2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team

	Conf			Overall
2010–11 SEC men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
East
#15 Florida	13	3	.813	29	8	.784
#11 Kentucky †	10	6	.625	29	9	.763
#25 Vanderbilt	9	7	.563	23	11	.676
Georgia	9	7	.563	21	12	.636
Tennessee	8	8	.500	19	15	.559
South Carolina	5	11	.313	14	16	.467
West
Alabama	12	4	.750	25	12	.676
Mississippi State	9	7	.563	17	14	.548
Ole Miss	7	9	.438	20	14	.588
Arkansas	7	9	.438	18	13	.581
Auburn	4	12	.250	11	20	.355
LSU	3	13	.188	11	21	.344

† SEC Tournament winner As of April 2, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll

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 in 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.

1 Previous season
- 1.1 Class of 2010
2 Roster
- 2.1 Coaches
3 Team statistics
4 Schedule and results
5 Rankings
6 Awards and honors
7 References

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

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Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Cody Larson PF	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Roosevelt HS	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)	225 lb (102 kg)	Apr 25, 2010
Cody Larson PF	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 92
Casey Prather SF	Jackson, Tennessee	North Side HS	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 30, 2009
Casey Prather SF	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 95
Scottie Wilbekin PG	Gainesville, Florida	The Rock School	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	150 lb (68 kg)	Apr 25, 2010
Scottie Wilbekin PG	Scout: Rivals:N/A ESPN grade: 89
Will Yeguete PF	Melbourne, Florida	Florida Air Academy	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)	210 lb (95 kg)	Apr 19, 2010
Will Yeguete PF	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 84
Patric Young PF	Jacksonville, Florida	Providence HS	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 15, 2008
Patric Young PF	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 96
Overall Recruiting Rankings: Scout – 14 Rivals – 19 ^[4] ESPN – 9

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
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, N.Y.
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.
Indicates team leader in specific category.

Name	PTS	PPG	FG %	FT %	AST	REB	BLK	STL
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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Record
Exhibition
October 28, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Florida Tech	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL		W 92–58
November 3, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown (KY)	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL		W 88–62
Regular season (Non-conference play)
November 12, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	UNC Wilmington	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL (Global Sports Invitational)	Sun Sports	W 77–60	1–0
November 16, 2010*	6:00 p.m.	#4 Ohio State	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL (Global Sports Invitational)	ESPN	L 75–93	1–1
November 18, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL (Global Sports Invitational)	Sun/FSFL	W 105–55	2–1
November 21, 2010*	3:30 p.m.	Morehead State	#9	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL (Global Sports Invitational)	Sun Sports	W 61–55	3–1
November 23, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	#16	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	Sun Sports	W 79–66	4–1
November 28, 2010*	7:30 p.m.	at Florida State	#16	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL	FSN/Sun	W 55–51	5–1
December 1, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	vs. Central Florida	#18	Amway Center • Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Sports Shootout)	FSN/FSFL	L 54–57	5–2
December 5, 2010*	2:30 p.m.	vs. American	#18	Verizon Center • Washington, D.C. (BB&T Classic)	Sun/MASN	W 67–48	6–2
December 9, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Kent State		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	W 65–52	7–2
December 18, 2010*	3:30 p.m.	vs. #6 Kansas State		BankAtlantic Center • Sunrise, FL (Orange Bowl Classic)	FSFL	W 57–44	8–2
December 20, 2010*	1:00 p.m.	Jacksonville	#20	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	Sun Sports	L 68–71 ^OT	8–3
December 22, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Radford	#20	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	CSS	W 66–55	9–3
December 28, 2010*	7:00 p.m.	Fairfield		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPNU	Canceled**
December 31, 2010*	4:00 p.m.	at Xavier		Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	W 71–67	10–3
January 3, 2011*	9:00 p.m.	Rhode Island		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPNU	W 84–59	11–3
Regular season (SEC conference play)
January 8, 2011	8:00 p.m.	Ole Miss		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	CSS	W 77–71	12–3 (1–0)
January 11, 2011	9:00 p.m.	at Tennessee		Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 81–75 ^OT	13–3 (2–0)
January 15, 2011	1:30 p.m.	South Carolina		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 69–72	13–4 (2–1)
January 20, 2011	7:00 p.m.	at Auburn		Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL	ESPN	W 45–40	14–4 (3–1)
January 22, 2011	8:00 p.m.	Arkansas		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	FSN	W 75–43	15–4 (4–1)
January 25, 2011	7:00 p.m.	at Georgia	#24	Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 104–91 ^2OT	16–4 (5–1)
January 29, 2011	1:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State	#24	Humphrey Coliseum • Starkville, MS	CBS	L 64–71	16–5 (5–2)
February 1, 2011	9:00 p.m.	#23 Vanderbilt		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	W 65–61 ^OT	17–5 (6–2)
February 5, 2011	9:00 p.m.	#10 Kentucky		O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	W 70–68	18–5 (7–2)
February 9, 2011	8:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	#17	Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 79–60	19–5 (8–2)
February 12, 2011	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee	#17	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	W 61–60	20–5 (9–2)
February 20, 2011	1:00 p.m.	at LSU	#14	Pete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	W 68–61	21–5 (10–2)
February 24, 2011	7:00 p.m.	Georgia	#13	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	W 71–62	22–5 (11–2)
February 26, 2011	4:00 p.m.	at #22 Kentucky	#13	Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY	CBS	L 68–76	22–6 (11–3)
March 1, 2011	7:00 p.m.	Alabama	#14	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPNU	W 78–51	23–6 (12–3)
March 5, 2011	6:00 p.m.	at #21 Vanderbilt	#14	Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	W 86–76	24–6 (13–3)
SEC Tournament
March 11, 2011	7:30 p.m.	vs. (5) Tennessee	#12 (1)	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Quarterfinals)	SECN	W 85–74	25–6
March 12, 2011	3:30 p.m.	vs. #24 (3) Vanderbilt	#12 (1)	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Semifinals)	ABC	W 77–66	26–6
March 13, 2011	1:00 p.m.	vs. #15 (2) Kentucky	#12 (1)	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Championship Game)	ABC	L 54–70	26–7
NCAA Tournament
March 17, 2011*	6:50 p.m.	vs. (15) UC-Santa Barbara	#15 (2)	St. Pete Times Forum • Tampa, FL (Second round)	TBS	W 79–51	27–7
March 19, 2011*	2:45 p.m.	vs. (7) UCLA	#15 (2)	St. Pete Times Forum • Tampa, FL (Third round)	CBS	W 73–65	28–7
March 24, 2011*	7:27 p.m.	vs. #10 (3) BYU	#15 (2)	New Orleans Arena • New Orleans, LA (Sweet Sixteen)	TBS	W 83–74 ^OT	29–7
March 26, 2011*	4:20 p.m.	vs. (8) Butler	#15 (2)	New Orleans Arena • New Orleans, LA (Elite Eight)	CBS	L 71–74 ^OT	29–8
Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. *The game on Dec. 28 against Fairfield University was canceled due to a heavy snowstorm that prevented Fairfield (Connecticut) from traveling to Gainesville.^[5] ( ) Tournament seedings in parenthesis.

Rankings

Main article: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre Oct 28	Wk 1 Nov 15	Wk 2 Nov 22	Wk 3 Nov 29	Wk 4 Dec 6	Wk 5 Dec 13	Wk 6 Dec 20	Wk 7 Dec 27	Wk 8 Jan 3	Wk 9 Jan 10	Wk 10 Jan 17	Wk 11 Jan 24	Wk 12 Jan 31	Wk 13 Feb 7	Wk 14 Feb 14	Wk 15 Feb 21	Wk 16 Feb 28	Wk 17 Mar 7	Wk 18 Mar 14	Final Mar 29
AP	9	9	16	18	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	NR	17	14	13	14	12	15	15
Coaches	11	10	14	16	24	24	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	23	19	15	13	14	12	13	10

Awards and honors

Chandler Parsons, SEC Player of the Year
Billy Donovan, SEC Coach of the Year

References

^ Florida Class of 2010 – Rivals
^ Florida Class of 2010 – Scout
^ Florida Class of 2010 – ESPN
^ 2010 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals
^ "Gators' Game With Fairfield Canceled". http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19481. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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Tournament	2011 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament