| 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | December 27, 2010 – March 6, 2011 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Total attendance | 2,475,440[1] |
| Average attendance | 12,826[1] |
| TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network,ESPN,CBS |
| 2010–11 NCAA Division I season | |
| Regular season champions | Ohio State |
| Runners-Up | Purdue |
| SeasonMVP | JaJuan Johnson |
| Tournament | |
| Venue | Conseco Fieldhouse,Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Champions | Ohio State |
| Runners-up | Penn State |
| FinalsMVP | Jared Sullinger |
| Basketball seasons | |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1Ohio State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 34 | – | 3 | .919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13Purdue | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Wisconsin | 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 fromAP poll[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitivebasketball amongBig Ten Conference members that began in 1904. The non-conference portion of the2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010. Conference play began on December 27, 2010.Ohio state won the regular season Big Ten title. Following conference play,Conseco Fieldhouse inIndianapolis hosted the2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament from Thursday, March 10 through Sunday, March 13, which was also won by Ohio State. The Big Ten Conference hosted second and third round games of the2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament at theUnited Center inChicago March 18 and 20, 2011.
The Big Ten had seven teams invited to the 68-team2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (NCAA tournament) and one team invited to the2011 National Invitation Tournament (NIT).Ohio State was a number one seed and along withWisconsin survived until the Sweet Sixteen round. No Big Ten teams made the elite eight and the Big Ten finished with a 7–7 record in the tournament. Northwestern made the elite eight round of the 32-team NIT before being eliminated.
JaJuan Johnson was the regular season MVP andJared Sullinger was the2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament MVP. Both earned first team recognition as2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans and Sullinger earned numerous National Freshman of the Year Awards, including theUSBWA National Freshman of the Year.Blake Hoffarber earned 2nd teamAcademic All-America recognition. The conference led the nation in attendance for the 35th straight season with a 12,826 overall average and 7 of the top 25 schools.[4]
Following the season several athletes represented the Big Ten as members ofUSA Basketball team USA honorees:Keith Appling,Meyers Leonard andTim Hardaway Jr. were on Team USA for the2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, whileTrevor Mbakwe andDraymond Green were on Team USA for the2011 Summer Universiade coached byMatt Painter. Five Big Ten athletes were drafted in the2011 NBA draft withJaJuan Johnson (27th overall) and four additional selections (Jon Leuer,Darius Morris,Jon Diebler andE'Twaun Moore) in the second round.
Seventeen members of the 2009-10 All-Conference teams returned, including five players who earned first-team honors over the prior two seasons and a previous Big Ten Player of the Year. Eight career 1,000-points scorers, including two 1,500-point scorers returned. Fourteen of the conference's top scorers and rebounders in all games played from last season, including five of the top 10 of each category returned. Eight players that led the conference in a statistical category last season for all games played also returned.[5]
The Big Ten media panel announced that they selectedMichigan State,Ohio State andPurdue as the preseason media day selections. They also announced the 2010–11 All-Big Ten Conference first-team selections:Kalin LucasMSU,Demetri McCameyILL,E'Twaun MoorePUR,Jon LeuerWIS, andJaJuan JohnsonPUR. Lucas repeated as the preseason conference player of the year.[6]
On October 4, 2010, theWooden Award preseason watch list included eight Big Ten players. The watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medicalredshirts. The list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watchlist in December and a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. TheNaismith College Player of the Year watchlist of 50 players was announced on November 16, 2010. In late February, a shorter list of the Top 30 will be compiled in preparation for a March vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.
