The 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs are members of the West Coast Conference, and were led by head coach Mark Few. They played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.
The team lost the 2010 WCC Player of the Year Matt Bouldin to graduation, but returned the rest of their starting lineup. Three of the returning players participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey—Elias Harris for Germany and Kelly Olynyk and Robert Sacre for Canada. Gonzaga was the only NCAA school with more than one player involved in the 2010 Worlds.
The Bulldogs finished the 2010–11 season 25–10, 11–3 in WCC play to share the regular season championship with Saint Mary's. They defeated Saint Mary's in the championship game of the 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. As the 11 seed in the southeast region, they defeated 6 seed St. John's in the second round before falling to 3 seed Brigham Young in the third round.
Preseason In 2010–11, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team were in their 31st season as a member of the West Coast Conference. Since 2004, the team has played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000. In their previous season, a West Coast Conference Preseason poll predicted that the Gonzaga Bulldogs would finish first in the conference.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure C 273 Bonney Lake, Washington Graduated G 224 Highlands Ranch, Colorado Graduated G 175 Quincy, Washington Graduated G 220 Vancouver, British Columbia Transferred to NAIT F 204 Portland, Oregon Transferred to Seattle Pacific G 204 Marion, Iowa Transferred to Creighton G 177 McKinney, Texas
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown PreviousSchool YearsRemaining DateEligible G 178 San Diego, California Three Rivers CC 2 Oct. 1, 2010
2010 recruiting class
Roster
Rankings
+ Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Poll Pre 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 AP 12 11 22 RV RV -- RV RV RV RV RV -- -- -- Coaches 12 12 18 24 RV -- -- RV RV RV RV -- -- --
Schedule
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular Season
!colspan=9| 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
!colspan=9| 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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