2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 16, 2010 and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 10–13, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The regular-season champion of the league and its East Division was Florida, with Alabama winning the West Division crown. Kentucky won the tournament crown and went on to make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.

2010–11 SEC Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2011 SEC ChampionsFlorida
Division ChampionsFlorida (East)
Alabama (West)
Season MVPChandler Parsons, Florida
Tournament
ChampionsKentucky
  Runners-upFlorida
Finals MVPDarius Miller, Kentucky
Basketball seasons
← 09–10
11–12 →
2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 15 Florida 13 3   .813 29 8   .784
No. 11 Kentucky 10 6   .625 29 9   .763
No. 25 Vanderbilt 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
Georgia 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Tennessee 8 8   .500 19 15   .559
South Carolina 5 11   .313 14 16   .467
West
Alabama 12 4   .750 25 12   .676
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 17 14   .548
Ole Miss 7 9   .438 20 14   .588
Arkansas 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
Auburn 4 12   .250 11 20   .355
LSU 3 13   .188 11 21   .344
2011 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

This was the last season for the SEC's two-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011 to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.[1]

Pre-season polls and teams

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Pre-Season Poll:

SEC Media[2]
SEC East
1. Florida
2. Kentucky
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Vanderbilt
6. South Carolina
SEC West
1. Mississippi State
2. Ole Miss
3. Alabama
4. Arkansas
5. LSU
6. Auburn

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams

SEC Media[3] SEC Coaches[4]
Brandon Knight Kentucky
Travis Leslie Georgia
Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt
Trey Thompkins Georgia
Chris WarrenOle Miss
Dee Bost Mississippi State
JaMychal Green Alabama
Scotty Hopson Tennessee
Travis Leslie Georgia
Chandler Parsons Florida
Marshawn Powell Arkansas
Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt
Trey Thompkins Georgia
Chris WarrenOle Miss
  • SEC Coaches select 8 players
  • Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

Rankings

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Attendance

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Rk Team Arena Capacity Gms. Avg. Att. % Full Total Att.
1 Kentucky Rupp Arena 23,500 15 23,603 100.4% 354,046
2 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena 21,678 18 18,952 87.4% 341,130
3 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium 14,316 17 13,802 96.4% 234,632
4 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena 19,368 19 11,884 61.4% 225,794
5 Alabama Coleman Coliseum 15,316 16 11,757 76.8% 188,119
6 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena 18,000 17 10,427 57.9% 177,254
7 Florida O'Connell Center 12,000 17 10,186 84.9% 173,158
8 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum 10,523 16 8,250 78.4% 131,998
9 LSU Maravich Assembly Center 13,472 18 7,153 53.1% 128,749
10 Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum 9,061 17 6,360 70.2% 108,120
11 Auburn Auburn Arena 9,121 20 6,324 69.3% 126,483
12 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum 10,500 17 5,710 54.4% 97,069
    TOTALS 177,334 207 11,200 75.8% 2,286,552

Post season

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NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
2 Southeast Florida W, 79–51 vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara3/17, Tampa, Florida W, 73–65 vs. #7 UCLA W, 83–74 (OT) vs. #3 BYU3/24, New Orleans L, 71–74 (OT) vs. #8 Butler    
4 East Kentucky W, 59–57 vs. #13 Princeton3/17, Tampa, Florida W, 71–63 vs. #5 West Virginia W, 62–60 vs. #1 Ohio State3/25, Newark, New Jersey W, 76–69 vs. #4 North Carolina L, 55–56 vs. #3 Connecticut4/2, Houston  
5 Southwest Vanderbilt L, 66–69 vs. #12 Richmond3/17, Denver          
9 West Tennessee L, 45–75 vs. #8 Michigan3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina          
10 East Georgia L, 65–68 vs. #7 Washington3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina          

National Invitation Tournament

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# of Bids Record Win % R2 R3 SF CG
2 4–2 .667 1 1 1 1
Team Bid Type Seed Results
Alabama At-large 1 W 68–44 vs. 8 Coastal Carolina
W 74-67 vs. 4 New Mexico
W 79–64 vs. 2 Miami (FL)
W 62–61 vs. 1 Colorado
L 57-68 4 Wichita State
Ole Miss At-large 5 L 74–77 vs. 4 California

Awards and honors

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All-Americans

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All SEC teams and awards

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The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the SEC coaches:

2011 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[5]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Chandler Parsons, FLORIDA
Coach of the Year Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Defensive Player of the Year Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA
Rookie of the Year Terrence Jones, C., KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Riley Benock, G., MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sixth Man Award Brian Williams, C., TENNESSEE
2011 All-SEC Men's Basketball Teams[6]
First Team Second Team All-Defensive Team All-Rookie Team
JaMychal Green, F., ALABAMA
Chandler Parsons†, F., FLORIDA
Trey Thompkins, F., GEORGIA
Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY
Brandon Knight, F., KENTUCKY
Chris Warren†, G., OLE MISS
Scotty Hopson, G., TENNESSEE
John Jenkins†, G., VANDERBILT
Tony Mitchell, F., ALABAMA
Rotnei Clarke, G., ARKANSAS
Kenny Boynton, G., FLORIDA
Erving Walker, G., FLORIDA
Travis Leslie, F., GEORGIA
Dee Bost, G., MISS STATE
Tobias Harris, F., TENNESSEE
Festus Ezeli, C., VANDERBILT
Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT
Delvon Johnson, F., ARKANSAS
DeAndre Liggins, G., KENTUCKY
Reginald Bucker, F., OLE MISS
Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA
Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT
Trevor Releford, G., ALABAMA
Patric Young, F., FLORIDA
Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY
Brandon Knight, G., KENTUCKY
Doron Lamb, G., KENTUCKY
Ralston Turner, G., LSU
Bruce Ellington, G.,SOUTH CAROLINA
Tobias Harris, F.,TENNESSEE
- denotes unanimous selection

All-Academic

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USBWA All-District team

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References

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  1. ^ "Destin Recap: Day Two" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Southeastern Conference". www.secsports.com.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Southeastern Conference".
  5. ^ "Southeastern Conference".
  6. ^ "Southeastern Conference".