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2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
sex	none
year	2010–11
team	Tennessee Volunteers
image	Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
image_size	125px
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	East
short_conf	SEC
record	19–15
conf_record	8–8
head_coach	Bruce Pearl
hc_year	6th
asst_coach1	Tony Jones
asst_coach2	Steve Forbes
asst_coach3	Jason Shay
stadium	Thompson-Boling Arena
champion	NIT Season Tip-Off champions
bowl	[NCAA tournament](2011-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	Round of 64

The 2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the sixth season for Bruce Pearl as the Volunteers' head coach. The team, a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, played its home games at Thompson-Boling Arena. They were the champions of the 2011 NIT Season Tip-Off. They finished the season 19–15, 8–8 in SEC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament to Florida. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Michigan.

On March 21, 2011, Pearl was fired by the school for lying to NCAA investigators on recruiting violations.

2010–11 roster

Bruce Pearl ()
Tony Jones ()
Steve Forbes ()
Jason Shay ()

Class of 2010 Signees

Schedule

|- !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

|- !colspan=9 style=| Regular season

|- !colspan=9 style=| SEC tournament |- !colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament

References

Beth Rucker,[http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/42198480/ns/sports-college_basketball/ Tennessee Fires Coach Bruce Pearl] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-22 , ''Associated Press'' via NBCSports.MSNBC.com, March 21, 2011)

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