# 2010–11 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by head coach Mike Jarvis, played their home games at FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida, as members of the Sun Belt Conference. The Owls were regular-season champions in the Sun Belt Conference, but were upset in their first game of the Sun Belt Conference tournament by North Texas.
Florida Atlantic failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, but received an automatic bid to the 2011 NIT as the regular-season champions of the Sun Belt. The Owls were eliminated in the first round of the NIT by Miami, 85–62.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2010* 7:00 pm | | Northwood (FL) | L 81–85 $^{OT}$ | — | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| November 8, 2010* 7:00 pm | | Lynn | W 81–61 | — | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 12, 2010* 7:00 pm | | vs. UC Davis Athletes in Action Classic | W 70–63 | 1–0 | Chiles Center (647) Portland, OR |
| November 13, 2010* 7:30 pm | | vs. Milwaukee Athletes in Action Classic | W 85–76 | 2–0 | Chiles Center Portland, OR |
| November 14, 2010* 8:30 pm | | at Portland Athletes in Action Classic | L 75–89 | 2–1 | Chiles Center (1,164) Portland, OR |
| November 17, 2010* 7:00 pm | | Warner | W 88–58 | 3–1 | FAU Arena (952) Boca Raton, FL |
| November 20, 2010* 1:00 pm | | American | L 72–82 | 3–2 | FAU Arena (646) Boca Raton, FL |
| November 23, 2010* 7:00 pm | | at No. 16 Florida | L 66–79 | 3–3 | O'Connell Center (8,006) Gainesville, FL |
| November 27, 2010* 4:00 pm | | at George Mason | L 51–66 | 3–4 | Patriot Center (3,907) Fairfax, VA |
| November 30, 2010* 8:00 pm | | at Mississippi State | W 80–70 | 4–4 | Humphrey Coliseum (4,204) Starkville, MS |
| December 4, 2010* 8:00 pm | | South Florida | W 50–42 | 5–4 | FAU Arena (1,593) Boca Raton, FL |
| December 11, 2010* 4:00 pm | | at Hofstra | W 63–59 | 6–4 | Mack Sports Complex (2,514) Hempstead, NY |
| December 13, 2010* 7:15 pm | | at Siena | L 69–72 | 6–5 | Times Union Center (6,730) Albany, NY |
| December 16, 2010 8:00 pm | | at Troy | W 82–77 $^{OT}$ | 7–5 (1–0) | Sartain Hall (423) Troy, AL |
| December 19, 2010 7:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 60–58 | 8–5 (2–0) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (793) Monroe, LA |
| December 22, 2010* 8:30 pm | | at DePaul | L 62–71 | 8–6 | Allstate Arena (7,823) Rosemont, IL |
| January 3, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Florida Memorial | W 94–76 | 9–6 | FAU Arena (533) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 6, 2011 7:00 pm | | South Alabama | W 65–57 | 10–6 (3–0) | FAU Arena (719) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 8, 2011 7:00 pm | | Arkansas State | W 61–57 | 11–6 (4–0) | FAU Arena (1,339) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 11, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Manhattan | W 57–50 | 12–6 | FAU Arena (1,064) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 13, 2011 8:00 pm | | at Middle Tennessee | W 71–61 | 13–6 (5–0) | Murphy Center (2,413) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 15, 2011 8:00 pm | | at Western Kentucky | W 78–73 | 14–6 (6–0) | E. A. Diddle Arena (2,918) Bowling Green, KY |
| January 22, 2011 1:00 pm | | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 88–71 | 15–6 (7–0) | FAU Arena (2,343) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 27, 2011 7:00 pm | | Middle Tennessee | W 62–51 | 16–6 (8–0) | FAU Arena (1,186) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 29, 2011 7:00 pm | | Western Kentucky | L 53–57 | 16–7 (8–1) | FAU Arena (2,734) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 3, 2011 8:00 pm | | at North Texas | W 72–55 | 17–7 (9–1) | UNT Coliseum (4,352) Denton, TX |
| February 5, 2011 8:00 pm | | FIU | W 73–72 | 18–7 (10–1) | FAU Arena (2,961) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 10, 2011 9:00 pm | | at Denver | L 42–69 | 18–8 (10–2) | Magness Arena (4,295) Denver, CO |
| February 12, 2011 7:00 pm | | Louisiana–Lafayette | L 64–72 | 18–9 (10–3) | FAU Arena (2,143) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 19, 2011 7:00 pm | | at FIU | W 80–78 $^{OT}$ | 19–9 (11–3) | U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,531) Miami, FL |
| February 24, 2011 7:00 pm | | Troy | W 77–60 | 20–9 (12–3) | FAU Arena (1,834) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 27, 2011 5:00 pm | | at South Alabama | W 74–64 | 21–9 (13–3) | Mitchell Center (2,042) Mobile, AL |
| Sun Belt tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2011 7:45 pm | (E1) | vs. (W4) North Texas Sun Belt Quarterfinals | L 64–78 | 21–10 | Hot Springs Convention Center Hot Springs, AR |
| NIT ||||||
| March 15, 2011 8:00 pm | (7) | at (2) Miami (FL) NIT First Round | L 62–85 | 21–11 | BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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