2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team

2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball
2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball
SEC regular season; and Eastern Division champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 15
Record	29–8 (13–3 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Donovan;
Assistant coach	Larry Shyatt; Richard Pitino; Rob Lanier
Home arena	O'Connell Center
	Seasons ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
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
West
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 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2010–11 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions with a 13–3 conference record, but lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament. Small forward Chandler Parsons earned SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan won the SEC Coach of the Year award. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in southeast region where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Butler in overtime.

Previous season

The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to BYU.

Class of 2010

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College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Cody Larson PF	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Roosevelt HS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Apr 25, 2010
Cody Larson PF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Casey Prather SF	Jackson, Tennessee	North Side HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 30, 2009
Casey Prather SF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95
Scottie Wilbekin PG	Gainesville, Florida	The Rock School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Apr 25, 2010
Scottie Wilbekin PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Will Yeguete PF	Bordeaux, France	Florida Air Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Apr 19, 2010
Will Yeguete PF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84
Patric Young PF	Jacksonville, Florida	Providence HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 15, 2008
Patric Young PF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Overall Recruiting Rankings: Scout – 14 Rivals – 19 ^[4] ESPN – 9

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
Adam Allen	14	F	6–8	225	Redshirt Junior	Milton, Florida
Kenny Boynton	1	G	6–2	183	Sophomore	Pompano Beach, Florida
Cody Larson	34	F	6–9	225	Freshman	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vernon Macklin	32	F	6–10	230	Redshirt Senior	Portsmouth, Virginia
Kyle McClanahan	20	G	6–1	185	Junior	Maitland, Florida
Erik Murphy	33	F	6–9	217	Sophomore	South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Chandler Parsons	25	F	6–9	213	Senior	Winter Park, Florida
Casey Prather	24	G/F	6–6	195	Freshman	Jackson, Tennessee
Mike Rosario	3	G	6–3	180	Redshirt Junior	Jersey City, New Jersey
Alex Tyus	23	F	6–8	220	Senior	St. Louis, Missouri
Erving Walker	11	G	5–8	161	Junior	Brooklyn, New York
Scottie Wilbekin	5	G	6–2	175	Freshman	Gainesville, Florida
Will Yeguete	15	F	6–7	210	Freshman	Bordeaux, France
Patric Young	4	F/C	6–9	245	Freshman	Jacksonville, Florida

Coaches

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Billy Donovan	Head coach	Providence College	1987
Larry Shyatt	Associate head coach	College of Wooster	1973
Richard Pitino	Assistant coach	Providence College	1995
Rob Lanier	Assistant coach	St. Bonaventure University	1990
Darren Hertz	Assistant to the head coach	University of Florida	1997
Adam Beaupre	Video coordinator	University of Florida	1999
Matt Herring	Strength & Conditioning Coordinator	Texas State University	1994
Dave Werner	Athletic Trainer	Eastern Kentucky University	1991
Tom Williams	Academic Counselor	University of Florida	1978

Team statistics

As of March 16, 2011.
Indicates team leader in specific category.

Name	PTS	PPG	FG %	FT %	AST	REB	BLK	STL
Adam Allen	0	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Kenny Boynton	466	14.1	.377	.817	84	50	8	26
Cody Larson	Redshirt
Vernon Macklin	374	11.3	.574	.449	26	183	24	10
Kyle McClanahan	4	0.6	.333	.500	2	3	1	3
Erik Murphy	125	4.3	.511	.750	8	70	15	5
Chandler Parsons	369	11.5	.496	.559	112	251	12	30
Casey Prather	38	1.2	.459	.000	12	35	2	7
Mike Rosario	Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer)
Alex Tyus	277	8.7	.483	.635	27	176	24	13
Erving Walker	476	14.4	.411	.784	108	98	0	37
Scottie Wilbekin	88	2.7	.388	.565	56	50	1	33
Will Yeguete	36	1.3	.375	.444	7	76	2	11
Patric Young	108	3.3	.566	.710	11	123	28	19

