2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

• Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2010 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
• Dana Altman was named the head coach of the Oregon Ducks.
• 2010–11 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:[http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102810aaa.html Preseason Pac-10 Media Poll] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405155122/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102810aaa.html |date=2012-04-05 }}, UCLABruins.com, October 28, 2010

:Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

:1. Washington (33) 348

:2. Arizona (1) 296

:3. UCLA (1) 281

:4. Arizona State 215

:5. Washington State 191

:6. USC 178

:7. California 151

:8. Oregon State 120

:9. Stanford 98

:10. Oregon 47

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• November 8, 2010 – Washington #17 (Coaches)
• November 15, 2010 – Washington #17 (AP), #15 (Coaches)
• November 22, 2010 – Washington #13 (AP), #11 (Coaches)
• November 29, 2010 – Washington #23 (AP), #22 (Coaches)
• December 6, 2010 – Washington #21 (AP), #22 (Coaches)
• January 3, 2011 – Washington #23 (AP)
• January 10, 2011 – Washington #17 (AP), #18 (Coaches)

• November 24, 2010 – UCLA lost to No. 7 Villanova at the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
• December 18, 2010 – UCLA upset No. 16 (AP) BYU 86–79 at the John R. Wooden Classic.

• December 29 – First conference games.

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• March 9–11, 2011 – Pac-10 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

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:Sean Miller, Arizona

:Herb Sendek, Arizona State

:Mike Montgomery, California

:Dana Altman, Oregon

:Craig Robinson, Oregon State

:Johnny Dawkins, Stanford

:Ben Howland, UCLA

:Kevin O'Neill, USC

:Lorenzo Romar, Washington

:Ken Bone, Washington State

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• March 15, 2011 – Tournament begins.
• April 4, 2011 – National Championship game.
• March 13, 2011 – Four Pac-10 teams were selected: Arizona (West Region), Washington (East Region), UCLA (Southeast Region) and USC (Southwest Region).
• March 16, 2011 – USC ended its tournament hopes when they were defeated in the first round to VCU.
• March 17, 2011 – UCLA defeated Michigan State to advance to the third round to face Florida on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
• March 19, 2011 – UCLA was defeated by Florida 65–73 and ended its season.
• March 20, 2011 – Arizona defeated Texas 70–69 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen and Washington was defeated by North Carolina 83–86 to end the season.
• March 24, 2011 – Arizona defeated 1-seed Duke 93–77 in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite 8.
• March 26, 2011 – Arizona was defeated by UConn 65–63 in the Elite 8.

• March 13, 2011 – Two Pac-10 teams were selected to play in the NIT: California (Colorado bracket), Washington State (Boston College bracket).

• November 12, 2010 – UCLA and Oregon kicked off the season with wins over San Diego State and North Dakota State respectively.
• February 25, 2011 – California was placed on two years probation for impermissible recruiting phone calls.Associated Press, [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6159315 Cal punished for impermissible calls], ESPN.com, February 25, 2011
• February 26, 2011 – UCLA defeated Arizona in the final men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The late Coach John Wooden's great-grandson Tyler Trapani scored the last two points for the Bruins.{{cite news |last=Painter |first=Jill |url=http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display |title=Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion |newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News |date=February 26, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820095118/http://m.dailynews.com/ladn/db_11049/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=235728BEE34F9E0D590B3345C10F6FEE?contentguid=DD3L1E14&detailindex=8&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display |archivedate=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-03-19 }}

• The Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award in both men’s and women’s basketball is now known as the John Wooden Coach of the Year Award.

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• Nov. 22 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA
• Dec. 6 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Dec. 20 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA
• Jan. 3 – Matthew Bryan-Amaning, WASH
• Jan. 17 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Jan. 31 – Lamont Jones, ARIZ
• Feb. 14 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Feb. 28 – Nikola Vucevic, USC
• Nov. 29 – Klay Thompson, WSU
• Dec. 13 – Klay Thompson, WSU
• Dec. 27 – Jio Fontan, USC
• Jan. 10 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Jan. 24 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Feb. 7 – Joevan Catron, ORE
• Feb. 21 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Mar. 7 – Ty Abbott, ASU

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Voting was by conference coaches:{{cite press release|publisher=Pacific-10 Conference |title=2010–11 Pac-10 Conference Men’s Basketball Honors |date=March 7, 2011 |url=http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2010-11All-Pac-10.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817084554/http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2010-11All-Pac-10.pdf |archivedate=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

• Player of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona
• Freshman of The Year: Allen Crabbe, California
• Defensive Player of The Year: Marcus Simmons, USC
• Most Improved Player of The Year: Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington
• John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona

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Second Team:

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