2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
{{2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings}} The 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by head coach Ben Howland and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion. They finished the conference season in second place (13–5), and were a 2-seed at the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, where they lost to 7-seed Oregon in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the #7 seeded team in the Southeast Region, where they defeated #10 seed Michigan State before falling to #2 seed Florida in the third round. They finished the season 23–11.
2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Third round | |
Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
2010–11 record | 23–11 (13–5 Pac-10) |
Head coach | Ben Howland |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Pauley Pavilion |
Recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Joshua Smith C |
Kent, WA | Kentwood HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 320 lb (150 kg) | Nov 9, 2009 | |
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Tyler Lamb SG |
Santa Ana, CA | Mater Dei HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Aug 27, 2008 | |
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Matt Carlino SG |
Scottsdale, AZ | Bloomington South HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Apr 27, 2010 | |
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Lazeric Jones PG |
Chicago, IL | John A. Logan CC | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Dec 27, 2009 | |
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Travis Wear PF |
Huntington Beach, CA | Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 | ||||||
David Wear PF |
Huntington Beach, CA | Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16 Rivals: 18 ESPN: 15 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 4, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV |
Westmont College | W 95–59 | – |
Pauley Pavilion (4,972) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
November 9, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV |
Cal State Los Angeles | W 84–59 | – |
Pauley Pavilion (4,595) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 12, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV |
Cal State Northridge | W 83–50 | 1–0 |
Pauley Pavilion (6,687) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
November 15, 2010* 8:00 pm, ESPNU |
Pepperdine NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals |
W 79–69 | 2–0 |
Pauley Pavilion (6,748) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
November 16, 2010* 8:30 pm, ESPNU |
Pacific NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals |
W 57–44 | 3–0 |
Pauley Pavilion (8,345) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
November 24, 2010* 6:55 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 7 Villanova NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals |
L 70–82 | 3–1 |
Madison Square Garden (6,746) New York City | |||||||
November 26, 2010* 11:30 am, ESPN2 |
vs. VCU NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game |
L 85–89 | 3–2 |
Madison Square Garden (7,228) New York City | |||||||
December 2, 2010* 6:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 4 Kansas Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series |
L 76–77 | 3–3 |
Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
December 5, 2010* 7:00 pm, Prime Ticket |
Montana | L 44–54 | 3–4 |
Pauley Pavilion (5,391) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 11, 2010* 5:00 pm, Prime Ticket |
Cal Poly | W 72–61 | 4–4 |
Pauley Pavilion (5,496) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 13, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket |
UC Davis | W 74–67 | 5–4 |
Pauley Pavilion (5,811) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 18, 2010* 2:30 pm, FSN/PT |
vs. No. 18 BYU John R. Wooden Classic |
W 86–79 | 6–4 |
Honda Center (12,499) Anaheim, CA | |||||||
December 21, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV |
Montana State | W 75–59 | 7–4 |
Pauley Pavilion (5,390) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 23, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket |
UC Irvine | W 74–73 | 8–4 |
Pauley Pavilion (6,380) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 29, 2010 8:00 pm, FSN/PT |
Washington State | W 80–71 | 9–4 (1–0) |
Pauley Pavilion (7,934) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 31, 2010 1:00 pm, FSN/PT |
Washington | L 63–74 | 9–5 (1–1) |
Pauley Pavilion (9,049) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
January 9, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT |
at USC | L 52–63 | 9–6 (1–2) |
Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
January 13, 2011 5:30 pm, Prime Ticket |
at Oregon State | W 62–57 | 10–6 (2–2) |
Gill Coliseum (6,857) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
January 15, 2011 2:00 pm, Prime Ticket |
at Oregon | W 67–59 | 11–6 (3–2) |
Matthew Knight Arena (11,089) Eugene, OR | |||||||
January 20, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket |
California | W 86–84 | 12–6 (4–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (8,650) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
January 22, 2011 11:00 am, CBS |
Stanford | W 68–57 | 13–6 (5–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (8,772) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
January 27, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Arizona | L 74–85 | 13–7 (5–3) |
McKale Center (14,528) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
January 29, 2011 12:30 pm, FSN/PT |
at Arizona State | W 73–72 OT | 14–7 (6–3) |
Wells Fargo Arena (7,086) Tempe, AZ | |||||||
February 2, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT |
USC | W 64–50 | 15–7 (7–3) |
Pauley Pavilion (10,419) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
February 5, 2011* 10:00 am, CBS |
St. John's | W 66–59 | 16–7 |
Pauley Pavilion (8,592) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
February 10, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket |
Oregon | W 64–54 | 17–7 (8–3) |
Pauley Pavilion (7,406) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
February 12, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT |
Oregon State | W 69–61 | 18–7 (9–3) |
Pauley Pavilion (8,534) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
February 17, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT |
at Stanford | W 69–65 | 19–7 (10–3) |
Maples Pavilion (5,856) Stanford, CA | |||||||
February 20, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN/PT |
at California | L 72–76 OT | 19–8 (10–4) |
Haas Pavilion (9,688) Berkeley, CA | |||||||
February 24, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT |
Arizona State | W 71–53 | 20–8 (11–4) |
Pauley Pavilion (8,080) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
February 26, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT |
No. 10 Arizona | W 71–49 | 21–8 (12–4) |
Pauley Pavilion (11,986) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
March 3, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Washington | L 63–70 | 21–9 (12–5) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,931) Seattle, WA | |||||||
March 5, 2011 2:30 pm, FSN/PT |
at Washington State | W 58–54 OT | 22–9 (13–5) |
Beasley Coliseum (9,317) Pullman, WA | |||||||
Pac-10 Tournament | |||||||||||
March 9, 2011 6:00 pm, FSN |
vs. Oregon Quarterfinals |
L 59–76 | 22–10 |
Staples Center (12,191) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 17, 2011* 6:20 pm, TBS |
vs. Michigan State Second Round |
W 78–76 | 23–10 |
St. Pete Times Forum (15,504) Tampa, FL | |||||||
March 19, 2011* 11:45 am, CBS |
vs. No. 15 Florida Third Round |
L 65–73[1] | 23–11 |
St. Pete Times Forum (17,771) Tampa, FL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time [2]. |
Rankings
Honors
Malcolm Lee, Tyler Honeycutt, and Reeves Nelson were named to the All-Pac-10 first team. The three selection were the most of any team in the Pac-10 Conference. It's the first time the Bruins have had that many first-team selections since Toby Bailey, Jelani McCoy and Charles O'Bannon were picked in 1997.[3]
Lee was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Defensive team, while Joshua Smith was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team.[3]
Notes
- Tyus Edney joined the team as director of basketball operations on August 2, 2010
- October 28, 2010 - The Bruins were picked to finish 3rd, with one first place vote, in the conference by the media in the annual preseason poll.
- December 10, 2010 – guard Matt Carlino left the team and would transfer to play at another school.
- The 66-59 win over St. John's on February 5, 2011 was UCLA'S first in seven tries (UCLA hadn't beaten the Red Storm since Dec. 1968).
- February 26, 2011 – Tyler Trapani, John Wooden's great-grandson scored the last two points of the last men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The final shot is recorded as "Trapani (Wooden's great-grandson) left side layin off Haley's (Jack) missed 3-pt. try."[4]
- March 17, 2011 - UCLA is making its 44th appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bruins have 99 tournament wins, third on the all-time list. Ben Howland took the Bruins to the tournament six times in his eight years as head coach and the Final Four in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
- March 28, 2011 – Tyler Honeycutt announced that he will declare for the 2011 NBA Draft and will hire an agent.[5]
- April 1, 2011 - Assistant Coach Scott Duncan left the team to become the associate head coach at Wyoming.
- April 12, 2011 - Lee announced he would forgo his final year of college eligibility and hire an agent and enter the 2011 NBA draft.[6]
References
- "Florida moves on as Erving Walker comes up big again". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- "Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- Bolch, Ben; Holmes, Baxter (March 7, 2011). "UCLA awaits word on condition of Malcolm Lee's left knee". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011.
- Painter, Jill (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011.
- Bolch, Ben (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.