2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2010–11 record	17–14 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tubby Smith
Assistant coach	Ron Jirsa
Assistant coach	Saul Smith
Assistant coach	Vince Taylor
Home arena	Williams Arena

	Conf				Overall
2010–11 Big Ten Conference 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 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2010–2011. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith was in his fourth year at Minnesota. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season

The Gophers began their season without Devoe Joseph, who was suspended for 6 regular season games due to a violation of team rules.^[3] Despite this, the Gophers won the early season Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament by defeating Western Kentucky, then 8th-ranked North Carolina, and West Virginia.

Joseph then abruptly left the team in January, transferring to the University of Oregon.^[4]

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Al Nolen	6'1"	188	G	Sr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minneapolis Henry HS
4	Dominique Dawson	6'7"	240	F	So.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minneapolis SW HS
10	Oto Osenieks	6'8"	205	F	Fr.	Riga, Latvia	Brehm Prep
13	Maverick Ahanmisi	6'2"	175	G	Fr.	Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.	Stoneridge Prep
15	Maurice Walker	6'10"	289	F	Fr.	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada	Brewster Academy
20	Austin Hollins	6'4"	160	G	Fr.	Germantown, TN, U.S.	Germantown HS
22	Chris Halvorsen	6'8"	190	F	So.	St. Paul, MN, U.S.	Henry Sibley HS
23	Chip Armelin	6'3"	186	G	Fr.	Sulphur, LA, U.S.	Sulphur HS
24	Blake Hoffarber	6'4"	210	G	Sr.	Minnetonka, MN, U.S.	Hopkins HS
32	Trevor Mbakwe	6'8"	240	F	RJr.	Saint Paul, MN, U.S.	St. Bernard's HS Miami Dade College
33	Rodney Williams	6'7"	200	F	So.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Robbinsdale Cooper HS
45	Colton Iverson	6'10"	258	F/C	Jr.	Yankton, SD, U.S.	Yankton HS
50	Ralph Sampson III	6'11"	241	F/C	Jr.	Duluth, GA, U.S.	Northview HS
55	Elliott Eliason	6'11"	242	C	Fr.	Chadron, NE, U.S.	Chadron HS

2010–11 Schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
November 2, 2010*		Northeastern State	W 109–59		Williams Arena (10,405)
November 8, 2010*		Winona State	W 78–72		Williams Arena (11,440)
Regular Season
November 12, 2010*		Wofford	W 69–55	1–0	Williams Arena (12,228)
November 15, 2010*		Siena	W 76–69	2–0	Williams Arena (10,752)
November 18, 2010*		vs. Western Kentucky (Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Quarterfinal)	W 95–77	3–0	Coliseo de Puerto Rico (7,205)
November 19, 2010*		vs. #8 North Carolina (Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Semifinal)	W 72–67	4–0	Coliseo de Puerto Rico (10,127)
November 21, 2010*		vs. West Virginia (Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Championship)	W 74–70	5–0	Coliseo de Puerto Rico (11,575)
November 24, 2010*	#15	North Dakota State	W 84–65	6–0	William's Arena (12,056)
November 29, 2010*	#15	Virginia (ACC – Big Ten Challenge)	L 87–79	6–1	William's Arena (12,089)
December 4, 2010*	#15	Cornell	W 71–66	7–1	William's Arena (12,633)
December 8, 2010*	#22	at St. Joseph's	W 83–73	8–1	Hagan Arena (3,911)
December 11, 2010*	#22	Eastern Kentucky	W 71–58	9–1	William's Arena (11,081)
December 15, 2010*	#21	Akron	W 66–58	10–1	William's Arena (11,237)
December 23, 2010*	#17	South Dakota State	W 85–73	11–1	William's Arena (13,302)
Big Ten Regular Season
December 28, 2010	#14	at Wisconsin	L 68–60	11–2 (0–1)	Kohl Center (17,230)
December 31, 2010	#14	at #20 Michigan State	L 71–62	11–3 (0–2)	Breslin Center (14,797)
January 4, 2011		Indiana	W 67–63	12–3 (1–2)	Williams Arena (12,727)
January 9, 2011		at #2 Ohio State	L 67–64	12–4 (1–3)	Jerome Schottenstein Center (17,392)
January 13, 2011		#8 Purdue	W 70–67	13–4 (2–3)	Williams Arena (14,625)
January 16, 2011		Iowa	W 69–59	14–4 (3–3)	Williams Arena (14,625)
January 22, 2011	#15	at Michigan	W 69–64	15–4 (4–3)	Crisler Arena (12,378)
January 26, 2011	#16	Northwestern	W 81–70	16–4 (5–3)	Williams Arena (14,625)
January 29, 2011	#16	at #12 Purdue	L 73–61	16–5 (5–4)	Mackey Arena (14,123)
February 2, 2011	#18	at Indiana	L 60–57	16–6 (5–5)	Assembly Hall (16,168)
February 6, 2011	#18	#1 Ohio State	L 82–69	16–7 (5–6)	Williams Arena (14,625)
February 10, 2011		Illinois	L 71–62	16–8 (5–7)	Williams Arena (14,625)
February 13, 2011		at Iowa	W 62–45	17–8 (6–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (12,759)
February 17, 2011		at Penn State	L 66–63	17–9 (6–8)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,446)
February 22, 2011		Michigan State	L 53–48	17–10 (6–9)	Williams Arena (14,625)
February 26, 2011		Michigan	L 70–63	17–11 (6–10)	Williams Arena (14,625)
March 2, 2011		at Northwestern	L 68–57	17–12 (6–11)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,584)
March 6, 2011		Penn State	L 66–63	17–13 (6–12)	Williams Arena (14,625)
2011 Big Ten Tournament
March 10, 2011		vs. Northwestern (First Round)	L 75–65	17–14	Conseco Fieldhouse (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	RV	RV	15	15	22	21	17	14	RV	RV	15	16	18	RV	RV	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	17	13	20	20	16	13	21	25	19	18	20	25	RV	NR

References

↑ "Big Ten Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
↑ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
↑ "Minnesota suspends Devoe Joseph". Associated Press (ESPN). November 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
↑ "Devoe Joseph enrolls at Oregon". Diamond Leung (ESPN). January 11, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011.

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)

Culture & lore	History Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal

People	Head coaches

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Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics