2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season
Sports 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]
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
8
Stanford
67
9
Oregon State
69
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
7
Washington State
76
6
Washington State
87
10
Arizona State
69
3
Washington
69
7
Oregon
51
2
UCLA
59
7
Oregon
76
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
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.
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]
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Player-of-the-Week
Nov. 22 – Reeves Nelson , UCLA
Dec. 6 – Derrick Williams , ARIZ
Dec. 20 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA
Jan. 3 – Matthew Bryan-Amaning , WASH
Jan. 17 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
Jan. 31 – Lamont Jones , ARIZ
Feb. 14 – Isaiah Thomas , WASH
Feb. 28 – Nikola Vucevic , USC
Nov. 29 – Klay Thompson , WSU
Dec. 13 – Klay Thompson, WSU
Dec. 27 – Jio Fontan, USC
Jan. 10 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
Jan. 24 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
Feb. 7 – Joevan Catron , ORE
Feb. 21 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
Mar. 7 – Ty Abbott , ASU
All-Americans
All-Pac-10 teams
Voting was by conference coaches:[ 7]
FIRST TEAM:
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Ht., Wt.
Hometown (Prev. school)
Matthew Bryan-Amaning
WASH
F
Sr.
6–9 240
London, England (South Kent School, Conn.)
Jeremy Green
STAN
G
Jr.
6–4 198
Austin, Texas (Bowie HS)
Jorge Guiterrez
CAL
G
Jr.
6–3 195
Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
Tyler Honeycutt
UCLA
F
So.
6–8 183
Los Angeles, Calif. (Sylmar HS)
Malcolm Lee
UCLA
G
Jr.
6–4 195
Riverside, Calif. (John W. North HS)
Reeves Nelson
UCLA
F
So.
6–8 235
Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS)
Isaiah Thomas
WASH
G
Jr.
5–9 185
Tacoma, Wash. (South Kent School, Conn.)
Klay Thompson
WSU
G
Jr.
6–6 202
Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS)
Nikola Vucevic
USC
F
Jr.
6–10 240
Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep)
Derrick Williams
ARIZ
F
So.
6–8 240
La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS)
All-Academic
First Team:
Player, School
Year
GPA
Major
Second Team:
Player, School
Year
GPA
Major
USBWA All-District team
References
^ "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11" . ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings" . ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011 .
^ a b Bolch, Ben (October 28, 2010). "Pacific-10 Conference dedicating basketball season to John Wooden" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on February 5, 2011.
^ Preseason Pac-10 Media Poll Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine , UCLABruins.com , October 28, 2010
^ Associated Press, Cal punished for impermissible calls , ESPN.com, February 25, 2011
^ Painter, Jill (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion" . Los Angeles Daily News . Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011 .
^ "2010–11 Pac-10 Conference Men's Basketball Honors" (PDF) (Press release). Pacific-10 Conference . March 7, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2011.
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