2010–11 Missouri State Bears basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2010–11 Missouri State Bears Missouri State Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference The Valley 26–9 15–3 Cuonzo Martin Jon Harris Steve Woodberry Kent Williams JQH Arena Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Champions NIT Second Round The 2010–11 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by third year head coach Cuonzo Martin, played their home games at JQH Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 15–3 in Missouri Valley play to win the regular season conference championship. They lost in the championship game of the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament.https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/2011/03/06/indiana-state-beats-missouri-state/42358252007/ Indiana State beats Missouri State for MVC title R.B. Fallstrom Journal Star March 5, 2011 February 20, 2024 As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Murray State in the first round before falling in the second round to Miami (FL). Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 Keith Pickens Guard/Forward 6–4 187 Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri 2 Nafis Ricks Guard 6–2 189 Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Aaron Cooper Guard 5–10 167 Freshman Little Rock, Arkansas 10 Adam Leonard Guard 6–1 198 Senior Lee's Summit, Missouri 15 Jermaine Mallett Guard 6–3 217 Senior Jackson, Mississippi 21 Caleb Petterson Center 6–11 260 Junior Ames, Oklahoma 24 Keith Dupont Guard 5–9 166 Sophomore Waynesville, Missouri 30 Nathan Scheer Forward 6–4 191 Freshman Washington, Missouri 31 Nick Valla Guard 6–2 186 Freshman Chicago, Illinois 33 Corey Copeland Guard 6–4 173 Freshman Fort Smith, Arkansas 34 Kyle Weems Forward 6–6 232 Junior Topeka, Kansas 44 Will Creekmore Forward/Center 6–9 248 Senior Tulsa, Oklahoma 50 Isaiah Rhine Center 6–10 241 Junior Versailles, Missouri Schedule 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2010 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Missouri State Bears white| Exhibition Season 10/31/10 1:00 pm yes 2010 Upper Iowa Peacocks Upper Iowa JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,466 73–46 — 11/6/10 4:00 pm yes 2010 Arkansas–Fort Smith Lions Arkansas–Fort Smith JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,535 86–61 |- !colspan=9 style=Missouri State Bears white| Regular Season 11/12/10 8:35 pm yes Oral Roberts JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,010 78–61 1–0 11/16/10 6:00 pm yes yes 2010 Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN NIT Season Tip-Off 16,783 80–71 2–0 11/17/10 6:00 pm yes yes Tennessee 23 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN NIT Season Tip-Off 16,001 Ozarks CW 56–60 2–1 11/19/10 7:00 pm yes yes 2010 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 5,268 KY3 50–62 2–2 11/22/10 7:00 pm yes 2010 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine JQH Arena Springfield, MO NIT Season Tip-Off 5,524 80–60 3–2 11/23/10 7:00 pm yes 2010 Pacific Tigers Pacific JQH Arena Springfield, MO NIT Season Tip-Off 5,092 60–49 4–2 12/1/10 7:00 pm yes Arkansas–Little Rock JQH Arena Springfield, MO 6,932 80–46 5–2 12/4/10 7:00 pm yes 2010 none Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,008 101–61 6–2 12/11/10 7:00 pm yes yes Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK 10,401 KY3 70–84 6–3 12/18/10 7:00 pm yes Saint Louis JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,896 81–65 7–3 12/22/2010 7:00 pm yes Arkansas State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 6,015 77–70 8–3 12/29/10 7:00 pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 4,890 FS Midwest 58–57 9–3 (1–0) 1/1/11 7:00 pm Illinois State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,612 82–71 10–3 (2–0) 1/4/11 7:00 pm yes Creighton Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE 14,920 FS Midwest 67–55 11–3 (3–0) 1/7/11 7:00 pm Evansville JQH Arena Springfield, MO 9,134 65–50 12–3 (4–0) 1/9/11 7:35 pm yes Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPNU 59–56 13–3 (5–0) 1/12/11 7:00 pm 2010 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois JQH Arena Springfield, MO 8,112 64–51 14–3 (6–0) 1/16/11 7:00 pm yes 2010 Bradley Braves Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 8,551 ESPNU 78–67 15–3 (7–0) 1/19/11 6:00 pm yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 7,230 Ozarks CW 69–70 15–4 (7–1) 1/22/11 4:00 pm Creighton JQH Arena Springfield, MO 10,655 ESPN2 67–66 16–4 (8–1) 1/25/11 7:00 pm yes Drake The Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 4,197 Ozarks CW 73–70 17–4 (9–1) 1/30/11 7:00 pm Northern Iowa JQH Arena Springfield, MO 9,901 ESPNU 59–60 17–5 (9–2) 2/2/11 7:00 pm yes Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN 3,463 Ozarks CW 65–77 17–6 (9–3) 2/5/11 2:00 pm Indiana State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 8,201 73–66 18–6 (10–3) 2/9/11 7:00 pm Bradley JQH Arena Springfield, MO 6,649 FS Midwest 77–69 19–6 (11–3) 2/12/11 7:00 pm yes Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 5,204 Ozarks CW 68–59 20–6 (12–3) 2/15/11 7:00 pm Drake JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,211 60–51 21–6 (13–3) 2/19/11 4:00 pm yes yes Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN ESPN BracketBusters 5,328 ESPN2 67–80 21–7 2/23/11 7:00 pm yes Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 3,687 KY3 76–58 22–7 (14–3) 2/26/11 12:00 pm Wichita State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 11,077 ESPN2 69–64 23–7 (15–3) |- !colspan=9 style=Missouri State Bears white| Conference Tournament 3/4/11 12:05 pm yes 1 Southern Illinois 8 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinal 10,608 MVC TV 58–56 24–7 3/5/11 1:35 pm yes 1 Creighton 5 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinal 13,533 MVC TV 60–50 25–7 3/6/11 1:05 pm yes 1 Indiana State 3 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Final 10,171 CBS 56–60 25–8 |- !colspan=9 style=Missouri State Bears white| National Invitation Tournament 3/15/11 7:00 pm yes 3 A Murray State 6 A JQH Arena Springfield, MO First Round 5,089 ESPN3 89–76 26–8 3/21/11 6:00 pm yes yes 3 A Miami (Florida) 2 A BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL Second Round 1,623 ESPN 72–81 26–9 AP Poll Central Time A NIT Alabama bracket References Missouri State Missouri State Category:Missouri State Bears basketball seasons