2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Third Round vs. 1 Seed Kansas, L, 59-73
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #41
2010–11 record 20–14 (9–9, T–4th Big Ten)
Head coach Bruce Weber
Assistant coach Wayne McClain
Assistant coach Jay Price
Assistant coach Jerrance Howard
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 2009–10 2011–12 »
2010–11 Big Ten men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Ohio State † 16   2   .889     34   3   .919
#13 Purdue 14   4   .778     26   8   .765
#16 Wisconsin 13   5   .722     25   9   .735
Michigan 9   9   .500     21   14   .600
Illinois 9   9   .500     20   14   .588
Penn State 9   9   .500     19   15   .559
Michigan State 9   9   .500     19   15   .559
Northwestern 7   11   .389     20   14   .588
Minnesota 6   12   .333     17   14   .548
Iowa 4   14   .222     11   20   .355
Indiana 3   15   .167     12   20   .375
† 2011 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2011[1] • Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2010-11 college basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's eighth season at the University of Illinois. They played their home games at Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Michigan. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they beat UNLV in the second round before falling to Kansas in the third round.

Contents

Pre-season

Illinois welcomes back all five starters and its top seven players from last season. The Illini return 89.4 percent of its points, 79 percent of its rebounds, and 85 percent of its minutes played from the 2009-10 campaign[3]. In addition to the returning players, Illinois adds a top-15 ranked recruiting class to its roster. Three true freshmen join the squad this season in guard/forward Jereme Richmond, center Meyers Leonard, and guard Crandall Head. The 2010 recruiting class is ranked No. 11 by Scout.com and No. 13 by both Rivals.com and ESPNU. Richmond earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors and was selected to play in the 2010 McDonald’s All-American Game, becoming Illinois’ 13th McDonald’s All-American and first since Dee Brown. A top-25 recruit, Richmond averaged 21 points, 11.5 rebounds, three assists and three blocks as a senior. Leonard was a consensus first-team all-state selection who led Robinson High School to the 2010 Illinois state title in Class 2A. A top-50 recruit, Leonard averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a senior. Head is the younger brother of former Illini All-American Luther Head. Crandall missed his senior season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL. He is a top-75 recruit who earned all-state honors as a junior, averaging 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals.

2010 additions

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Meyers Leonard
C		 Robinson, IL Robinson High School 7 ft 0 in (213 cm) 240 lb (110 kg) Jul 29,
08 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 95
Crandall Head
SG		 Chicago, IL Crane Technical Prep 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) Jan 04,
08 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 94
Jereme Richmond
SF		 Waukegan, IL Waukegan High School 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) Oct 26,
06 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 11   Rivals: 13
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Roster

2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Home town
G 1 Richardson, D.J.D.J. Richardson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Peoria, IL
G 2 Bertrand, JosephJoseph Bertrand 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Sterling, IL
G 3 Paul, BrandonBrandon Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Gurnee, IL
G 4 Head, CrandallCrandall Head 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Matteson, IL
C 12 Leonard, MeyersMeyers Leonard 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Robinson, IL
G 21 Berardini, KervinKervin Berardini 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Lake Forest, IL
G/F 22 Richmond, JeremeJereme Richmond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Waukegan, IL
F 24 Davis, MikeMike Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Alexandria, VA
F 30 Cole, BillBill Cole 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Peoria, IL
G 32 McCamey, DemetriDemetri McCamey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Bellwood, IL
F 42 Griffey, TylerTyler Griffey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Wildwood, MO
C 54 Tisdale, MikeMike Tisdale 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Riverton, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-10-22

