2010–11 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's College Gaels logo.svg 200px West Coast Conference WCC 25–9 11–3 Randy Bennett Rick Croy Adam Caporn Eran Ganot McKeon Pavilion WCC regular season co-champions NIT First Round The 2010–11 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's tenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 25–9, 11–3 in WCC play to tie with Gonzaga for the regular season conference title. They advanced to the championship game of the 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament before losing to Gonzaga. As a regular season champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Gaels earned an automatic bid in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament where they were upset in the first round by Kent State. Roster Sourcehttp://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101618 SMC California Athletics - Official Athletics Website #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Jorden Page6'1"180GSo.Maroochydore, Queensland, AustraliaAIS3Mitchell Young6'9"235FSo.Logan, Queensland, AustraliaAIS4Matthew Dellavedova6'4"190GSo.Maryborough, Victoria, AustraliaAIS5Eividas Petrulis6'7"210FFr.Vilnius, LithuaniaSarunas Marciulionis Academy00Brad Waldow6'9"250FFr.Shingle Springs, CA, U.S.Ponderosa High10Zach Sanchez6'1"175GFr.Bonita, CA, U.S.Bonita Vista High11Clint Steindl6'7"195FJr.Mackay, Queensland, AustraliaAIS12Tim Harris6'3"200FRFr.San Jose, CA, U.S.Valley Christian HS14Stephen Holt6'4"195GFr.Portland, OR, U.S.Jesuit High School15Beau Levesque6'6"220FSo.Lafayette, CA, U.S.De La Salle HS22Rob Jones6'6"240FRJr.San Francisco, CA, U.S.Archbishop RiordanSan Diego23Paul McCoy5'11"175GJr.Portland, OR, U.S.Grant HSSMU25Tim Williams6'9"235FRSo.Antioch, CA, U.S.Antioch HS30Kenton Walker II6'9"240FRJr.San Diego, CA, U.S.Scripps Ranch HSCreighton32Mickey McConnell6'0"190GSr.Mesa, AZ, U.S.Dobson HS40Phil Benson6'8"230FRSr.Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.Horizon HSCanisius Schedule and results Source http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101611 2010-11 Schedule 2011-01-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20101230113435/http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101611 30 December 2010 live All times are Pacific yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/12/2010 8:30pm yes 2010 College of Idaho Coyotes College of Idaho McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 86–42 1–0 3,500 11/16/2010 11:00pm yes St. John's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN 76–71 2–0 3,500 11/18/2010 7:00pm yes 2010 Point Loma Sea Lions Point Loma McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 101–69 3–0 2,266 11/21/2010 4:00pm yes Mississippi Valley State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 87–52 4–0 2,736 11/23/2010 7:00pm yes 2010 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA South Padre Island Invitational 121–52 5–0 3,050 11/26/2010 5:30pm yes yes Texas Tech South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational 88–68 6–0 1,100 11/27/2010 5:00pm yes yes BYU 23 South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational 73–74 6–1 1,300 12/1/2010 7:30pm yes yes San Diego State 17 Viejas Arena San Diego, CA The Mtn. 55–69 6–2 12,414 12/8/2010 7:00pm yes 2010 Denver Pioneers Denver McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 77–47 7–2 2,662 12/14/2010 7:00pm yes 2010 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 75–56 8–2 2,551 12/18/2010 11:45am yes yes Long Beach State Honda Center Anaheim, CA Wooden Classic 82–74 9–2 3,506 12/23/2010 6:00pm yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 73–53 10–2 5,681 12/29/2010 4:30pm yes yes Mississippi State Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Shamrock Shootout ESPNU 94–72 11–2 1,231 12/31/2010 5:00pm yes Hartford McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 87–63 12–2 2,996 1/6/2011 6:00pm yes 2010 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA ESPNU 98–75 13–2 (1–0) 2,040 1/8/2011 6:30pm yes 2010 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA CSN+/FSN 85–60 14–2 (2–0) 1,424 1/13/2011 7:30pm San Francisco McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSN+ 71–57 15–2 (3–0) 3,500 1/15/2011 8:00pm Santa Clara McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNBA 84–59 16–2 (4–0) 3,500 1/19/2011 7:30pm 22 2010 San Diego Toreros San Diego McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNC 67–56 17–2 (5–0) 3,500 1/22/2011 11:00am yes yes 22 Vanderbilt Memorial Gym Nashville, TN 70–89 17–3 14,316 1/27/2011 8:00pm yes Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 73–71 18–3 (6–0) 6,000 1/29/2011 4:00pm yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, OR ESPNU 70–85 18–4 (6–1) 3,833 2/3/2011 7:00pm Pepperdine McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 79–71 19–4 (7–1) 3,500 2/5/2011 5:00pm Loyola Marymount McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN2 79–70 20–4 (8–1) 3,500 2/10/2011 8:00pm yes Santa Clara Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA ESPNU 65–59 21–4 (9–1) 3,587 2/12/2011 7:30pm yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA CSNC 86–68 22–4 (10–1) 4,500 2/16/2011 8:00pm yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA ESPN2 66–74 22–5 (10–2) 2,794 2/19/2011 6:00pm yes Utah State 25 McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN BracketBusters 3,500 ESPN2 65–75 22–6 2/24/2011 8:00pm Gonzaga McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN2 85–89 OT 22–7 (10–3) 3,500 2/26/2011 8:00pm Portland McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNC 83–69 23–7 (11–3) 3,500 |- !colspan=9| West Coast Conference tournament 3/6/2011 5:00pm yes 1 Santa Clara 4 Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Semi-Finals ESPN2 73–64 7,489 24–7 3/7/2011 6:00pm yes 1 Gonzaga 2 Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Championship Game ESPN 63–75 24–8 7,186 |- !colspan=9| Regular season (game added on 2/21/11)http://www.smcgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=101619&SPID=12536&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=21400&ATCLID=205100966 MBK: Gaels To Face Weber State On March 11 - Saint Mary's College 2011-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093433/http://www.smcgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=101619&SPID=12536&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=21400&ATCLID=205100966 2011-07-16 dead 3/11/2011 7:00pm yes Weber State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 77–54 25–8 3,500 |- !colspan=9| 2011 NIT 3/15/2011 8:00pm yes 2 C Kent State 7 C McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA NIT First Round 2,443 ESPN2 70–71 25–9 C NIT Colorado bracket References Saint Mary's Category:Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball seasons Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball