2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	23–11 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Howland (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Duncan; Phil Mathews; Scott Garson;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Arizona	14	–	4	.778	30	–	8	.789
UCLA	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
No. 23 Washington †	11	–	7	.611	24	–	11	.686
USC	10	–	8	.556	19	–	15	.559
California	10	–	8	.556	18	–	15	.545
Washington State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Oregon	7	–	11	.389	21	–	18	.538
Stanford	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Oregon State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Arizona State	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387

† Conference tournament winner As of March 30, 2011^[1] Rankings from AP poll^[2]

The 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by head coach Ben Howland and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion. They finished the conference season in second place (13–5), and were a 2-seed at the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, where they lost to 7-seed Oregon in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as the #7 seeded team in the Southeast Region, where they defeated #10 seed Michigan State before falling to #2 seed Florida in the third round. They finished the season 23–11.

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joshua Smith C	Kent, WA	Kentwood HS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	320 lb (150 kg)	Nov 9, 2009
Joshua Smith C	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Tyler Lamb SG	Santa Ana, CA	Mater Dei HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Aug 27, 2008
Tyler Lamb SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95
Matt Carlino SG	Scottsdale, AZ	Bloomington South HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Apr 27, 2010
Matt Carlino SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Lazeric Jones PG	Chicago, IL	John A. Logan CC	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Dec 27, 2009
Lazeric Jones PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87
Travis Wear PF	Huntington Beach, CA	Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)
Travis Wear PF	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
David Wear PF	Huntington Beach, CA	Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)
David Wear PF	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16 Rivals: 18 ESPN: 15
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "UCLA Commit List for 2010". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "ESPN - UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 2010". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010.

Roster

2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Anthony Stover	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Fr	Windward School	Pasadena, California
G	1	Tyler Lamb	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Mater Dei H.S.	Santa Ana, California
G	3	Malcolm Lee	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	John W. North H.S.	Moreno Valley, California
G	4	Tyler Trapani	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Simi Valley H.S.	Simi Valley, California
G	5	Jerime Anderson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Canyon H.S.	Anaheim, California
F	10	Alex Schrempf	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	RS Fr	Bellevue H.S.	Seattle, Washington
G	11	Lazeric Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Jr	John A. Logan College	Chicago, Illinois
G	13	Matt DeMarcus	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Jr	Santa Ynez Valley Union H.S.	Solvang, California
G	14	Jack Haley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Los Alamitos H.S.	Seal Beach, California
G	15	Blake Arnet	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Mater Dei H.S.	Laguna Niguel, California
F	20	David Wear	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Mater Dei H.S.	Huntington Beach, California
F	21	Brendan Lane	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	So	Rocklin H.S.	Rocklin, California
F	22	Reeves Nelson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Modesto Christian H.S.	Modesto, California
F	23	Tyler Honeycutt	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	So	Sylmar H.S.	Los Angeles, California
F	24	Travis Wear	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Mater Dei H.S.	Huntington Beach, California
C	34	Joshua Smith	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	Fr	Kentwood H.S.	Kent, Washington

Head coach

Ben Howland (Weber State)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Duncan (College of Wooster)
Philip Mathews (UC Irvine)
Scott Garson (UC Santa Barbara)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-11-19