Schedule and results

Retrieved from Gatorzone.com

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2010* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Florida Tech	W 92–58		O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 3, 2010* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Georgetown	W 88–62		O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Regular season (Non-conference play)
November 12, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 9	UNC Wilmington Global Sports Invitational	W 77–60	1–0	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 16, 2010* 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	No. 4 Ohio State Global Sports Invitational	L 75–93	1–1	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 18, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun/FSFL	No. 9	North Carolina A&T Global Sports Invitational	W 105–55	2–1	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 21, 2010* 3:30 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 9	Morehead State Global Sports Invitational	W 61–55	3–1	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 23, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 16	Florida Atlantic	W 79–66	4–1	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
November 28, 2010* 7:30 p.m., FSN/Sun	No. 16	at Florida State	W 55–51	5–1	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
December 1, 2010* 7:00 p.m., FSN/FSFL	No. 18	vs. UCF Florida Citrus Sports Shootout	L 54–57	5–2	Amway Center Orlando, FL
December 5, 2010* 2:30 p.m., Sun/MASN	No. 18	vs. American BB&T Classic	W 67–48	6–2	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
December 9, 2010* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Kent State	W 65–52	7–2	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
December 18, 2010* 3:30 p.m., FSFL		vs. No. 6 Kansas State Orange Bowl Classic	W 57–44	8–2	BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL
December 20, 2010* 1:00 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 20	Jacksonville	L 68–71 ^OT	8–3	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
December 22, 2010* 7:00 p.m., CSS	No. 20	Radford	W 66–55	9–3	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
December 28, 2010* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 20	Fairfield	Cancelled^[a]		O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
December 31, 2010* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Xavier	W 71–67	10–3	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 3, 2011* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU		Rhode Island	W 84–59	11–3	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Regular season (SEC conference play)
January 8, 2011 8:00 p.m., CSS		Ole Miss	W 77–71	12–3 (1–0)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
January 11, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN		at Tennessee	W 81–75 ^OT	13–3 (2–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
January 15, 2011 1:30 p.m., SECN		South Carolina	L 69–72	13–4 (2–1)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
January 20, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at Auburn	W 45–40	14–4 (3–1)	Auburn Arena Auburn, AL
January 22, 2011 8:00 p.m., FSN		Arkansas	W 75–43	15–4 (4–1)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
January 25, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	at Georgia	W 104–91 ^2OT	16–4 (5–1)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
January 29, 2011 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 24	at Mississippi State	L 64–71	16–5 (5–2)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
February 1, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 23 Vanderbilt	W 65–61 ^OT	17–5 (6–2)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
February 5, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 10 Kentucky ESPN College GameDay	W 70–68	18–5 (7–2)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
February 9, 2011 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 17	at South Carolina	W 79–60	19–5 (8–2)	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 12, 2011 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 17	Tennessee	W 61–60	20–5 (9–2)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
February 20, 2011 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	at LSU	W 68–61	21–5 (10–2)	Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
February 24, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	Georgia	W 71–62	22–5 (11–2)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
February 26, 2011 4:00 p.m., CBS	No. 13	at No. 22 Kentucky	L 68–76	22–6 (11–3)	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
March 1, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 14	Alabama	W 78–51	23–6 (12–3)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
March 5, 2011 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	at No. 21 Vanderbilt	W 86–76	24–6 (13–3)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
SEC tournament
March 11, 2011 7:30 p.m., SECN	(1) No. 12	vs. (5) Tennessee Quarterfinals	W 85–74	25–6	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA
March 12, 2011 3:30 p.m., ABC	(1) No. 12	vs. (3) No. 24 Vanderbilt Semifinals	W 77–66	26–6	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA
March 13, 2011 1:00 p.m., ABC	(1) No. 12	vs. (2) No. 15 Kentucky Championship Game	L 54–70	26–7	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2011* 6:50 p.m., TBS	(2 SE) No. 15	vs. (15 SE) UC Santa Barbara Second round	W 79–51	27–7	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
March 19, 2011* 2:45 p.m., CBS	(2 SE) No. 15	vs. (7 SE) UCLA Third round	W 73–65	28–7	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
March 24, 2011* 7:27 p.m., TBS	(2 SE) No. 15	vs. (3 SE) No. 10 BYU Sweet Sixteen	W 83–74 ^OT	29–7	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
March 26, 2011* 4:20 p.m., CBS	(2 SE) No. 15	vs. (8 SE) Butler Elite Eight	L 71–74 ^OT	29–8	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=NCAA Southeast Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

NOTES

^{^[a]}The game on Dec. 28 against Fairfield University was canceled due to a heavy snowstorm that prevented Fairfield (Connecticut) from traveling to Gainesville.^[5]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre Oct 28	Wk 1 Nov 15	Wk 2 Nov 22	Wk 3 Nov 29	Wk 4 Dec 6	Wk 5 Dec 13	Wk 6 Dec 20	Wk 7 Dec 27	Wk 8 Jan 3	Wk 9 Jan 10	Wk 10 Jan 17	Wk 11 Jan 24	Wk 12 Jan 31	Wk 13 Feb 7	Wk 14 Feb 14	Wk 15 Feb 21	Wk 16 Feb 28	Wk 17 Mar 7	Wk 18 Mar 14	Final Mar 29
AP	9	9	16	18	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	NR	17	14	13	14	12	15	15
Coaches	11	10	14	16	24	24	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	23	19	15	13	14	12	13	10

Awards and honors

Chandler Parsons, SEC Player of the Year
Billy Donovan, SEC Coach of the Year

References

^ Florida Class of 2010 – Rivals
^ Florida Class of 2010 – Scout
^ Florida Class of 2010 – ESPN
^ "2010 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
^ "Gators' Game With Fairfield Canceled". Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[1] Florida Class of 2010 – Rivals

[2] Florida Class of 2010 – Scout

[3] Florida Class of 2010 – ESPN

[rivals1-4] "2010 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.

[5] "Gators' Game With Fairfield Canceled". Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

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