2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball none 2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg 125px Southeastern Conference East SEC 19–15 8–8 Bruce Pearl 6th Tony Jones Steve Forbes Jason Shay Thompson-Boling Arena NIT Season Tip-Off champions NCAA tournament 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 to 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.Beth Rucker,Tennessee Fires Coach Bruce Pearl https://web.archive.org/web/20110322145339/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/42198480/ns/sports-college_basketball/ 2011-03-22 , Associated Press via NBCSports.MSNBC.com, March 21, 2011 2010–11 roster 2010 Tennessee Volunteers y Renaldo Woolridge 0 F 6 9 212 JR Sherman Oaks, CA y Jordan McRae y 1 G 6 6 173 FR Midway, GA Melvin Goins 2 G 5 11 180 SR yes San Diego, CA Michael Hubert 10 G 6 2 205 SR Hendersonville, TN Trae Golden 11 G 6 1 207 FR Powder Springs, GA y Tobias Harris 12 F 6 8 226 FR Dix Hills, NY y Skylar McBee 13 G 6 3 184 SO Rutledge, TN Tyler Summitt y 14 G 6 0 175 FR Knoxville, TN Rob Murphy 15 F 6 7 232 JR yes Brentwood, TN Kenny Hall 20 F 6 8 215 SO Stone Mountain, GA y basketball Steven Pearl y 22 F 6 5 235 SR Knoxville, TN Cameron Tatum y 23 G 6 6 192 JR Lithonia, GA Josh Bone 24 G 6 3 197 SR yes Nashville, TN John Fields 25 F 6 9 222 SR Fayetteville, NC Scotty Hopson y 32 G 6 7 200 JR Hopkinsville, KY Brian Williams 33 C 6 10 275 SR Bronx, NY Jeronne Maymon 34 F 6 7 258 SO yes Madison, WI Bruce Pearl (Boston College) Tony Jones (Concordia Ann Arbor) Steve Forbes (Southern Arkansas) Jason Shay (Iowa) 2010-04-01 Class of 2010 signees no no 2010 Tobias Harris F Dix Hills, New York Half Hollow Hills West HS 6 8 220 2009-10-29 5 5 97 Jordan McRae G Midway, Georgia Liberty County HS 6 6 170 2008-09-20 4 4 94 Trae Golden G Powder Springs, Georgia McEachern High School 6 2 190 2009-09-16 4 4 94 2010 Tennessee Basketball Commitments 2010 Tennessee Basketball Commits ESPN tennessee 577 102 9 10 2010-07-15 yes Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="Tennessee Volunteers black"|Exhibition November 3 7:30 pm yes 23 2010 Brevard Tornados Brevard Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 91–42 17,878 — November 8 7:30 pm yes 23 2010 Indianapolis Greyhounds Indianapolis Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 64–79 16,701 — |- !colspan=9 style="Tennessee Volunteers black"| Non-conference regular season November 12 9:00 pm yes 23 2010 none Chattanooga Mocs Chattanooga Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 82–62 20,613 1–0 November 16 9:30 pm yes 24 Belmont Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN NIT Season Tip-Off first round ESPNU 85–76 16,783 2–0 November 17 7:00 pm yes 24 Missouri State Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN NIT Season Tip-Off second round 60–56 16,001 3–0 November 24 7:00 pm yes yes 24 VCU Madison Square Garden Manhattan, NY NIT Season Tip-Off semi-finals ESPN2 77–72 4–0 November 26 5:00 pm yes yes 24 Villanova 7 Madison Square Garden Manhattan, NY NIT Season Tip-Off finals ESPN 78–68 7,228 5–0 November 30 7:30 pm yes 13 2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN FSN South 86–56 17,084 6–0 December 11 3:15 pm yes yes 11 Pittsburgh 3 CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA SEC/Big East Invitational ESPN 83–76 15,166 7–0 December 14 7:00 pm yes 7 Oakland Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPNU 82–89 16,784 7–1 December 17 8:00 pm yes yes 7 2010 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC CBS College Sports 48–49 8,419 7–2 December 21 7:00 pm yes 19 USC Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 64–65 19,030 7–3 December 23 7:30 pm yes 19 Belmont Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 66–65 17,594 8–3 December 29 7:00 pm yes 2010 UT Martin Skyhawks UT Martin Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN CSS 68–62 17,481 9–3 December 31 2:00 pm yes College of Charleston Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN2 78–91 17,794 9–4 January 5 9:00 pm yes Memphis 21 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN2 104–84 18,664 10–4 |- !colspan=12 style="Tennessee Volunteers"| black SEC regular season January 8 1:30 pm yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SEC Network 65–68 12,044 10–5 0–1 January 11 9:00 pm Florida Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Super Tuesday ESPN 75–81 OT 19,846 10–6 0–2 January 15 12:00 pm Vanderbilt Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN College GameDay ESPN 67–64 21,198 11–6 1–2 January 18 7:00 pm yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA ESPNU 59–57 10,523 12–6 2–2 January 22 2:00 pm yes yes Connecticut 8 XL Center Hartford, CT CBS 61–72 16,294 12–7 January 26 9:00 pm LSU Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SEC Network 75–53 18,991 13–7 3–2 January 29 4:00 pm yes Mississippi Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS SEC Network 74–58 8,807 14–7 4–2 February 3 9:00 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL ESPN 69–56 6,274 15–7 5–2 February 5 5:00 pm Alabama Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN FSN South 60–65 OT 21,948 15–8 5–3 February 8 9:00 pm yes Kentucky 18 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Super Tuesday ESPN 61–73 24,334 15–9 5–4 February 12 6:00 pm yes Florida 17 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN 60–61 12,630 15–10 5–5 February 16 7:00 pm South Carolina Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN CSS 73–67 18,402 16–10 6–5 February 19 1:00 pm Georgia Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN CBS 63–69 20,462 16–11 6–6 February 22 9:00 pm yes Vanderbilt 18 Memorial Gym Nashville, TN Super Tuesday ESPN 60–51 14,316 17–11 7–6 February 26 6:00 pm Mississippi State Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN 69–70 20,777 17–12 7–7 March 3 7:00 pm yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC ESPN 73–69 10,137 18–12 8–7 March 6 12:00 pm Kentucky 20 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Senior Day CBS 58–64 21,678 18–13 8–8 |- !colspan=9 style="Tennessee Volunteers"|black SEC Tournament March 10 7:30 pm yes E5 Arkansas W4 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA SEC First Round SEC Network 74–68 19–13 March 11 7:30 pm yes E5 Florida 12 E1 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA SEC Quarterfinals SEC Network 74–85 17,096 19–14 |- !colspan=12 style="Tennessee Volunteers"|black NCAA Tournament March 18 12:40 pm yes yes 9 W Michigan 8 W Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC NCAA Second round truTV 45–75 19–15 AP Poll W NCAA West Regional References Tennessee Category:Tennessee Volunteers 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