2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga Bulldogs wordmark.svg 175px West Coast Conference WCC 25–10 11–3 Mark Few 12th Tommy Lloyd 10th Ray Giacoletti 4th Donny Daniels 1st McCarthey Athletic Center WCC tournament champions WCC regular season co-champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs are members of the West Coast Conference, and were led by head coach Mark Few. They played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. The team lost the 2010 WCC Player of the Year Matt Bouldin to graduation, but returned the rest of their starting lineup.http://www.gozags.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010-11MBXQUICKFACTS#00 2010–11 Bulldogs Quick Facts Gonzaga University Sports Information 2010-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193433/http://www.gozags.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010-11MBXQUICKFACTS#00 2016-03-03 dead Three of the returning players participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey—Elias Harris for Germany and Kelly Olynyk and Robert Sacre for Canada. Gonzaga was the only NCAA school with more than one player involved in the 2010 Worlds. The Bulldogs finished the 2010–11 season 25–10, 11–3 in WCC play to share the regular season championship with Saint Mary's. They defeated Saint Mary's in the championship game of the 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. As the 11 seed in the southeast region, they defeated 6 seed St. John's in the second round before falling to 3 seed Brigham Young in the third round. Preseason In 2010–11, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team were in their 31st season as a member of the West Coast Conference.http://www.wccsports.com/school-bio/west-school-bio.html West Coast Conference History CBS Interactive 2011-11-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130405010428/http://www.wccsports.com/school-bio/west-school-bio.html 2013-04-05 Since 2004, the team has played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000.http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley-Library/Departments/Special-Collections/exhibitions/GonzagaHistory1990.asp Gonzaga History 1990-present Gonzaga University 2011-11-13 In their previous season, a West Coast Conference Preseason poll predicted that the Gonzaga Bulldogs would finish first in the conference.http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102209aac.html Gonzaga Selected As Favorite In 2009-10 WCC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll October 22, 2009 CBS Interactive 2011-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401133716/http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102209aac.html 2012-04-01 dead Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Will Foster 1 45 C 89 7'5" 273 4 Senior Bonney Lake, Washington Graduated Matt Bouldin 15 G 77 6'5" 224 4 Senior Highlands Ranch, Colorado Graduated Chris Pontarolo-Magg 1 4 G 71 5'11" 175 4 Senior Quincy, Washington Graduated Bol Kong 34 G 79 6'6" 220 2.5 Sophomore (redshirt) Vancouver, British Columbia Transferred to NAIT Andy Poling 1 14 F 83 6'11" 204 1.5 Freshman (redshirt) Portland, Oregon Transferred to Seattle Pacific Grant Gibbs basketball 10 G 76 6'4" 204 1.5 Freshman (redshirt) Marion, Iowa Transferred to Creighton G.J. Vilarino 1 5 G 72 6'0" 177 1 Freshman McKinney, Texas Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown PreviousSchool YearsRemaining DateEligible Marquise Carter 1 G 76 6'4" 178 3.5 Junior (redshirt) San Diego, California Three Rivers CC 2 Oct. 1, 2010http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2010/apr/08/guard-marquise-carter-commits-gu/ Guard Marquise Carter commits to GU – More on Carter April 8, 2010 2010 recruiting class no no 2010 Keegan Hyland http://www.gozags.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052110aab.html Portland, Maine's Keegan Hyland To Join Bulldogs May 21, 2010 October 19, 2015 September 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906020937/http://www.gozags.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052110aab.html dead SG Portland, Maine South Portland 6 4 192 April 27, 2010 3 3 NR 2 84 Mathis Keitahttp://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/aug/24/zags-officially-add-french-guard-to-mix/ Zags officially add French guard to mix August 24, 2010 SG Thionville, France Lycée Marcelin Berthelot/INSEP 6 5 190 May 12, 2010 NR NR NR NR NR Mathis Mönninghoff SF Ibbenbüren, Germany Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium/Bayer Giants 6 7 189 August 11, 2010 NR NR NR NR NR 2010 2010 Gonzaga Rivals Commits 2010 Gonzaga Scout Commits 2010 Gonzaga 24/7 Sports Commits 2010 Gonzaga ESPN Commits gonzaga 130 gonzaga 2250 NR NR NR NR 2010-08-11 yes Roster 2010 Gonzaga Bulldogs y y Steven Gray basketball, born 