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2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–14 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wayne McClain (10th season)
  • Jay Price (8th season)
  • Jerrance Howard (4th season)
MVPMike Davis
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Ohio State 16 2   .889 34 3   .919
No. 13 Purdue 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
No. 16 Wisconsin 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Michigan 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Illinois 9 9   .500 20 14   .588
Penn State 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
Michigan State 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
Northwestern 7 11   .389 20 14   .588
Minnesota 6 12   .333 17 14   .548
Iowa 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Indiana 3 15   .167 12 20   .375
2011 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

The 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's eighth season at Illinois. They played their home games at Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament to Michigan. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they beat UNLV in the second round before falling to Kansas in the third round.

Pre-season

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Illinois welcomes back all five starters and its top seven players from last season. The Illini return 89.4 percent of its points, 79 percent of its rebounds, and 85 percent of its minutes played from the 2009–10 campaign.[3] In addition to the returning players, Illinois adds a top-15 ranked recruiting class to its roster. Three true freshmen join the squad this season in guard/forward Jereme Richmond, center Meyers Leonard, and guard Crandall Head. The 2010 recruiting class is ranked No. 11 by Scout.com and No. 13 by both Rivals.com and ESPNU. Richmond earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors and was selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game, becoming Illinois' 13th McDonald's All-American and first since Dee Brown. A top-25 recruit, Richmond averaged 21 points, 11.5 rebounds, three assists and three blocks as a senior. Leonard was a consensus first-team all-state selection who led Robinson High School to the 2010 Illinois state title in Class 2A. A top-50 recruit, Leonard averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a senior. Head is the younger brother of former Illini All-American Luther Head. Crandall missed his senior season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL. He is a top-75 recruit who earned all-state honors as a junior, averaging 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals.

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6'1" 175 Junior Highland Park, IL Transferred to Central Florida
Bubba Chisholm 15 G 5'11" 180 Senior Champaign, IL Graduated
Stan Simpson 21 C 6'10" 230 RS Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred to John A. Logan College then to Memphis
Dominique Keller 23 F 6'7" 230 Senior Port Arthur, TX Graduated
Alex Legion 33 G 6'5" 200 RS Junior Detroit Transferred to Florida International
Richard Semrau 50 F 6'10" 245 RS Junior Grafton, OH Graduated

2010 additions

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Meyers Leonard
C
Robinson, IL Robinson High School 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Jul 29, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 95
Crandall Head
SG
Chicago, IL Crane Technical Prep 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jan 4, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 94
Jereme Richmond
SF
Waukegan, IL Waukegan High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Oct 26, 2006 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 11   Rivals: 13  247Sports: 12
  • 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:

  • "Illinois Commit List for 2010". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  • "ESPN – Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting 2010". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  • "2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team". 247sports.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.

Roster

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2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 D. J. Richardson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Central High School Peoria, IL
G 2 Joseph Bertrand 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Sterling High School Sterling, IL
G 3 Brandon Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Warren Township High School Gurnee, IL
G 4 Crandall Head 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Rich South High School Matteson, IL
C 12 Meyers Leonard 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Robinson High School Robinson, IL
G 15 Jean Selus (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Winter Garden High School Montreal, Quebec
G 21 Kervin Berardini 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Lake Forest High School/Loyola Marymount Lake Forest, IL
G/F 22 Jereme Richmond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Waukegan High School Waukegan, IL
F 24 Mike Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr T. C. Williams High School Alexandria, VA
F 30 Bill Cole (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Richwoods High School Peoria, IL
G 32 Demetri McCamey (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr St. Joseph High School Bellwood, IL
F 42 Tyler Griffey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Lafayette High School Wildwood, MO
C 54 Mike Tisdale (C) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Riverton High School Riverton, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2010-10-22

Schedule

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Source[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 29*
7:00 pm, BTN.com
Lewis W 75–65 
 15  Davis   7  Davis   3  Richmond  Assembly Hall (14,737[5])
Champaign, IL
Tue, Nov 02*
7:00 pm, BTN.com
Southern Indiana W 76–67 
 21  Tisdale   14  Davis   7  McCamey  Assembly Hall (14,637[6])
Champaign, IL
Non-Conference regular season
Mon, Nov 08*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 13 UC Irvine W 79–65  1–0
 18  Paul   8  Davis,
Tisdale
 
