2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 17–14 6–12 Tubby Smith Ron Jirsa Saul Smith Vince Taylor Williams Arena Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions 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.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=5794101 Minnesota suspends Devoe Joseph Associated Press ESPN November 11, 2010 November 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101115160053/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5794101 15 November 2010 live 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.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6007126 Devoe Joseph enrolls at Oregon Diamond Leung ESPN January 11, 2011 February 6, 2011 Roster #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)0Al Nolen6'1"188GSr.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Minneapolis Camden HS4Dominique Dawson6'7"240FSo.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Minneapolis SW HS10Oto Osenieks6'8"205FFr.Riga, LatviaBrehm Prep13Maverick Ahanmisi6'2"175GFr.Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.Stoneridge Prep15Maurice Walker6'10"289FFr.Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaBrewster Academy20Austin Hollins6'4"160GFr.Germantown, TN, U.S.Germantown HS22Chris Halvorsen6'8"190FSo.St. Paul, MN, U.S.Henry Sibley HS23Chip Armelin6'3"186GFr.Sulphur, LA, U.S.Sulphur HS24Blake Hoffarber6'4"210GSr.Minnetonka, MN, U.S.Hopkins HS32Trevor Mbakwe6'8"240FRJr.Saint Paul, MN, U.S.St. Bernard's HSMiami Dade College33Rodney Williams6'7"200FSo.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Robbinsdale Cooper HS45Colton Iverson6'10"258F/CJr.Yankton, SD, U.S.Yankton HS50Ralph Sampson III6'11"241F/CJr.Duluth, GA, U.S.Northview HS55Elliott Eliason6'11"242CFr.Chadron, NE, U.S.Chadron HS 2010–11 Schedule and results yes |- ! colspan="9" style=Minnesota Golden Gophers |Exhibition November 2, 2010 7:00 pm yes 2010 Northeastern State RiverHawks Northeastern State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 109–59 10,405 November 8, 2010 7:00 pm yes 2010 Winona State Warriors Winona State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 78–72 11,440 |- ! colspan="9" style=Minnesota Golden Gophers|Non-conference regular season November 12, 2010 7:00 pm yes Wofford Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 69–55 1–0 12,228 November 15, 2010 8:00 pm yes 2010 Siena Saints Siena Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPNU 76–69 2–0 10,752 November 18, 2010 6:30 pm yes yes 2010 none Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Quarterfinal ESPN3 95–77 3–0 7,205 November 19, 2010 7:30 pm yes yes North Carolina 8 Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Semifinal ESPNU 72–67 4–0 10,127 November 21, 2010 6:30 pm yes yes West Virginia Mountaineers Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Championship ESPN2 74–70 5–0 11,575 November 24, 2010 7:00 pm yes 15 2010 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 84–65 6–0 12,056 November 29, 2010 6:00 pm yes 15 Virginia Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 79–87 6–1 12,089 December 4, 2010 7:00 pm yes 15 Cornell William's Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 71–66 7–1 12,633 December 8, 2010 6:00 pm yes yes 22 2010 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA 83–73 8–1 3,911 December 11, 2010 12:00 pm yes 22 2010 none Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 71–58 9–1 11,081 December 15, 2010 7:30 pm yes 21 Akron Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 66–58 10–1 11,237 December 23, 2010 7:00 pm yes 17 2010 South Dakota State Jackrabbits South Dakota State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 85–73 11–1 13,302 |- ! colspan="9" style=Minnesota Golden Gophers|Big Ten regular season December 28, 2010 6:00 pm yes 14 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN2 60–68 11–2 0–1 17,230 December 31, 2010 3:00 pm yes 14 Michigan State 20 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 62–71 11–3 0–2 14,797 January 4, 2011 6:00 pm Indiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 67–63 12–3 12,727 1–2 January 9, 2011 1:00 pm yes Ohio State 2 Jerome Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH BTN 64–67 12–4 1–3 17,392 January 13, 2011 6:00 pm Purdue 8 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 70–67 13–4 2–3 14,625 January 16, 2011 5:00 pm Iowa Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 69–59 14–4 3–3 14,625 January 22, 2011 6:00 pm yes 15 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 69–64 15–4 4–3 12,378 January 26, 2011 7:30 pm 16 Northwestern Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 81–70 16–4 5–3 14,625 January 29, 2011 12:00 pm yes 16 Purdue 12 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN CBS 61–73 16–5 5–4 14,123 February 2, 2011 5:30 pm yes 18 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 57–60 16–6 5–5 16,168 February 6, 2011 1:00 pm 18 Ohio State 1 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 69–82 16–7 5–6 14,625 February 10, 2011 8:00 pm Illinois Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 62–71 16–8 5–7 14,625 February 13, 2011 5:00 pm yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 62–45 17–8 6–7 12,759 February 17, 2011 6:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN 63–66 17–9 6–8 8,446 February 22, 2011 8:00 pm Michigan State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 48–53 17–10 6–9 14,625 February 26, 2011 3:30 pm Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 63–70 17–11 6–10 14,625 March 2, 2011 7:30 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 57–68 17–12 6–11 4,584 March 6, 2011 12:00 pm Penn State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 63–66 17–13 6–12 14,625 |- ! colspan="9" style=Minnesota Golden Gophers|Big Ten tournament March 10, 2011 1:30 pm yes 9 Northwestern 8 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten First Round ESPN2 65–75 17–14 Central Time Rankings 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 References Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons Minnesota Category:2010 in sports in Minnesota Category:2011 in sports in Minnesota