2010–11 WNBL season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2010–11 WNBL season

| league = Women's National Basketball League

| sport = Basketball

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| duration = 9 October 2010 – 13 March 2011

| no_of_teams = 10

| attendance =

| TV = ABC

| draft =

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| top_pick =

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| season = Regular season

| top_seed = Bulleen Boomers

| MVP = Liz Cambage Bulleen

| MVP_link = WNBL Most Valuable Player Award

| top_scorer = Liz Cambage Bulleen

| top_scorer_link = WNBL Top Shooter Award

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| finals = Finals

| finals_link =

| finals_champ = Bulleen Boomers

| finals_runner-up = Canberra Capitals

| finals_MVP = Sharin Milner Bulleen

| finals_MVP_link = WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

| seasonslist = List of WNBL seasons

| seasonslistnames = WNBL

| prevseason_link = 2009–10 WNBL season

| prevseason_year = 2009–10

| nextseason_link = 2011–12 WNBL season

| nextseason_year = 2011–12

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The 2010–11 WNBL season was the 31st season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 9 October 2010 and 13 March 2011, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf Media Guide 2014-15] The Canberra Capitals were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the Grand Final by the Bulleen Boomers.{{cite web|url=https://australia.basketball/blog/2011/03/14/bulleen-defeat-canberra-to-claim-first-ever-championship/|title=BULLEEN DEFEAT CANBERRA TO CLAIM FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP|publisher=australia.basketball|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318004303/https://australia.basketball/blog/2011/03/14/bulleen-defeat-canberra-to-claim-first-ever-championship/|url-status=dead}}

Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia. Sponsorship included iiNet, entering its first year as league naming rights sponsor. Spalding provided equipment, including the official game ball, with Champion supplying team apparel.

Team standings

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width="5%" rowspan=2| #

! colspan="6" align="center" | WNBL championship ladder

width="25%" | Team

! width="5%" | {{Tooltip| W | Games won}}

! width="5%" | {{Tooltip| L | Games lost}}

! width="5%" | {{Tooltip| PCT | Winning percentage}}

! width="7.5%" | {{Tooltip| GP | Games played}}

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! 1

| style="text-align:left;" |Bulleen Boomers

19386.422
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! 2

| style="text-align:left;" |Canberra Capitals

18481.822
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! 3

| style="text-align:left;" |Bendigo Spirit

15768.222
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! 4

| style="text-align:left;" |Dandenong Rangers

121054.522
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! 5

| style="text-align:left;" |Logan Thunder

121054.522
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6

| style="text-align:left;" |Sydney Uni Flames || 10 || 12 || 45.5 || 22

7

| style="text-align:left;" |Townsville Fire || 10 || 12 || 45.5 || 22

8

| style="text-align:left;" |West Coast Waves || 8 || 14 || 36.4 || 22

9

| style="text-align:left;" |Adelaide Lightning || 3 || 19 || 13.6 || 22

10

| style="text-align:left;" |AIS || 3 || 19 || 13.6 || 22

Finals

{{Main|2011 WNBL Finals}}

{{#section-h:2011 WNBL Finals|Bracket}}

Season award winners

Statistics leaders

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!width=125|Player

!width=125|Team

!width=50|GP

!width=50|Totals

!width=50|Average

Points Per Game

| Liz Cambage

| Bulleen Boomers

| 22

| 490

| 22.3

Rebounds Per Game

| Cayla Francis

| Logan Thunder

| 22

| 204

| 9.3

Assists Per Game

| Kristen Veal

| Logan Thunder

| 22

| 127

| 5.8

Steals Per Game

| Kristen Veal

| Logan Thunder

| 22

| 55

| 2.5

Blocks per game

| Liz Cambage

| Bulleen Boomers

| 22

| 62

| 2.8

Field Goal %

| Liz Cambage

| Bulleen Boomers

| 22

| (187/314)

| 59.6%

Three-Point Field Goal %

| Rebecca Mercer

| West Coast Waves

| 19

| (26/62)

| 41.9%

Free Throw %

| Angela Marino

| Adelaide Lightning

| 20

| (70/78)

| 89.7%

References

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