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV		Westmont	W 95–59	—	Pauley Pavilion (4,972) Los Angeles, CA
November 9, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV		Cal State Los Angeles	W 84–59	–	Pauley Pavilion (4,595) Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 12, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV		Cal State Northridge	W 83–50	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,687) Los Angeles, CA
November 15, 2010* 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Pepperdine NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals	W 79–69	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,748) Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2010* 8:30 pm, ESPNU		Pacific NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals	W 57–44	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (8,345) Los Angeles, CA
November 24, 2010* 6:55 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 7 Villanova NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals	L 70–82	3–1	Madison Square Garden (6,746) New York City
November 26, 2010* 11:30 am, ESPN2		vs. VCU NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game	L 85–89	3–2	Madison Square Garden (7,228) New York City
December 2, 2010* 6:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 4 Kansas Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series	L 76–77	3–3	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 5, 2010* 7:00 pm, Prime Ticket		Montana	L 44–54	3–4	Pauley Pavilion (5,391) Los Angeles, CA
December 11, 2010* 5:00 pm, Prime Ticket		Cal Poly	W 72–61	4–4	Pauley Pavilion (5,496) Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		UC Davis	W 74–67	5–4	Pauley Pavilion (5,811) Los Angeles, CA
December 18, 2010* 2:30 pm, FSN/PT		vs. No. 18 BYU John R. Wooden Classic	W 86–79	6–4	Honda Center (12,499) Anaheim, CA
December 21, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV		Montana State	W 75–59	7–4	Pauley Pavilion (5,390) Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		UC Irvine	W 74–73	8–4	Pauley Pavilion (6,380) Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2010 8:00 pm, FSN/PT		Washington State	W 80–71	9–4 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (7,934) Los Angeles, CA
December 31, 2010 1:00 pm, FSN/PT		Washington	L 63–74	9–5 (1–1)	Pauley Pavilion (9,049) Los Angeles, CA
January 9, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT		at USC	L 52–63	9–6 (1–2)	Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, CA
January 13, 2011 5:30 pm, Prime Ticket		at Oregon State	W 62–57	10–6 (2–2)	Gill Coliseum (6,857) Corvallis, OR
January 15, 2011 2:00 pm, Prime Ticket		at Oregon	W 67–59	11–6 (3–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (11,089) Eugene, OR
January 20, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		California	W 86–84	12–6 (4–2)	Pauley Pavilion (8,650) Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 2011 11:00 am, CBS		Stanford	W 68–57	13–6 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (8,772) Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Arizona	L 74–85	13–7 (5–3)	McKale Center (14,528) Tucson, AZ
January 29, 2011 12:30 pm, FSN/PT		at Arizona State	W 73–72 ^OT	14–7 (6–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (7,086) Tempe, AZ
February 2, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT		USC	W 64–50	15–7 (7–3)	Pauley Pavilion (10,419) Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2011* 10:00 am, CBS		St. John's	W 66–59	16–7	Pauley Pavilion (8,592) Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		Oregon	W 64–54	17–7 (8–3)	Pauley Pavilion (7,406) Los Angeles, CA
February 12, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT		Oregon State	W 69–61	18–7 (9–3)	Pauley Pavilion (8,534) Los Angeles, CA
February 17, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT		at Stanford	W 69–65	19–7 (10–3)	Maples Pavilion (5,856) Stanford, CA
February 20, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN/PT		at California	L 72–76 ^OT	19–8 (10–4)	Haas Pavilion (9,688) Berkeley, CAe
February 24, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT		Arizona State	W 71–53	20–8 (11–4)	Pauley Pavilion (8,080) Los Angeles, CA
February 26, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT		No. 10 Arizona	W 71–49	21–8 (12–4)	Pauley Pavilion (11,986) Los Angeles, CA
March 3, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Washington	L 63–70	21–9 (12–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,931) Seattle, WA
March 5, 2011 2:30 pm, FSN/PT		at Washington State	W 58–54 ^OT	22–9 (13–5)	Beasley Coliseum (9,317) Pullman, WA
Pac-10 tournament
March 9, 2011 6:00 pm, FSN	(2)	vs. (7) Oregon Pac-10 Quarterfinals	L 59–76	22–10	Staples Center (12,191) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2011* 6:20 pm, TBS	(7 SE)	vs. (10 SE) Michigan State NCAA Second Round	W 78–76	23–10	St. Pete Times Forum (15,504) Tampa, FL
March 19, 2011* 11:45 am, CBS	(7 SE)	vs. (2 SE) No. 15 Florida NCAA Third Round	L 65–73^[3]	23–11	St. Pete Times Forum (17,771) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=NCAA Southeast Regional. All times are in Pacific Time^[4].

Rankings

Honors

Malcolm Lee, Tyler Honeycutt, and Reeves Nelson were named to the All-Pac-10 first team. The three selection were the most of any team in the Pac-10 Conference. It's the first time the Bruins have had that many first-team selections since Toby Bailey, Jelani McCoy and Charles O'Bannon were picked in 1997.^[5]

Lee was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Defensive team, while Joshua Smith was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team.^[5]

Notes

Tyus Edney joined the team as director of basketball operations on August 2, 2010
October 28, 2010 - The Bruins were picked to finish 3rd, with one first place vote, in the conference by the media in the annual preseason poll.
December 10, 2010 – guard Matt Carlino left the team and would transfer to play at another school.
The 66-59 win over St. John's on February 5, 2011 was UCLA'S first in seven tries (UCLA hadn't beaten the Red Storm since Dec. 1968).
February 26, 2011 – Tyler Trapani, John Wooden's great-grandson scored the last two points of the last men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The final shot is recorded as "Trapani (Wooden's great-grandson) left side layin off Haley's (Jack) missed 3-pt. try."^[6]
March 17, 2011 - UCLA is making its 44th appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bruins have 99 tournament wins, third on the all-time list. Ben Howland took the Bruins to the tournament six times in his eight years as head coach and the Final Four in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
March 28, 2011 – Tyler Honeycutt announced that he will declare for the 2011 NBA draft and will hire an agent.^[7]
April 1, 2011 - Assistant Coach Scott Duncan left the team to become the associate head coach at Wyoming.
April 12, 2011 - Lee announced he would forgo his final year of college eligibility and hire an agent and enter the 2011 NBA draft.^[8]

References

^ "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
^ "Florida moves on as Erving Walker comes up big again". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ "Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Bolch, Ben; Holmes, Baxter (March 7, 2011). "UCLA awaits word on condition of Malcolm Lee's left knee". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.
^ Painter, Jill (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.
^ Bolch, Ben (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.

Media related to 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball season at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011.

[2] "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011.

[3] "Florida moves on as Erving Walker comes up big again". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.

[4] "Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2010.

[bolch_holmes-5] Bolch, Ben; Holmes, Baxter (March 7, 2011). "UCLA awaits word on condition of Malcolm Lee's left knee". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.

[6] Painter, Jill (February 26, 2011). "Trapani's shot leaves lasting image at Pauley Pavilion". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.

[7] Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.

[8] Bolch, Ben (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.

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