2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Centennial athletic.png Mid-American Conference East Division MAC 25–12 12–4 Geno Ford 3rd Rob Senderoff 3rd Bobby Steinburg Jordan Mincy Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center MAC East Division ChampionsMAC Regular Season Champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. On March 4, 2011, the team clinched their second-consecutive outright MAC regular season championship by defeating the Akron Zips 79–68 in Kent. It was the first back-to-back regular season titles in the MAC since Miami accomplished the feat in 1991 and 1992 and first back-to-back outright titles since Ball State in 1989 and 1990. Before the season Roster changes Recruiting Kenny Knight PF Cincinnati Aiken High School 6 6 210 January 18, 2009 2 86 Eric Gaines SG Englewood, Illinois Hillcrest High School 6 4 180 August 3, 2009 85 Mark Henniger PF Massillon, Ohio Jackson High School 6 8 200 May 13, 2009 85 Darius Leonard PF Raleigh, North Carolina Kestrel Heights School 6 7 215 85 Carlton Guyton SG Chicago Mineral Area College 6 4 175 84 DeAndre Nealy PF Detroit Mott Community College 6 6 230 November 11, 2009 2 40 Michael Porrini SG Massillon, Ohio Gulf Coast Community College 6 2 200 February 2, 2010 40 2010 Kent State Commit List for 2010 Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting Kent State Basketball Recruiting 2010 kentstate 75 2309 March 6, 2011 yes Roster 2010 Kent State Golden Flashes y Eric Gaines 1 G 6 4 180 FR Chicago Michael Porrini 2 G 6 2 200 JR Massillon, Ohio Randall Holt 3 G 6 1 180 SO Cleveland Carlton Guyton 11 G 6 4 174 JR Chicago Mark Henniger 13 F 6 8 215 FR Massillon, Ohio DeAndre Nealy 15 F 6 6 250 JR Detroit Darius Leonard 22 F 6 9 215 FR Raleigh, North Carolina Patrick Jackson 23 F 6 6 215 FR Brooklyn, New York Jordan Wilds 25 G 6 5 190 SO Hermitage, Pennsylvania Brian Frank 30 F 6 5 215 SO Gainesville, Florida Rodriguez Sherman 32 G 6 3 185 SR Indianapolis Justin Manns 33 C 6 11 220 JR Winston-Salem, North Carolina Justin Greene 34 F 6 8 230 JR Brooklyn, New York http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/roster March 6, 2011 Geno Ford Rob Senderoff Bobby Steinburg Jordan Mincy Coaching staff NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Geno Ford Head coach Ohio University 1997 Rob Senderoff Associate Head Coach University of Albany 1995 Bobby Steinburg Assistant coach Middle Tennessee State University 1997 Jordan Mincy Assistant coach Kent State University 2009 Jaden Uken Director of Operations University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2003 Schedule yes yes yes yes no |- !colspan=9| Exhibition November 5 7:00 pm yes 2010 Rochester Warriors Rochester (MI) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 81–44Stats   1,150   |- !colspan=9| Regular Season November 12 5:00 pm yes yes Iona Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio World Vision Classic 73–72Stats 1,450 1–0 November 13 3:30 pm yes yes 2010 Bryant Bulldogs Bryant Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio World Vision Classic 90–49Stats NA 2–0 November 14 6:00 pm yes yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio World Vision Classic 66–69Stats 2,805 2–1 November 16 8:00 am yes Robert Morris Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPN Tip-Off Marathon ESPN 62–59Stats 1,496 3–1 November 19 7:00 pm yes Furman Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 78–74Stats OT 3,423 4–1 November 23 5:00 pm yes yes 2010 Urbana Blue Knights Urbana Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio World Vision Classic 94–71Stats 188 5–1 December 4 2:00 pm yes Lehigh Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 80–75Stats 3,421 6–1 December 2 7:00 pm yes 2010 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks Louisiana–Monroe Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 69–53Stats 3,351 7–1 December 5 7:00 pm yes yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama 59–75Stats 3,151 7–2 December 9 7:00 pm yes yes Florida 24 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN2 52–65Stats 7,522 7–3 December 12 6:30 pm yes yes South Florida Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPNU 56–51Stats 3,183 8–3 December 21 7:00 pm yes Youngstown State Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 71–58Stats 3,450 9–3 December 28 7:00 pm yes yes Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky 59–76Stats 2,328 9–4 December 31 2:00 pm yes James Madison Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 51–60Stats 2,862 9–5 January 8 7:00 pm no yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio STO 62–65Stats 5,019 9–6 0–1 January 11 7:00 pm 2010 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 80–63Stats 2,543 10–6 1–1 January 15 7:00 pm y Ohio Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 69–66Stats 8,022 11–6 2–1 January 19 7:30 pm yes Buffalo Alumni Arena Buffalo, New York STO 54–79Stats 2,112 11–7 2–2 January 23 2:00 pm Miami (OH) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio STO 78–57Stats 4,135 12–7 3–2 January 27 7:05 pm y Ball State John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, Indiana 66–53Stats 3,310 13–7 4–2 January 30 2:05 pm 2010 Toledo Rockets Toledo Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio STO 72–55Stats 2,842 14–7 5–2 February 5 7:30 pm 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPNU 66–53Stats 3,921 15–7 6–2 February 9 7:00 pm Eastern