2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Florida Gators Florida Gators wordmark.svg 250 Southeastern Conference East SEC 10 15 29–8 13–3 Billy Donovan Larry ShyattRichard PitinoRob Lanier O'Connell Center SEC regular seasonand Eastern Division champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2010–11 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The Gators were the SEC regular season champions with a 13–3 conference record, but lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament. Small forward Chandler Parsons earned SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan won the SEC Coach of the Year award. They received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in southeast region, where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Butler in overtime. Previous season The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to BYU. Class of 2010 Florida Class of 2010 – RivalsFlorida Class of 2010 – Scouthttps://archive.today/20120709143851/http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/school?page=commits&season=2010&schoolId=2305 Florida Class of 2010 – ESPN thumb|180px|Scottie Wilbekin no no 2010 Cody Larson PF Sioux Falls, South Dakota Roosevelt HS 6 9 225 April 25, 2010 4 3 92 Casey Prather SF Jackson, Tennessee North Side HS 6 5 185 September 30, 2009 4 4 95 Scottie Wilbekin PG Gainesville, Florida The Rock School 6 0 150 April 25, 2010 2 NR 89 Will Yeguete PF Bordeaux, France Florida Air Academy 6 7 210 April 19, 2010 3 3 84 Patric Young PF Jacksonville, Florida Providence HS 6 8 215 November 15, 2008 5 5 96 |- | colspan="7" style="padding-left:10px;" | Overall Recruiting Rankings:     Scout – 14     Rivals – 19 http://florida.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1082109 2010 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals 2011-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005225711/http://florida.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1082109 2011-10-05 dead      ESPN – 9  |} Roster NameNumberPositionHeightWeightClassHometown Adam Allen 14 F 6–8 225 Redshirt Junior Milton, Florida Kenny Boynton 1 G 6–2 183 Sophomore Pompano Beach, Florida Cody Larson 34 F 6–9 225 Freshman Sioux Falls, South Dakota Vernon Macklin 32 F 6–10 230 Redshirt Senior Portsmouth, Virginia Kyle McClanahan 20 G 6–1 185 Junior Maitland, Florida Erik Murphy 33 F 6–9 217 Sophomore South Kingstown, Rhode Island Chandler Parsons 25 F 6–9 213 Senior Winter Park, Florida Casey Prather 24 G/F 6–6 195 Freshman Jackson, Tennessee Mike Rosario 3 G 6–3 180 Redshirt Junior Jersey City, New Jersey Alex Tyus 23 F 6–8 220 Senior St. Louis, Missouri Erving Walker 11 G 5–8 161 Junior Brooklyn, New York Scottie Wilbekin 5 G 6–2 175 Freshman Gainesville, Florida Will Yeguete 15 F 6–7 210 Freshman Bordeaux, France Patric Young 4 F/C 6–9 245 Freshman Jacksonville, Florida Coaches Name Position College Graduating year Billy Donovan Head coach Providence College 1987 Larry Shyatt Associate head coach College of Wooster 1973 Richard Pitino Assistant coach Providence College 1995 Rob Lanier Assistant coach St. Bonaventure University 1990 Darren Hertz Assistant to the head coach University of Florida 1997 Adam Beaupre Video coordinator University of Florida 1999 Matt Herring Strength & conditioning coordinator Texas State University 1994 Dave Werner Athletic trainer Eastern Kentucky University 1991 Tom Williams Academic counselor University of Florida 1978 Team statistics As of March 16, 2011. #FFFF99 darkgray Indicates team leader in specific category. NamePTSPPGFG %FT %ASTREBBLKSTL Adam Allen 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Kenny Boynton 466 14.1 .377 .817 84 50 8 26 Cody Larson Redshirt Vernon Macklin 374 11.3 .574 .449 26 183 24 10 Kyle McClanahan 4 0.6 .333 .500 2 3 1 3 Erik Murphy 125 4.3 .511 .750 8 70 15 5 Chandler Parsons 369 11.5 .496 .559 112 251 12 30 Casey Prather 38 1.2 .459 .000 12 35 2 7 Mike Rosario Ineligible for 2010–11 (transfer) Alex Tyus 277 8.7 .483 .635 27 176 24 13 Erving Walker 476 14.4 .411 .784 108 98 0 37 Scottie Wilbekin 88 2.7 .388 .565 56 50 1 33 Will Yeguete 36 1.3 .375 .444 7 76 2 11 Patric Young 108 3.3 .566 .710 11 123 28 19 Schedule and results Retrieved from Gatorzone.com |- !colspan=8| Exhibition October 28, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 9 2010 Florida Tech Panthers Florida Tech O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 92–58 November 3, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 9 2010 Georgetown Tigers Georgetown O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 88–62 |- !colspan=8| Regular season (non-conference play) |- November 12, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 9 2010 UNC Wilmington Seahawks UNC Wilmington O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Global Sports Invitational Sun Sports 77–60 1–0 November 16, 2010 6:00 p.m. yes 9 Ohio State 4 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Global Sports Invitational ESPN 75–93 1–1 November 18, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 9 2010 North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Global