1989 y 41 G 6 5 205 SR Irondale, Washington Bainbridge Robert Sacre y 00 C 7 0 260 JR y North Vancouver, British Columbia Handsworth Marquise Carter 2 G 6 4 178 JR y San Diego, California Horizon ChristianThree Rivers CC Demetri Goodson y 3 G 6 0 175 JR Spring, Texas Klein Collins Mike Hart 30 G 6 6 206 SO y Portland, Oregon Jesuit Mangisto Arop y 10 F 6 6 208 SO Edmonton, Alberta St. Mary (ON) Elias Harris y 20 F 6 7 245 SO Speyer, Germany Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-GymnasiumBIS Speyer Kelly Olynyk y 13 F 7 0 238 SO Kamloops, British Columbia South Kamloops Sam Dower y 35 C 6 9 248 FR y Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Osseo David Stockton y 11 G 5 11 152 FR y Spokane, Washington Gonzaga Prep Mathis Keita 25 G 6 5 190 FR Thionville, France Lycée Marcelin BerthelotINSEP Mathis Mönninghoff 22 F 6 7 189 FR Ibbenbüren, Germany Landrat-Lucas-GymnasiumBayer Giants Keegan Hyland 33 G 6 4 192 FR yes Portland, Maine South Portland Mark Few Tommy Lloyd Ray Giacoletti Donny Daniels http://www.gozags.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gonz-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-11-13 Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll Poll Prehttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/week/1/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Preseason (Nov. 8) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 2https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/2/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 2 (Nov. 15) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201154945/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/2/seasontype/2 2010-12-01 live Wk 3https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/3/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 3 (Nov. 22) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201154947/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/3/seasontype/2 2010-12-01 live Wk 4https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/4/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 4 (Nov. 29) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 5https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/5/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 5 (Dec. 6) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 6https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/6/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 6 (Dec. 13) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 7https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/7/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 7 (Dec. 20) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 8https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/8/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 8 (Dec. 27) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-01 Wk 9https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/9/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 9 (Jan. 3) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-05 Wk 10https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/10/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 10 (Jan. 10) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-10 Wk 11https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/11/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 11 (Jan. 17) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110226150537/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/11/seasontype/2 2011-02-26 live Wk 12https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/12/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 12 (Jan. 14) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110226150538/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/12/seasontype/2 2011-02-26 live Wk 13https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/13/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 13 (Jan. 31) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110226150540/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/13/seasontype/2 2011-02-26 live Wk 14https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/14/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 14 (Feb. 7) ESPN Internet Ventures 2011-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110226150542/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/14/seasontype/2 2011-02-26 live AP 12 11 22 RV RV -- RV RV RV RV RV -- -- -- Coaches 12 12 18 24 RV -- -- RV RV RV RV -- -- -- Schedule 2009–10 yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 2010-10-30 yes yes 12 Texas Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Secret Scrimmage – - - 11/05/2010 6:00 pm yes 12 2010 Southern Oregon Raiders Southern Oregon McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ-TV/FSN 90–58 6,000 