# 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 2010–11 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by head coach Ben Howland and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion. They finished the conference season in second place (13–5), and were a 2-seed at the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, where they lost to 7-seed Oregon in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as the #7 seeded team in the Southeast Region, where they defeated #10 seed Michigan State before falling to #2 seed Florida in the third round. They finished the season 23–11.

## Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Joshua Smith C | Kent, WA | Kentwood HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 320 lb (150 kg) | Nov 9, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Tyler Lamb SG | Santa Ana, CA | Mater Dei HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Aug 27, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Matt Carlino SG | Scottsdale, AZ | Bloomington South HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Lazeric Jones PG | Chicago, IL | John A. Logan CC | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Dec 27, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| Travis Wear PF | Huntington Beach, CA | Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| David Wear PF | Huntington Beach, CA | Mater Dei HS / University of North Carolina | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16 Rivals: 18 ESPN: 15 ||||||
| 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: "UCLA Commit List for 2010". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "ESPN - UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 2010". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV | | Westmont | W 95–59 | — | Pauley Pavilion (4,972) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 9, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV | | Cal State Los Angeles | W 84–59 | – | Pauley Pavilion (4,595) Los Angeles, CA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 12, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV | | Cal State Northridge | W 83–50 | 1–0 | Pauley Pavilion (6,687) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 15, 2010* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Pepperdine NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals | W 79–69 | 2–0 | Pauley Pavilion (6,748) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 16, 2010* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | | Pacific NIT Season Tip-Off Regionals | W 57–44 | 3–0 | Pauley Pavilion (8,345) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 24, 2010* 6:55 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 7 Villanova NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals | L 70–82 | 3–1 | Madison Square Garden (6,746) New York City |
| November 26, 2010* 11:30 am, ESPN2 | | vs. VCU NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game | L 85–89 | 3–2 | Madison Square Garden (7,228) New York City |
| December 2, 2010* 6:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 4 Kansas Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | L 76–77 | 3–3 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| December 5, 2010* 7:00 pm, Prime Ticket | | Montana | L 44–54 | 3–4 | Pauley Pavilion (5,391) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 11, 2010* 5:00 pm, Prime Ticket | | Cal Poly | W 72–61 | 4–4 | Pauley Pavilion (5,496) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 13, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | UC Davis | W 74–67 | 5–4 | Pauley Pavilion (5,811) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 18, 2010* 2:30 pm, FSN/PT | | vs. No. 18 BYU John R. Wooden Classic | W 86–79 | 6–4 | Honda Center (12,499) Anaheim, CA |
| December 21, 2010* 7:30 pm, BruinTV | | Montana State | W 75–59 | 7–4 | Pauley Pavilion (5,390) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 23, 2010* 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | UC Irvine | W 74–73 | 8–4 | Pauley Pavilion (6,380) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 29, 2010 8:00 pm, FSN/PT | | Washington State | W 80–71 | 9–4 (1–0) | Pauley Pavilion (7,934) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 31, 2010 1:00 pm, FSN/PT | | Washington | L 63–74 | 9–5 (1–1) | Pauley Pavilion (9,049) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 9, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT | | at USC | L 52–63 | 9–6 (1–2) | Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 13, 2011 5:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | at Oregon State | W 62–57 | 10–6 (2–2) | Gill Coliseum (6,857) Corvallis, OR |
| January 15, 2011 2:00 pm, Prime Ticket | | at Oregon | W 67–59 | 11–6 (3–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (11,089) Eugene, OR |
| January 20, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | California | W 86–84 | 12–6 (4–2) | Pauley Pavilion (8,650) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 22, 2011 11:00 am, CBS | | Stanford | W 68–57 | 13–6 (5–2) | Pauley Pavilion (8,772) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 27, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Arizona | L 74–85 | 13–7 (5–3) | McKale Center (14,528) Tucson, AZ |
| January 29, 2011 12:30 pm, FSN/PT | | at Arizona State | W 73–72 $^{OT}$ | 14–7 (6–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,086) Tempe, AZ |
| February 2, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT | | USC | W 64–50 | 15–7 (7–3) | Pauley Pavilion (10,419) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 5, 2011* 10:00 am, CBS | | St. John's | W 66–59 | 16–7 | Pauley Pavilion (8,592) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 10, 2011 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | Oregon | W 64–54 | 17–7 (8–3) | Pauley Pavilion (7,406) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 12, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT | | Oregon State | W 69–61 | 18–7 (9–3) | Pauley Pavilion (8,534) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 17, 2011 7:30 pm, FSN/PT | | at Stanford | W 69–65 | 19–7 (10–3) | Maples Pavilion (5,856) Stanford, CA |
| February 20, 2011 7:00 pm, FSN/PT | | at California | L 72–76 $^{OT}$ | 19–8 (10–4) | Haas Pavilion (9,688) Berkeley, CAe |
| February 24, 2011 8:00 pm, FSN/PT | | Arizona State | W 71–53 | 20–8 (11–4) | Pauley Pavilion (8,080) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 26, 2011 1:00 pm, FSN/PT | | No. 10 Arizona | W 71–49 | 21–8 (12–4) | Pauley Pavilion (11,986) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 3, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Washington | L 63–70 | 21–9 (12–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,931) Seattle, WA |
| March 5, 2011 2:30 pm, FSN/PT | | at Washington State | W 58–54 $^{OT}$ | 22–9 (13–5) | Beasley Coliseum (9,317) Pullman, WA |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2011 6:00 pm, FSN | (2) | vs. (7) Oregon Pac-10 Quarterfinals | L 59–76 | 22–10 | Staples Center (12,191) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2011* 6:20 pm, TBS | (7 SE) | vs. (10 SE) Michigan State NCAA Second Round | W 78–76 | 23–10 | St. Pete Times Forum (15,504) Tampa, FL |
| March 19, 2011* 11:45 am, CBS | (7 SE) | vs. (2 SE) No. 15 Florida NCAA Third Round | L 65–73 | 23–11 | St. Pete Times Forum (17,771) Tampa, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=NCAA Southeast Regional. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Honors

Malcolm Lee, Tyler Honeycutt, and Reeves Nelson were named to the All-Pac-10 first team. The three selection were the most of any team in the Pac-10 Conference. It's the first time the Bruins have had that many first-team selections since Toby Bailey, Jelani McCoy and Charles O'Bannon were picked in 1997.
Lee was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Defensive team, while Joshua Smith was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team.