2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

	Conf			Overall
2010–11 Big Ten men's basketball standings
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 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This is head coach Bill Carmody's eleventh season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. In the previous year, they finished the season 20–14, 7–10 in Big Ten play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Washington State.

2010–11 Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
1	Crawford, Drew	G/F	6–5	205	SO	Naperville, Illinois/Naperville Central
3	Capocci, Mike	F	6–6	195	SR	Lombard, Illinois/Glenbard East
4	Marcotullio, Alex	G	6–3	180	SO	Warren, Michigan/De La Salle
5	Ryan, Jeff	G/F	6–7	205	SR	Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South
10	Nichols, Austin	G	6–0	192	SO	Lansing, Michigan/Lansing Catholic
11	Hearn, Reggie	G	6–4	205	SO	Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider
12	Mirković, Luka	F/C	6–11	248	JR	Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)
15	Fruendt, Nick	G	6–5	200	JR	Batavia, Illinois/Batavia
21	Peljusic, Ivan	F	6–8	220	SR	Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium
22	Thompson, Michael	G	5–10	190	SR	Chicago, Illinois/Lincoln Park
23	Cobb, JerShon	G	6–5	180	FR	Decatur, Georgia/Columbia
24	Shurna, John	F	6–8	215	JR	Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West
30	Curletti, Davide	F	6–9	238	JR	Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's

Source:^[3]

Schedule and results

Source^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Record
Exhibition
Thu, Nov 4*	7:00 PM	Robert Morris	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL		W 91–71	–
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 12*	8:00 PM	at Northern Illinois	Convocation Center • DeKalb, IL		W 97–78	1–0
Wed, Nov 17*	7:00 PM	at Texas-Pan American	UTPA Fieldhouse • Edinburg, TX		W 77–71	2–0
Fri, Nov 19*	7:00 PM	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL		W 71–45	3–0
Sun, Nov 28*	7:30 PM	Creighton	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 65–52	4–0
Tue, Nov 30*	6:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 91–71	5–0
Mon, Dec 13*	7:00 PM	Long Island	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL		W 81–65	6–0
Thu, Dec 16*	7:00 PM	American	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 78–62	7–0
Mon, Dec 20*	6:00 PM	vs. St. Francis (NY)	Madison Square Garden • New York City, NY (Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival)	MSG	W 92–61	8–0
Tue, Dec 21*	8:30 PM	vs. St. John's	Madison Square Garden • New York City, NY (Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival)	MSG	L 69–85	8–1
Thu, Dec 23*	2:00 PM	Mount St. Mary's	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL		W 70–47	9–1
Fri, Dec 31	11:00 AM	at #12 Purdue	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 69–82	9–2 (0–1)
Mon, Jan 03	6:30 PM	#18 Michigan State	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 62–65	9–3 (0–2)
Thu, Jan 06	8:00 PM	at #20 Illinois	Assembly Hall • Champign, IL	BTN	L 63–88	9–4 (0–3)
Sun, Jan 09	6:00 PM	Indiana	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 93–81	10–4 (1–3)
Wed, Jan 12	7:30 PM	at Iowa	Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 90–71	11–4 (2–3)
Sat, Jan 15	12:00 PM	at Michigan State	Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 67–71 ^OT	11–5 (2–4)
Tue, Jan 18	8:00pm	Michigan	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 74–60	12–5 (3–4)
Thu, Jan 20*	5:30pm	SIU-Edwardsville	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL		W 98–55	13–5
Sun, Jan 23	11:30 AM	Wisconsin	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 46–78	13–6 (3–5)
Wed, Jan 26	7:30 PM	at #16 Minnesota	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 70–81	13–7 (3–6)
Sat, Jan 29	5:00pm	#1 Ohio State	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 57-58	13–8 (3–7)
Sat, Feb 05	12:00 PM	Illinois	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	CBS	W 71–70	14–8 (4–7)
Wed, Feb 09	5:30 PM	at Michigan	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 66–75	14–9 (4–8)
Sun, Feb 13	2:30 PM	at Penn State	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA	BTN	L 41–65	14–10 (4–9)
Thu, Feb 17	8:00 PM	Iowa	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 73–70	15–10 (5–9)
Sat, Feb 19	6:00 PM	at Indiana	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 70–64	16–10 (6–9)
Thu, Feb 24	8:00 PM	Penn State	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 52–66	16–11 (6–10)
Sun, Feb 27	5:00pm	at #12 Wisconsin	Kohl Center • Madison, WI	BTN	L 63–78	16–12 (6–11)
Wed, Mar 2	7:30 PM	Minnesota	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 68–57	17–12 (7–11)
Big Ten Tournament
Thu, Mar 10	1:30 PM	vs. Minnesota	Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN (First Round)	ESPN2	W 75–65	18–12
Fri, Mar 11	11:00 AM	vs. #1 Ohio State	Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN (Quarterfinals)	ESPN	L 61–67 ^OT	18–13
NIT
Wed, Mar 16*	7:00pm	Milwaukee	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL (First Round)	ESPN3	W 70–61	19–13
Sat, Mar 19*	10:00 AM	at Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA (Second Round)	ESPN	W 85–67	20–13
Wed, Mar 23*	8:00 PM	at Washington State	Beasley Coliseum • Pullman, WA (Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	L 66–69 ^OT	20–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central.

References

^ "Big Ten Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/7/big-ten-conference. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
^ "2010-11 Northwestern Roster". http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nw-m-baskbl-mtt.html. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
^ "2010-11 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/nw-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2010-10-24.