 8  McCamey  Assembly Hall (15,287[7])
Champaign, IL
Wed, Nov 10*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 13 Toledo W 84–45  2–0
 13  McCamey   8  Tisdale   7  McCamey  Assembly Hall (15,333[8])
Champaign, IL
Sat, Nov 13*
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 13 Southern Illinois W 85–63  3–0
 18  McCamey   7  Davis   9  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618[9])
Champaign, IL
Thu, Nov 18*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 13 vs. Texas
Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic
L 84–90 OT 3–1
 22  McCamey   13  Davis   8  McCamey  Madison Square Garden (12,210[10])
New York, NY
Fri, Nov 19*
4:00pm, ESPN2
No. 13 vs. Maryland
Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic
W 80–76  4–1
 20  McCamey   6  Richmond   7  McCamey  Madison Square Garden (11,723[11])
New York, NY
Tue, Nov 23*
8:45 pm, ESPNU
No. 19 Yale W 73–47  5–1
 16  Richardson   13  Tisdale   7  McCamey  Assembly Hall (13,858[12])
Champaign, IL
Sat, Nov 27*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 19 at Western Michigan W 78–63  6–1
 18  Tisdale   7  Tisdale   10  McCamey  University Arena (4,532[13])
Kalamazoo, MI
Tue, Nov 30*
8:30 pm, ESPN
No. 20 North Carolina
ACC – Big Ten Challenge
W 79–67  7–1
 20  Davis   10  Davis   5  Davis  Assembly Hall (16,618[14])
Champaign, IL
Sat, Dec 04*
4:00 pm, ESPN
No. 20 vs. Gonzaga
Battle in Seattle
W 73–61  8–1
 15  Davis,
Richardson
 
 6  Davis   7  McCamey  KeyArena (14,789[15])
Seattle, WA
Wed, Dec 08*
7:00 pm, BTN.com
No. 16 Oakland W 74–63  9–1
 30  McCamey   12  Tisdale   3  McCamey,
Tisdale
 
Assembly Hall (15,256[16])
Champaign, IL
Sun, Dec 12*
5:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 Northern Colorado W 86–76  10–1
 14  Tisdale,
Richardson
 
 10  Davis   8  McCamey  Assembly Hall (14,814[17])
Champaign, IL
Sat, Dec 18*
1:00 pm, BTN
No. 12 vs. Illinois-Chicago L 54–57  10–2
 16  McCamey   12  Richmond   6  McCamey  United Center (13,117[18])
Chicago, IL
Wed, Dec 22*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 21 vs. No. 9 Missouri
Braggin' Rights
L 64–75  10–3
 17  Davis   13  Tisdale   6  McCamey  Scottrade Center (21,906[19])
St. Louis, MO
Big Ten regular season
Wed, Dec 29
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 23 at Iowa
Rivalry
W 87–77  11–3
(1–0)
 20  McCamey   7  Tisdale   10  McCamey  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500[20])
Iowa City, IA
Sun, Jan 02
5:00 pm, BTN
No. 23 Wisconsin W 69–61  12–3
(2–0)
 21  McCamey   14  Davis   7  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618[21])
Champaign, IL
Thu, Jan 06
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 Northwestern
Rivalry
W 88–63  13–3
(3–0)
 14  McCamey   7  Davis   7  Davis,
McCamey
 
Assembly Hall (14,862[22])
Champaign, IL
Tue, Jan 11
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 at Penn State L 55–57  13–4
(3–1)
 16  Tisdale   14  Tisdale   5  McCamey  Bryce Jordan Center (6,353)
University Park, PA
Sat, Jan 15
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 at No. 20 Wisconsin L 66–76  13–5
(3–2)
 23  McCamey   9  Tisdale   5  McCamey  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Tue, Jan 18
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 23 No. 17 Michigan State W 71–62  14–5
(4–2)
 20  Paul   11  Davis   11  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Sat, Jan 22
11:00 am, CBS
No. 23 No. 1 Ohio State L 68–73  14–6
(4–3)
 18  Richmond   10  Richmond   5  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Thu, Jan 27
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 20 at Indiana
Rivalry
L 49–52  14–7
(4–4)
 14  Davis   18  Richmond   3  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,297)
Bloomington, IN
Tue, Feb 01
8:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 68–51  15–7
(5–4)
 22  Davis   10  Richmond   5  McCamey, Paul  Assembly Hall (14,996)
Champaign, IL
Sat, Feb 05
12:00PM, CBS
at Northwestern
Rivalry
L 70–71  15–8
(5–5)
 21  Paul   6  Davis   4  McCamey, Richmond  Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
Thu, Feb 10
8:00 pm, ESPN(2)
at Minnesota W 71–62  16–8
(6–5)
 17  McCamey, Davis   9  Davis   4  McCamey, Richmond  Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
Sun, Feb 13
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 14 Purdue L 70–81  16–9
(6–6)
 23  Paul   7  Davis   4  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Wed, Feb 16
7:30 pm, BTN
Michigan W 54–52  17–9
(7–6)
 18  McCamey   10  Davis   5  Davis  Assembly Hall (16,273)
Champaign, IL
Sat, Feb 19
8:00 pm, ESPN
at Michigan State
ESPN College GameDay
L 57–61  17–10
(7–7)
 15  McCamey   5  Davis   5  McCamey  Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
Tue, Feb 22
6:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 2 Ohio State L 70–89  17–11
(7–8)
 18  Davis   9  Richmond   6  McCamey  Schottenstein Center (18,085)
Columbus, OH
Sat, Feb 26
6:00 pm, BTN
Iowa
Rivalry
W 81–68  18–11
(8–8)
 25  Tisdale   9  Davis   7  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Tue, Mar 01
6:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 6 Purdue L 67–75  18–12
(8–9)
 18  McCamey   10  Davis   4  McCamey, Tisdale  Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
Sat, Mar 05
11:00 am, BTN
Indiana
Rivalry
W 72–48  19–12
(9–9)
 22  McCamey   9  Davis, Tisdale   4  McCamey  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten tournament
Fri, Mar 11
1:30 pm, ESPN
(5) vs. (4) Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 55–60  19–13
 10  McCamey, Tisdale, Paul   7  Davis, Tisdale   5  McCamey  Conseco Fieldhouse (17,975)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
Fri, Mar 18*
8:20 pm, TBS
(9 SW) vs. (8 SW) UNLV
First Round
W 73–62  20–13
 22  Davis   9  Davis   7  McCamey  BOK Center (14,353)
Tulsa, OK
Sun, Mar 20*
7:40 pm, TNT
(9 SW) vs. (1 SW) No. 2 Kansas
Second Round
L 59–73  20–14
 17  Davis   11  Tisdale   7  McCamey  BOK Center (15,839)
Tulsa, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

National rankings

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Various publications and news sources released their preseason rankings prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. Illinois has been ranked by the publications below. The Fighting Illini were ranked 13th in the AP Poll and 16th in the Coaches Poll in their respective pre-season polls.

Pre-season Rankings
Athlon Lindy's Sporting News[23] Fox Sports[24] CBS Sports[25] Rivals.com[26] Blue Ribbon
19 9 15 12 16 14 9
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 13 13 19 20 16 12 21 23 20 16 23 20 RV RV
Coaches 16 16 19 21 17 14 21 25 20 16 22 21 24 RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes

Season statistics

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Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high
Individual Player Statistics[27]
Minutes Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-throws Rebounds Scoring
Player GP GS Tot Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
McCamey, Demetri 31 29 1026 33.1 153 335 .457 68 147 .463 91 124 .734 16 90 106 3.4 62 0 189 89 6 31 465 15.0
Davis, Mike 31 31 1009 32.5 158 295 .536 0 1 .000 61 90 .678 50 170 220 7.1 73 1 51 41 26 28 377 12.2
Tisdale, Mike 31 29 792 25.5 119 230 .517 18 42 .429 56 70 .800 70 129 199 6.4 111 5 36 52 50 15 312 10.1
Paul, Brandon 31 8 673 21.7 90 225 .400 38 108 .352 66 84 .786 18 71 89 2.9 53 0 61 55 10 29 284 9.2
Richardson, D.J. 31 29 853 27.5 91 224 .406 50 130 .385 25 33 .758 11 46 57 1.8 63 1 60 36 5 20 257 8.3
Richmond, Jereme 30 6 669 22.3 101 193 .523 2 11 .182 26 43 .605 53 101 154 5.1 50 1 57 51 13 13 230 7.7
Cole, Bill 31 21 627 20.2 53 117 .453 29 80 .363 17 21 .810 29 51 80 2.6 53 0 40 12 16 19 152 4.9
Leonard, Meyers 30 1 260 8.7 27 57 .474 0 1 .000 10 15 .667 10 31 41 1.4 46 0 5 24 12 5 64 2.1
Griffey, Tyler 24 0 166 6.9 14 42 .333 4 11 .364 10 15 .667 11 18 29 1.2 20 0 1 12 3 5 42 1.8
Bertrand, Joseph 13 0 49 3.8 7 13 .538 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 6 0.5 6 0 3 3 2 1 17 1.3
Head, Crandall 15 1 83 5.5 7 18 .389 1 7 .143 4 6 .667 1 2 3 0.2 8 0 10 11 0 3 19 1.3
Berardini, Kevin 8 0 14 1.8 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 1 2 4 0.4 2 0 1 2 0 1 6 0.8
Selus, Jean 5 0 5 1.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.2
Team 47 49 96 1 7
Total 31 6226 821 1751 .469 210 540 .389 374 513 .729 318 765 1083 34.9 549 8 515 395 143 171 2226 71.8
Opponents 31 6227 712 1777 .401 183 612 .299 420 582 .722 361 670 1031 33.3 509 5 375 382 91 171 2027 65.4

References

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  4. ^ "2010-11 Men's Basketball Schedule".
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