2010–11 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Marquette Golden Eagles Marquette mu small.png Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 20 22–15 9–9 Buzz Williams (3rd season) Tony Benford Aki Collins Scott Monarch Bradley Center NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2010–11 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Marquette were coached by Buzz Williams in his second year at the school, and played their home games at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 22–15, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Louisville. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Xavier and Syracuse to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they were defeated by North Carolina. Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2009–10 season 22–12, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Washington. Preseason On June 24, former Marquette star Lazar Hayward was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 30th pick of the first round of the 2010 NBA draft. Shortly thereafter, he and Nemanja Bjelica were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Trevor Booker and Hamady Ndiaye.http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/draft_trade_100624.html Wizards Acquire Draft Rights to Trevor Booker and Hamady N'Diaye From Minnesota June 24, 2010 NBA.com/Wizards Turner Sports Interactive, Inc June 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628035144/http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/draft_trade_100624.html 28 June 2010 live On October 20, 2010, at Big East Media Day, Marquette was picked to finish in an eighth-place tie with Louisville in the Big East Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 121 points.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/214542/Pittsburgh-Chosen-As-BIG-EAST-Hoops-Favorite.aspx Pittsburgh Chosen As BIG EAST Hoops Favorite February 13, 2011 October 20, 2010 Big East Conference https://web.archive.org/web/20101022081715/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/214542/pittsburgh-chosen-as-big-east-hoops-favorite.aspx October 22, 2010 dead Roster #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious team(s)0Jamil Wilson6'7"210FSo.Racine, WisconsinHorlick HS/University of Oregon1Darius Johnson-Odom6'2"200GJr.Raleigh, North CarolinaWakefield HS/Hutchinson CC2Vander Blue6'4"190GFr.Madison, WisconsinMadison Memorial HS4Reggie Smith6'0"175GFr.Chicago, IllinoisThornton Township HS5Junior Cadougan6'1"205GSo.Toronto, OntarioChristian Life Center Academy12Erik Williams6'7"200FSo.Houston, TexasCypress Springs HS21Joseph Fulce6'7"205FSr.Plano, TexasPlano Senior HS/Tyler JC22Jamail Jones6'6"210G/FFr.Atlanta, GeorgiaMontverde Academy23Dwight Buycks6'3"190GSr.Milwaukee, WisconsinBay View HS/Indian Hills CC25Dave Singleton6'4"190GJr.Coatesville, PennsylvaniaThe Hill School/High Point University32Jae Crowder6'6"225FJr.Villa Rica, GeorgiaVilla Rica HS/Howard College33Jimmy Butler6'6"215G/FSr.Tomball, TexasTomball HS/Tyler JC42Chris Otule6'10"250CSo.Richmond, TexasFort Bend HS45Robert Frozena6'1"190GSr.Sherwood, WisconsinSt. Mary Central HS54Davante Gardner6'8"290FFr.Suffolk, VirginiaKing's Fork HS Schedule and results 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2010 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Marquette Golden Eagles| Exhibition 11/6/10 1:00 pm yes 2010 Saint John's Johnnies Saint John's (MN) Bradley Center Milwaukee 13,521 85–56 — |- !colspan=9 style=Marquette Golden Eagles| Regular season 11/12/10 8:00 pm yes 2010 none Prairie View A&M Panthers Prairie View A&M Bradley Center Milwaukee 14,046 Sports32 97–58 1–0 11/14/10 1:00 pm yes Bucknell Bradley Center Milwaukee CBE Classic 13,783 Sports32 72–61 2–0 11/17/10 8:00 pm yes Green Bay Bradley Center Milwaukee CBE Classic 13,968 Sports32 89–69 3–0 11/20/10 1:00 pm yes 2010 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota Bradley Center