2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 20–14 9–9 Bruce Weber Wayne McClain Jay Price Jerrance Howard 8th 10th 8th 4th Bill Cole Demetri McCamey Mike Tisdale Mike Davis Assembly Hall NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's eighth season at Illinois. They played their home games at Assembly Hall and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament to Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they beat UNLV in the second round before falling to Kansas in the third round. Pre-season Illinois welcomed back all five starters and its top seven players from the previous season. The Illini returned 89.4 percent of its points, 79 percent of its rebounds, and 85 percent of its minutes played from the 2009–10 campaign.Illinois Basketball 2010-11 Record Book https://web.archive.org/web/20111106203857/http://www.fightingillini.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010-11_RecordBook_Full 2011-11-06, FightingIllini.com, retrieved 11-08-10 In addition to the returning players, Illinois added a top-15 ranked recruiting class to its roster. Three true freshmen joined the squad this season: guard/forward Jereme Richmond, center Meyers Leonard, and guard Crandall Head. The 2010 recruiting class was ranked No. 11 by Scout.com and No. 13 by both Rivals.com and ESPNU. Richmond earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors and was selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game, becoming Illinois' 13th McDonald's All-American and first since Dee Brown. A top-25 recruit, Richmond averaged 21 points, 11.5 rebounds, three assists and three blocks as a senior. Leonard was a consensus first-team all-state selection who led Robinson High School to the 2010 Illinois state title in Class 2A. A top-50 recruit, Leonard averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a senior. He is the younger brother of former Illini All-American Luther Head. Crandall missed his senior season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL. He was a top-75 recruit who earned all-state honors as a junior, averaging 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6'1" 175 Junior Highland Park, IL Transferred to Central Florida Bubba Chisholm 15 G 5'11" 180 Senior Champaign, IL Graduated Stan Simpson 21 C 6'10" 230 RS freshman Chicago, IL Transferred to John A. Logan College then to Memphis Dominique Keller 23 F 6'7" 230 Senior Port Arthur, TX Graduated Alex Legion 33 G 6'5" 200 RS junior Detroit Transferred to Florida International Richard Semrau 50 F 6'10" 245 RS junior Grafton, OH Graduated 2010 additions no no 2010 Meyers Leonard C Robinson, IL Robinson High School 7 0 240 07/29/08 5 4 95 Crandall Head SG Chicago, IL Crane Technical Prep 6 4 185 01/04/08 4 4 94 Jereme Richmond SF Waukegan, IL Waukegan High School 6 7 205 10/26/06 4 4 95 2010 Illinois Commit List for 2010 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting 2010 illinois illinois 169 356 11 13 12 2010-11-18 yes 6 illinois-fighting-illini Roster 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes D. J. Richardson 1 G 6 3 195 SO Peoria, IL Central High School y Joseph Bertrand 2 G 6 5 195 FR y Sterling, IL Sterling High School y basketball Brandon Paul 3 G 6 4 200 SO Gurnee, IL Warren Township High School y Crandall Head 4 G 6 4 185 FR Matteson, IL Rich South High School n Meyers Leonard 12 C 7 0 240 FR Robinson, IL Robinson High School y Jean Selus 15 G 6 2 195 JR Montreal, Quebec Winter Garden High School n W Kervin Berardini 21 G 6 0 175 FR y Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest High School/Loyola Marymount n Jereme Richmond 22 G/F 6 7 205 FR Waukegan, IL Waukegan High School y Mike Davis basketball, born 1988 24 F 6 9 225 SR Alexandria, VA T. C. Williams High School y Bill Cole 30 F 6 9 215 SR Peoria, IL Richwoods High School n C Demetri McCamey 32 G 6 3 200 SR Bellwood, IL St. Joseph High School y C Tyler Griffey 42 F 6 8 235 SO Wildwood, MO Lafayette High School y Mike Tisdale 54 C 7 1 235 SR Riverton, IL Riverton High School y C Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Wayne McClain (Illinois State) Jay Price (Kansas) Jerrance Howard (Illinois) Gary Nottingham (Glenville State) Sean Harrington (Illinois) Chester Frazier (Illinois) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2010-11 2010-10-22 Schedule Source https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2010-11 2010-11 Men's Basketball Schedule yes yes y |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition Fri, Oct 29, 2010 7:00 pm yes 2010 Lewis Flyers Lewis Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN.com 75–65 Davis 15 Davis 7 Richmond 3 14,737Ill 75, Lewis 65, FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2010-11-02 Tue, Nov 02, 2010 7:00 pm yes 2010 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles Southern Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN.com 76–67 Tisdale 21 Davis 14 McCamey 7 14,637Ill 76, Southern Indiana 67, FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2010-11-03 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Mon, Nov 08, 2010 7:00 pm yes 13 UC Irvine Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN3 79–65 Paul 18 Davis, Tisdale 8 McCamey 8 15,287https://archive.today/20120708164624/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303120356 Brandon Paul scores 18, all from beyond arc, to lift Illinois in season opener, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-11-08 1–0 Wed, Nov 10, 2010 7:00 pm yes 13 2010 Toledo Rockets Toledo Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN3 84–45 McCamey 13 Tisdale 8 McCamey 7 15,333https://archive.today/20120708020451/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303140356 No. 16 Illinois crushes Toledo in 2K Sports Classic second round, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-11-10 2–0 Sat, Nov 13, 2010 7:00 pm yes 13 2010 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 85–63 McCamey 18 Davis 7 McCamey 9 16,618https://archive.today/20120707235639/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303170356 Demetri McCamey leads Illinois in easy victory over Southern Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-14 3–0 Thu, Nov 18, 2010 8:00 pm yes 13 y Texas Madison Square Garden New York, NY Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPN2 84–90 OT McCamey 22 Davis 13 McCamey 8 12,210Jordan Hamilton dominates overtime to lift Texas past Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-19 3–1 Fri, Nov 19, 2010 4:00pm yes 13 yes Maryland Madison Square Garden New York, NY Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ESPN2 80–76 McCamey 20 Richmond 6 McCamey 7 11,723https://archive.today/20120718075023/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303230356 Illini rely on 3-pointers to get by Maryland at Madison Square Garden, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-20 4–1 Tue, Nov 23, 2010 8:45 pm yes 19 2010 Yale Bulldogs Yale Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPNU 73–47 Richardson 16 Tisdale 13 McCamey 7 13,858https://archive.today/20120710034953/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303270356 D.J. Richardson's second‐half shooting leads Illinois past Yale, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-24 5–1 Sat, Nov 27, 2010 1:00 pm yes 19 y Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3 78–63 Tisdale 18 Tisdale 7 McCamey 10 4,532https://archive.today/20120707230208/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303312711 Illinois jumps Western Michigan, cruises to easy win, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-12-6 6–1 Tue, Nov 30, 2010 8:30 pm yes 20 North Carolina ACC – Big Ten Challenge Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 79–67 Davis 20 Davis 10 Davis 5 16,618https://archive.today/20120713201732/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303340356 Five Illini hit double figures in win against North Carolina, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-6 7–1 Sat, Dec 04, 2010 4:00 pm yes 20 y Gonzaga Battle in Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA ESPN 73–61 Davis, Richardson 15 Davis 6 McCamey 7 14,789https://archive.today/20120707221911/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303382250 No. 21 Illinois relies on 3-pointers to beat No. 24 Gonzaga, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-6 8–1 Wed, Dec 08, 2010 7:00 pm yes 16 Oakland Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN.com 74–63 McCamey 30 Tisdale 12 McCamey, Tisdale 3 15,256Demetri McCamey scores 29 to help Illinois recover to beat Oakland, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-8 9–1 Sun, Dec 12, 2010 5:00 pm yes 16 Northern Colorado Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 86–76 Tisdale, Richardson 14 Davis 10 McCamey 8 14,814https://archive.today/20120715005626/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303460356 Illinois eases past Northern Colorado in front of small crowd, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-13 10–1 Sat, Dec 18, 2010 1:00 pm yes 12 yes Illinois-Chicago United Center Chicago, IL BTN 54–57 McCamey 16 Richmond 12 McCamey 6 13,117Illinois-Chicago overcomes late deficit to upset Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2011-01-03 10–2 Wed, Dec 22, 2010 8:00 pm yes 21 yes Missouri Braggin' Rights 9 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO ESPN2 64–75 Davis 17 Tisdale 13 McCamey 6 21,906Mizzou pulls away in final minute, wins second straight Braggin' Rights game, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2011-01-03 10–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season Wed, Dec 29, 2010 8:00 pm 0 23 y Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry BTN 87–77 McCamey 20 Tisdale 7 McCamey 10 15,500No. 25 Illinois on target in Big Ten opener, handles Iowa, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-01 11–3 1–0 Sun, Jan 02, 2011 5:00 pm 0 23 Wisconsin Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 69–61 McCamey 21 Davis 14 McCamey 7 16,618https://archive.today/20120709180956/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310020356 Demetri McCamey helps Illinois to 2-0 in Big Ten with win over Wisconsin, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-01 12–3 2–0 Thu, Jan 06, 2011 8:00 pm 0 20 Northwestern Rivalry Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN2 88–63 McCamey 14 Davis 7 Davis,McCamey 7 14,862Illinois comes out firing to keep Northwestern winless in Big Ten play, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-07 13–3 3–0 Tue, Jan 11, 2011 8:00 pm 0 16 y Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 55–57 Tisdale 16 Tisdale 14 McCamey 5 6,353 13–4 3–1 Sat, Jan 15, 2011 2:00 pm 0 16 y Wisconsin 20 Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 66–76 McCamey 23 Tisdale 9 McCamey 5 17,230 13–5 3–2 Tue, Jan 18, 2011 6:00 pm 0 23 Michigan State 17 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 71–62 Paul 20 Davis 11 McCamey 11 16,618 14–5 4–2 Sat, Jan 22, 2011 11:00 am 0 23 Ohio State 1 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 68–73 Richmond 18 Richmond 10 McCamey 5 16,618 14–6 4–3 Thu, Jan 27, 2011 8:00 pm 0 20 y Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry BTN 49–52 Davis 14 Richmond 18 McCamey 3 16,297 14–7 4–4 Tue, Feb 01, 2011 8:00 pm 0 Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 68–51 Davis 22 Richmond 10 McCamey, Paul 5 14,996 15–7 5–4 Sat, Feb 05, 2011 12:00PM 0 y Northwestern Rivalry Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL CBS 70–71 Paul 21 Davis 6 McCamey, Richmond 4 8,117 15–8 5–5 Thu, Feb 10, 2011 8:00 pm 0 y Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN(2) 71–62 McCamey, Davis 17 Davis 9 McCamey, Richmond 4 14,625 16–8 6–5 Sun, Feb 13, 2011 12:00 pm 0 Purdue 14 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 70–81 Paul 23 Davis 7 McCamey 4 16,618 16–9 6–6 Wed, Feb 16, 2011 7:30 pm 0 Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 54–52 McCamey 18 Davis 10 Davis 5 16,273 17–9 7–6 Sat, Feb 19, 2011 8:00 pm 0 y Michigan State ESPN College GameDay Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 57–61 McCamey 15 Davis 5 McCamey 5 14,797 17–10 7–7 Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:00 pm 0 y Ohio State 2 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH ESPN 70–89 Davis 18 Richmond 9 McCamey 6 18,085 17–11 7–8 Sat, Feb 26, 2011 6:00 pm 0 Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 81–68 Tisdale 25 Davis 9 McCamey 7 16,618 18–11 8–8 Tue, Mar 01, 2011 6:00 pm 0 y Purdue 6 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN 67–75 McCamey 18 Davis 10 McCamey, Tisdale 4 14,123 18–12 8–9 Sat, Mar 05, 2011 11:00 am 0 Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 72–48 McCamey 22 Davis, Tisdale 9 McCamey 4 16,618 19–12 9–9 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament Fri, Mar 11, 2011 1:30 pm 0 y 5 Michigan 4 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals ESPN 55–60 McCamey, Tisdale, Paul 10 Davis, Tisdale 7 McCamey 5 17,975 19–13 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament Fri, Mar 18, 2011 8:20 pm yes yes 9 SW UNLV 8 SW BOK Center Tulsa, OK First Round TBS 73–62 Davis 22 Davis 9 McCamey 7 14,353 20–13 Sun, Mar 20, 2011 7:40 pm yes yes 9 SW Kansas 2 1 SW BOK Center Tulsa, OK Second Round TNT 59–73 Davis 17 Tisdale 11 McCamey 7 15,839 20–14 Central Time National rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Various publications and news sources released their preseason rankings prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. Illinois was ranked by the publications below. The Fighting Illini were ranked 13th in the AP Poll and 16th in the Coaches Poll in their respective pre-season polls. + Pre-season rankings Athlon Lindy's Sporting NewsSounds crazy, but Duke must address some issues https://web.archive.org/web/20101031202837/http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/feed/2010-10/duke/story/sounds-crazy-but-duke-must-address-some-issues 2010-10-31 , Sporting News, retrieved 10-26-10Fox SportsPreseason Top 25: Duke a clear No. 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101020153801/http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/Duke-tops-preseason-top-25-college-basketball 2010-10-20 , Fox Sports, retrieved 10-26-10 CBS SportsFinal preseason Top 25 (and one): It's the work of the Devils, CBS Sports, retrieved 10-30-10Rivals.comRivals.com 2010-11 Preseason Top 25, Rivals.com, retrieved 11-04-10 Blue Ribbon 19 9 15 12 16 14 9 + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP 13 13 19 20 16 12 21 23 20 16 23 20 RV RV Coaches 16 16 19 21 17 14 21 25 20 16 22 21 24 RV RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes Season statistics Legend   GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game   FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds  Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers  Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high + Individual player statisticsIllinois Season Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114249/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/teamcume.html 2012-03-18 , FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2011-03-06 Minutes Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-throws Rebounds Scoring Player GP GS Tot Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg McCamey, Demetri 31 29 1026 33.1 153 335 .457 68 147 .463 91 124 .734 16 90 106 3.4 62 0 189 89 6 31 465 15.0Davis, Mike 31 31 1009 32.5 158 295 .536 0 1 .000 61 90 .678 50 170 220 7.1 73 1 51 41 26 28 377 12.2Tisdale, Mike 31 29 792 25.5 119 230 .51718 42 .429 56 70 .800 70 129 199 6.4 111 5 36 52 50 15 312 10.1Paul, Brandon 31 8 673 21.7 90 225 .400 38 108 .352 66 84 .786 18 71 89 2.9 53 0 61 55 10 29 284 9.2Richardson, D.J. 31 29 853 27.5 91 224 .406 50 130 .385 25 33 .758 11 46 57 1.8 63 1 60 36 5 20 257 8.3Richmond, Jereme 30 6 669 22.3 101 193 .523 2 11 .182 26 43 .605 53 101 154 5.1 50 1 57 51 13 13 230 7.7Cole, Bill 31 21 627 20.2 53 117 .453 29 80 .363 17 21 .810 29 51 80 2.6 53 0 40 12 16 19 152 4.9Leonard, Meyers 30 1 260 8.7 27 57 .474 0 1 .000 10 15 .667 10 31 41 1.4 46 0 5 24 12 5 64 2.1Griffey, Tyler 24 0 166 6.9 14 42 .333 4 11 .364 10 15 .667 11 18 29 1.2 20 0 1 12 3 5 42 1.8Bertrand, Joseph 13 0 49 3.8 7 13 .538 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 6 0.5 6 0 3 3 2 1 17 1.3Head, Crandall 15 1 83 5.5 7 18 .389 1 7 .143 4 6 .667 1 2 3 0.2 8 0 10 11 0 3 19 1.3Berardini, Kevin 8 0 14 1.8 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 1 2 4 0.4 2 0 1 2 0 1 6 0.8Selus, Jean 5 0 5 1.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.2Team 47 49 96 1 7 Total 31 6226 821 1751 .469 210 540 .389 374 513 .729 318 765 1083 34.9 549 8 515 395 143 171 2226 71.8 Opponents 31 6227 712 1777 .401 183 612 .299 420 582 .722 361 670 1031 33.3 509 5 375 382 91 171 2027 65.4 References 2 Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois Illinois