# 2010–11 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented Northern Colorado University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by first year head coach B. J. Hill, played their home games at the Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 13–3 in Big Sky play to capture the Big Sky regular season championship. They also won the 2011 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament to receive an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, their first tournament bid in school history. In the tournament, they lost in the second round to San Diego State. However, they were forced to vacate their season and tournament results due to academic fraud and recruiting violations.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Emmanuel Addo | Forward/Center | 6–8 | 220 | Freshman | Northfield, Minnesota |
| 1 | Xzaivier James | Guard | 5–9 | 160 | Freshman | Greeley, Colorado |
| 2 | Lee Hall | Guard | 5–9 | 155 | Junior | Denver, Colorado |
| 3 | Paul Garnica | Guard | 6–0 | 160 | Freshman | San Antonio, Texas |
| 4 | Kevin Hanes | Center | 6–10 | 220 | Sophomore | Monument, Colorado |
| 5 | Tevin Svihovec | Guard | 6–2 | 200 | Freshman | Kingwood, Texas |
| 10 | Chris Kaba | Forward | 6–8 | 190 | Senior | Gary, Indiana |
| 11 | Elliott Lloyd | Guard | 6–4 | 165 | Sophomore | Houston, Texas |
| 15 | Tat Unruh | Guard | 6–4 | 170 | Freshman | Branson, Missouri |
| 23 | Mike Bedford | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 185 | Sophomore | Plano, Texas |
| 31 | Dave Arnold | Guard | 6–3 | 200 | Sophomore | Highlands Ranch, Colorado |
| 32 | Devon Beitzel | Guard | 6–1 | 180 | Senior | Lafayette, Colorado |
| 33 | Neal Kingman | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | Senior | Greeley, Colorado |
| 34 | Connor Osborne | Center | 6–9 | 250 | Sophomore | Littleton, Colorado |
| 41 | Mike Proctor | Forward/Center | 6–8 | 225 | Junior | Phoenix, Arizona |
| 44 | Taylor Montgomery | Forward/Center | 6–7 | 245 | Senior | Aurora, Colorado |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2010* 7:05 pm | | Western State | W 93–61 | – | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,276) Greeley, CO |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2010* 7:05 pm | | Tabor | W 93–52 | 1–0 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,063) Greeley, CO |
| 11/16/2010* 7:05 pm | | Wyoming | W 67–53 | 2–0 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,051) Greeley, CO |
| 11/16/2010* 3:00 pm, FSAZ | | at Arizona Las Vegas Invitational | L 70–93 | 2–1 | McKale Center (12,057) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/23/2010* 7:00 pm | | at Santa Clara Las Vegas Invitational | L 84–87 | 2–2 | Leavey Center (1,249) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/26/2010* 7:00 pm | | vs. Valparaiso Las Vegas Invitational | L 61–76 | 2–3 | Orleans Arena (4,010) Paradise, NV |
| 11/27/2010* 7:00 pm | | vs. Bethune–Cookman Las Vegas Invitational | W 69–45 | 3–3 | Orleans Arena (5,120) Paradise, NV |
| 12/04/2010* 7:35 pm | | Black Hills State | W 84–52 | 4–3 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,056) Greeley, CO |
| 12/12/2010* 4:00 pm, BTN | | at No. 16 Illinois | L 76–86 | 4–4 | Assembly Hall (14,814) Champaign, IL |
| 12/18/2010* 5:30 pm, FSNRM | | at Denver | L 68–71 | 4–5 | Magness Arena (3,460) Denver, CO |
| 12/20/2010* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 61–75 | 4–6 | Moby Arena (4,680) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/22/2010* 7:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 75–78 | 4–7 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (775) Monroe, LA |
| 12/29/2010 7:05 pm | | at Portland State | W 79–66 | 5–7 (1–0) | Peter Stott Center (823) Portland, OR |
| 12/31/2010 3:05 pm | | at Eastern Washington | W 75–73 | 6–7 (2–0) | Reese Court (1,001) Cheney, WA |
| 01/06/2011 7:05 pm | | Montana | W 63–45 | 7–7 (3–0) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,115) Greeley, CO |
| 01/08/2011 7:05 pm, Altitude | | Montana State | W 72–58 | 8–7 (4–0) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,897) Greeley, CO |
| 01/13/2011 7:25 pm | | Idaho State | W 57–37 | 9–7 (5–0) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,513) Greeley, CO |
| 01/20/2011 7:05 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 77–72 | 10–7 (6–0) | Colberg Court (429) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/22/2011 7:05 pm | | Weber State | W 65–46 | 11–7 (7–0) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,299) Greeley, CO |
| 01/29/2011 7:00 pm, Altitude | | at Weber State | L 71–72 | 11–8 (7–1) | Dee Events Center (7,505) Ogden, UT |
| 01/31/2011 6:37 pm | | at Northern Arizona | L 54–65 | 11–9 (7–2) | Walkup Skydome (722) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 02/03/2011 7:05 pm | | Eastern Washington | W 63–53 | 12–9 (8–2) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,556) Greeley, CO |
| 02/05/2011 7:05 pm | | Portland State | W 85–72 | 13–9 (9–2) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,222) Greeley, CO |
| 02/10/2011 7:05 pm | | at Montana State | W 85–72 | 14–9 (10–2) | Worthington Arena (3,157) Bozeman, MT |
| 02/12/2011 7:05 pm | | at Montana | L 42–55 | 14–10 (10–3) | Dahlberg Arena (6,542) Missoula, MT |
| 02/19/2011* 6:30 pm, Altitude2 | | at New Mexico State ESPN BracketBusters | W 82–80 | 15–10 | Pan American Center (5,244) Las Cruces, NM |
| 02/21/2011* 7:05 pm | | North Dakota | W 87–69 | 16–10 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,931) Greeley, CO |
| 02/26/2011 7:05 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 72–71 | 17–10 (11–3) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,755) Greeley, CO |
| 02/28/2011 7:05 pm | | at Idaho State | W 77–74 | 18–10 (12–3) | Holt Arena (1,983) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/02/2011 7:10 pm | | Sacramento State | W 84–54 | 19–10 (13–3) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (3,012) Greeley, CO |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| 3/8/11 8:00 pm, Altitude | | Northern Arizona Semifinals | W 73–70 | 20–10 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (3,003) Greeley, CO |
| 3/9/11 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Montana Championship Game | W 65–60 | 21–10 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (3,182) Greeley, CO |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 3/17/2011* 2:40 pm, TNT | (15 W) | vs. (2 W) No. 6 San Diego State Second Round | L 50–68 | 21–11 | McKale Center (10,101) Tucson, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=NCAA West Regional. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||