2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2010–11 UCLA Bruins UCLA Bruins logo.svg 200px Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 23–11 13–5 Ben Howland 8th Scott Duncan Phil Mathews Scott Garson Pauley Pavilion NCAA tournament 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 to 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 no no 2010 Joshua Smith C Kent, WA Kentwood HS 6 9 320 11/09/2009 4 5 96 Tyler Lamb SG Santa Ana, CA Mater Dei HS 6 4 190 08/27/2008 4 4 95 Matt Carlino SG Scottsdale, AZ Bloomington South HS 6 3 195 04/27/2010 3 3 93 Lazeric Jones PG Chicago, IL John A. Logan CC 6 1 190 12/27/2009 2 3 87 Travis Wear PF Huntington Beach, CA Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina 6 10 235 0 David Wear PF Huntington Beach, CA Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina 6 10 225 0 2010 UCLA Commit List for 2010 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN - UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 2010 ucla 12 26 16 18 15 2010-11-19 yes Roster 2010 UCLA Bruins y yes Anthony Stover y 0 C 6 10 225 Fr y Pasadena, California Windward School Tyler Lamb y 1 G 6 4 205 Fr Santa Ana, California Mater Dei H.S. Malcolm Lee basketball y 3 G 6 5 195 Jr Moreno Valley, California John W. North H.S. Tyler Trapani 4 G 6 0 190 Jr Simi Valley, California Simi Valley H.S. Jerime Anderson 5 G 6 1 181 Jr Anaheim, California Canyon H.S. y Alex Schrempf 10 F 6 5 227 Fr y Seattle, Washington Bellevue H.S. Lazeric Jones y 11 G 6 0 187 Jr Chicago, Illinois John A. Logan College Matt DeMarcus 13 G 6 3 203 Jr Solvang, California Santa Ynez Valley Union H.S. Jack Haley 14 G 6 4 185 Fr Seal Beach, California Los Alamitos H.S. Blake Arnet 15 G 6 0 185 Jr Laguna Niguel, California Mater Dei H.S. David Wear y 20 F 6 10 225 So Huntington Beach, California Mater Dei H.S. Brendan Lane y basketball 21 F 6 9 208 So Rocklin, California Rocklin H.S. Reeves Nelson y 22 F 6 8 235 So Modesto, California Modesto Christian H.S. Tyler Honeycutt y 23 F 6 8 183 So Los Angeles, California Sylmar H.S. Travis Wear y 24 F 6 10 220 So Huntington Beach, California Mater Dei H.S. Joshua Smith y basketball 34 C 6 10 305 Fr Kent, Washington Kentwood H.S. *Ben Howland (Weber State) Scott Duncan (College of Wooster) Philip Mathews (UC Irvine) Scott Garson (UC Santa Barbara) https://web.archive.org/web/20110928090919/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ucla-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-11-19 Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Exhibition |- November 4, 2010 7:30 pm yes 2010 Westmont Warriors Westmont Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA BruinTV 95–59 4,972 — |- November 9, 2010 7:30 pm yes 2010 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles Cal State Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA BruinTV 84–59 4,595 – |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular season |- November 12, 2010 7:30 pm yes 2010 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA BruinTV 83–50 6,687 1–0 |- November 15, 2010 8:00 pm yes 2010 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals ESPNU 79–69 6,748 2–0 |- November 16, 2010 8:30 pm yes 2010 Pacific Tigers Pacific Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals ESPNU 57–44 8,345 3–0 |- November 24, 2010 6:55 pm yes y Villanova 7 Madison Square Garden New York City NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals ESPN2 70–82 6,746 3–1 November 26, 2010 11:30 am yes y VCU Madison Square Garden New York City NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game ESPN2 85–89 7,228 3–2 December 2, 2010 6:00 pm yes y Kansas 4 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ESPN 76–77 16,300 3–3 December 5, 2010 7:00 pm yes Montana Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 44–54 5,391 3–4 December 11, 2010 5:00 pm yes 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 72–61 5,496 4–4 December 13, 2010 7:30 pm yes 2010 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 74–67 5,811 5–4 December 18, 2010 2:30 pm yes y BYU 18 Honda Center Anaheim, CA John R. Wooden Classic FSN/PT 86–79 12,499 6–4 December 21, 2010 7:30 pm yes 2010 Montana State Bobcats Montana State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA BruinTV 75–59 5,390 7–4 December 23, 2010 7:30 pm yes UC Irvine Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 74–73 6,380 8–4 December 29, 2010 8:00 pm Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 80–71 7,934 9–4 1–0 December 31, 2010 1:00 pm Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 63–74 9,049 9–5 1–1 January 9, 2011 7:30 pm y USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 52–63 10,258 9–6 1–2 January 13, 2011 5:30 pm y Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR Prime Ticket 62–57 6,857 10–6 2–2 January 15, 2011 2:00 pm y Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR Prime Ticket 67–59 11,089 11–6 3–2 January 20, 2011 7:30 pm California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 86–84 8,650 12–6 4–2 January 22, 2011 11:00 am Stanford Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA CBS 68–57 8,772 13–6 5–2 January 27, 2011 6:00 pm y Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ ESPN2 74–85 14,528 13–7 5–3 January 29, 2011 12:30 pm y Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ FSN/PT 73–72 OT 7,086 14–7 6–3 February 2, 2011 8:00 pm USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 64–50 10,419 15–7 7–3 February 5, 2011 10:00 am yes St. John's Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA CBS 66–59 8,592 16–7 February 10, 2011 7:30 pm Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Prime Ticket 64–54 7,406 17–7 8–3 February 12, 2011 1:00 pm Oregon State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 69–61 8,534 18–7 9–3 February 17, 2011 7:30 pm y Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FSN/PT 69–65 5,856 19–7 10–3 February 20, 2011 7:00 pm y California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CAe FSN/PT 72–76 OT 9,688 19–8 10–4 February 24, 2011 8:00 pm Arizona State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 71–53 8,080 20–8 11–4 February 26, 2011 1:00 pm Arizona 10 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FSN/PT 71–49 11,986 21–8 12–4 March 3, 2011 6:00 pm y Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA ESPN2 63–70 9,931 21–9 12–5 March 5, 2011 2:30 pm y Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA FSN/PT 58–54 OT 9,317 22–9 13–5 |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins| Pac-10 tournament |- March 9, 2011 6:00 pm yes 2 Oregon 7 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Pac-10 Quarterfinals FSN 59–76 12,191 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins| NCAA tournament March 17, 2011 6:20 pm yes yes 7 SE Michigan State 10 SE St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL NCAA Second Round 15,504 TBS 78–76 23–10 March 19, 2011 11:45 am yes yes 7 SE Florida 15 2 SE St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL NCAA Third Round 17,771 CBS 65–73Florida moves on as Erving Walker comes up big again March 19, 2011 ESPN.com Associated Press http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310780057 https://web.archive.org/web/20110322072359/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310780057 dead March 22, 2011 March 19, 2011 23–11 Coaches' Poll Pacific Timehttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ucla-m-baskbl-sched.html UCLA Schedule November 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110807095548/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ucla-m-baskbl-sched.html August 7, 2011 dead mdy-all SE NCAA Southeast Regional Rankings 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. This was the first time the Bruins had had that many first-team selections since Toby Bailey, Jelani McCoy and Charles O'Bannon were picked in 1997.Bolch Ben Holmes Baxter UCLA awaits word on condition of Malcolm Lee's left knee March 7, 2011 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2011-mar-07-la-sp-pac-10-notes-20110308-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201126010208/http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/mar/07/sports/la-sp-pac-10-notes-20110308 November 26, 2020 live Lee was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Defensive team, while Joshua Smith was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team. See also 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings List of UCLA Bruins in the NBA 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 December 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."Painter Jill http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Daily News February 26, 2011 https://archive.today/20240525064658/https://www.webcitation.org/5xJLlkeQu?url=http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE%3Fcontentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display 2024-05-25 dead 2011-03-19 March 17, 2011 - UCLA made its 44th appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bruins had 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 would declare for the 2011 NBA draft and will hire an agent.Bolch Ben UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft March 28, 2011 Los Angeles Times http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/03/ucla-basketball-tyler-honeycutt-says-he-will-hire-an-agent-enter-nba-draft.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110402073721/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/03/ucla-basketball-tyler-honeycutt-says-he-will-hire-an-agent-enter-nba-draft.html April 2, 2011 live April 1, 2011 - Assistant Coach Scott Duncan left the team to become the associate head coach at Wyoming. April 12, 2011 - Lee announced that he would forgo his final year of college eligibility, hire an agent, and enter the 2011 NBA draft.Bolch Ben Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA April 13, 2011 Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ucla-malcolm-lee-20110413,0,6266117.story https://web.archive.org/web/20110417021736/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ucla-malcolm-lee-20110413,0,6266117.story 2011-04-17 dead 2011-04-14 References 2 Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons UCLA UCLA UCLA Bruins men's basketball UCLA Bruins men's basketball