2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season

The 2010–11 NBL season is the 26th season for the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL.

2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season
Head Coach	Trevor Gleeson
Captain	Russell Hinder
Stadium	The Swamp Townsville Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Ladder	2nd
Finals	3rd
Wins	17
Losses	11

Off-season

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Chris Cedar	Signed 13 August[1]	Townsville Crocodiles
Will Blalock	Signed 21 July[2]	Maine Red Claws
Gabriel Freeman	Signed 13 July[3]	San Miguel Beerman, Philippines
Nathan Crosswell	Signed 4 June[4]	Melbourne Tigers
Ben Allen	Signed 21 April[5]	St Mary's Gaels
Luke Schenscher	Signed 27 April[6]	Perth Wildcats

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Corey Williams	Contract not re-newed. Announced 17 April[7]	Free Agent
Cameron Tovey	Retired 7 April[8]	N/A

Townsville also re-signed Brad Williamson,[9] Todd Blanchfield,[10] and Peter Crawford [11] during the off-season.

Roster

Townsville Crocodiles roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 3 Cedar, Chris (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 4 Robertson, Kelvin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) C 5 Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) F/C 10 Hinder, Russell (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) G 11 Blalock, Will (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 17 Crawford, Peter 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 23 Crosswell, Nathan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 24 Cedar, Michael 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) F 25 Freeman, Gabe (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 41 Allen, Ben 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) G/F 42 Tudehope, Keegan (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G/F 43 Williamson, Brad 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)	Head coach Trevor Gleeson Assistant coach(es) Paul Woolpert Liam Flynn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 2010-12-17

Regular season

Standings

#	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	% Pts	% Won
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	22	6	4-1	W3	12-2	10-4	2,463	2,367	104.06%	78.57%
2	Townsville Crocodiles	28	17	11	3-2	L1	13-1	4-10	2,225	2,163	102.87%	60.71%
3	Cairns Taipans	28	16	12	4-1	W4	12-2	4-10	2,186	2,107	103.75%	57.14%
4	Perth Wildcats	28	16	12	3-2	L2	10-4	6-8	2,380	2,192	108.58%	57.14%
5	Wollongong Hawks	28	15	13	4-1	W1	10-4	5-9	2,272	2,209	102.85%	53.57%
6	Gold Coast Blaze	28	13	15	2-3	W1	8-6	5-9	2,396	2,440	98.20%	46.43%
7	Melbourne Tigers	28	10	18	1-4	L3	5-9	5-9	2,209	2,357	93.72%	35.71%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	9	19	1-4	L1	7-7	2-12	2,212	2,362	93.65%	32.14%
9	Sydney Kings	28	8	20	2-3	L3	5-9	3-11	2,171	2,317	93.70%	28.57%

Game log

2010–11 season game log
Pre-season: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 16 September Cairns L 68-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-1 2 23 September Gold Coast L 76-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-2 2 25 September Gold Coast L 74-80 Mackay Basketball Stadium, Townsville 0-3
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 16 October Cairns W 79-70 Russell Hinder (18) Luke Schenscher, Gabe Freeman (6) Michael Cedar (5) The Swamp 4,201 1–0 2 22 October @ Wollongong L 70-71 Luke Schenscher (17) Luke Schenscher (9) Will Blalock (4) The Sandpit 3,367 1-1 3 24 October @ Gold Coast L 90-94 Will Blalock (18) Russell Hinder (8) Russell Hinder (4) The Furnace 3,429 1-2 4 30 October Sydney W 80-79 Luke Schenscher (26) Russell Hinder, Gabe Freeman (12) Peter Crawford (4) The Swamp 3,956 2-2
November: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 5 5 November Perth L 85-91 Will Blalock (19) Russell Hinder, Gabe Freeman (5) Russell Hinder (4) The Swamp 3,364 2-3 6 13 November @ Sydney W 64-59 Will Blalock (13) Russell Hinder (8) Michael Cedar (4) The Kingdome 5,586 3-3 7 21 November Adelaide W 77-73 Michael Cedar (24) Luke Schenscher, Russell Hinder (9) Will Blalock, Peter Crawford (3) The Swamp 4,021 4-3 8 26 November Melbourne W 94-66 Michael Cedar (31) Luke Schenscher, Gabe Freeman (7) Nathan Crosswell (6) The Swamp 3,791 5-3
December: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 9 3 December @ Adelaide L 79-92 Luke Schenscher, Will Blalock (15) Luke Schenscher (12) Luke Schenscher, Will Blalock, Gabe Freeman (3) Adelaide Arena 4,595 5-4 10 5 December @ Perth L 90-64 Peter Crawford (13) Ben Allen (6) Will Blalock (6) Challenge Stadium 4,000 5-5 11 11 December Gold Coast W 91-86 Luke Schenscher (21) Michael Cedar, Gabe Freeman (9) Michael Cedar (6) The Swamp 12 17 December @ Gold Coast The Furnace 13 December 38 @ Cairns The Snakepit 14 23 December @ Adelaide The Dome 15 31 December New Zealand The Swamp

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

• Week 3 – Luke Schenscher[12]
• Week 7 – Michael Cedar[13]

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Mid-season Transfers

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Rosell Ellis	Signed 15 December[14]	Al-Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Gabe Freeman	Returning to Philippines[15]

See also

2010-11 NBL season

References

1. "Crocodiles sign another Cedar". NBL. 13 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. Blalock to deliver the goods in 2010/11 Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. Crocs import Freeman Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. Crocs sign former Tiger, Crosswell Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
5. Allen holds the key for Crocodiles Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
6. Schenscher becomes tallest Croc ever Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
7. Crocs release Homicide Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
8. Cameron Tovey's retirement Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. B-rad is back at The Swamp Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
10. Todd times three Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
11. Crocs confirm crafty Crawford Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
12. Schenscher wins Player of the Week Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
13. Cedar named Player of the Week Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
14. Ellis returns to The Swamp Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
15. Gabe Freeman decides to leave Crocs Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Site of the Crocs