Schedule

Source[4]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Pts Ldr Reb Ldr Ast Ldr Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 29* 7:00 PM Lewis Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN.com  15 - Davis   7 - Davis   3 - Richmond  W 75–65  14,737[5]
Tue, Nov 02* 7:00 PM Southern Indiana Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN.com  21 - Tisdale   14 - Davis   7 - McCamey  W 76–67  14,637[6]
Regular Season
Mon, Nov 08* 7:00 PM UC Irvine #13 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN3  18 - Paul   8 - Davis,
Tisdale 		  8 - McCamey  W 79–65  15,287[7] 1–0
Wed, Nov 10* 7:00 PM Toledo #13 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN3  13 - McCamey   8 - Tisdale   7 - McCamey  W 84–45  15,333[8] 2–0
Sat, Nov 13* 7:00 PM Southern Illinois #13 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  18 - McCamey   7 - Davis   9 - McCamey  W 85–63  16,618[9] 3–0
Thu, Nov 18* 8:00 PM vs. Texas #13 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)		 ESPN2  22 - McCamey   13 - Davis   8 - McCamey  L 84–90 OT 12,210[10] 3–1
Fri, Nov 19* 4:00pm vs. Maryland #13 Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
(Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic)		 ESPN2  20 - McCamey   6 - Richmond   7 - McCamey  W 80–76  11,723[11] 4–1
Tue, Nov 23* 8:45 PM Yale #19 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPNU  16 - Richardson   13 - Tisdale   7 - McCamey  W 73–47  13,858[12] 5–1
Sat, Nov 27* 1:00 PM at Western Michigan #19 University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3  18 - Tisdale   7 - Tisdale   10 - McCamey  W 78–63  4,532[13] 6–1
Tue, Nov 30* 8:30 PM North Carolina #20 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL
(ACC – Big Ten Challenge)		 ESPN  20 - Davis   10 - Davis   5 - Davis  W 79–67  16,618[14] 7–1
Sat, Dec 04* 4:00 PM vs. Gonzaga #20 Key Arena • Seattle, WA ESPN  15 - Davis,
Richardson 		  6 - Davis   7 - McCamey  W 73–61  14,789[15] 8–1
Wed, Dec 08* 7:00 PM Oakland #16 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN.com  30 - McCamey   12 - Tisdale   3 - McCamey,
Tisdale 		 W 74–63  15,256[16] 9–1
Sun, Dec 12* 5:00 PM Northern Colorado #16 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  14 - Tisdale,
Richardson 		  10 - Davis   8 - McCamey  W 86–76  14,814[17] 10–1
Sat, Dec 18* 1:00 PM at Illinois-Chicago #12 United Center • Chicago, IL BTN  16 - McCamey   12 - Richmond   6 - McCamey  L 54–57  13,117[18] 10-2
Wed, Dec 22* 8:00 PM vs. #9 Missouri #21 Scottrade Center • St. Louis, MO
(Braggin' Rights)		 ESPN2  17 - Davis   13 - Tisdale   6 - McCamey  L 64–75  21,906[19] 10–3
Wed, Dec 29 8:00 PM at Iowa #23 Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA BTN  20 - McCamey   7 - Tisdale   10 - McCamey  W 87–77  15,500[20] 11–3
(1–0)
Sun, Jan 02 5:00 PM Wisconsin #23 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  21 - McCamey   14 - Davis   7 - McCamey  W 69–61  16,618[21] 12–3
(2–0)
Thu, Jan 06 8:00 PM Northwestern #20 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN2  14 - McCamey   7 - Davis   7 - Davis,
McCamey 		 W 88–63  14,862[22] 13–3
(3–0)
Tue, Jan 11 8:00 PM at Penn State #16 Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA BTN  16 - Tisdale   14 - Tisdale   5 - McCamey  L 55–57  6,353 13–4
(3–1)
Sat, Jan 15 2:00 PM at #20 Wisconsin #16 Kohl Center • Madison, WI BTN  23 - McCamey   9 - Tisdale   5 - McCamey  L 66–76  17,230 13–5
(3–2)
Tue, Jan 18 6:00 PM #17 Michigan State #23 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN  20 - Paul   11 - Davis   11 - McCamey  W 71–62  16,618 14–5
(4–2)
Sat, Jan 22 11:00AM #1 Ohio State #23 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL CBS  18 - Richmond   10 - Richmond   5 - McCamey  L 68–73  16,618 14–6
(4–3)
Thu, Jan 27 8:00 PM at Indiana #20 Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN BTN  14 - Davis   18 - Richmond   3 - McCamey  L 49–52  16,297 14–7
(4–4)
Tue, Feb 01 8:00 PM Penn State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  22 - Davis   10 - Richmond   5 - McCamey, Paul  W 68–51  14,996 15–7 (5–4)
Sat, Feb 05 12:00PM at Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL CBS  21 - Paul   6 - Davis   4 - McCamey, Richmond  L 70–71  8,117 15–8 (5–5)
Thu, Feb 10 8:00 PM at Minnesota Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN(2)  17 - McCamey, Davis   9 - Davis   4 - McCamey, Richmond  W 71–62  14,625 16–8 (6–5)
Sun, Feb 13 12:00PM #14 Purdue Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL CBS  16 - Davis   7 - Davis   4 - McCamey  L 70–81  16,618 16–9 (6–6)
Wed, Feb 16 7:30 PM Michigan Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  18 - McCamey   10 - Davis   5 - Davis  W 54–52  16,273 17–9 (7–6)
Sat, Feb 19 8:00 PM at Michigan State Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI ESPN  15 - McCamey   5 - Davis   5 - McCamey  L 57–61  14,797 17–10 (7–7)
Tue, Feb 22 6:00 PM at #2 Ohio State Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH ESPN  18 - Davis   9 - Richmond   6 - McCamey  L 70–89  18,085 17–11 (7–8)
Sat, Feb 26 6:00 PM Iowa Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  25 - Tisdale   9 - Davis   7 - McCamey  W 81–68  16,618 18–11 (8–8)
Tue, Mar 01 6:00 PM at #6 Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN ESPN  18 - McCamey   10 - Davis   4 - McCamey, Tisdale  L 67–75  14,123 18–12 (8–9)
Sat, Mar 05 11:00AM Indiana Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN  22 - McCamey   9 - Davis, Tisdale   4 - McCamey  W 72–48  16,618 19–12 (9–9)
Big Ten Tournament
Fri, Mar 11 1:30 PM vs. Michigan Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN
(Quarterfinals)		 ESPN  10 - McCamey, Tisdale, Paul   7 - Davis, Tisdale   5 - McCamey  L 55–60  17,975 19–13
NCAA Tournament
Fri, Mar 18* 8:20 PM vs. UNLV BOK Center • Tulsa, OK
(Second Round)		 TBS  22 - Davis   9 - Davis   7 - McCamey  W 73–62  14,353 20–13
Sun, Mar 20* 7:40 PM vs. #2 Kansas BOK Center • Tulsa, OK
(Third Round)		 TNT  17 - Davis   11 - Tisdale   7 - McCamey  L 59–73  15,839 20–14
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

