# 2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 16, 2010 and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 10–13, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The regular-season champion of the league and its East Division was Florida, with Alabama winning the West Division crown. Kentucky won the tournament crown and went on to make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
This was the last season for the SEC's two-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011 to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.

## Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:
| | SEC Media |
| | SEC East |
| 1. | Florida |
| 2. | Kentucky |
| 3. | Georgia |
| 4. | Tennessee |
| 5. | Vanderbilt |
| 6. | South Carolina |
| | SEC West |
| 1. | Mississippi State |
| 2. | Ole Miss |
| 3. | Alabama |
| 4. | Arkansas |
| 5. | LSU |
| 6. | Auburn |
Pre-Season All-SEC Teams
| SEC Media | SEC Coaches |
| Brandon Knight Kentucky Travis Leslie Georgia Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss | Dee Bost Mississippi State JaMychal Green Alabama Scotty Hopson Tennessee Travis Leslie Georgia Chandler Parsons Florida Marshawn Powell Arkansas Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss |
* SEC Coaches select 8 players
* Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

## Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 |
| Alabama | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| Alabama | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | | | RV | RV | – |
| Arkansas | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arkansas | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida | AP | 9 | 9 | 16 | 18 | RV | RV | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| Florida | C | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | – |
| Georgia | AP | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | 24 | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| Georgia | C | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| Kentucky | AP | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
| Kentucky | C | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 16 | |
| LSU | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LSU | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mississippi State | AP | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mississippi State | C | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tennessee | AP | 23 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 19 | RV | RV | | | | | RV | | | | | |
| Tennessee | C | 20 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 18 | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vanderbilt | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | RV | RV | 19 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 21 | RV | 25 |
| Vanderbilt | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | – |

## Attendance

| Rk | Team | Arena | Capacity | Gms. | Avg. Att. | % Full | Total Att. |
| 1 | Kentucky | Rupp Arena | 23,500 | 15 | 23,603 | 100.4% | 354,046 |
| 2 | Tennessee | Thompson–Boling Arena | 21,678 | 18 | 18,952 | 87.4% | 341,130 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt | Memorial Gymnasium | 14,316 | 17 | 13,802 | 96.4% | 234,632 |
| 4 | Arkansas | Bud Walton Arena | 19,368 | 19 | 11,884 | 61.4% | 225,794 |
| 5 | Alabama | Coleman Coliseum | 15,316 | 16 | 11,757 | 76.8% | 188,119 |
| 6 | South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena | 18,000 | 17 | 10,427 | 57.9% | 177,254 |
| 7 | Florida | O'Connell Center | 12,000 | 17 | 10,186 | 84.9% | 173,158 |
| 8 | Georgia | Stegeman Coliseum | 10,523 | 16 | 8,250 | 78.4% | 131,998 |
| 9 | LSU | Maravich Assembly Center | 13,472 | 18 | 7,153 | 53.1% | 128,749 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | Tad Smith Coliseum | 9,061 | 17 | 6,360 | 70.2% | 108,120 |
| 11 | Auburn | Auburn Arena | 9,121 | 20 | 6,324 | 69.3% | 126,483 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | Humphrey Coliseum | 10,500 | 17 | 5,710 | 54.4% | 97,069 |
| | | TOTALS | 177,334 | 207 | 11,200 | 75.8% | 2,286,552 |

## Post season
### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | First round | Second round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four |
| 2 | Southeast | Florida | W, 79–51 vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara – 3/17, Tampa, Florida | W, 73–65 vs. #7 UCLA | W, 83–74 (OT) vs. #3 BYU – 3/24, New Orleans | L, 71–74 (OT) vs. #8 Butler | |
| 4 | East | Kentucky | W, 59–57 vs. #13 Princeton – 3/17, Tampa, Florida | W, 71–63 vs. #5 West Virginia | W, 62–60 vs. #1 Ohio State – 3/25, Newark, New Jersey | W, 76–69 vs. #4 North Carolina | L, 55–56 vs. #3 Connecticut – 4/2, Houston |
| 5 | Southwest | Vanderbilt | L, 66–69 vs. #12 Richmond – 3/17, Denver | | | | |
| 9 | West | Tennessee | L, 45–75 vs. #8 Michigan – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina | | | | |
| 10 | East | Georgia | L, 65–68 vs. #7 Washington – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina | | | | |

### National Invitation Tournament

| # of Bids | Record | Win % | R2 | R3 | SF | CG |
| 2 | 4–2 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | Bid Type | Seed | Results |
| Alabama | At-large | 1 | W 68–44 vs. 8 Coastal Carolina W 74-67 vs. 4 New Mexico W 79–64 vs. 2 Miami (FL) W 62–61 vs. 1 Colorado L 57-68 4 Wichita State |
| Ole Miss | At-large | 5 | L 74–77 vs. 4 California |

## Awards and honors
### All SEC teams and awards

The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the SEC coaches:
2011 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Chandler Parsons, FLORIDA |
| Coach of the Year | Billy Donovan, FLORIDA |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Rookie of the Year | Terrence Jones, C., KENTUCKY |
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Riley Benock, G., MISSISSIPPI STATE |
| Sixth Man Award | Brian Williams, C., TENNESSEE |
2011 All-SEC Men's Basketball Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | All-Defensive Team | All-Rookie Team |
| JaMychal Green, F., ALABAMA Chandler Parsons†, F., FLORIDA Trey Thompkins, F., GEORGIA Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY Brandon Knight, F., KENTUCKY Chris Warren†, G., OLE MISS Scotty Hopson, G., TENNESSEE John Jenkins†, G., VANDERBILT | Tony Mitchell, F., ALABAMA Rotnei Clarke, G., ARKANSAS Kenny Boynton, G., FLORIDA Erving Walker, G., FLORIDA Travis Leslie, F., GEORGIA Dee Bost, G., MISS STATE Tobias Harris, F., TENNESSEE Festus Ezeli, C., VANDERBILT Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT | Delvon Johnson, F., ARKANSAS DeAndre Liggins, G., KENTUCKY Reginald Bucker, F., OLE MISS Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT | Trevor Releford, G., ALABAMA Patric Young, F., FLORIDA Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY Brandon Knight, G., KENTUCKY Doron Lamb, G., KENTUCKY Ralston Turner, G., LSU Bruce Ellington, G.,SOUTH CAROLINA Tobias Harris, F.,TENNESSEE |
| † - denotes unanimous selection |||||