# 2010–11 Melbourne Tigers season

The 2010–11 NBL season was the 28th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. The Tigers went into this season without the experience of former captain Chris Anstey and fellow ex-boomer Sam Mackinnon as the pair retired at the end of the 2009–10 NBL season.

## Off-season
### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Cameron Tragardh | Signed to 3-year deal in April. | Wollongong Hawks |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| Chris Anstey | Retired | n/a |
| Sam Mackinnon | Retired | n/a |

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Development |
| C | Matt Burston | Luke Nevill | Wade Helliwell | |
| PF | Cameron Tragardh | Lucas Walker | | Edin Zunic |
| SF | Tommy Greer | | | Moses Adepoju |
| SG | Daryl Corletto | Eric Devendorf | Bennie Lewis | Boden Westover |
| PG | Corey Williams | Terrance Campbell | Yusef Qaafow | Robbie Stone |

## Regular season
### Ladder

Below is the ladder at the end of the season, before the finals. The top 4 teams qualified for the finals series.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 4–1 | W3 | 12–2 | 10–4 | 2463 | 2367 | 104.06% |
| 2 | Townsville Crocodiles | 28 | 17 | 11 | 60.71% | 3–2 | L1 | 13–1 | 4–10 | 2225 | 2163 | 102.87% |
| 3 | Cairns Taipans$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 4–1 | W4 | 12–2 | 4–10 | 2186 | 2107 | 103.75% |
| 4 | Perth Wildcats$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 3–2 | L2 | 10–4 | 6–8 | 2380 | 2192 | 108.58% |
| 5 | Wollongong Hawks | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 4–1 | W1 | 10–4 | 5–9 | 2272 | 2209 | 102.85% |
| 6 | Gold Coast Blaze | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.43% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 2396 | 2440 | 98.20% |
| 7 | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 10 | 18 | 35.71% | 1–4 | L3 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 2209 | 2357 | 93.72% |
| 8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32.14% | 1–4 | L1 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 2212 | 2362 | 93.65% |
| 9 | Sydney Kings | 28 | 8 | 20 | 28.57% | 2–3 | L3 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 2171 | 2317 | 93.70% |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au
The NBL tie-breaker system, as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations, states that in the case of an identical win–to–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine the order of seeding.

### Game log

2010–11 game log :
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
15 October
Sydney
L 68–84
Luke Nevill (17)
Luke Nevill (12)
Cameron Tragardh (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
0–1
2
24 October
Perth
L 66–91
Cameron Tragardh (16)
Luke Nevill (8)
Matt Burston (3)
State Netball Hockey Centre
0–2
3
28 October
@ New Zealand
L 84–79
Terrance Campbell (16)
Wade Helliwell (8)
Terrance Campbell (4)
North Shore Events Centre
0–3 :
November: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
7 November
Wollongong
L 82–86
Terrance Campbell (21)
Matt Burston (11)
Terrance Campbell (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
0–4
5
14 November
@ Wollongong
L 93–82
Eric Devendorf (19)
Luke Nevill (9)
Eric Devendorf (4)
WIN Entertainment Centre
0–5
6
19 November
Perth
L 84–93
Cameron Tragardh (19)
Matt Burston (12)
Corey Williams (10)
State Netball Hockey Centre
0–6
7
21 November
@ Gold Coast
W 82–85
Corey Williams (19)
Tommy Greer (12)
Tragardh, Williams (2)
Gold Coast Convention Centre
1–6
8
26 November
@ Townsville
L 94–66
Cameron Tragardh (15)
Corey Williams (7)
Corey Williams (4)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
1–7 :
December: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
4 December
Gold Coast
W 82–78
Corey Williams (24)
Matt Burston (8)
Corey Williams (4)
State Netball Hockey Centre
2–7
10
12 December
@ Perth
L 87–76
Eric Devendorf (19)
Luke Nevill (9)
Corey Williams (6)
Challenge Stadium
2–8
11
18 December
New Zealand
L 80–90
Corey Williams (19)
Nevill, Williams (12)
Burston, Nevill (3)
State Netball Hockey Centre
2–9
12
23 December
@ Sydney
W 73–82
Eric Devendorf (23)
Luke Nevill (15)
Corey Williams (3)
Sydney Entertainment Centre
3–9 :
January: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
2 January
Adelaide
W 87–66
Luke Nevill (23)
Corey Williams (10)
Corey Williams (11)
State Netball Hockey Centre
4–9
14
7 January
@ Perth
W 86–93
Corey Williams (26)
Corey Williams (8)
Corey Williams (6)
Challenge Stadium
5–9
15
14 January
@ Townsville
L 94–78
Corey Williams (18)
Matt Burston (9)
Devendorf, Williams (4)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
5–10
16
15 January
@ Cairns
L 95–74
Corey Williams (18)
Matt Burston (8)
Devendorf, Helliwell (3)
Cairns Convention Centre
5–11
17
22 January
Cairns
W 83–76
Luke Nevill (19)
Corey Williams (7)
Corey Williams (9)
State Netball Hockey Centre
6–11
18
26 January
Sydney
L 67–85
Matt Burston (13)
Corey Williams (9)
Corey Williams (9)
State Netball Hockey Centre
6–12 :
February: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
6 February
Wollongong
W 93–72
Corey Williams (19)
Matt Burston (10)
Corey Williams (11)
State Netball Hockey Centre
7–12
20
11 February
@ New Zealand
L 101–91
Cameron Tragardh (35)
Burston, Tragardh (10)
Corey Williams (6)
North Shore Events Centre
7–13
21
18 February
@ Adelaide
W 83–86
Matt Burston (24)
Matt Burston (13)
Corey Williams (10)
Adelaide Arena
8–13
22
19 February
Cairns
L 70–63
Matt Burston (19)
Tommy Greer (10)
Cameron Tragardh (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
9–13 :
March: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
6 March
@ Sydney
L 95–86
Daryl Corletto (24)
Greer, Walker (10)
Corey Williams (6)
Sydney Entertainment Centre
9–14
24
12 March
@ Cairns
L 79–63
Corey Williams (19)
Matt Burston (11)
Corey Williams (7)
Cairns Convention Centre
9–15
25
18 March
@ Adelaide
W 76–79
Daryl Corletto (22)
Burston, Williams (6)
Corey Williams (5)
Adelaide Arena
10–15
26
20 March
Gold Coast
L 81–82
Corey Williams (25)
Corey Williams (11)
Corey Williams (7)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–16
27
25 March
Townsville
L 72–82
Corey Williams (17)
Lucas Walker (10)
Corey Williams (6)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–17 :
April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
2 April
@ New Zealand
L 74–87
Corletto, Tragardh (15)
Wade Helliwell (5)
Corey Williams (8)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–18 :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Category | Player | Stat |
| Points per game | Corey Williams | 17.3 |
| Rebounds per game | Luke Nevill | 7.4 |
| Assists per game | Corey Williams | 6.1 |
| Steals per game | Corey Williams | 1.3 |
| Blocks per game | Luke Nevill | 1.2 |
| Free throw percentage | Daryl Corletto | 96.4% |

## Awards
### Player of the Week

* Round 8: Corey Williams – 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal vs. Gold Coast Blaze @ State Netball and Hockey Centre

### Melbourne Tigers Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Corey Williams