# 2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team, led by head coached by Ricardo Patton, were members of the Mid-American Conference and played their homes game at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois. The Huskies lost to Bowling Green in the first round of the 2011 MAC tournament.

## Roster

| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| Aksel Bolin | 32 | G/F | 6–7 | 200 | Freshman | Asker, Norway |
| Antone Christian | 3 | G | 6–2 | 189 | Freshman | Nashville, TN |
| Tre Edwards | 2 | G | 6–0 | 172 | Freshman | Racine, WI |
| Demarcus Grady | | G | 6–1 | 203 | Junior | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Lee Fisher | 30 | F | 6–5 | 212 | Junior | Dolton, IL |
| Bryan Hall | 1 | G | 6–1 | 186 | Junior | Chicago, IL |
| Kyree Jones | 55 | G | 6–2 | 205 | Freshman | Indianapolis, IN |
| Jeremy Landers | 24 | G | 6–2 | 185 | Senior | Milwaukee, WI |
| Cameron Madlock | 23 | F | 6–9 | 215 | Junior | Milwaukee, WI |
| Tony Nixon | 25 | G | 6–4 | 200 | Sophomore | South Holland, IL |
| Michael Patton | 4 | G | 5–10 | 189 | Senior | Boulder, CO |
| Nate Rucker | 12 | F/C | 6–6 | 245 | Freshman | Memphis, TN |
| Xavier Silas | 13 | G | 6–5 | 198 | Senior | Austin, TX |
| Tyler Storm | 44 | G | 6–7 | 217 | Junior | Geneseo, IL |
| Tim Toler | 5 | F | 6–7 | 270 | Junior | Indianapolis, IN |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Ricardo Patton | Head coach | Belmont University | 1980 |
| Sundance Wicks | Assistant coach | Northern State University | 2003 |
| Will Smith | Assistant coach | University of Colorado at Boulder | 2000 |
| Todd Townsend | Assistant coach | Marquette University | 2005 |
| Kent Dernbach | Director of Basketball Operations | Carthage College | 2004 |

## Schedule

2010–11 game log :
November
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 12
Northwestern
L 78–97
Xavier Silas- 25
Xavier Silas/ Nate Rucker- 6
Michael Patton- 4
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (4,001)
0–1 (0–0)
2
November 12
At Bradley
L 63–66
Xavier Silas- 22
Nate Rucker- 10
Michael Patton- 4
Carver Arena, Peoria, IL (7,646)
0–2 (0–0)
3
November 21
Cardianl Stritch
W 81–57
Xavier Silas- 34
Tim Toler/Lee Fisher- 7
Bryan Hall- 5
Convocation Center, Dekalb,IL (667)
1–2 (0–0)
4
November 24
At Maryland Eastern Shore
W 86–80
Xavier Silas- 34
Xavier Silas/ Lee Fisher – 6
Bryan Hall- 7
Hytche Center, Princess Anne, MD (612)
2–2 (0–0)
5
November 29
Boise St
L 80–52
Bryan Hall- 10
Tony Nixon- 5
Bryan Hall/ Michael Patton- 3
Convocation Center, Dekalb, Il (694)
2–3 (0–0) :
December
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
December 2
At Depaul
L 86–84
Xavier Silas- 34
Nate Rucker- 8
Bryan Hall- 5
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL (7,044)
2–4 (0–0)
7
December 14
Illinois-Chicago
W 80–78
Xavier Silas- 40
Lee Fisher- 9
Xavier Silas- 3
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (779)
3–4 (0–0)
8
December 18
At Temple
L 84–74
Xavier Silas- 27
Cameron Madlock- 10
Xavier Silas- 5
Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA (3,116)
3–5 (0–0)
9
December 22
At Southern Illinois
L 61–49
Xavier Silas- 11
Lee Fisher- 6
Tim Toler- 4
SIU Arena, Carbondale, IL (4,239)
3–6 (0–0)
10
December 27
At Missouri
L 97–69
Tim Toler- 13
Tim Toler/ Lee Fisher- 7
Michael Patton- 4
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO (10,776)
3–7 (0–0)
11
December 31
Utah Valley
W 86–76
Xavier Silas- 26
Tim Toler- 6
Tim Toler/ Xavier Silas- 3
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (853)
4–7 (0–0) :
January
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
January 3
At Iowa State
L 72–63
Xavier Silas- 18
Tim Toler- 10
Xavier Silas- 4
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA (11,469)
4–8 (0–0)
13
January 8
Ball State
L 75–70
Tim Toler- 22
Nate Rucker/ Jeremy Landers- 5
4 players with 3
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (1,041)
4–9 (0–1)
14
January 11
Eastern Michigan
W 71–69
Xavier Silas- 31
Tim Toler – 7
Jeremy Landers- 7
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (490)
5–9 (1–1)
15
January 15
Toledo
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
16
January 20
At Central Michigan
McGuirk Arena, Mount Pleasant, MI
17
January 22
At Western Michigan
University Arena, Kalamazoo, MI
18
January 26
Akron
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
19
January 29
At Buffalo
Alumni Arena, Buffalo, NY :
February
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
February 2
Bowling Green
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
21
February 5
At Ohio
Convocation Center, Athens, OH
22
February 9
At Miami (OH)
Millett Hall, Oxford, OH
23
February 12
Kent St)
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
24
February 15
Western Michigan
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
25
February 19
ESPNU BracketBusters, TBD
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
26
February 23
Central Michigan
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
27
February 26
At Toledo
Savage Arena, Toledo, OH :
March
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
March 2
Eastern Michigan
Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL
29
March 5
At Ball State
John E. Worthen Arena, Muncie, IN :