2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2010–11 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 10 Regular Season Arizona Wildcats UCLA Bruins Derrick Williams, Arizona Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament Washington Huskies Arizona Wildcats Isaiah Thomas, Washington Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament#Results Basketball 2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season 09–10 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season 11–12 The 2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 18, 2010 and ended with the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 9–11, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 12, with the conference schedule starting on December 30. The conference dedicated the season to legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who died in June 2010 at age 99.Bolch Ben Pacific-10 Conference dedicating basketball season to John Wooden October 28, 2010 Los Angeles Times http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/10/pacific-10-conference-dedicating-basketball-season-to-john-wooden.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110205152951/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/10/pacific-10-conference-dedicating-basketball-season-to-john-wooden.html February 5, 2011 live The Washington Huskies defeated the regular season champions Arizona Wildcats 77–75 in overtime to capture the tournament championship. Four Pac-10 teams were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament: Arizona, Washington, UCLA and USC. This was the final season for the Pac-10 under that name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference, at which time its name officially changed to Pac-12 Conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West. Pre-season Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2010 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Dana Altman was named the head coach of the Oregon Ducks. 2010–11 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:Preseason Pac-10 Media Poll https://web.archive.org/web/20120405155122/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102810aaa.html 2012-04-05 , UCLABruins.com, October 28, 2010 Rank, School (first-place votes), Points 1. Washington (33) 348 2. Arizona (1) 296 3. UCLA (1) 281 4. Arizona State 215 5. Washington State 191 6. USC 178 7. California 151 8. Oregon State 120 9. Stanford 98 10. Oregon 47 Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings November 8, 2010 – Washington #17 (Coaches) November 15, 2010 – Washington #17 (AP), #15 (Coaches) November 22, 2010 – Washington #13 (AP), #11 (Coaches) November 29, 2010 – Washington #23 (AP), #22 (Coaches) December 6, 2010 – Washington #21 (AP), #22 (Coaches) January 3, 2011 – Washington #23 (AP) January 10, 2011 – Washington #17 (AP), #18 (Coaches) Non-Conference games November 24, 2010 – UCLA lost to No. 7 Villanova at the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. December 18, 2010 – UCLA upset No. 16 (AP) BYU 86–79 at the John R. Wooden Classic. Conference games December 29 – First conference games. Conference tournament 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament March 9–11, 2011 – Pac-10 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Head coaches 22em Sean Miller, Arizona Herb Sendek, Arizona State Mike Montgomery, California Dana Altman, Oregon Craig Robinson, Oregon State Johnny Dawkins, Stanford Ben Howland, UCLA Kevin O'Neill, USC Lorenzo Romar, Washington Ken Bone, Washington State Postseason NCAA tournament March 15, 2011 – Tournament begins. April 4, 2011 – National Championship game. March 13, 2011 – Four Pac-10 teams were selected: Arizona (West Region), Washington (East Region), UCLA (Southeast Region) and USC (Southwest Region). March 16, 2011 – USC ended its tournament hopes when they were defeated in the first round to VCU. March 17, 2011 – UCLA defeated Michigan State to advance to the third round to face Florida on Saturday, March 19, 2011. March 19, 2011 – UCLA was defeated by Florida 65–73 and ended its season. March 20, 2011 – Arizona defeated Texas 70–69 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen and Washington was defeated by North Carolina 83–86 to end the season. March 24, 2011 – Arizona defeated 1-seed Duke 93–77 in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite 8. March 26, 2011 – Arizona was defeated by UConn 65–63 in the Elite 8. NIT March 13, 2011 – Two Pac-10 teams were selected to play in the NIT: California (Colorado bracket), Washington State (Boston College bracket). CBI Highlights and notes November 12, 2010 – UCLA and Oregon kicked off the season with wins over San Diego State and North Dakota State respectively. February 25, 2011 – California was placed on two years probation for impermissible recruiting phone calls.Associated Press, Cal punished for impermissible calls, ESPN.com, February 25, 2011 February 26, 2011 – UCLA defeated Arizona in the final men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The late Coach John Wooden's great-grandson Tyler Trapani scored the last two points for the Bruins.Painter Jill http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Daily News February 26, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110820095118/http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display 2011-08-20 dead 2011-03-19 Awards and honors The Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award in both men’s and women’s basketball is now known as the John Wooden Coach of the Year Award. Scholar-Athlete of the Year Player-of-the-Week 22em Nov. 22 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA Dec. 6 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ Dec. 20 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA Jan. 3 – Matthew Bryan-Amaning, WASH Jan. 17 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ Jan. 31 – Lamont Jones, ARIZ Feb. 14 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH Feb. 28 – Nikola Vucevic, USC Nov. 29 – Klay Thompson, WSU Dec. 13 – Klay Thompson, WSU Dec. 27 – Jio Fontan, USC Jan. 10 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH Jan. 24 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH Feb. 7 – Joevan Catron, ORE Feb. 21 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ Mar. 7 – Ty Abbott, ASU All-Americans All-Pac-10 teams Voting was by conference coaches:Pacific-10 Conference 2010–11 Pac-10 Conference Men’s Basketball Honors March 7, 2011 http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2010-11All-Pac-10.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110817084554/http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2010-11All-Pac-10.pdf August 17, 2011 dead Player of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona Freshman of The Year: Allen Crabbe, California Defensive Player of The Year: Marcus Simmons, USC Most Improved Player of The Year: Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona FIRST TEAM: All-Pac-10 men's basketball team NameSchool Pos. Year Ht., Wt. Hometown (Prev. school)Matthew Bryan-AmaningWASH F Sr.6–9 240 London, England (South Kent School, Conn.) Jeremy Green STAN G Jr. 6–4 198 Austin, Texas (Bowie HS) Jorge Guiterrez CAL G Jr. 6–3 195 Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.) Tyler Honeycutt UCLA F So. 6–8 183 Los Angeles, Calif. (Sylmar HS) Malcolm Lee UCLA G Jr. 6–4 195 Riverside, Calif. (John W. North HS) Reeves Nelson UCLA F So. 6–8 235 Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS) Isaiah Thomas WASH G Jr. 5–9 185 Tacoma, Wash. (South Kent School, Conn.) Klay Thompson WSU G Jr. 6–6 202 Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS) Nikola Vucevic USC F Jr. 6–10 240 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) Derrick Williams ARIZ F So. 6–8 240 La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) All-Academic First Team: Player, School Year GPA Major Second Team: Player, School Year GPA Major USBWA All-District team NBA draft 2011 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team 1 2 Derrick Williams basketballSF/PF United States Minnesota Timberwolves Arizona (So.) 11 Klay ThompsonSG United States Golden State Warriors Washington State (Jr.) 16 Nikola VučevićC Philadelphia 76ers USC (Jr.) 2 35 Tyler HoneycuttSF United States Sacramento Kings UCLA (So.) 43 Malcolm Lee basketballSG United States Chicago Bulls (from Utah, traded to Minnesota) UCLA (Jr.) 60 Isaiah Thomas basketballPG United States Sacramento Kings (from Chicago via Milwaukee) Washington (Jr.) References