The 2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2010–2011. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith was in his fourth year at Minnesota. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season The Gophers began their season without Devoe Joseph, who was suspended for 6 regular season games due to a violation of team rules. Despite this, the Gophers won the early season Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament by defeating Western Kentucky, then 8th-ranked North Carolina, and West Virginia.

Joseph then abruptly left the team in January, transferring to the University of Oregon.

Roster #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)0Al Nolen6'1"188GSr.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Minneapolis Camden HS4Dominique Dawson6'7"240FSo.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Minneapolis SW HS10Oto Osenieks6'8"205FFr.Riga, LatviaBrehm Prep13Maverick Ahanmisi6'2"175GFr.Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.Stoneridge Prep15Maurice Walker6'10"289FFr.Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaBrewster Academy20Austin Hollins6'4"160GFr.Germantown, TN, U.S.Germantown HS22Chris Halvorsen6'8"190FSo.St. Paul, MN, U.S.Henry Sibley HS23Chip Armelin6'3"186GFr.Sulphur, LA, U.S.Sulphur HS24Blake Hoffarber6'4"210GSr.Minnetonka, MN, U.S.Hopkins HS32Trevor Mbakwe6'8"240FRJr.Saint Paul, MN, U.S.St. Bernard's HSMiami Dade College33Rodney Williams6'7"200FSo.Minneapolis, MN, U.S.Robbinsdale Cooper HS45Colton Iverson6'10"258F/CJr.Yankton, SD, U.S.Yankton HS50Ralph Sampson III6'11"241F/CJr.Duluth, GA, U.S.Northview HS55Elliott Eliason6'11"242CFr.Chadron, NE, U.S.Chadron HS

2010–11 Schedule and results

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! colspan="9" style=|Non-conference regular season

! colspan="9" style=|Big Ten regular season

! colspan="9" style=|Big Ten tournament

Rankings

Poll Pre 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 Wk 18 Final AP RV RV 15 15 22 21 17 14 RV RV 15 16 18 RV RV NR Coaches RV RV 17 13 20 20 16 13 21 25 19 18 20 25 RV NR

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