# 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. In the Elite Eight, they lost to the eventual national champion Connecticut.

## 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 First 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 Second 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