2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

Before the season

Roster changes

Recruiting

Roster

• Geno Ford
• Rob Senderoff
• Bobby Steinburg
• Jordan Mincy

Coaching staff

Schedule

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After the season

Comments

Following their overtime loss to Akron in the MAC tournament championship game, the team was seeded 7th in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, which they automatically qualified for by winning the MAC regular season championship. They played in Moraga, California at 2nd-seeded St. Mary's, and defeated the Gaels 71–70. Kent State next traveled across the country to face 6th-seeded Fairfield, and defeated the Stags in Bridgeport, Connecticut 72–68. The win advanced Kent State to the NIT quarterfinals for the first time since 2000. In the quarterfinals, they played top-seeded Colorado, and lost to the Buffaloes 81–74 in Boulder, Colorado to finish the season with an overall record of 25–12.

On March 27, Bradley University announced they had hired Geno Ford to become their next head coach.

Awards

On March 7, 2011, head coach Geno Ford was named the Coach of the Year in the Mid-American Conference while Junior forward Justin Greene was named the conference Player of the Year. It was Ford's second consecutive Coach of the Year award and marks the eighth time a KSU coach has won the award (Jim McDonald, 1990; Gary Waters, 1999 and 2000; Stan Heath, 2002; and Jim Christian, 2006 and 2008). Ford also became the fourth coach in MAC history to win back-to-back Coach of the Year awards and won the award by one vote over Miami's Charlie Coles. Greene was the first KSU player since Al Fisher in 2008 to be named Player of the Year and the third Kent State player overall to win the award, joining DeAndre Haynes in 2006. Greene won the award by three votes over Julian Muvunga of Miami and D. J. Cooper of Ohio.

On March 8, Kent State players Michael Porrini and Carlton Guyton were honored by the Mid-American Conference as Porrini was named MAC Defensive Player of the Year and Guyton was named MAC Sixth Man of the Year. Porrini was the fourth Kent State player to earn the award and marked the fifth Defensive Player of the Year award for Kent State (Demertic Shaw; 2001 and 2002; John Edwards, 2004; and Haminn Quaintance, 2008). Guyton was the third KSU player to win the Sixth Man award, after Anthony Simpson in 2010 and Kevin Warzynski in 2006.

Notes

References

1. Alexander, Elton. (March 27, 2011). "Kent State basketball coach Geno Ford leaving for Bradley". [[The Plain Dealer]].
2. (March 8, 2010). "MAC Announces Player of the Year, Coach of the Year". [[Mid-American Conference]].
3. (March 7, 2011). "MAC Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Coach of the Year". [[Mid-American Conference]].
4. (March 8, 2011). "Buffalo's McCrea Honored Along With KSU's Porrini, Guyton". [[Mid-American Conference]].