| Wooden[7] | Naismith[8] | |
| Talor BattlePSU |  Y | Y |
|---|---|---|
| William BufordOSU | Y | Y |
| Robbie HummelPUR | Y | |
| JaJuan JohnsonPUR | Y | Y |
| Jon LeuerWIS | Y | Y |
| Kalin LucasMSU | Y | Y |
| Demetri McCameyILL | Y | Y |
| E'Twaun MoorePUR | Y | Y |
| John ShurnaNU | Y | Y |
| Jared SullingerOSU | Y | |
| Durrell SummersMSU | Y | Y |
Lauer, Moore, Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber, and Ohio State's David Lighty were named as candidates for theLowe's Senior CLASS Award.[9]
The Big Ten Conference entered the season with five teams ranked in theUSA Today/ESPN Preseason Top 25 Men's BasketballCoaches' Poll.[10]
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| Pre[11] | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Final | ||
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| Illinois | AP | 13 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | |||||
| C | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 24 | RV | RV | |||||
| Indiana | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | AP | 2 (8) | 2 (7) | 2 (6) | 6 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 18 | RV | 17 | 25 | |||||||
| C | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 18 | RV | ||||||||
| Minnesota | AP | RV | RV | 15 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 14 | RV | RV | 15 | 16 | 18 | RV | |||||
| C | RV | RV | 17 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 25 | ||||||
| Northwestern | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | AP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 (49) | 1 (63) | 1 (65) | 1 (65) | 2 (14) | 2 (10) | 1 (45) | 1 (52) | |
| C | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 (28) | 1 (31) | 1 (31) | 1 (31) | 3 (3) | 3 (4) | 1 (17) | 1 (25) | 5 (1) | |
| Penn State | AP | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | AP | 14 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
| C | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |
| Wisconsin | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | |||
| C | 24 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | |
Big Ten teams emerged victorious in the following tournament:
| Name | Dates | Num. teams | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Tip-Off | Nov. 18–21 | 8 |
The 12th annualACC–Big Ten Challenge matchups were announced on May 12, 2010.[12] The November 29—December 1 schedule with game times and locations was set on August 9, 2010.[13]
| Date | Time | ACC Team | Big Ten Team | Location | Television | Attendance | Winner | Challenge Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon., Nov 29 | 7:00PM | Virginia | #13Minnesota | Williams Arena •Minneapolis, MN | ESPN2 | 12,089 | Virginia (87-79) | ACC (1-0) |
| Tue., Nov 30 | 7:00PM | Wake Forest | Iowa | LJVM Coliseum •Winston-Salem, NC | ESPNU | 9,086 | Wake Forest (76-73) | ACC (2-0) |
| 7:00PM | Georgia Tech | Northwestern | Welsh-Ryan Arena •Evanston, IL | ESPN2 | 4,455 | Northwestern (91-71) | ACC (2-1) | |
| 7:30PM | Florida State | #2Ohio State | Donald L. Tucker Center •Tallahassee, FL | ESPN | 10,457 | Ohio State (58-44) | Tied (2-2) | |
| 9:00PM | Clemson | Michigan | Littlejohn Coliseum •Clemson, SC | ESPN2 | 7,237 | Michigan (69-61) | Big Ten (3-2) | |
| 9:30PM | North Carolina | #21Illinois | Assembly Hall •Champaign, IL | ESPN | 16,618 | Illinois (79-67) | Big Ten (4-2) | |
| Wed., Dec 1 | 7:15PM | Boston College | Indiana | Conte Forum •Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPNU | 5,329 | Boston College (88-76) | Big Ten (4-3) |
| 7:15PM | NC State | Wisconsin | Kohl Center •Madison, WI | ESPN2 | 17,230 | Wisconsin (87-48) | Big Ten (5-3) | |
| 7:30PM | Virginia Tech | #18Purdue | Cassell Coliseum •Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | 9,847 | Purdue (58-55 OT) | Big Ten (6-3) | |
| 9:15PM | Maryland | Penn State | Bryce Jordan Center •University Park, PA | ESPN2 | 9,078 | Maryland (62-39) | Big Ten (6-4) | |
| 9:30PM | #1Duke | #6Michigan State | Cameron Indoor Stadium •Durham, NC | ESPN | 9,314 | Duke (84-79) | Big Ten (6-5) | |
| Game Times inEST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/29). Miami did not play due to its last place finish in the ACC during the 2009–2010 season. | ||||||||
The non-conference portion of the2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010, withIllinois defeatingUC Irvine in the opening round of the 2010Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic.[14] Conference play began on December 27, 2010, withPenn State traveling to playIndiana inBloomington, Indiana.[15]
On December 17, 2010, the Big Ten CommissionerJim Delany announced that Michigan State head coachTom Izzo would serve a one-game suspension for what theNational Collegiate Athletic Association determined was a "inadvertent secondary recruiting violation".[16]
On March 1,Jon Diebler tied the Big Ten record with 10 madethree-point shots as Ohio State clinched a share of the Big Ten championship in a victory over Penn State.[17][18] On March 6, they clinched the title outright in a victory over Wisconsin.[19] Ohio State achieved 34 victories, marking the highest total by a conference member since the2006–07 Buckeyes went 35–4 and the 34–3 record was the conference's highest winning percentage (.919) since the2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini went 37–2 (.948).[20]
The Big Ten's 12,826-fans average attendance led the nation the 35th consecutive season by more than 1,500 fans more than the next-closest conference. It was the 19th consecutive year the Big Ten achieved two million attendanees. Its seven top 25 average attendance schools surpassed all other conferences by at least three. The following schools were among the top 25 Wisconsin (7th, 17,230), Illinois (10th, 15,851), Indiana (12th, 15,259), Ohio State (13th, 15,125), Michigan State (15th, 14,797), Purdue (17th, 13,916), Minnesota (24th, 13,241).[20] Other top-5 conferences were Big East (11,323), SEC (11,187), Big 12 (10,716), and ACC (10,266).[21]
Throughout the conference regular season, theBig Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.
On February 3, 2011, Michigan'sZack Novak (District 4), Northwestern'sDrew Crawford (District 5) and Minnesota'sBlake Hoffarber (District 5) were selected byCoSIDA as among the forty Academic All-District players, making them finalists for fifteenAcademic All-American selections later in the month.[39] Hoffarber was named as a second team Academic All-American.[40] The conference also had 37 Academic All-Conference Team selections.[41][42]
Jared Sullinger andJaJuan Johnson were among the ten finalists for theOscar Robertson Trophy.Demetri McCamey, Sullinger, JohnsonE'Twaun Moore andJon Leuer wereNaismith Award Midseason Top 30 List selections. McCamey andJordan Taylor areBob Cousy Award finalists. Sullinger was among the five finalists for theWayman Tisdale Award. Moore, Leuer andDavid Lighty were selected among the tenLowe's Senior CLASS Award finalists.[43]
Two sets of conference award winners were recognized by the Big Ten - one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.[44]
TheNational Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 9, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketballstudent-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 245 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the Big Ten players chosen to the list.[45] Since theBig Ten Conference was its own district, this is equivalent to being named All-Big Ten by the NABC.[46]
First Team
| Second Team
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On March 10, theU.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2010–11 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.[47]
District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV)
| District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI) Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
All-District Team
| District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD) None Selected |
Jordan Taylor,Jon Leuer,Jared Sullinger,JaJuan Johnson,E'Twaun Moore were among the 20 players on the final ballot for theJohn R. Wooden Award.[48]
Johnson and Sullinger were named first team2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans by theUnited States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[49] They were also first team selections bySporting News andAssociated Press who also selectedJordan Taylor to their second teams.[50][51] TheNational Association of Basketball Coaches named Johnson and Sullinger to its first team and Taylor and Moore to its third team.[52] The Associated Press namedTalor Battle,Jon Leuer, andE'Twaun Moore as honorable mention selections.[53] No other conference had 2 first-team selections by USBWA, Sporting News and AP, and the Big Ten was the only conference with three on the first or second AP and Sporting News teams.[20]
Sullinger won theWayman Tisdale Award as the USBWA's National Freshman of the Year andSporting News' Freshman of the Year.[54][55] Sullinger,Aaron Craft,Jereme Richmond andTim Hardaway Jr. were among the 21 players selected to the 2011Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America team.[56]
Following the season four players were invited to the June 17 – 24, 2011 17-man tryouts for the 12-man2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship team byUSA Basketball: Hardaway (UofM),Keith Appling (MSU),Melsahn Basabe (Iowa) andMeyers Leonard (Ill.).[57] The 12 selected players will compete as Team USA in the2011 FIBA U19 World Championships in Latvia from June 30 – July 10, 2011.[58] Appling, Hardaway and Leonard made the final roster.[59][60]
Matt Painter coachedTeam USA to a 5th-place finish in the2011 World University Games. The team includedTrevor Mbakwe andDraymond Green.[61]
With 8 invitations to either the2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or2011 National Invitation Tournament for its 11 schools, the Big Ten Conference had the highest combined percentage of competitors (72.7%) of all conferences in these two tournaments.[20]
Ohio State won the2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament behind Tournament most outstanding player,Jared Sullinger as repeatBig Ten men's basketball tournament champions. Finalist Penn State was attempting to be the first school to win the championship by winning 4 games since the2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes did so in the2001 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.[62]
The Big Ten Conference landed 72011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament invitations, including the overall number 1 seed in the tournament,Ohio State, who is making its 23rd appearance and 3rd consecutive. Purdue (3 seed, 24th and 5th consecutive appearance), Wisconsin (4 seed, 17th and 13th consecutive appearance), Michigan (8 seed, 18th appearance, first since 2009), Illinois (9 seed, 29th appearance, first since 2009), Penn State (10 seed, 9th appearance, first since 2001) and Michigan State (10 seed, 25th and 14th consecutive appearance) also received bids.[63] Seven NCAA bids tied the conference record (1990 and 2009).[20] The opening Friday of the tournament marked the first time that the Big Ten has ever gone 4–0 on a day in the tournament. This marked the fourth consecutive season that the Big Ten had at least 2 Sweet Sixteen participants (Ohio State and Wisconsin).[20]
| Team | Bid Type | Seed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Automatic | 1 | Won vs. #16UTSA 75–46 Won vs. #8George Mason 98–66 Lost vs. #4Kentucky 62–60 |
| Purdue | At-large | 3 | Won vs. #14Saint Peter's 65–43 Lost vs. #11VCU 94–76 |
| Wisconsin | At-large | 4 | Won vs. #13Belmont 72–58 Won vs. #5Kansas State 70–65 Lost vs. #8Butler 61–54 |
| Michigan | At-large | 8 | Won vs. #9Tennessee 75–45 Lost vs. #1Duke 73–71 |
| Illinois | At-large | 9 | Won vs. #8UNLV 73–62 Lost vs. #1Kansas 73–59 |
| Penn State | At-large | 10 | Lost vs. #7Temple 66–64 |
| Michigan State | At-large | 10 | Lost vs. #7UCLA 78–76 |
Northwestern's NIT invitation gave it the schools third consecutive postseason invitation, a school record.[20]
| Team | Bid Type | Seed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern | At-large | 4 | Won vs. #5Milwaukee 70–61 Won vs. #1Boston College 85–67 Lost vs. #2Washington State 69–66 (OT) |
The Big Ten did not have any entrants in the other post season tournaments.
A total of five Big Ten players were selected in the 2011 NBA draft:JaJuan Johnson (1st round, 27th overall),Jon Leuer (2nd round, 40th overall),Darius Morris (2nd round, 41st overall),Jon Diebler (2nd round, 51st overall), andE'Twaun Moore (2nd round, 55th overall).[70]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | JaJuan Johnson | PF |  United States | New Jersey Nets(fromL.A. Lakers,[h] traded toBoston)[E] | Purdue(Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Jon Leuer | PF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Wisconsin(Sr.) |
| 2 | 41 | Darius Morris | PG | United States | Los Angeles Lakers(fromGolden State viaNew Jersey)[h] | Michigan(So.) |
| 2 | 51 | Jon Diebler | SG | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Ohio State(Sr.) |
| 2 | 55 | E'Twaun Moore | SG | United States | Boston Celtics | Purdue(Sr.) |