Sports Invitational Sun/FSFL 105–55 2–1 November 21, 2010 3:30 p.m. yes 9 Morehead State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Global Sports Invitational Sun Sports 61–55 3–1 November 23, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 16 Florida Atlantic O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Sun Sports 79–66 4–1 November 28, 2010 7:30 p.m. yes yes 16 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL FSN/Sun 55–51 5–1 December 1, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes yes 18 UCF Amway Center Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Sports Shootout FSN/FSFL 54–57 5–2 December 5, 2010 2:30 p.m. yes yes 18 2010 American Eagles American Verizon Center Washington, D.C. BB&T Classic Sun/MASN 67–48 6–2 December 9, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes Kent State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN2 65–52 7–2 December 18, 2010 3:30 p.m. yes yes Kansas State 6 BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL Orange Bowl Basketball Classic FSFL 57–44 8–2 December 20, 2010 1:00 p.m. yes 20 2010 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Sun Sports 68–71 OT 8–3 December 22, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 20 Radford O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL CSS 66–55 9–3 December 28, 2010 7:00 p.m. c CancelledFairfield [a] yes 20 Fairfield O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPNU December 31, 2010 4:00 p.m. yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 71–67 10–3 January 3, 2011 9:00 p.m. yes Rhode Island O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPNU 84–59 11–3 |- !colspan=8| Regular season (SEC conference play) |- January 8, 2011 8:00 p.m. Ole Miss O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL CSS 77–71 12–3 (1–0) January 11, 2011 9:00 p.m. yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN 81–75 OT 13–3 (2–0) January 15, 2011 1:30 p.m. South Carolina O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL SECN 69–72 13–4 (2–1) January 20, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL ESPN 45–40 14–4 (3–1) January 22, 2011 8:00 p.m. Arkansas O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL FSN 75–43 15–4 (4–1) January 25, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 24 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA ESPN 104–91 2OT 16–4 (5–1) January 29, 2011 1:00 p.m. yes 24 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS CBS 64–71 16–5 (5–2) February 1, 2011 9:00 p.m. Vanderbilt 23 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN 65–61 OT 17–5 (6–2) February 5, 2011 9:00 p.m. Kentucky 10 ESPN College GameDay O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN 70–68 18–5 (7–2) February 9, 2011 8:00 p.m. yes 17 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SECN 79–60 19–5 (8–2) February 12, 2011 6:00 p.m. 17 Tennessee O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN 61–60 20–5 (9–2) February 20, 2011 1:00 p.m. yes 14 LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA ESPN 68–61 21–5 (10–2) February 24, 2011 7:00 p.m. 13 Georgia O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPN2 71–62 22–5 (11–2) February 26, 2011 4:00 p.m. yes 13 Kentucky 22 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY CBS 68–76 22–6 (11–3) March 1, 2011 7:00 p.m. 14 Alabama O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPNU 78–51 23–6 (12–3) March 5, 2011 6:00 p.m. yes 14 Vanderbilt 21 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN 86–76 24–6 (13–3) |- !colspan=8| SEC tournament |- March 11, 2011 7:30 p.m. no yes 12 1 Tennessee 5 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Quarterfinals SECN 85–74 25–6 March 12, 2011 3:30 p.m. yes 12 1 Vanderbilt 3 24 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Semifinals ABC 77–66 26–6 March 13, 2011 1:00 p.m. yes 12 1 Kentucky 2 15 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Championship Game ABC 54–70 26–7 |- !colspan=8| NCAA tournament |- March 17, 2011 6:50 p.m. yes yes 15 2 SE UC Santa Barbara 15 SE St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL Second round TBS 79–51 27–7 March 19, 2011 2:45 p.m. yes yes 15 2 SE UCLA 7 SE St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL Third round CBS 73–65 28–7 March 24, 2011 7:27 p.m. yes yes 15 2 SE BYU 10 3 SE New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA Sweet Sixteen TBS 83–74 OT 29–7 March 26, 2011 4:20 p.m. yes yes 15 2 SE Butler 8 SE New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA Elite Eight CBS 71–74 OT 29–8 |- Eastern Time SE NCAA Southeast Region NOTES Fairfield [a]The game on Dec. 28 against Fairfield University was canceled due to a heavy snowstorm that prevented Fairfield (Connecticut) from traveling to Gainesville.Gators' Game With Fairfield Canceled http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19481 29 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110117183001/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19481 17 January 2011 dead Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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