Milwaukee 14,117 82–69 4–0 11/22/10 6:30 pm yes yes Duke 1 Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri CBE Classic 18,660 ESPN2 77–82 4–1 11/23/10 6:45 pm yes yes Gonzaga 22 Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri CBE Classic 18,696 ESPNU 63–66 4–2 11/27/10 8:00 pm yes yes Milwaukee US Cellular Arena Milwaukee 7,120 Sports32 75–72 5–2 12/4/10 1:00 pm yes Longwood Bradley Center Milwaukee 13,869 96–65 6–2 12/7/10 8:00 pm yes 2010 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Bradley Center Milwaukee 13,505 Sports32 86–50 7–2 12/11/10 1:30 pm yes Wisconsin Bradley Center Milwaukee 19,074 ESPN2 64–69 7–3 12/18/2010 1:00 pm yes 2010 none Centenary Gentlemen Centenary Bradley Center Milwaukee 14,116 Sports32 81–52 8–3 12/21/10 7:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Bradley Center Milwaukee 13,930 Sports32 102–77 9–3 12/29/10 8:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt 24 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee 13,604 ESPN2 76–77 9–4 1/1/11 10:00 am West Virginia Bradley Center Milwaukee 15,575 ESPN2 79–74 10–4 1–0 1/5/11 6:30 pm yes 2010 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, New Jersey 5,358 Sports32 73–65 11–4 2–0 1/8/11 1:00 pm yes Pittsburgh 5 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh 11,438 Sports32 81–89 11–5 2–1 1/10/11 6:00 pm Notre Dame 9 Bradley Center Milwaukee 16,951 ESPN2 79–57 12–5 3–1 1/15/11 10:00 am yes Louisville 17 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky 21,485 ESPN2 70–71 12–6 3–2 1/18/11 8:00 pm 2010 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Bradley Center Milwaukee 15,091 ESPNU 94–64 13–6 4–2 1/22/11 6:00 pm yes Notre Dame 16 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana 9,149 Sports32 75–80 13–7 4–3 1/25/11 8:00 pm Connecticut 5 Bradley Center Milwaukee 15,476 Sports32 68–76 13–8 4–4 1/29/11 2:00 pm Syracuse 9 Bradley Center Milwaukee 19,032 ESPNU 76–70 14–8 5–4 2/2/11 6:00 pm yes Villanova 12 The Pavilion Villanova, Pennsylvania 6,500 ESPNU 70–75 14–9 5–5 2/9/11 6:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida 4,153 ESPN2 59–58 15–9 6–5 2/13/11 12:00 pm yes Georgetown 11 Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 14,284 ESPN 60–69 15–10 6–6 2/15/11 8:00 pm St. John's Bradley Center Milwaukee 17,270 ESPNU 68–80 15–11 6–7 2/19/11 8:00 pm 2010 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Bradley Center Milwaukee 18,436 Sports32 73–64 16–11 7–7 2/24/11 6:00 pm yes Connecticut 14 XL Center Hartford, Connecticut 14,622 ESPN 74–67 OT 17–11 8–7 2/27/11 3:00 pm Providence Bradley Center Milwaukee 16,768 Sports32 86–62 18–11 9–7 3/2/11 7:00 pm Cincinnati Bradley Center Milwaukee 15,538 Sports32 60–67 18–12 9–8 3/5/11 5:00 pm yes Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey 8,347 ESPN3 72–85 18–13 9–9 |- ! colspan=9 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|Big East tournament 3/8/11 8:47 pm yes 11 Providence 14 Madison Square Gardens New York City 19,375 ESPNU Big East First Round 87–66 19–13 3/9/11 8:27 pm yes 11 West Virginia 20 6 Madison Square Gardens New York 19,375 ESPN Big East Second Round 67–61 20–13 3/10/11 8:26 pm yes 11 Louisville 14 3 Madison Square Gardens New York 19,375 ESPN Big East Quarterfinals 56–81 20–14 |- !colspan=9 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|NCAA tournament 3/18/11 6:50 pm yes yes 11 E Xavier 20 6 E Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio 20,164 truTV NCAA Second Round 66–55 21–14 3/20/11 6:40 pm yes yes 11 E Syracuse 12 3 E Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio 20,164 truTV NCAA Third Round 66–62 22–14 3/25/11 6:15 pm yes yes 11 E North Carolina 7 2 E Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey 18,343 CBS NCAA Sweet Sixteen 63–81 22–15 AP Poll Central Time E NCAA East Regional References Marquette Golden Eagles Category:Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball seasons Marquette Marquette Marquette