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2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

American college basketball season


American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year2010–11
teamBYU Cougars
imageBYU Cougars logo.svg
conferenceMountain West Conference
short_confMountain West
APRank10
CoachRank13
record32–5
conf_record14–2
head_coachDave Rose
hc_year6th
asst_coach1Dave Rice
asst_coach2Terry Nashif
asst_coach3Tim LaComb
stadiumMarriott Center
championSouth Padre Island Invitational Champions
Mountain West Regular Season Co-Champions
bowl[NCAA tournament](2011-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_resultSweet Sixteen

Mountain West Regular Season Co-Champions The 2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars, in their final season in the Mountain West Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars ended regular season play as co-champions with San Diego State, and were the only team to defeat the Aztecs in regular-season play. Led by combo guard Jimmer Fredette, the nation's leading scorer and consensus national player of the year, the Cougars advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament, where they lost in overtime to Florida.

This was the Cougars' final season as a member of the Mountain West as their basketball team became a member of the West Coast Conference in July 2011.

Roster

  • Dave Rose ()
  • Dave Rice ()
  • Terry Nashif ()
  • Tim LaComb () |access-date=2015-03-10

Schedule and results

Source |- !colspan=9 style=|Exhibition |- !colspan=9 style=| Regular Season |- !colspan=10 style= | Mountain West tournament |- !colspan=10 style= | NCAA Tournament

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

The team has consistently been ranked higher in computer rankings such as Jeff Sagarin's than in the AP and Coaches Polls. On November 13, 2010 they were ranked 2 in Sagarin's rankings, while they were ranked as high as 1 in Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) on January 9 and 24, 2011, as well as on February 15 and 28, 2011.

Davies controversy

Sophomore starting forward Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team on March 1, 2011 for the remainder of the season for a violation of the school's honor code. This led to a media frenzy in which the Honor Code was spotlighted and debated, particularly because Davies had not committed a criminal act, or even an NCAA violation, but instead a violation of Latter-day Saint and school ethics. Davies had started 26 of 29 games for the Cougars, averaging 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds. At the time, BYU had a 27-2 record and ranked No. 3 nationally, while analyst Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com had projected the Cougars as the No. 1 seed in the West region for the 2011 NCAA tournament. After Davies' suspension, Lunardi maintained his stance that BYU should be a No. 1 seed as long as they continued to perform. The Cougars lost their next game 82–64 to New Mexico (19–11), who beat BYU for the second time in the season, but quickly recovered in a 102-78 victory over Wyoming.

References

References

  1. "Colorado State vs. San Diego State - Game Recap - March 5, 2011 - ESPN".
  2. (31 August 2010). "BYU to leave Mountain West Conference, join West Coast Conference in all sports except football".
  3. "2010-11 Schedule".
  4. Drew, Jay. (March 2, 2011). "BYU's Brandon Davies apologizes to teammates". [[The Salt Lake Tribune]].
  5. Katz, Andy. (March 2, 2011). "Brandon Davies dismissed from team". ESPN.com.
  6. "College Basketball Experts Blog".
  7. (March 2, 2011). "New Mexico upsets BYU in first game since Davies' dismissal". ESPN.com.
  8. "Wyoming vs. BYU - Game Recap - March 5, 2011 - ESPN".
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