2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

Pac-10 Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#18
AP	#17
2010–11 record	30–8 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Sean Miller
Assistant coach	Archie Miller
Assistant coach	James Whitford
Assistant coach	Emanuel Richardson
Home arena	McKale Center

{{2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings}} The 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second year head coach Sean Miller, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. Miller was named the Pac-10 Conference 2011 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year. The Wildcats finished the regular season 25–6, 14–4 in Pac-10 play to be regular season conference champions and lost in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Washington. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, as the No. 5 seed in the West Regional, where they defeated Memphis in the second round, Texas in the third round, and Duke in the round of sixteen.

Recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daniel Bejarano SG	Phoenix, Arizona	North High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 9, 2009
Daniel Bejarano SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Jesse Perry SF	St. Louis, Missouri	John A. Logan Community College (IL)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mar 28, 2010
Jesse Perry SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Jordin Mayes SG	Los Angeles, California	Westchester	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Feb 1, 2010
Jordin Mayes SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
November 7, 2010*		Augustana College	W 70–59		McKale Center (11,985)
Regular Season
November 14, 2010*		Idaho State	W 90–42	1–0	McKale Center (12,142)
November 18, 2010*		New Mexico State	W 83–57	2–0	McKale Center (13,590)
November 21, 2010*		Northern Colorado (IBN Las Vegas Invitational)	W 93–70	3–0	McKale Center (12,057)
November 23, 2010*		Bethune–Cookman (IBN Las Vegas Invitational)	W 78–45	4–0	McKale Center (11,762)
November 26, 2010*		vs. Santa Clara (IBN Las Vegas Invitational)	W 82–59	5–0	Orleans Arena (4,010)
November 27, 2010*		vs. #6 Kansas (IBN Las Vegas Invitational)	L 79–87	5–1	Orleans Arena (5,120)
December 1, 2010*		at Rice	W 84–57	6–1	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,680)
December 5, 2010*		Oklahoma (Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series)	W 83–60	7–1	McKale Center (13,025)
December 8, 2010*		Cal State Fullerton	W 73–62	8–1	McKale Center (12,199)
December 11, 2010*		vs. #18 BYU	L 65–87	8–2	EnergySolutions Arena (15,814)
December 16, 2010*		Northern Arizona (Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic)	W 63–58	9–2	McKale Center (13,557)
December 19, 2010*		at North Carolina State	W 72–62	10–2	RBC Center (16,119)
December 22, 2010*		Robert Morris	W 82–56	11–2	McKale Center (13,982)
December 30, 2010		at Oregon	W 76–57	12–2 (1–0)	McArthur Court (6,498)
January 2, 2011		at Oregon State	L 75–76	12–3 (1–1)	Gill Coliseum (5,218)
January 6, 2011		California	W 73–71	13–3 (2–1)	McKale Center (13,863)
January 9, 2011		Stanford	W 67–57	14–3 (3–1)	McKale Center (14,374)
January 15, 2011		Arizona State	W 80–69	15–3 (4–1)	McKale Center (14,601)
January 20, 2011	#25	at #20 Washington	L 68–85	15–4 (4–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
January 22, 2011	#25	at Washington State	W 65–63	16–4 (5–2)	Beasley Coliseum (8,850)
January 27, 2011		UCLA	W 85–74	17–4 (6–2)	McKale Center (14,528)
January 29, 2011		USC	W 82–73	18–4 (7–2)	McKale Center (14,613)
February 3, 2011	#21	at Stanford	W 78–69	19–4 (8–2)	Maples Pavilion (5,532)
February 5, 2011	#21	at California	W 107–105 ^3OT	20–4 (9–2)	Haas Pavilion (9,723)
February 13, 2011	#15	at Arizona State	W 67–52	21–4 (10–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,189)
February 17, 2011	#12	Washington State	W 79–70	22–4 (11–2)	McKale Center (14,456)
February 19, 2011	#12	Washington	W 87–86	23–4 (12–2)	McKale Center (14,619)
February 24, 2011	#10	at USC	L 57–65	23–5 (12–3)	Galen Center (6,857)
February 26, 2011	#10	at UCLA	L 49–71	23–6 (12–4)	Pauley Pavilion (11,986)
March 3, 2011	#18	Oregon State	W 70–59	24–6 (13–4)	McKale Center (14,588)
March 5, 2011	#18	Oregon	W 90–82	25–6 (14–4)	McKale Center (14,605)
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 10, 2011	#16	vs. Oregon State (Quarterfinals)	W 78–69	26–6	Staples Center (10,782)
March 11, 2011	#16	vs. USC (Semifinals)	W 67–62	27–6	Staples Center (13,190)
March 12, 2011	#16	vs. Washington (Championship Game)	L 75–77 ^OT	27–7	Staples Center (12,074)
NCAA Tournament
March 18, 2011*	#17	vs. Memphis (Second Round)	W 77–75	28–7	BOK Center (12,631)
March 20, 2011*	#17	vs. #8 Texas (Third Round)	W 70–69	29–7	BOK Center (15,839)
March 24, 2011*	#17	vs. #3 Duke (Sweet Sixteen)	W 93–77	30–7	Honda Center (17,890)
March 26, 2011*	#17	vs. #9 Connecticut (Elite Eight)	L 63–65	30–8	Honda Center (17,856)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Roster

2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Wise, DondreDondre Wise	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 214 lb (97 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Houston, Texas
5.0 !C	1	Natyazhko, KyrylKyryl Natyazhko	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 264 lb (120 kg)	2.0 !So	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
1.5 !G	4	Bejarano, DanielDaniel Bejarano	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 208 lb (94 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Phoenix, Arizona
2.5 !G/F	3	Parrom, KevinKevin Parrom	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Bronx, New York
1.5 !G	5	Arvizu, RobertRobert Arvizu	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 182 lb (83 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Phoenix, Arizona
1.5 !G	12	Jones, LamontLamont Jones	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 196 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	Harlem, New York
1.5 !G	20	Mayes, JordinJordin Mayes	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Los Angeles, California
1.5 !G	21	Fogg, KyleKyle Fogg	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brea, California
3.5 !F	23	Williams, DerrickDerrick Williams	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 241 lb (109 kg)	2.0 !So	La Mirada, California
1.5 !G	24	Lavender, BrendonBrendon Lavender	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mesa, Arizona
3.5 !F	33	Perry, JesseJesse Perry	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Louis, Missouri
3.5 !F	42	Horne, JamelleJamelle Horne	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 224 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	San Diego, California
1.5 !G	44	Hill, SolomonSolomon Hill	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 226 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	Los Angeles, California
5.0 !C	50	Jacobson, AlexAlex Jacobson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 251 lb (114 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brea, California
3.5 !F	52	Wiepking, MaxMax Wiepking	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Englewood, Colorado

Head coach

Sean Miller (Pittsburgh)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-3-21

Awards

Lamont Jones

Pac-10 Player of the Week (January 31, 2011)

Derrick Williams

Pac-10 Player of the Year
Pac-10 First Team All-Conference
Pac-10 Player of the Week (December 6, 2010; January 17, 2011; February 21, 2011)^[1]
Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (Associated Press, Sporting News, USBWA, NABC)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
USBWA District IX Player of the Year^[6]
Wooden Award All-American^[7]
Sports Illustrated First-team All-American^[8]
Fox Sports Second-team All-American^[9]

Sean Miller

Pac-10 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year

References

↑ Williams Named Pac-10 Player of the Week. Sophomore forward claims honor for third time this season. arizonawildcats.com (2011-02-21).
↑ Arizona Basketball: Honors continue to pour in for Williams. Azstarnet.com (2011-03-31). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ Jimmer Fredette named Sporting News' 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year – NCAA Basketball – Sporting News. Aol.sportingnews.com (2011-03-22). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ USBWA > News > Men's All-America Team. Sportswriters.net (2011-03-14). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ Williams an NABC All-American – University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site. Arizonawildcats.com (2011-04-03). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ Williams Earns District Player-of-the-Year Kudos from USBWA – University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site. Arizonawildcats.com (2011-03-11). Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ Wooden Award. Wooden Award. Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
↑ "BYU's Fredette headlines SI.com's national awards, All-Americas". CNN. March 9, 2011.
↑ Goodman, Jeff (Mar 7, 2011). "Goodman's 2010–11 All-America teams". Fox Sports (Fox Sports Interactive Media). Retrieved June 21, 2011.

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Bear Down Gym (1926–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)

Rivalries	Arizona State UCLA

Culture & lore	History Bear Down Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"

People	Head coaches Notable players NBA draftees

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics