2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball | |
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NIT Season Tip-Off champions | |
NCAA tournament, Round of 64 | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
East | |
Record | 19–15 (8–8 SEC) |
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Assistant coaches | |
Home arena | Thompson-Boling Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 15 Florida | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Kentucky † | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2011 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the sixth season for Bruce Pearl as the Volunteers' head coach. The team, a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, played its home games at Thompson-Boling Arena. They were the champions of the 2011 NIT Season Tip-Off. They finished the season 19–15, 8–8 in SEC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament to Florida. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Michigan.
On March 21, 2011, Pearl was fired by the school for lying to NCAA investigators on recruiting violations.[1]
2010–11 roster
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Class of 2010 Signees
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Tobias Harris F |
Dix Hills, New York | Half Hollow Hills West HS | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 29, 2009 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 | ||||||
Jordan McRae G |
Midway, Georgia | Liberty County HS | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Sep 20, 2008 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94 | ||||||
Trae Golden G |
Powder Springs, Georgia | McEachern High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Sep 16, 2009 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 9 Rivals: 10 | ||||||
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 3* 7:30 pm, SportSouth |
No. 23 | Brevard | W 91–42 | — |
Thompson-Boling Arena (17,878) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
November 8* 7:30 pm, SportSouth |
No. 23 | Indianapolis | L 64–79 | — |
Thompson-Boling Arena (16,701) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 12* 9:00 pm, SportSouth |
No. 23 | Chattanooga | W 82–62 | 1–0 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (20,613) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
November 16* 9:30 pm, ESPNU |
No. 24 | Belmont NIT Season Tip-Off first round |
W 85–76 | 2–0 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (16,783) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
November 17* 7:00 pm |
No. 24 | Missouri State NIT Season Tip-Off second round |
W 60–56 | 3–0 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (16,001) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
November 24* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 24 | vs. VCU NIT Season Tip-Off semi-finals |
W 77–72 | 4–0 |
Madison Square Garden Manhattan, NY | ||||||
November 26* 5:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 24 | vs. No. 7 Villanova NIT Season Tip-Off finals |
W 78–68 | 5–0 |
Madison Square Garden (7,228) Manhattan, NY | ||||||
November 30* 7:30 pm, FSN South |
No. 13 | Middle Tennessee | W 86–56 | 6–0 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (17,084) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
December 11* 3:15 pm, ESPN |
No. 11 | vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh SEC/Big East Invitational |
W 83–76 | 7–0 |
CONSOL Energy Center (15,166) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
December 14* 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 7 | Oakland | L 82–89 | 7–1 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (16,784) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
December 17* 8:00 pm, CBS College Sports |
No. 7 | at Charlotte | L 48–49 | 7–2 |
Time Warner Cable Arena (8,419) Charlotte, NC | ||||||
December 21* 7:00 pm, SportSouth |
No. 19 | USC | L 64–65 | 7–3 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (19,030) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
December 23* 7:30 pm, SportSouth |
No. 19 | Belmont | W 66–65 | 8–3 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (17,594) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
December 29* 7:00 pm, CSS |
UT Martin | W 68–62 | 9–3 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (17,481) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
December 31* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
College of Charleston | L 78–91 | 9–4 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (17,794) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
January 5* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21 Memphis | W 104–84 | 10–4 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (18,664) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
January 8 1:30 pm, SEC Network |
at Arkansas | L 65–68 | 10–5 (0–1) |
Bud Walton Arena (12,044) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
January 11 9:00 pm, ESPN |
Florida Super Tuesday |
L 75–81 OT | 10–6 (0–2) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (19,846) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
January 15 12:00 pm, ESPN |
Vanderbilt ESPN College GameDay |
W 67–64 | 11–6 (1–2) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (21,198) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
January 18 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Georgia | W 59–57 | 12–6 (2–2) |
Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) Athens, GA | |||||||
January 22* 2:00 pm, CBS |
at No. 8 Connecticut | L 61–72 | 12–7 |
XL Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | |||||||
January 26 9:00 pm, SEC Network |
LSU | W 75–53 | 13–7 (3–2) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (18,991) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
January 29 4:00 pm, SEC Network |
at Mississippi | W 74–58 | 14–7 (4–2) |
Tad Smith Coliseum (8,807) Oxford, MS | |||||||
February 3 9:00 pm, ESPN |
at Auburn | W 69–56 | 15–7 (5–2) |
Auburn Arena (6,274) Auburn, AL | |||||||
February 5 5:00 pm, FSN South |
Alabama | L 60–65 OT | 15–8 (5–3) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (21,948) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
February 8 9:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 18 Kentucky Super Tuesday |
L 61–73 | 15–9 (5–4) |
Rupp Arena (24,334) Lexington, KY | |||||||
February 12 6:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 17 Florida | L 60–61 | 15–10 (5–5) |
O'Connell Center (12,630) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
February 16 7:00 pm, CSS |
South Carolina | W 73–67 | 16–10 (6–5) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (18,402) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
February 19 1:00 pm, CBS |
Georgia | L 63–69 | 16–11 (6–6) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (20,462) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
February 22 9:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 18 Vanderbilt Super Tuesday |
W 60–51 | 17–11 (7–6) |
Memorial Gym (14,316) Nashville, TN | |||||||
February 26 6:00 pm, ESPN |
Mississippi State | L 69–70 | 17–12 (7–7) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (20,777) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
March 3 7:00 pm, ESPN |
at South Carolina | W 73–69 | 18–12 (8–7) |
Colonial Life Arena (10,137) Columbia, SC | |||||||
March 6 12:00 pm, CBS |
No. 20 Kentucky Senior Day |
L 58–64 | 18–13 (8–8) |
Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
SEC tournament | |||||||||||
March 10 7:30 pm, SEC Network |
(E5) | vs. (W4) Arkansas SEC First Round |
W 74–68 | 19–13 |
Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA | ||||||
March 11 7:30 pm, SEC Network |
(E5) | vs. (E1) No. 12 Florida SEC Quarterfinals |
L 74–85 | 19–14 |
Georgia Dome (17,096) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 18* 12:40 pm, truTV |
(9 W) | vs. (8 W) Michigan NCAA Second round |
L 45–75 | 19–15 |
Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=NCAA West Regional. |
References
- ^ Beth Rucker,Tennessee Fires Coach Bruce Pearl Archived 2011-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press via NBCSports.MSNBC.com, March 21, 2011