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/12/2010 6:00 pm w yes 12 2010 none Southern Jaguars Southern McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 117–72 6,000 1–0 2010-11-14 1:00 pm w yes 12 2010 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington CBE Classic Regional Round KHQ/FSN 86–56 6,000 2–0 2010-11-16 8:00 pm l yes 11 San Diego State 25 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington CBE Classic Regional Round ESPN2 76–79 6,000 2–1 2010-11-22 6:30 pm l yes yes 22 Kansas State 4 Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri CBE Semifinal ESPN2 64–81 18,630 2–2 2010-11-23 4:45 pm w yes yes 22 Marquette Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri CBE 3rd place game ESPNU 66–63 18,966 3–2 2010-11-30 6:00 pm w yes 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 86–57 6,000 4–2 12/04/2010 2:15 pm l yes yes Illinois 20 KeyArena Seattle, Washington Battle in Seattle ESPN 61–73 14,789 4–3 12/08/2010 8:00 pm l yes yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington FSN 59–81 10,177 4–4 12/11/2010 5:30 pm l yes yes Notre Dame 23 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana ESPN2 79–83 8,570 4–5 2010-12-16 6:00 pm w yes 2010 Lewis–Clark State Warriors Lewis–Clark State McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 103–61 6,000 5–5 2010-12-18 1:30 pm w yes yes Baylor 9 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas The Showcase ESPN2 68–64 11,077 6–5 2010-12-22 12:00 pm w yes Xavier McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington ESPN2 64–54 6,000 7–5 2010-12-29 5:30 pm w yes 2010 Lafayette Leopards Lafayette McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 83–55 6,000 8–5 2010-12-31 7:00 pm w yes Oklahoma State McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington ESPN2 73–52 6,000 9–5 01/02/2011 10:00 am w yes yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina FSN 73–63 11,003 10–5 01/08/2011 5:30 pm w Portland McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KAYU/FSN 74–61January 2025 medicmedic 6,000 11–5 (1–0) 2011-01-13 6:00 pm w 2010 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 92–75 6,000 12–5 (2–0) 2011-01-15 5:00 pm w 2010 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 79–59 6,000 13–5 (3–0) 2011-01-20 6:00 pm l yes Santa Clara Leavey Center Santa Clara, California ESPNU 71–85 4,017 13–6 (3–1) 2011-01-22 5:30 pm l yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California KHQ/FSN 91–96 OT 4,195 13–7 (3–2) 2011-01-27 8:00 pm l Saint Mary's McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington ESPN2 71–73 6,000 13–8 (3–3) 2011-01-29 5:00 pm w 2010 San Diego Toreros San Diego McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 86–53 6,000 14–8 (4–3) 02/03/2011 8:00 pm w yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, Oregon ESPN2 67–64 4,852 15–8 (5–3) 02/05/2011 1:00 pm l yes yes Memphis Spokane Arena Spokane, Washington Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic ESPN 58–62 10,778 15–9 02/10/2011 8:00 pm w yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, California ESPN2 67–57 2,964 16–9 (6–3) 02/12/2011 7:00 pm w yes Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California KHQ/FSN 63–44 2,484 17–9 (7–3) 2011-02-17 6:00 pm w Santa Clara McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ 85–76 6,000 18–9 (8–3) 2011-02-19 5:00 pm w San Francisco McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 70–53 6,000 19–9 (9–3) 2011-02-24 8:00 pm w yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California ESPN2 89–85 OT 3,500 20–9 (10–3) 2011-02-26 6:00 pm w yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, California KHQ/FSN 68–31 3,882 21–9 (11–3) 2011-02-28 6:00 pm w yes 2010 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Bakersfield McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington KHQ/FSN 96–49 6,000 22–9 |- !colspan=9| 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 03/06/2011 7:30 pm w yes 2 San Francisco 3 Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada Semifinals ESPN2 71–67 7,489 23–9 |- 03/07/2011 6:00 pm w yes 2 Saint Mary's 1 Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada Championship Game ESPN 75–63 7,186 24–9 |- !colspan=9| 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2011-03-17 6:45 pm w yes yes 11 SE St. John's 18 6 SE Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Second Round 19,216 CBS 86–71 25–9 |- 2011-03-19 4:45 pm l yes yes 11 SE BYU 10 3 SE Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Third Round 19,328 CBS 67–89 25–10 |- AP Poll Pacific Time SE NCAA Southeast Region References 30em Gonzaga Category:Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Gonzaga Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Category:2010s in Spokane, Washington