# 2010–11 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 9th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. As the winner of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, the Huskies earn an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament, the school's 16th appearance in the NCAA tournament. At the national tournament, the Huskies beat Georgia in the second round before falling to eventual Elite Eight contender North Carolina in the third round. They finished the season with a 24–11 record.

## Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Terrence Ross SG | Portland, Oregon | Jefferson | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Apr 26, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Aziz N'Diaye C | Dakar, Senegal | College of Southern Idaho | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Apr 14, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC ||||||
| Desmond Simmons SF | Vallejo, California | Salesian | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | May 12, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr ||||||
| 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: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## 2010–11 Team
### Roster

Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 0 | Abdul Gaddy* | 6'3" | 195 | G | So. | Tacoma, WA, U.S. | Bellarmine Prep |
| 1 | Venoy Overton | 6'0" | 185 | G | Sr. | Seattle, WA, U.S. | Franklin HS |
| 2 | Isaiah Thomas | 5'9" | 185 | G | Jr. | Tacoma, WA, U.S. | South Kent School |
| 5 | Aziz N'Diaye | 7'0" | 260 | C | So. | Dakar, Senegal | College of Southern Idaho |
| 10 | Antoine Hosley | 5'11" | 185 | G | Fr. | Portland, OR, U.S. | Jefferson HS |
| 11 | Matthew Bryan-Amaning | 6'9" | 240 | F | Sr. | London, England, U.K. | South Kent School |
| 15 | Scott Suggs | 6'6" | 195 | G | Jr. | Washington, MO, U.S. | Washington HS |
| 22 | Justin Holiday | 6'6" | 180 | F | Sr. | Chatsworth, CA, U.S. | Campbell Hall School |
| 23 | C. J. Wilcox | 6'5" | 190 | G | RS Fr. | Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S. | Pleasant Grove HS |
| 30 | Desmond Simmons | 6'7" | 215 | F | Fr. | Vallejo, CA, U.S. | Salesian HS |
| 31 | Terrence Ross | 6'6" | 190 | G | Fr. | Portland, OR, U.S. | Jefferson HS |
| 33 | Tyreese Breshers | 6'7" | 255 | F | So. | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Price HS |
| 42 | Brendan Sherrer | 6'8" | 245 | F | Jr. | Monroe, WA, U.S. | Archbishop Murphy HS |
| 44 | Darnell Gant | 6'8" | 225 | F | RS Jr. | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Crenshaw HS |
Abdul Gaddy suffered an ACL tear January 5, 2011 and sat out the remainder of the season.*

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Year at Washington | Alma Mater (Year) |
| Lorenzo Romar | Head coach | 9th | Washington (1980) |
| Raphael Chillious | Assistant coach | 3rd | Lafayette (1996) |
| Paul Fortier | Assistant coach | 6th | Washington (2003) |
| Jim Shaw | Assistant coach | 7th | Western Oregon State (1985) |
| Lance LaVetter | Director of Basketball Operations | 9th | Northern Arizona (1992) |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2010* 5:00 pm | No. 18 | Saint Martin's | W 97–76 | – | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,909) Seattle, WA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2010* 1:00 pm | No. 18 | McNeese State | W 118–64 | 1–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,914) Seattle, WA |
| 11/16/2010* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 17 | Eastern Washington | W 98–72 | 2–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,897) Seattle, WA |
| 11/22/2010* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. Virginia Maui Invitational first round | W 106–63 | 3–0 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/23/2010* 6:30 pm, ESPN | No. 13 | vs. No. 8 Kentucky Maui Invitational semifinals | L 67–74 | 3–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/24/2010* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. No. 2 Michigan State Maui Invitational 3rd place game | L 71–76 | 3–2 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/30/2010* 8:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 23 | Long Beach State | W 102–75 | 4–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,223) Seattle, WA |
| 12/04/2010* 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 23 | Texas Tech Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | W 108–79 | 5–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,044) Seattle, WA |
| 12/06/2010* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 21 | Portland | W 94–72 | 6–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,425) Seattle, WA |
| 12/11/2010* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 21 | at Texas A&M Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series | L 62–63 | 6–3 | Reed Arena (10,296) College Station, TX |
| 12/18/2010* 7:00 pm, FSNNW | | San Francisco | W 80–52 | 7–3 | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,807) Seattle, WA |
| 12/22/2010* 6:00 pm, FSNNW | | Nevada | W 90–60 | 8–3 | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 12/29/2010 7:30 pm | | at USC | W 73–67 $^{OT}$ | 9–3 (1–0) | Galen Center (5,584) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/31/2010 1:00 pm, FSN | | at UCLA | W 74–63 | 10–3 (2–0) | Pauley Pavilion (9,049) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/06/2011 5:30 pm, FSNNW | No. 23 | Oregon | W 87–69 | 11–3 (3–0) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,692) Seattle, WA |
| 01/08/2011 3:30 pm, FSNNW | No. 23 | Oregon State | W 103–72 | 12–3 (4–0) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,671) Seattle, WA |
| 01/13/2011 7:00 pm | No. 17 | at Stanford | L 56–58 | 12–4 (4–1) | Maples Pavilion (5,896) Stanford, CA |
| 01/16/2011 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 17 | at California | W 92–71 | 13–4 (5–1) | Haas Pavilion (8,649) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/20/2011 7:30 pm, FSN | No. 20 | No. 25 Arizona | W 85–68 | 14–4 (6–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 01/22/2011 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 20 | Arizona State | W 88–75 | 15–4 (7–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,905) Seattle, WA |
| 01/30/2011 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 18 | at Washington State | L 80–87 | 15–5 (7–2) | Beasley Coliseum (10,579) Pullman, WA |
| 02/03/2011 6:00 pm, FSNNW | No. 20 | at Oregon State | L 56–68 | 15–6 (7–3) | Gill Coliseum (5,783) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/05/2011 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 20 | at Oregon | L 76–81 | 15–7 (7–4) | Matthew Knight Arena (11,925) Eugene, OR |
| 02/10/2011 6:00 pm, FSNNW | | California | W 109–77 | 16–7 (8–4) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,883) Seattle, WA |
| 02/12/2011 5:30 pm, FSNNW | | Stanford | W 87–76 | 17–7 (9–4) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/17/2011 5:30 pm | | at Arizona State | W 79–62 | 18–7 (10–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,263) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/19/2011 3:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 12 Arizona | L 86–87 | 18–8 (10–5) | McKale Center (14,619) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/22/2011* 7:10 pm, FSNNW | | at Seattle | W 95–74 | 19–8 | KeyArena (11,386) Seattle, WA |
| 02/27/2011 7:00 pm, FSN | | Washington State | L 69–80 | 19–9 (10–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 03/03/2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | UCLA | W 70–63 | 20–9 (11–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,931) Seattle, WA |
| 03/05/2011 7:30 pm, FSN | | USC | L 60–62 | 20–10 (11–7) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2011 8:30 pm, FSN | (3) | vs. (6) Washington State Quarterfinals | W 89–87 | 21–10 | Staples Center (12,191) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/11/2011 8:30 pm, FSN | (3) | vs. (7) Oregon Semifinals | W 69–51 | 22–10 | Staples Center (13,190) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/12/2011 3:00 pm, CBS | (3) | vs. (1) No. 16 Arizona Championship Game | W 77–75 $^{OT}$ | 23–10 | Staples Center (12,074) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2011* 6:45 pm, CBS | (7 E) No. 23 | vs. (10 E) Georgia Second Round | W 68–65 | 24–10 | Time Warner Cable Arena (16,852) Charlotte, NC |
| 03/20/2011* 12:15 pm, CBS | (7 E) No. 23 | vs. (2 E) No. 7 North Carolina Third Round | L 83–86 | 24–11 | Time Warner Cable Arena (18,329) Charlotte, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time. ||||||
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