2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
# 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second year head coach Sean Miller, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. Miller was named the Pac-10 Conference 2011 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year. The Wildcats finished the regular season 25–6, 14–4 in Pac-10 play to win the twelfth Pac-10 regular season championship title for first time since 2005 and lost in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament to Washington. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, as the No. 5 seed in the West Regional, where they defeated Memphis in the second round, Texas in the third round, and Duke in the round of sixteen.

## Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :

| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Daniel Bejarano SG | Phoenix, Arizona | North High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Oct 9, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Jesse Perry SF | St. Louis, Missouri | John A. Logan Community College (IL) | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Mar 28, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Jordin Mayes SG | Los Angeles, California | Westchester | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Feb 1, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR ESPN: NR ||||||
| 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: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| C | Derrick Williams | Kyryl Natyazhko | Alex Jacobson | |
| PF | Jesse Perry | Jamelle Horne | | |
| SF | Solomon Hill | Kevin Parrom | Max Wiepking | |
| SG | Kyle Fogg | Brendon Lavender | Daniel Bejarano | |
| PG | Lamont Jones | Jordin Mayes | Dondre Wise | Robert Arvizu |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | $Rank^#$ | $Opponent^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 7, 2010* 4:00 pm | | Augustana (SD) | W 70–59 | — | McKale Center (11,985) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 14, 2010* 3:00 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | | Idaho State | W 90–42 | 1–0 | McKale Center (12,142) Tucson, AZ |
| November 18, 2010* 6:30 pm, FSAZ | | New Mexico State | W 83–57 | 2–0 | McKale Center (13,590) Tucson, AZ |
| November 21, 2010* 3:00 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | | Northern Colorado Las Vegas Invitational | W 93–70 | 3–0 | McKale Center (12,057) Tucson, AZ |
| November 23, 2010* 6:30 pm, FCS | | Bethune–Cookman Las Vegas Invitational | W 78–45 | 4–0 | McKale Center (11,762) Tucson, AZ |
| November 26, 2010* 7:30 pm, KWBA | | vs. Santa Clara Las Vegas Invitational semifinal | W 82–59 | 5–0 | Orleans Arena (4,010) Paradise, NV |
| November 27, 2010* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 6 Kansas Las Vegas Invitational championship | L 79–87 | 5–1 | Orleans Arena (5,120) Paradise, NV |
| December 1, 2010* 6:00 pm, CBSCS | | at Rice | W 84–57 | 6–1 | Tudor Fieldhouse (2,680) Houston, TX |
| December 5, 2010* 2:00 pm, FSN | | Oklahoma Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | W 83–60 | 7–1 | McKale Center (13,025) Tucson, AZ |
| December 8, 2010* 6:30 pm, KWBA/FCS | | Cal State Fullerton | W 73–62 | 8–1 | McKale Center (12,199) Tucson, AZ |
| December 11, 2010* 4:00 pm, BYUTV | | vs. No. 18 BYU | L 65–87 | 8–2 | EnergySolutions Arena (15,814) Salt Lake City, UT |
| December 16, 2010* 8:30 pm, FSAZ | | Northern Arizona Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic | W 63–58 | 9–2 | McKale Center (13,557) Tucson, AZ |
| December 19, 2010* 2:30 pm, FSN | | at NC State | W 72–62 | 10–2 | RBC Center (16,119) Raleigh, NC |
| December 22, 2010* 6:30 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | | Robert Morris | W 82–56 | 11–2 | McKale Center (13,982) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-10 regular season ||||||
| December 30, 2010 8:00 pm, KWBA | | at Oregon | W 76–57 | 12–2 (1–0) | McArthur Court (6,498) Eugene, OR |
| January 2, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN | | at Oregon State | L 75–76 | 12–3 (1–1) | Gill Coliseum (5,218) Corvallis, OR |
| January 6, 2011 8:30 pm, FSN | | California | W 73–71 | 13–3 (2–1) | McKale Center (13,863) Tucson, AZ |
| January 9, 2011 12:30 pm, FSAZ | | Stanford | W 67–57 | 14–3 (3–1) | McKale Center (14,374) Tucson, AZ |
| January 15, 2011 12:30 pm, FSN | | Arizona State | W 80–69 | 15–3 (4–1) | McKale Center (14,601) Tucson, AZ |
| January 20, 2011 8:30 pm, FSN | | at No. 20 Washington | L 68–85 | 15–4 (4–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| January 22, 2011 8:30 pm, FSAZ | | at Washington State | W 65–63 | 16–4 (5–2) | Beasley Coliseum (8,850) Pullman, WA |
| January 27, 2011 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | UCLA | W 85–74 | 17–4 (6–2) | McKale Center (14,528) Tucson, AZ |
| January 29, 2011 5:30 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | | USC | W 82–73 | 18–4 (7–2) | McKale Center (14,613) Tucson, AZ |
| February 3, 2011 7:00 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | No. 21 | at Stanford | W 78–69 | 19–4 (8–2) | Maples Pavilion (5,532) Stanford, CA |
| February 5, 2011 6:00 pm, KWBA/FSAZ | No. 21 | at California | W 107–105 $^{3OT}$ | 20–4 (9–2) | Haas Pavilion (9,723) Berkeley, CA |
| February 13, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 15 | at Arizona State | W 67–52 | 21–4 (10–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (10,189) Tempe, AZ |
| February 17, 2011 6:30 pm, FSN | No. 12 | Washington State | W 79–70 | 22–4 (11–2) | McKale Center (14,456) Tucson, AZ |
| February 19, 2011 4:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | Washington | W 87–86 | 23–4 (12–2) | McKale Center (14,619) Tucson, AZ |
| February 24, 2011 8:30 pm, KWBA/FSAZ+ | No. 10 | at USC | L 57–65 | 23–5 (12–3) | Galen Center (6,857) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 26, 2011 2:00 pm, FSN | No. 10 | at UCLA | L 49–71 | 23–6 (12–4) | Pauley Pavilion (11,986) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 3, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 18 | Oregon State | W 70–59 | 24–6 (13–4) | McKale Center (14,588) Tucson, AZ |
| March 5, 2011 12:00 pm, CBS | No. 18 | Oregon | W 90–82 | 25–6 (14–4) | McKale Center (14,605) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2011 3:30 pm, FSN | (1) No. 16 | vs. (9) Oregon State Pac-10 Quarterfinals | W 78–69 | 26–6 | Staples Center (10,782) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 11, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN | (1) No. 16 | vs. (4) USC Pac-10 Semifinals | W 67–62 | 27–6 | Staples Center (13,190) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 12, 2011 3:00 pm, CBS | (1) No. 16 | vs. (3) Washington Championship | L 75–77 $^{OT}$ | 27–7 | Staples Center (12,074) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2011* 12:45 pm, CBS | (5 W) No. 17 | vs. (12 W) Memphis NCAA Second Round | W 77–75 | 28–7 | BOK Center (12,631) Tulsa, OK |
| March 20, 2011* 6:10 pm, TNT | (5 W) No. 17 | vs. (4 W) No. 8 Texas NCAA Third Round | W 70–69 | 29–7 | BOK Center (15,839) Tulsa, OK |
| March 24, 2011* 7:45 pm, CBS | (5 W) No. 17 | vs. (1 W) No. 3 Duke NCAA Sweet Sixteen | W 93–77 | 30–7 | Honda Center (17,890) Anaheim, CA |
| March 26, 2011* 5:05 pm, CBS | (5 W) No. 17 | vs. (3 W) No. 9 Connecticut NCAA Elite Eight | L 63–65 | 30–8 | Honda Center (17,856) Anaheim, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#Rankings$ from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Awards

### Lamont Jones

* Pac-10 Player of the Week (January 31, 2011)

### Derrick Williams

* Pac-10 Player of the Year
* Pac-10 First Team All-Conference
* Pac-10 Player of the Week (December 6, 2010; January 17, 2011; February 21, 2011)
* Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (Associated Press, Sporting News, USBWA, NABC)
* USBWA District IX Player of the Year
* Wooden Award All-American
* Sports Illustrated First-team All-American
* Fox Sports Second-team All-American

### Sean Miller

* Pac-10 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year
