2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2013 Basketball 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats Arizona Wildcats logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 9 17 30–8 14–4 Sean Miller 2nd Archie Miller James Whitford Emanuel Richardson McKale Center Pac-10 Regular Season Champions NCAA Tournament Elite Eight The 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach Sean Miller, played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. Miller was named the Pac-10 Conference 2011 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year. The Wildcats finished the regular season 25–6, 14–4 in Pac-10 play to win the twelfth Pac-10 regular season championship title for the first time since 2005. They lost in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament to Washington. They received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, as the No. 5 seed in the West Regional, where they defeated Memphis in the second round, Texas in the third round, and Duke in the round of sixteen. In the Elite Eight, they lost to the eventual national champion Connecticut. Recruits no no 2010 Daniel Bejarano SG Phoenix, Arizona North High School 6 5 200 October 9, 2009 4 4 93 Jesse Perry SF St. Louis, Missouri John A. Logan Community College (IL) 6 8 210 March 28, 2010 3 3 93 Jordin Mayes SG Los Angeles, California Westchester 6 1 175 February 1, 2010 3 3 92 2010 ESPN 12 NR NR NR yes Roster 2010 Arizona Wildcats y Dondre Wise basketball 0 G 6 1 214 JR Houston, Texas W Kyryl Natyazhko 1 C 6 11 264 SO Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine y Daniel Bejarano 2 G 6 4 208 FR Phoenix, Arizona Kevin Parrom 3 G/F 6 6 205 SO Bronx, New York Robert Arvizu 5 G 6 0 182 FR Phoenix, Arizona W Lamont Jones 12 G 6 0 196 SO Harlem, New York y Jordin Mayes 20 G 6 2 185 FR Los Angeles, California Kyle Fogg 21 G 6 3 180 JR Brea, California y Derrick Williams basketball 23 F 6 8 241 SO La Mirada, California y Brendon Lavender 24 G 6 5 215 JR Mesa, Arizona Jesse Perry 33 F 6 7 210 JR St. Louis, Missouri Jamelle Horne 42 F 6 7 224 SR San Diego, California Solomon Hill 44 G 6 7 226 SO Los Angeles, California y basketball Alex Jacobson 50 C 7 0 251 JR Brea, California Max Wiepking 52 F 6 6 200 SO Englewood, Colorado W Sean Miller (Pittsburgh) Archie Miller (North Carolina State) James Whitford (Wisconsin) Emanuel Richardson (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) http://www.arizonawildcats.com/roster.aspx?roster=95&path=mbball 2011-3-21 Depth chart Arizona Wildcats 3 Arizona Wildcats 1 Arizona Wildcats 3 Derrick Williams Jesse Perry Solomon Hill Kyle Fogg Lamont Jones Kyryl Natyazhko Jamelle Horne Kevin Parrom Brendon Lavender Jordin Mayes Alex Jacobson Max Wiepking Daniel Bejarano Dondre Wise Robert Arvizu Schedule 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2010 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Exhibition November 7, 2010 4:00 pm yes 2010 Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings Augustana (SD) McKale Center Tucson, AZ 11,985 70–59 — |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Non-conference regular season November 14, 2010 3:00 pm yes 2010 Idaho State Bengals Idaho State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,142 KWBA/FSAZ 90–42 1–0 November 18, 2010 6:30 pm yes New Mexico State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,590 FSAZ 83–57 2–0 November 21, 2010 3:00 pm yes Northern Colorado McKale Center Tucson, AZ Las Vegas Invitational 12,057 KWBA/FSAZ 93–70 3–0 November 23, 2010 6:30 pm yes Bethune–Cookman McKale Center Tucson, AZ Las Vegas Invitational 11,762 FCS 78–45 4–0 November 26, 2010 7:30 pm yes yes Santa Clara Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational semifinal 4,010 KWBA 82–59 5–0 November 27, 2010 7:30 pm yes yes Kansas 6 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational championship 5,120 ESPN2 79–87 5–1 December 1, 2010 6:00 pm yes yes 2010 Rice Owls Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 2,680 CBSCS 84–57 6–1 December 5, 2010 2:00 pm yes Oklahoma McKale Center Tucson, AZ Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series 13,025 FSN 83–60 7–1 December 8, 2010 6:30 pm yes Cal State Fullerton McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,199 KWBA/FCS 73–62 8–1 December 11, 2010 4:00 pm yes yes BYU 18 EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT 15,814 BYUTV 65–87 8–2 December 16, 2010 8:30 pm yes Northern Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic 13,557 FSAZ 63–58 9–2 December 19, 2010 2:30 pm yes yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, NC 16,119 FSN 72–62 10–2 December 22, 2010 6:30 pm yes Robert Morris McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,982 KWBA/FSAZ 82–56 11–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Pac-10 regular season December 30, 2010 8:00 pm yes Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 6,498 KWBA 76–57 12–2 1–0 January 2, 2011 8:00 pm yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 5,218 FSN 75–76 12–3 1–1 January 6, 2011 8:30 pm California McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,863 FSN 73–71 13–3 2–1 January 9, 2011 12:30 pm Stanford McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,374 FSAZ 67–57 14–3 3–1 January 15, 2011 12:30 pm Arizona State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,601 FSN 80–69 15–3 4–1 January 20, 2011 8:30 pm yes Washington 20 