2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
|year=2010–11
|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers
|sport=Basketball
|image=Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
|conference=Big Ten Conference
|division=
|short_conf=Big Ten
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record=17–14
|conf_record=6–12
|head_coach=Tubby Smith
|asst_coach1=Ron Jirsa
|asst_coach2=Saul Smith
|asst_coach3=Vince Taylor
|stadium=Williams Arena
|champion=Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions
|tourney=
|tourney_result=
}}
{{2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=5794101|title=Minnesota suspends Devoe Joseph|work=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=November 11, 2010|access-date=November 16, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101115160053/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5794101| archive-date= 15 November 2010 | url-status= live}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6007126|title=Devoe Joseph enrolls at Oregon|work=Diamond Leung|publisher=ESPN|date=January 11, 2011|access-date=February 6, 2011}}
Roster
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!# !Name !Height !Weight (lbs.) !Position !Class !Hometown !Previous Team(s) |
| 0
|Al Nolen |6'1" |188 |G |Sr. |Camden High School (Minneapolis))|Minneapolis Camden HS]] |
| 4
|Dominique Dawson |6'7" |240 |F |So. |
| 10
|Oto Osenieks |6'8" |205 |F |Fr. |Brehm Prep |
| 13
|6'2" |175 |G |Fr. |Stoneridge Prep |
| 15
|Maurice Walker |6'10" |289 |F |Fr. |
| 20
|Austin Hollins |6'4" |160 |G |Fr. |
| 22
|Chris Halvorsen |6'8" |190 |F |So. |
| 23
|Chip Armelin |6'3" |186 |G |Fr. |
| 24
|6'4" |210 |G |Sr. |
| 32
|6'8" |240 |F |RJr. |
| 33
|6'7" |200 |F |So. |
| 45
|6'10" |258 |Jr. |
| 50
|6'11" |241 |Jr. |
| 55
|Elliott Eliason |6'11" |242 |C |Fr. |
2010–11 Schedule and results
{{CBB schedule start|attend=yes}}
|-
! colspan="9" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}} |Exhibition
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 2, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Northeastern State RiverHawks|title=Northeastern State}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 109–59
| overtime =
| record =
| attend = 10,405
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 8, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Winona State Warriors|title=Winona State}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 78–72
| overtime =
| record =
| attend = 11,440
}}
|-
! colspan="9" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}|Non-conference regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 12, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Wofford
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 69–55
| record = 1–0
| attend = 12,228
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 15, 2010
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Siena Saints|title=Siena}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 76–69
| record = 2–0
| attend = 10,752
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 18, 2010
| time = 6:30 pm
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|sex=none|team=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|title=Western Kentucky}}
| site_stadium = Coliseo de Puerto Rico
| site_cityst = San Juan, PR
| gamename = Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Quarterfinal
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 95–77
| record = 3–0
| attend = 7,205
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 19, 2010
| time = 7:30 pm
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = North Carolina
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Coliseo de Puerto Rico
| site_cityst = San Juan, PR
| gamename = Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Semifinal
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 72–67
| record = 4–0
| attend = 10,127
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 21, 2010
| time = 6:30 pm
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = West Virginia Mountaineers
| site_stadium = Coliseo de Puerto Rico
| site_cityst = San Juan, PR
| gamename = Puerto Rico Tip-Off–Championship
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 74–70
| record = 5–0
| attend = 11,575
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 24, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 15
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=North Dakota State Bison|title=North Dakota State}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 84–65
| record = 6–0
| attend = 12,056
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 29, 2010
| time = 6:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 15
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = ACC–Big Ten Challenge
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 79–87
| record = 6–1
| attend = 12,089
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 4, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 15
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = William's Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 71–66
| record = 7–1
| attend = 12,633
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 8, 2010
| time = 6:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| rank = 22
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks|title=Saint Joseph's}}
| site_stadium = Hagan Arena
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| score = 83–73
| record = 8–1
| attend = 3,911
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 11, 2010
| time = 12:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 22
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|sex=none|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 71–58
| record = 9–1
| attend = 11,081
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 15, 2010
| time = 7:30 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 21
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 66–58
| record = 10–1
| attend = 11,237
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 23, 2010
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| rank = 17
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=2010|team=South Dakota State Jackrabbits|title=South Dakota State}}
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 85–73
| record = 11–1
| attend = 13,302
}}
|-
! colspan="9" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}|2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 28, 2010
| time = 6:00 pm
| away = yes
| rank = 14
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Kohl Center
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 60–68
| record = 11–2
| conference = 0–1
| attend = 17,230
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 31, 2010
| time = 3:00 pm
| away = yes
| rank = 14
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = Breslin Center
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| tv = BTN
| score = 62–71
| record = 11–3
| conference = 0–2
| attend = 14,797
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 4, 2011
| time = 6:00 pm
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 67–63
| record = 12–3
| attend = 12,727
| conference = 1–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 9, 2011
| time = 1:00 pm
| away = yes
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Jerome Schottenstein Center
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| tv = BTN
| score = 64–67
| record = 12–4
| conference = 1–3
| attend = 17,392
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 13, 2011
| time = 6:00 pm
| opponent = Purdue
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN
| score = 70–67
| record = 13–4
| conference = 2–3
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 16, 2011
| time = 5:00 pm
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 69–59
| record = 14–4
| conference = 3–3
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 22, 2011
| time = 6:00 pm
| away = yes
| rank = 15
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| tv = BTN
| score = 69–64
| record = 15–4
| conference = 4–3
| attend = 12,378
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 26, 2011
| time = 7:30 pm
| rank = 16
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 81–70
| record = 16–4
| conference = 5–3
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 29, 2011
| time = 12:00 pm
| away = yes
| rank = 16
| opponent = Purdue
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Mackey Arena
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| tv = CBS
| score = 61–73
| record = 16–5
| conference = 5–4
| attend = 14,123
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 2, 2011
| time = 5:30 pm
| away = yes
| rank = 18
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Assembly Hall
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| tv = BTN
| score = 57–60
| record = 16–6
| conference = 5–5
| attend = 16,168
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 6, 2011
| time = 1:00 pm
| rank = 18
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN
| score = 69–82
| record = 16–7
| conference = 5–6
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 10, 2011
| time = 8:00 pm
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = ESPN
| score = 62–71
| record = 16–8
| conference = 5–7
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 13, 2011
| time = 5:00 pm
| away = yes
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Carver-Hawkeye Arena
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| tv = BTN
| score = 62–45
| record = 17–8
| conference = 6–7
| attend = 12,759
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 17, 2011
| time = 6:00 pm
| away = yes
| opponent = Penn State
| site_stadium = Bryce Jordan Center
| site_cityst = University Park, PA
| tv = ESPN
| score = 63–66
| record = 17–9
| conference = 6–8
| attend = 8,446
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 22, 2011
| time = 8:00 pm
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 48–53
| record = 17–10
| conference = 6–9
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 26, 2011
| time = 3:30 pm
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 63–70
| record = 17–11
| conference = 6–10
| attend = 14,625
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 2, 2011
| time = 7:30 pm
| away = yes
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Welsh-Ryan Arena
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| tv = BTN
| score = 57–68
| record = 17–12
| conference = 6–11
| attend = 4,584
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 6, 2011
| time = 12:00 pm
| opponent = Penn State
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv = BTN
| score = 63–66
| record = 17–13
| conference = 6–12
| attend = 14,625
}}
|-
! colspan="9" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}|2011 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 10, 2011
| time = 1:30 pm
| neutral = yes
| seed = 9
| opponent = Northwestern
| oppseed = 8
| site_stadium = Conseco Fieldhouse
| site_cityst = Indianapolis, IN
| gamename = Big Ten First Round
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 65–75
| record = 17–14
}}
{{CBB schedule end|timezone = Central Time}}
Rankings
{{see also|2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}
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References
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