Michigan Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 80–70Stats 2,756 16–7 7–2 February 12 3:00 pm y Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, Illinois 84–77Stats 2,169 17–7 8–2 February 16 7:00 pm yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio 80–86Stats OT 2,173 17–8 8–3 February 18 9:00 pm yes y Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ESPN BracketBusters ESPNU 66–73Stats 2,534 17–9 February 21 7:00 pm yes Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan 74–72Stats 2,363 18–9 9–3 February 24 7:00 pm Buffalo Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio STO 72–69Stats 3,127 19–9 10–3 February 26 7:00 pm Ohio Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 87–88Stats OT 5,125 19–10 10–4 March 1 7:00 pm y Bowling Green Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio STO 63–57Stats 1,751 20–10 11–4 March 4 7:00 pm Akron Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio ESPN2 79–68Stats 6,327 21–10 12–4 |- !colspan=9| Mid-American Conference tournament March 10 7:00 pm y Buffalo Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Quarterfinals STO 73–62Stats NA 22–10 March 11 9:30 pm y Ball State Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Semifinals STO 79–68Stats 6,174 23–10 March 12 6:00 pm y Akron Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Championship Game ESPN2 65–66Stats OT 8,926 23–11 |- !colspan=9| 2011 NIT March 15 11:00 pm yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California First Round 2,443 ESPN2 71–70Stats 24–11 March 20 12:30 pm yes yes Fairfield Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Connecticut Second Round 3,954 ESPNU 72–68Stats 25–11 March 22 9:00 pm yes yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado Quarterfinals 9,065 ESPN 74–81 Stats 25–12 |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" | colspan=10 | *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone. |} After the season Comments Following their overtime loss to Akron in the MAC tournament championship game, the team was seeded 7th in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, which they automatically qualified for by winning the MAC regular season championship. They played in Moraga, California at 2nd-seeded St. Mary's, and defeated the Gaels 71–70. Kent State next traveled across the country to face 6th-seeded Fairfield, and defeated the Stags in Bridgeport, Connecticut 72–68. The win advanced Kent State to the NIT quarterfinals for the first time since 2000. In the quarterfinals, they played top-seeded Colorado, and lost to the Buffaloes 81–74 in Boulder, Colorado to finish the season with an overall record of 25–12. On March 27, Bradley University announced they had hired Geno Ford to become their next head coach.Alexander, Elton Kent State basketball coach Geno Ford leaving for Bradley http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2011/03/post_22.html The Plain Dealer March 27, 2011 March 27, 2011 Awards On March 7, 2011, head coach Geno Ford was named the Coach of the Year in the Mid-American Conference while Junior forward Justin Greene was named the conference Player of the Year. It was Ford's second consecutive Coach of the Year award and marks the eighth time a KSU coach has won the award (Jim McDonald, 1990; Gary Waters, 1999 and 2000; Stan Heath, 2002; and Jim Christian, 2006 and 2008).http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204903780 MAC Announces Player of the Year, Coach of the Year MAC-Sports.com Mid-American Conference March 8, 2010 March 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011841/http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204903780 July 14, 2011 dead mdy-all Ford also became the fourth coach in MAC history to win back-to-back Coach of the Year awards and won the award by one vote over Miami's Charlie Coles. Greene was the first KSU player since Al Fisher in 2008 to be named Player of the Year and the third Kent State player overall to win the award, joining DeAndre Haynes in 2006. Greene won the award by three votes over Julian Muvunga of Miami and D. J. Cooper of Ohio.http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=205111150 MAC Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Coach of the Year MAC-Sports.com Mid-American Conference March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011858/http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=205111150 2011-07-14 dead On March 8, Kent State players Michael Porrini and Carlton Guyton were honored by the Mid-American Conference as Porrini was named MAC Defensive Player of the Year and Guyton was named MAC Sixth Man of the Year. Porrini was the fourth Kent State player to earn the award and marked the fifth Defensive Player of the Year award for Kent State (Demertic Shaw; 2001 and 2002; John Edwards, 2004; and Haminn Quaintance, 2008). Guyton was the third KSU player to win the Sixth Man award, after Anthony Simpson in 2010 and Kevin Warzynski in 2006.http://www.mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=205111785 Buffalo's McCrea Honored Along With KSU's Porrini, Guyton MAC-Sports.com Mid-American Conference March 8, 2011 March 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011836/http://www.mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=205111785 July 14, 2011 dead mdy-all Notes Category:Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball seasons Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Kent State Kent State