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 10,000 FSN 68–85 15–4 4–2 January 22, 2011 8:30 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 8,850 FSAZ 65–63 16–4 5–2 January 27, 2011 7:00 pm UCLA McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,528 ESPN2 85–74 17–4 6–2 January 29, 2011 5:30 pm USC McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,613 KWBA/FSAZ 82–73 18–4 7–2 February 3, 2011 7:00 pm yes 21 Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 5,532 KWBA/FSAZ 78–69 19–4 8–2 February 5, 2011 6:00 pm yes 21 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 9,723 KWBA/FSAZ 107–105 3OT 20–4 9–2 February 13, 2011 7:00 pm yes 15 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 10,189 FSN 67–52 21–4 10–2 February 17, 2011 6:30 pm 12 Washington State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,456 FSN 79–70 22–4 11–2 February 19, 2011 4:00 pm 12 Washington McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,619 ESPN 87–86 23–4 12–2 February 24, 2011 8:30 pm yes 10 USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 6,857 KWBA/FSAZ+ 57–65 23–5 12–3 February 26, 2011 2:00 pm yes 10 UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,986 FSN 49–71 23–6 12–4 March 3, 2011 7:00 pm 18 Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,588 FSN 70–59 24–6 13–4 March 5, 2011 12:00 pm 18 Oregon McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,605 CBS 90–82 25–6 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Pac-10 tournament March 10, 2011 3:30 pm yes 16 1 Oregon State 9 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Pac-10 Quarterfinals 10,782 FSN 78–69 26–6 March 11, 2011 7:00 pm yes 16 1 USC 4 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Pac-10 Semifinals 13,190 FSN 67–62 27–6 March 12, 2011 3:00 pm yes 16 1 Washington 3 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Championship 12,074 CBS 75–77 OT 27–7 |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats white| NCAA tournament March 18, 2011 12:45 pm yes yes 17 5 W Memphis 12 W BOK Center Tulsa, OK NCAA First Round 12,631 CBS 77–75 28–7 March 20, 2011 6:10 pm yes yes 17 5 W Texas 8 4 W BOK Center Tulsa, OK NCAA Second Round 15,839 TNT 70–69 29–7 March 24, 2011 7:45 pm yes yes 17 5 W Duke 3 1 W Honda Center Anaheim, CA NCAA Sweet Sixteen 17,890 CBS 93–77 30–7 March 26, 2011 5:05 pm yes yes 17 5 W Connecticut 9 3 W Honda Center Anaheim, CA NCAA Elite Eight 17,856 CBS 63–65 30–8 AP Poll Mountain Time W West Region Awards thumb|180px|right|Derrick Williams Lamont Jones Pac-10 Player of the Week (January 31, 2011) Derrick Williams Pac-10 Player of the Year Pac-10 First Team All-Conference Pac-10 Player of the Week (December 6, 2010; January 17, 2011; February 21, 2011)https://archive.today/20130117030836/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022111aag.html Williams Named Pac-10 Player of the Week. Sophomore forward claims honor for third time this season. arizonawildcats.com (2011-02-21). Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (Associated Press, Sporting News, USBWA, NABC)Arizona Basketball: Honors continue to pour in for Williams. Azstarnet.com (2011-03-31). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.Jimmer Fredette named Sporting News' 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year – NCAA Basketball – Sporting News https://web.archive.org/web/20110326225655/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-22/jimmer-fredette-named-sporting-news-2011-college-basketball-player-of-the-year March 26, 2011 . Aol.sportingnews.com (2011-03-22). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.USBWA > News > Men's All-America Team https://web.archive.org/web/20200809202341/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2011/allamerica110314.html?DB_OEM_ID=6200 August 9, 2020 . Sportswriters.net (2011-03-14). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.Williams an NABC All-American – University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091051/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040311aaa.html March 22, 2012 . Arizonawildcats.com (2011-04-03). Retrieved on 2012-07-09. USBWA District IX Player of the YearWilliams Earns District Player-of-the-Year Kudos from USBWA – University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091308/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031111aab.html March 22, 2012 . Arizonawildcats.com (2011-03-11). Retrieved on 2012-07-09. Wooden Award All-AmericanWooden Award. Wooden Award. Retrieved on 2012-07-09. Sports Illustrated First-team All-Americanhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/03/09/awards.all.americans/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110312003619/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/03/09/awards.all.americans/index.html dead March 12, 2011 CNN BYU's Fredette headlines SI.com's national awards, All-Americas March 9, 2011 Fox Sports Second-team All-AmericanJeff Goodman http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/duke-blue-devils-notre-dame-fighting-irish-represented-postseason-honors-030711 Goodman's 2010–11 All-America teams Fox Sports Fox Sports Interactive Media Mar 7, 2011 June 21, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140201123808/http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/duke-blue-devils-notre-dame-fighting-irish-represented-postseason-honors-030711 February 1, 2014 Sean Miller Pac-10 John R. 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