# 2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

The 2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars, in their final season in the Mountain West Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars ended regular season play as co-champions with San Diego State, and were the only team to defeat the Aztecs in regular-season play. Led by combo guard Jimmer Fredette, the nation's leading scorer and consensus national player of the year, the Cougars advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament, where they lost in overtime to Florida.
This was the Cougars' final season as a member of the Mountain West as their basketball team became a member of the West Coast Conference in July 2011.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 29, 2010* 7:05 pm | No. 24 | Laval | W 101–55 | — | Marriott Center (8,583) Provo, UT |
| November 5, 2010* 7:05 pm, BYU TV | No. 24 | BYU–Hawaii | W 85–60 | – | Marriott Center (10,753) Provo, UT |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 12, 2010* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Fresno State | W 83–56 | 1–0 | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| November 17, 2010* 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 23 | Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 78–72 | 2–0 | Marriott Center (17,303) Provo, UT |
| November 20, 2010* 8:00 pm, BYU TV | No. 23 | at Chicago State South Padre Island Invitational | W 109–60 | 3–0 | Marriott Center (11,544) Provo, UT |
| November 23, 2010* 7:00 pm, BYU TV | No. 23 | Mississippi Valley State South Padre Island Invitational | W 86–36 | 4–0 | Marriott Center (9,207) Provo, UT |
| November 26, 2010* 5:00 pm, FCS | No. 23 | vs. South Florida South Padre Island Invitational | W 77–75 $^{2OT}$ | 5–0 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (1,100) South Padre Island, TX |
| November 27, 2010* 7:00 pm, FCS | No. 23 | vs. Saint Mary's South Padre Island Invitational | W 74–73 | 6–0 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (1,300) South Padre Island, TX |
| December 1, 2010* 7:00 pm, KMTV | No. 21 | at Creighton MWC-MVC Challenge | W 77–65 | 7–0 | Qwest Center Omaha (15,532) Omaha, NE |
| December 4, 2010* 4:00 pm, BYU TV/KJZZ | No. 21 | vs. Hawaii | W 78–57 | 8–0 | EnergySolutions Arena (13,312) Salt Lake City, UT |
| December 8, 2010* 7:00 pm, CBSCS | No. 18 | vs. Vermont Hometown Classic | W 86–58 | 9–0 | Glens Falls Civic Center (6,300) Glens Falls, NY |
| December 11, 2010* 4:00 pm, BYU TV/KJZZ | No. 18 | vs. Arizona | W 87–65 | 10–0 | EnergySolutions Arena (15,814) Salt Lake City, UT |
| December 18, 2010* 2:30 pm, FSN | No. 16 | vs. UCLA John R. Wooden Classic | L 79–86 | 10–1 | Honda Center (NA) Anaheim, CA |
| December 21, 2010* 7:00 pm | No. 23 | at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 72–66 | 11–1 | Dee Events Center (10,453) Ogden, UT |
| December 23, 2010* 7:05 pm | No. 23 | UTEP | W 89–68 | 12–1 | Marriott Center (13,403) Provo, UT |
| December 30, 2010* 7:00 pm | No. 16 | at Buffalo | W 90–82 | 13–1 | Alumni Arena (5,803) Buffalo, NY |
| January 1, 2011* 7:05 pm | No. 16 | Fresno Pacific | W 93–57 | 14–1 | Marriott Center (12,762) Provo, UT |
| January 5, 2011 7:00 pm, CBSCS | No. 15 | at No. 25 UNLV | W 89–77 | 15–1 (1–0) | Thomas & Mack Center (17,942) Paradise, NV |
| January 8, 2011 1:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 15 | Air Force | W 76–66 | 16–1 (2–0) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| January 11, 2011 6:30 pm, The Mtn. | No. 11 | at Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 104–79 | 17–1 (3–0) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,243) Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 18, 2011 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 9 | TCU | W 83–67 | 18–1 (4–0) | Marriott Center (16,170) Provo, UT |
| January 22, 2011 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 9 | at Colorado State | W 94–85 | 19–1 (5–0) | Moby Arena (8,745) Fort Collins, CO |
| January 26, 2011 8:15 pm, CBSCS | No. 9 | No. 4 San Diego State | W 71–58 | 20–1 (6–0) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| January 29, 2011 2:00 pm, Versus | No. 9 | at New Mexico | L 77–86 | 20–2 (6–1) | The Pit (15,411) Albuquerque, NM |
| February 2, 2011 6:02 pm, The Mtn. | No. 8 | at Wyoming | W 69–62 | 21–2 (7–1) | Arena-Auditorium (5,131) Laramie, WY |
| February 5, 2011 2:00 pm, Versus | No. 8 | UNLV | W 78–63 | 22–2 (8–1) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| February 9, 2011 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 7 | at Air Force | W 90–52 | 23–2 (9–1) | Clune Arena (6,028) Colorado Springs, CO |
| February 12, 2011 4:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 7 | Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 72–59 | 24–2 (10–1) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| February 19, 2011 3:30 pm, The Mtn. | No. 7 | at TCU | W 79–56 | 25–2 (11–1) | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (7,258) Fort Worth, TX |
| February 23, 2011 6:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 7 | Colorado State | W 84–76 | 26–2 (12–1) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| February 26, 2011 11:05 am, CBS | No. 7 | at No. 4 San Diego State | W 80–67 | 27–2 (13–1) | Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA |
| March 2, 2011 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | No. 3 | New Mexico | L 62–84 | 27–3 (13–2) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| March 5, 2011 1:30 pm, The Mtn. | No. 3 | Wyoming | W 102–78 | 28–3 (14–2) | Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT |
| Mountain West tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2011 1:00 pm, The Mtn. | (1) No. 8 | vs. (9) TCU MWC Quarterfinals | W 64–58 | 29–3 | Thomas & Mack Center (14,697) Paradise, NV |
| March 11, 2011 7:00 pm, CBSCS | (1) No. 8 | vs. (5) New Mexico MWC Semifinals | W 87–76 | 30–3 | Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) Paradise, NV |
| March 12, 2011 7:00 pm, Versus | (1) No. 8 | vs. (2) No. 7 San Diego State MWC Championship Game | L 54–72 | 30–4 | Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2011* 5:15 pm, CBS | (3 SE) No. 10 | vs. (14 SE) Wofford NCAA Second Round | W 74–66 | 31–4 | Pepsi Center (19,216) Denver, CO |
| March 19, 2011* 5:55 pm, CBS | (3 SE) No. 10 | vs. (11 SE) Gonzaga NCAA Third Round | W 89–67 | 32–4 | Pepsi Center (19,328) Denver, CO |
| March 24, 2011* 5:27 pm, TBS | (3 SE) No. 10 | vs. (2 SE) No. 15 Florida NCAA Sweet Sixteen | L 74–83 $^{OT}$ | 32–5 | New Orleans Arena (12,320) New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9т | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 (2) | 3 (5) | 8 | 10 | Not released |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
The team has consistently been ranked higher in computer rankings such as Jeff Sagarin's than in the AP and Coaches Polls. On November 13, 2010 they were ranked 2 in Sagarin's rankings, while they were ranked as high as 1 in Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) on January 9 and 24, 2011, as well as on February 15 and 28, 2011.

## Davies controversy

Sophomore starting forward Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team on March 1, 2011 for the remainder of the season for a violation of the school's honor code. The Salt Lake Tribune published that the transgression involved the provision that prohibits premarital sex. This led to a media frenzy in which the Honor Code was spotlighted and debated, particularly because Davies had not committed a criminal act, or even an NCAA violation, but instead a violation of Mormon and school ethics. Davies had started 26 of 29 games for the Cougars, averaging 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds. At the time, BYU had a 27-2 record and ranked No. 3 nationally, while analyst Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com had projected the Cougars as the No. 1 seed in the West region for the 2011 NCAA tournament. After Davies' suspension, Lunardi maintained his stance that BYU should be a No. 1 seed as long as they continued to perform. The Cougars lost their next game 82–64 to New Mexico (19–11), who beat BYU for the second time in the season, but quickly recovered in a 102-78 victory over Wyoming.