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2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 2010–11 |
| team | UCLA Bruins |
| image | UCLA Bruins logo.svg |
| image_size | 200px |
| conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| short_conf | Pac-10 |
| record | 23–11 |
| conf_record | 13–5 |
| head_coach | Ben Howland |
| hc_year | 8th |
| asst_coach1 | Scott Duncan |
| asst_coach2 | Phil Mathews |
| asst_coach3 | Scott Garson |
| stadium | Pauley Pavilion |
| bowl | [NCAA tournament](2011-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) |
| bowl_result | Round of 32 |
The 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by head coach Ben Howland and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion. They finished the conference season in second place (13–5), and were a 2-seed at the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, where they lost to 7-seed Oregon in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as the #7 seeded team in the Southeast Region, where they defeated #10 seed Michigan State before falling to #2 seed Florida in the third round. They finished the season 23–11.
Recruiting class
Roster
- Scott Duncan (College of Wooster)
- Philip Mathews ()
- Scott Garson ()
Schedule
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Rankings
Main article: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Honors
Malcolm Lee, Tyler Honeycutt, and Reeves Nelson were named to the All-Pac-10 first team. The three selection were the most of any team in the Pac-10 Conference. It's the first time the Bruins have had that many first-team selections since Toby Bailey, Jelani McCoy and Charles O'Bannon were picked in 1997.
Lee was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Defensive team, while Joshua Smith was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team.
Notes
- Tyus Edney joined the team as director of basketball operations on August 2, 2010
- October 28, 2010 - The Bruins were picked to finish 3rd, with one first place vote, in the conference by the media in the annual preseason poll.
- December 10, 2010 – guard Matt Carlino left the team and would transfer to play at another school.
- The 66–59 win over St. John's on February 5, 2011, was UCLA'S first in seven tries (UCLA hadn't beaten the Red Storm since Dec. 1968).
- February 26, 2011 – Tyler Trapani, John Wooden's great-grandson scored the last two points of the last men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The final shot is recorded as "Trapani (Wooden's great-grandson) left side layin off Haley's (Jack) missed 3-pt. try."
- March 17, 2011 - UCLA is making its 44th appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bruins have 99 tournament wins, third on the all-time list. Ben Howland took the Bruins to the tournament six times in his eight years as head coach and the Final Four in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
- March 28, 2011 – Tyler Honeycutt announced that he will declare for the 2011 NBA draft and will hire an agent.
- April 1, 2011 - Assistant Coach Scott Duncan left the team to become the associate head coach at Wyoming.
- April 12, 2011 - Lee announced he would forgo his final year of college eligibility and hire an agent and enter the 2011 NBA draft.
References
References
- (March 19, 2011). "Florida moves on as Erving Walker comes up big again". ESPN.com.
- "Schedule". UCLA.
- (March 7, 2011). "UCLA awaits word on condition of Malcolm Lee's left knee". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- Painter, Jill. (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion". [[Los Angeles Daily News]].
- Bolch, Ben. (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- Bolch, Ben. (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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