National rankings

See also: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Various publications and news sources released their preseason rankings prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. Illinois has been ranked by the publications below. The Fighting Illini were ranked 13th in the AP Poll and 16th in the Coaches Poll in their respective pre-season polls.

Pre-season Rankings
Athlon Lindy's Sporting News[23] Fox Sports[24] CBS Sports[25] Rivals.com[26] Blue Ribbon
19 9 15 12 16 14 9
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
1		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Final
AP 13 13 19 20 16 12 21 23 20 16 23 20 RV RV
Coaches 16 16 19 21 17 14 21 25 20 16 22 21 24 RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes

Player statistics

			  MINUTES   |--TOTAL--| |--3-PTS--| |-F-THROWS-| |---REBOUNDS---|                    |-SCORING-| 
## Player           GP GS Tot  Avg   FG FGA Pct  3FG FGA Pct  FT FTA  Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO  A  TO Blk Stl Pts   Avg 
32 McCamey, Demetri 31 29 1026 33.1  153 335 .457 68 147 .463 91 124 .734  16  90 106 3.4 62  0 189 89   6 31  465  15.0 
24 Davis, Mike      31 31 1009 32.5  158 295 .536  0   1 .000 61  90 .678  50 170 220 7.1 73  1 51  41  26 28  377  12.2
54 Tisdale, Mike    31 29 792  25.5  119 230 .517 18  42 .429 56  70 .800  70 129 199 6.4 111 5 36  52  50 15  312  10.1 
03 Paul, Brandon    31  8 673  21.7   90 225 .400 38 108 .352 66  84 .786  18  71  89 2.9 53  0 61  55  10 29  284   9.2  
01 Richardson, D.J. 31 29 853  27.5   91 224 .406 50 130 .385 25  33 .758  11  46  57 1.8 63  1 60  36   5 20  257   8.3
22 Richmond, Jereme 30  6 669  22.3  101 193 .523  2  11 .182 26  43 .605  53 101 154 5.1 50  1 57  51  13 13  230   7.7
30 Cole, Bill       31 21 627  20.2   53 117 .453 29  80 .363 17  21 .810  29  51  80 2.6 53  0 40  12  16 19  152   4.9
12 Leonard, Meyers  30  1 260   8.7   27  57 .474  0   1 .000 10  15 .667  10  31  41 1.4 46  0  5  24  12  5   64   2.1 
42 Griffey, Tyler   24  0 166   6.9   14  42 .333  4  11 .364 10  15 .667  11  18  29 1.2 20  0  1  12   3  5   42   1.8
02 Bertrand, Joseph 13  0  49   3.8    7  13 .538  0   1 .000  3   4 .750   1   5   6 0.5  6  0  3   3   2  1   17   1.3
04 Head, Crandall   15  1  83   5.5    7  18 .389  1   7 .143  4   6 .667   1   2   3 0.2  8  0 10  11   0  3   19   1.3    
21 Berardini, Kevin  8  0  14   1.8    1   1 1.000 0   0 .000  4   6 .667   1   2   4 0.4  2  0  1   2   0  1    6   0.8
15 Selus, Jean       5  0   5   1.0    0   1 .000  0   1 .000  1   2 .500   0   0   0 0.0  1  0  1   0   0  1    1   0.2
   Team                                                                   47  49  96      1 	    7	 	 	 
   Total..........  31    6226   821 1751 .469 210 540 .389 374 513 .729 318 765 1083 34.9 549 8 515 395 143 171 2226 71.8 
   Opponents......  31    6227   712 1777 .401 183 612 .299 420 582 .722 361 670 1031 33.3 509 5 375 382  91 171 2027 65.4

Regular season

Post-season

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/7/big-ten-conference. Retrieved March 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
  3. ^ Illinois Basketball 2010-11 Record Book, FightingIllini.com, retrieved 11-08-10
  4. ^ "2010-11 Schedule". http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ill-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
  5. ^ Ill 75, Lewis 65, FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2010-11-02
  6. ^ Ill 76, Southern Indiana 67, FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2010-11-03
  7. ^ Brandon Paul scores 18, all from beyond arc, to lift Illinois in season opener, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-11-08
  8. ^ No. 16 Illinois crushes Toledo in 2K Sports Classic second round, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-11-10
  9. ^ Demetri McCamey leads Illinois in easy victory over Southern Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-14
  10. ^ Jordan Hamilton dominates overtime to lift Texas past Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-19
  11. ^ Illini rely on 3-pointers to get by Maryland at Madison Square Garden, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-20
  12. ^ D.J. Richardson's second-half shooting leads Illinois past Yale, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-11-24
  13. ^ Illinois jumps Western Michigan, cruises to easy win, ESPN.com, retrieved 2010-12-6
  14. ^ Five Illini hit double figures in win against North Carolina, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  15. ^ No. 21 Illinois relies on 3-pointers to beat No. 24 Gonzaga, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  16. ^ Demetri McCamey scores 29 to help Illinois recover to beat Oakland, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-8
  17. ^ Illinois eases past Northern Colorado in front of small crowd, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-12-13
  18. ^ Illinois-Chicago overcomes late deficit to upset Illinois, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2011-01-03
  19. ^ Mizzou pulls away in final minute, wins second straight Braggin' Rights game, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2011-01-03
  20. ^ No. 25 Illinois on target in Big Ten opener, handles Iowa, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-01
  21. ^ Demetri McCamey helps Illinois to 2-0 in Big Ten with win over Wisconsin, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-01
  22. ^ Illinois comes out firing to keep Northwestern winless in Big Ten play, ESPN.com, Retrieved 2010-01-07
  23. ^ Sounds crazy, but Duke must address some issues, Sporting News, retrieved 10-26-10
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  25. ^ Final preseason Top 25 (and one): It's the work of the Devils, CBS Sports, retrieved 10-30-10
  26. ^ Rivals.com 2010-11 Preseason Top 25, Rivals.com, retrieved 11-04-10
  27. ^ Illinois Season Statistics, FightingIllini.com, Retrieved 2011-03-06
Team
Head coaches
Elwood Brown · F. L. Pinckney · Fletcher Lane · Herb Juul · T. E. Thompson · Ralph Jones · Frank Winters · J. Craig Ruby · Douglas Mills · Harry Combes · Harv Schmidt · Gene Bartow · Lou Henson · Lon Kruger · Bill Self · Bruce Weber
National players of the year
Championships
Helm's Foundation (National): 1915
Big Ten (Regular season): 1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Big Ten (Tournament): 2003, 2005
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Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship
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