2010–11 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

2010–11 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball

Conference	Southeastern Conference East
2010–11 record	14–16 (5–11 SEC)
Head coach	Darrin Horn (3rd Season)
Home arena	Colonial Life Arena

	Conf				Overall
2010–11 Southeastern Conference 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 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2010-11 college basketball season. Their head coach was Darrin Horn, in his third season with the Gamecocks. The team played its home games at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2009–10 season 15–16 overall, 6–10 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Alabama.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
1	Stephen Spinella	G	6–4	201	So.	Colts Neck, New Jersey / Apex Academy
2	Brian Richardson	G	6–4	164	Fr.	Wilson, North Carolina / Greenfield School
5	Eric Smith	G	5–11	211	Fr.	Mullins, South Carolina / Christ School
12	Ramon Galloway	G	6–2	176	So.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Dwyer High School
15	Malik Cooke	F	6–6	213	RS Jr.	Charlotte, North Carolina / Christ School
23	Bruce Ellington	G	5–9	197	Fr.	Moncks Corner, South Carolina / Berkeley High School
24	Damontre Harris	F	6–9	214	Fr.	Fayetteville, North Carolina / Trinity Christian High School
30	Lakeem Jackson	SF	6–5	230	So.	Charlotte, North Carolina / Christ School
31	Murphy Holloway	F	6–7	234	Jr.	Irmo, South Carolina / Dutch Fork High School
32	Johndre Jefferson	F	6–9	215	Sr.	Santee, South Carolina / Northwest Florida State College
33	RJ Slawson	F	6–8	196	Fr.	Charleston, South Carolina / Fort Dorchester High School
44	Sam Muldrow	F	6–9	229	Sr.	Florence, South Carolina / Wilson High School
45	Carlton Geathers	F	6–10	256	Fr.	Georgetown, South Carolina / Carvers Bay High School

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/12/2010*	Elon	W 94–79	1–0	Colonial Life Arena (12,408)
11/16/2010*	at #2 Michigan State	L 73–82	1–1	Breslin Center (14,797)
11/19/2010*	Radford	W 85–56	2–1	Colonial Life Arena (10,017)
11/23/2010*	USC Upstate	W 57–41	3–1	Colonial Life Arena (8,643)
11/27/2010*	at Western Kentucky	W 87–85 ^2OT	4–1	E.A. Diddle Arena (6,012)
12/01/2010*	Delaware State	W 74–61	5–1	Colonial Life Arena (9,207)
12/05/2010*	Clemson	W 64–60	6–1	Colonial Life Arena (10,177)
12/11/2010*	Wofford	W 64–53	7–1	Colonial Life Arena (8,813)
12/18/2010*	at #2 Ohio State	L 57–79	7–2	Value City Arena (15,497)
12/22/2010*	at Furman	L 75–91	7–3	Timmons Arena (2,717)
12/29/2010*	Jacksonville State	W 56–49	8–3	Colonial Life Arena (8,713)
1/01/2011*	Boston College	L 70–85	8–4	Colonial Life Arena (8,658)
1/04/2011*	South Carolina State	W 91–56	9–4	Colonial Life Arena (8,631)
SEC Regular Season
1/08/2011	#22 Vanderbilt	W 83–75 ^OT	10–4 (1–0)	Colonial Life Arena (10,439)
1/12/2011	at Alabama	L 47–57	10–5 (1–1)	Coleman Coliseum (11,572)
1/15/2011	at Florida	W 72–69	11–5 (2–1)	O'Connell Center (12,158)
1/19/2011	Arkansas	W 81–74 ^OT	12–5 (3–1)	Colonial Life Arena (11,005)
1/22/2011	#12 Kentucky	L 58–67	12–6 (3–2)	Colonial Life Arena (18,000)
1/29/2011	Auburn	L 64–79	12–7 (3–3)	Colonial Life Arena (10,281)
2/02/2011	at LSU	W 64–56	13–7 (4–3)	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,311)
02/05/2011	at #23 Vanderbilt	L 60–78	13–8 (4–4)	Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
2/09/2011	#17 Florida	L 60–79	13–9 (4–5)	Colonial Life Arena (10,525)
2/12/2011	Georgia	L 56–60	13–10 (4–6)	Colonial Life Arena (11,835)
2/16/2011	at Tennessee	L 67–73	13–11 (4–7)	Assembly Hall (18,402)
2/19/2011	at #22 Kentucky	L 59–90	13–12 (4–8)	Rupp Arena (24,338)
2/22/2011	Ole Miss	W 79–73	14–12 (5–8)	Colonial Life Arena (9,765)
2/26/2011	at Georgia	L 48–64	14–13 (5–9)	Stegeman Coliseum (10,355)
3/03/2011	Tennessee	L 69–73	14–14 (5–10)	Colonial Life Arena (10,137)
3/05/2011	at Mississippi State	L 58–60	14–15 (5–11)	Humphrey Coliseum (7,955)
2011 SEC Tournament
3/10/2011	at Ole Miss (First Round)	L 55–66	14–16	Georgia Dome (12,144)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball

Venues	Carolina Coliseum (1968–2002) Colonial Life Arena (2002–present)

Rivalries	Clemson

Culture & lore	History Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Garnet Army

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

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