2010–11 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2010–11 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State athletics logo 2002.png 240 Mountain West Conference Mountain West 11 6 34–3 14–2 Steve Fisher Brian Dutcher Justin Hutson 5th Mark Fisher Viejas Arena Mountain West regular season co-championsMountain West tournament champions NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2010–11 San Diego State men's basketball team represented San Diego State University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. It was their 12th season in the Mountain West Conference. This was head coach Steve Fisher's twelfth season at San Diego State. The Aztecs competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at Viejas Arena. The 2010-11 season was arguably the best season in San Diego State's 90-year basketball history. The Aztecs finished the regular season as Mountain West co-champions with BYU,http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/05/students-storm-court-aztecs-claim-share-mwc-title/ The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News and won the 2011 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament to gain the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/12/aztecs-lead-cougars-12-halftime/ The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News After defeating Northern Colorado in the second round for their first ever NCAA Tournament win, the defeated Temple in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by eventual tournament champion Connecticut to finish the season 34–3. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kelvin Davis 40 G 6'3" 220 Senior Waterbury, Connecticut Graduated Jason Deutchman 20 G 6'6" 220 Senior Los Angeles, California Graduated Ben Kneller 15 F 6'6" 200 Senior Westlake Village, California Graduated Bryan Horton 21 G 6'1" 205 Sophomore Anaheim, California Elected to transfer.Player Bio Bryan Horton http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/bios/horton_bryan_mnta dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090421181151/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2004/dichotomyb.html 2009-04-21 Tyrone Shelley 3 G 6'6" 225 Sophomore San Diego, California Elected to transfer.Shelley to end his short stay with the Aztecs http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/Jun/14/shelley-end-his-short-stay-aztecs/ Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Xavier Thames 2 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Sacramento, California Elected to transfer from Washington State. Thames will redshirt for the 2010-11 season, under NCAA transfer rules. Will have three years of eligibility.San Diego State Men's Basketball Adds Xavier Thames http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052410aaa.html December 5, 2013 December 15, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215014335/http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052410aaa.html dead 2009 recruiting class no no 2010 LaBradford Franklin PG Temecula, CA Great Oak High School 6 2 170 01/25/2010 2 NR 90 Jamaal Franklin SG Phoenix, AZ Westwind Prep Academy 6 5 190 11/24/09 NR NR Post 2010 http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/commitments/2010/sandiegostate-93 http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=8&toinid=525&yr=2010 http://espn.go.com/colleges/basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/21/class/2010 2010-05-15 yes Roster 2010 San Diego State Aztecs y yes Alec Williams 0 F 6 6 245 so San Juan Capistrano, California JSerra HS Xavier Thames 2 G 6 3 185 so y Sacramento, California Washington State LaBradford Franklin 3 G 6 2 170 fr Temecula, California Great Oak HS Malcolm Thomas 4 F 6 9 220 sr y basketball, born 1988 San Diego, California San Diego City College Brian Carlwell 5 C 6 11 300 sr y Maywood, Illinois Illinois Tim Shelton 10 F 6 7 245 jr Fresno, California Clovis West HS James Rahon 11 G 6 5 205 so San Diego, California Santa Clara Kawhi Leonard 15 F 6 7 225 so y Riverside, California King HS Jamaal Franklin 21 G 6 5 185 fr y Sacramento, California Westwind Prep Chase Tapley 22 G 6 2 200 so y Sacramento, California Sacramento HS D. J. Gay 23 G 6 0 170 sr y Sun Valley, California John H. Francis Polytechnic HS Billy White 32 F 6 8 235 sr y basketball Las Vegas, Nevada Green Valley HS Mehdi Cheriet 42 F 6 9 225 sr Tarare, France Arizona Western Steve Fisher (Illinois State) Brian Dutcher (Minnesota) Justin Hutson (Cal State Bakersfield) Mark Fisher (Michigan) https://goaztecs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2010-11 Sourcehttp://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sdsu-m-baskbl-mtt.html SAN DIEGO STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Basketball 2010-12-19 2010-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214123329/http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sdsu-m-baskbl-mtt.html dead Schedule and results Source http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/sdsu-m-baskbl-sched.html 2010-11 Schedule 2010-12-18 January 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100128083505/http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/sdsu-m-baskbl-sched.html dead All times are Pacific yes |- !colspan=9 style=San Diego State Aztecs white| Exhibition 11/08/2010 7:00 pm yes 25 2010 Point Loma Sea Lions Point Loma Nazarene Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 92–54 5,240 — |- !colspan=9 style=San Diego State Aztecs white| Regular season 11/13/2010 4:00 pm yes yes 25 Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA 81–65 1–0 5,143 11/16/2010 8:15 pm yes yes 25 Gonzaga 11 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA CBE Classic ESPN2 79–76 2–0 6,000 11/20/2010 2:30 pm yes yes 25 Green Bay John D. Millett Hall Oxford, OH CBE Classic 79–70 3–0 11/21/2010 2:30 pm yes yes 25 2010 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI John D. Millett Hall Oxford, OH CBE Classic 61–46 4–0 11/22/2010 4:00 pm yes yes 18 Miami (OH) John D. Millett Hall Oxford, OH CBE Classic 77–56 5–0 1,858 11/26/2010 7:00 pm yes 18 2010 San Diego Christian Hawks San Diego Christian Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 88–69 6–0 5,674 12/01/2010 7:05 pm yes 17 Saint Mary's Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 69–55 7–0 12,414 12/04/2010 7:05 pm yes 17 Wichita State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA MWC–MVC Challenge The Mtn. 83–69 8–0 12,414 12/08/2010 7:30 pm yes yes 14 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 4SD 77–57 9–0 9,426 12/11/2010 7:00 pm yes 14 2010 San Diego Toreros San Diego Viejas Arena San Diego, CA City Championship 4SD 77–49 10–0 12,414 12/13/2010 7:00 pm yes 11 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 51–45 11–0 7,971 12/18/2010 7:00 pm yes 11 UC Santa Barbara Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 90–64 12–0 12,414 12/21/2010 7:00 pm yes yes 7 San Francisco SouthPoint Arena Enterprise, NV Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 62–56 13–0 1,202 12/22/2010 7:00 pm yes yes 7 IUPUI SouthPoint Arena Enterprise, NV Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 56–54 14–0 1,095 12/31/2010 1:00 pm yes 7 2010 Occidental Tigers Occidental Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 93–50 15–0 12,414 01/05/2011 4:30 pm yes 6 TCU Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, TX The Mtn. 66–53 16–0 (1–0) 4,287 01/08/2011 1:00 pm yes 6 Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT Versus 71–62 17–0 (2–0) 8,571 01/12/2011 7:00 pm 6 UNLV Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBSCS 55–49 18–0 (3–0) 12,414 01/15/2011 4:00 pm yes 6 New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSCS 87–77 19–0 (4–0) 15,411 01/19/2011 7:00 pm 6 Air Force Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 4SD 68–55 20–0 (5–0) 12,414 01/26/2011 7:00 pm yes 4 BYU 9 Marriott Center Provo, UT CBSCS 58–71 20–1 (5–1) 22,700 01/29/2011 7:00 pm 4 Wyoming Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 96–57 21–1 (6–1) 12,414 02/02/2011 6:00 pm yes 7 Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO CBSCS 56–54 22–1 (7–1) 7,353 02/05/2011 7:30 pm 7 TCU Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 60–53 23–1 (8–1) 12,414 02/08/2011 7:30 pm 6 Utah Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 85–53 24–1 (9–1) 12,414 02/12/2011 5:00 pm yes 6 UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSCS 63–57 25–1 (10–1) 18,557 02/16/2011 7:30 pm 6 New Mexico Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 68–62 26–1 (11–1) 12,414 02/19/2011 11:30 am yes 6 Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO The Mtn. 70–58 27–1 (12–1) 3,463 02/26/2011 11:00 am 4 BYU 7 Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBS 67–80 27–2 (12–2) 12,414 03/01/2011 7:00 pm yes 9 Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY The Mtn. 85–58 28–2 (13–2) 4,518 03/05/2011 7:00 pm 9 Colorado State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 66–48 29–2 (14–2) 12,414 |- !colspan=9 style=San Diego State Aztecs white| Mountain West tournament 03/10/2011 6:00 pm yes 7 2 Utah 7 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV MWC Quarterfinals The Mtn. 64–50 30–2 03/11/2011 8:30 pm yes 7 2 UNLV 3 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV MWC Semifinals CBSCS 74–72 31–2 18,500 03/12/2011 6:00 pm yes 7 2 BYU 8 1 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV MWC Championship Game Versus 72–54 32–2 18,776 |- !colspan=10 style=San Diego State Aztecs white| NCAA tournament 03/17/2011 1:40 pm yes yes 6 2 W Northern Colorado 15 W McKale Center Tucson, AZ NCAA Second Round TNT 68–50 33–2 10,101 03/19/2011 3:10 pm yes yes 6 2 W Temple 7 W McKale Center Tucson, AZ NCAA Third Round TNT 71–64 2OT 34–2 11,127 03/24/2011 4:15 pm yes yes 6 2 W Connecticut 9 3 W Honda Center Anaheim, CA NCAA Sweet Sixteen CBS 67–74 34–3 17,890 |- Pacific Time Zone AP Poll W NCAA West Regional Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 25 25 18 17 14 11 7 7 6 6 6 4 7 6 6 6 9 7 6 Coaches 0 19 RV RV 22 19 15 10 7 7 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 (3) 9 6 5 11 *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings. Players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA Club 2011http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=2011 2011 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2012-01-25 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120204002333/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2011&lg=N 2012-02-04 1 15 Kawhi Leonard Indiana Pacers (traded to San Antonio) See also 2010–11 MWC men's basketball season San Diego sports curse References External links Aztec Basketball Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20110219163335/http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sdsu-m-baskbl-body.html 2011-02-19 San Diego State Category:San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball seasons Category:2010s in San Diego San Diego State San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball