey Williams (24)	Matt Burston (8)	Corey Williams (4)	State Netball Hockey Centre	2–7
10	12 December	@ Perth	L 87–76	Eric Devendorf (19)	Luke Nevill (9)	Corey Williams (6)	Challenge Stadium	2–8
11	18 December	New Zealand	L 80–90	Corey Williams (19)	Nevill, Williams (12)	Burston, Nevill (3)	State Netball Hockey Centre	2–9
12	23 December	@ Sydney	W 73–82	Eric Devendorf (23)	Luke Nevill (15)	Corey Williams (3)	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3–9

January: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
13	2 January	Adelaide	W 87–66	Luke Nevill (23)	Corey Williams (10)	Corey Williams (11)	State Netball Hockey Centre	4–9
14	7 January	@ Perth	W 86–93	Corey Williams (26)	Corey Williams (8)	Corey Williams (6)	Challenge Stadium	5–9
15	14 January	@ Townsville	L 94–78	Corey Williams (18)	Matt Burston (9)	Devendorf, Williams (4)	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5–10
16	15 January	@ Cairns	L 95–74	Corey Williams (18)	Matt Burston (8)	Devendorf, Helliwell (3)	Cairns Convention Centre	5–11
17	22 January	Cairns	W 83–76	Luke Nevill (19)	Corey Williams (7)	Corey Williams (9)	State Netball Hockey Centre	6–11
18	26 January	Sydney	L 67–85	Matt Burston (13)	Corey Williams (9)	Corey Williams (9)	State Netball Hockey Centre	6–12

February: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	6 February	Wollongong	W 93–72	Corey Williams (19)	Matt Burston (10)	Corey Williams (11)	State Netball Hockey Centre	7–12
20	11 February	@ New Zealand	L 101–91	Cameron Tragardh (35)	Burston, Tragardh (10)	Corey Williams (6)	North Shore Events Centre	7–13
21	18 February	@ Adelaide	W 83–86	Matt Burston (24)	Matt Burston (13)	Corey Williams (10)	Adelaide Arena	8–13
22	19 February	Cairns	L 70–63	Matt Burston (19)	Tommy Greer (10)	Cameron Tragardh (5)	State Netball Hockey Centre	9–13

March: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
23	6 March	@ Sydney	L 95–86	Daryl Corletto (24)	Greer, Walker (10)	Corey Williams (6)	Sydney Entertainment Centre	9–14
24	12 March	@ Cairns	L 79–63	Corey Williams (19)	Matt Burston (11)	Corey Williams (7)	Cairns Convention Centre	9–15
25	18 March	@ Adelaide	W 76–79	Daryl Corletto (22)	Burston, Williams (6)	Corey Williams (5)	Adelaide Arena	10–15
26	20 March	Gold Coast	L 81–82	Corey Williams (25)	Corey Williams (11)	Corey Williams (7)	State Netball Hockey Centre	10–16
27	25 March	Townsville	L 72–82	Corey Williams (17)	Lucas Walker (10)	Corey Williams (6)	State Netball Hockey Centre	10–17

April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	2 April	@ New Zealand	L 74–87	Corletto, Tragardh (15)	Wade Helliwell (5)	Corey Williams (8)	State Netball Hockey Centre	10–18

Player statistics

Regular season


Category	Player	Stat
Points per game	Corey Williams	17.3
Rebounds per game	Luke Nevill	7.4
Assists per game	Corey Williams	6.1
Steals per game	Corey Williams	1.3
Blocks per game	Luke Nevill	1.2
Free throw percentage	Daryl Corletto	96.4%

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 8: Corey Williams – 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal vs. Gold Coast Blaze @ State Netball and Hockey Centre^[2]^[3]

Melbourne Tigers Awards

Most Valuable Player: Corey Williams

References

^ Ritchie, Joel (6 April 2010). "Money not behind Tragardh's move south". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Killer week for Homicide nets award". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^ "boxscore". websites.sportstg.com.