2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
2010–11 record 17–14 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach Tubby Smith
Assistant coach Ron Jirsa
Assistant coach Saul Smith
Assistant coach Vince Taylor
Home arena Williams Arena
Seasons
« 2009–10 2011–12 »
2010–11 Big Ten men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Ohio State † 16 – 2   .889     34 – 3   .919
#13 Purdue 14 – 4   .778     26 – 8   .765
#16 Wisconsin 13 – 5   .722     25 – 9   .735
Michigan 9 – 9   .500     21 – 14   .600
Illinois 9 – 9   .500     20 – 14   .588
Penn State 9 – 9   .500     19 – 15   .559
Michigan State 9 – 9   .500     19 – 15   .559
Northwestern 7 – 11   .389     20 – 14   .588
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333     17 – 14   .548
Iowa 4 – 14   .222     11 – 20   .355
Indiana 3 – 15   .167     12 – 20   .375
† 2011 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2010–2011. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith was in his fourth year at Minnesota. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season

The Gophers began their season without Devoe Joseph, who was suspended for 6 regular season games due to a violation of team rules.[3] Despite this, the Gophers won the early season Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament by defeating Western Kentucky, then 8th-ranked North Carolina, and West Virginia.

Joseph then abruptly left the team in January, transferring to the University of Oregon.[4]

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Roster

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Al Nolen 6'1" 188 G Sr. Minneapolis, MN, U.S. Minneapolis Henry HS
4 Dominique Dawson 6'7" 240 F So. Minneapolis, MN, U.S. Minneapolis SW HS
10 Oto Osenieks 6'8" 205 F Fr. Riga, Latvia Brehm Prep
13 Maverick Ahanmisi 6'2" 175 G Fr. Santa Clarita, CA, U.S. Stoneridge Prep
15 Maurice Walker 6'10" 289 F Fr. Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Brewster Academy
20 Austin Hollins 6'4" 120 G Fr. Germantown, TN, U.S. Germantown HS
22 Chris Halvorsen 6'8" 190 F So. St. Paul, MN, U.S. Henry Sibley HS
23 Chip Armelin 6'3" 186 G Fr. Sulphur, LA, U.S. Sulphur HS
24 Blake Hoffarber 6'4" 210 G Sr. Minnetonka, MN, U.S. Hopkins HS
32 Trevor Mbakwe 6'8" 240 F RJr. Saint Paul, MN, U.S. St. Bernard's HS
Miami Dade College
33 Rodney Williams 6'7" 200 F So. Minneapolis, MN, U.S. Robbinsdale Cooper HS
45 Colton Iverson 6'10" 258 F/C Jr. Yankton, SD, U.S. Yankton HS
50 Ralph Sampson III 6'11" 241 F/C Jr. Duluth, GA, U.S. Northview HS
55 Elliott Eliason 6'11" 242 C Fr. Chadron, NE, U.S. Chadron HS
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2010–11 Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
November 2, 2010* 7:00 PM Northeastern State Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN W 109–59  10,405
November 8, 2010* 7:00 PM Winona State Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN W 78–72  11,440
Regular Season
November 12, 2010* 7:00 PM Wofford Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN W 69–55  12,228 1–0
November 15, 2010* 8:00 PM Siena Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPNU W 76–69  10,752 2–0
November 18, 2010* 6:30 PM vs. Western Kentucky Coliseo de Puerto Rico • San Juan, PR
(Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Quarterfinal)		 ESPN3 W 95–77  7,205 3–0
November 19, 2010* 7:30 PM vs. #8 North Carolina Coliseo de Puerto Rico • San Juan, PR
(Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Semifinal)		 ESPNU W 72–67  10,127 4–0
November 21, 2010* 6:30 PM vs. West Virginia Coliseo de Puerto Rico • San Juan, PR
(Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Championship)		 ESPN2 W 74–70  11,575 5–0
November 24, 2010* 7:00 PM North Dakota State #15 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 W 84–65  12,056 6–0
November 29, 2010* 6:00 PM Virginia #15 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN
(ACC – Big Ten Challenge)		 ESPN2 L 87–79  12,089 6–1
December 4, 2010* 7:00 PM Cornell #15 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN W 71–66  12,633 7–1
December 8, 2010* 6:00 PM at St. Joseph's #22 Hagan Arena • Philadelphia, PA W 83–73  3,911 8–1
December 11, 2010* 12:00 PM Eastern Kentucky #22 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN W 71–58  11,081 9–1
December 15, 2010* 7:30 PM Akron #21 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN W 66–58  11,237 10–1
December 23, 2010* 7:00 PM South Dakota State #17 William's Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 W 85–73  13,302 11–1
Big Ten Regular Season
December 28, 2010 6:00 PM at Wisconsin #14 Kohl Center • Madison, WI ESPN2 L 68–60  17,230 11–2 (0–1)
December 31, 2010 3:00 PM at #20 Michigan State #14 Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI BTN L 71–62  14,797 11–3 (0–2)
January 4, 2011 6:00 PM Indiana Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 67–63  12,727 12–3 (1–2)
January 9, 2011 1:00 PM at #2 Ohio State Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH BTN L 67–64  17,392 12–4 (1–3)
January 13, 2011 6:00 PM #8 Purdue Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN W 70–67  14,625 13–4 (2–3)
January 16, 2011 5:00 PM Iowa Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN W 69–59  14,625 14–4 (3–3)
January 22, 2011 6:00 PM at Michigan #15 Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI BTN W 69–64  12,378 15–4 (4–3)
January 26, 2011 7:30 PM Northwestern #16 Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN W 81–70  14,625 16–4 (5–3)
January 29, 2011 12:00 PM at #12 Purdue #16 Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN CBS L 73–61  14,123 16–5 (5–4)
February 2, 2011 5:30 PM at Indiana #18 Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN BTN L 60–57  16,168 16–6 (5–5)
February 6, 2011 1:00 PM #1 Ohio State #18 Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN L 82–69  14,625 16–7 (5–6)
February 10, 2011 8:00 PM Illinois Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN L 71–62  14,625 16–8 (5–7)
February 13, 2011 5:00 PM at Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA BTN W 62–45  12,759 17–8 (6–7)
February 17, 2011 6:00 PM at Penn State Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA ESPN L 66–63  8,446 17–9 (6–8)
February 22, 2011 8:00 PM Michigan State Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 53–48  14,625 17–10 (6–9)
February 26, 2011 3:30 PM Michigan Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 70–63  14,625 17–11 (6–10)
March 2, 2011 7:30 PM at Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL BTN L 68–57  4,584 17–12 (6–11)
March 6, 2011 12:00 PM Penn State Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 66–63  14,625 17–13 (6–12)
2011 Big Ten Tournament
March 10, 2011 1:30 PM vs. Northwestern Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN
(First Round)		 ESPN2 L 75–65  N/A 17–14
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.
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Rankings

See also: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
AP RV RV 15 15 22 21 17 14 RV RV 15 16 18 RV RV NR
Coaches RV RV 17 13 20 20 16 13 21 25 19 18 20 25 RV NR
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References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved March 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Minnesota suspends Devoe Joseph". Associated Press (ESPN). November 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Devoe Joseph enrolls at Oregon". Diamond Leung (ESPN). January 11, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 
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