# 2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2010–11 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.
The Gators were the SEC regular season champions with a 13–3 conference record, but lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament. Small forward Chandler Parsons earned SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan won the SEC Coach of the Year award. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in southeast region where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Butler in overtime.

## Previous season

The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to BYU.

### Class of 2010

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Cody Larson PF | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Roosevelt HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Apr 25, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Casey Prather SF | Jackson, Tennessee | North Side HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 30, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Scottie Wilbekin PG | Gainesville, Florida | The Rock School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 150 lb (68 kg) | Apr 25, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Will Yeguete PF | Bordeaux, France | Florida Air Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84 ||||||
| Patric Young PF | Jacksonville, Florida | Providence HS | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Nov 15, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Overall Recruiting Rankings: Scout – 14 Rivals – 19 ESPN – 9 ||||||

## Roster

| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Class | Hometown |
| Adam Allen | 14 | F | 6–8 | 225 | Redshirt Junior | Milton, Florida |
| Kenny Boynton | 1 | G | 6–2 | 183 | Sophomore | Pompano Beach, Florida |
| Cody Larson | 34 | F | 6–9 | 225 | Freshman | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Vernon Macklin | 32 | F | 6–10 | 230 | Redshirt Senior | Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Kyle McClanahan | 20 | G | 6–1 | 185 | Junior | Maitland, Florida |
| Erik Murphy | 33 | F | 6–9 | 217 | Sophomore | South Kingstown, Rhode Island |
| Chandler Parsons | 25 | F | 6–9 | 213 | Senior | Winter Park, Florida |
| Casey Prather | 24 | G/F | 6–6 | 195 | Freshman | Jackson, Tennessee |
| Mike Rosario | 3 | G | 6–3 | 180 | Redshirt Junior | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Alex Tyus | 23 | F | 6–8 | 220 | Senior | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Erving Walker | 11 | G | 5–8 | 161 | Junior | Brooklyn, New York |
| Scottie Wilbekin | 5 | G | 6–2 | 175 | Freshman | Gainesville, Florida |
| Will Yeguete | 15 | F | 6–7 | 210 | Freshman | Bordeaux, France |
| Patric Young | 4 | F/C | 6–9 | 245 | Freshman | Jacksonville, Florida |

### Coaches

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Billy Donovan | Head coach | Providence College | 1987 |
| Larry Shyatt | Associate head coach | College of Wooster | 1973 |
| Richard Pitino | Assistant coach | Providence College | 1995 |
| Rob Lanier | Assistant coach | St. Bonaventure University | 1990 |
| Darren Hertz | Assistant to the head coach | University of Florida | 1997 |
| Adam Beaupre | Video coordinator | University of Florida | 1999 |
| Matt Herring | Strength & Conditioning Coordinator | Texas State University | 1994 |
| Dave Werner | Athletic Trainer | Eastern Kentucky University | 1991 |
| Tom Williams | Academic Counselor | University of Florida | 1978 |

## Team statistics

As of March 16, 2011.
 Indicates team leader in specific category.
| Name | PTS | PPG | FG % | FT % | AST | REB | BLK | STL |
| Adam Allen | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Boynton | 466 | 14.1 | .377 | .817 | 84 | 50 | 8 | 26 |
| Cody Larson | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt |
| Vernon Macklin | 374 | 11.3 | .574 | .449 | 26 | 183 | 24 | 10 |
| Kyle McClanahan | 4 | 0.6 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Erik Murphy | 125 | 4.3 | .511 | .750 | 8 | 70 | 15 | 5 |
| Chandler Parsons | 369 | 11.5 | .496 | .559 | 112 | 251 | 12 | 30 |
| Casey Prather | 38 | 1.2 | .459 | .000 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 7 |
| Mike Rosario | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) | Ineligible for 2010–11 (Transfer) |
| Alex Tyus | 277 | 8.7 | .483 | .635 | 27 | 176 | 24 | 13 |
| Erving Walker | 476 | 14.4 | .411 | .784 | 108 | 98 | 0 | 37 |
| Scottie Wilbekin | 88 | 2.7 | .388 | .565 | 56 | 50 | 1 | 33 |
| Will Yeguete | 36 | 1.3 | .375 | .444 | 7 | 76 | 2 | 11 |
| Patric Young | 108 | 3.3 | .566 | .710 | 11 | 123 | 28 | 19 |

## Schedule and results

Retrieved from Gatorzone.com
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 28, 2010* 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Florida Tech | W 92–58 | | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 3, 2010* 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Georgetown | W 88–62 | | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| Regular season (Non-conference play) ||||||
| November 12, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports | No. 9 | UNC Wilmington Global Sports Invitational | W 77–60 | 1–0 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 16, 2010* 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 9 | No. 4 Ohio State Global Sports Invitational | L 75–93 | 1–1 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 18, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun/FSFL | No. 9 | North Carolina A&T Global Sports Invitational | W 105–55 | 2–1 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 21, 2010* 3:30 p.m., Sun Sports | No. 9 | Morehead State Global Sports Invitational | W 61–55 | 3–1 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 23, 2010* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports | No. 16 | Florida Atlantic | W 79–66 | 4–1 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 28, 2010* 7:30 p.m., FSN/Sun | No. 16 | at Florida State | W 55–51 | 5–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| December 1, 2010* 7:00 p.m., FSN/FSFL | No. 18 | vs. UCF Florida Citrus Sports Shootout | L 54–57 | 5–2 | Amway Center Orlando, FL |
| December 5, 2010* 2:30 p.m., Sun/MASN | No. 18 | vs. American BB&T Classic | W 67–48 | 6–2 | Verizon Center Washington, D.C. |
| December 9, 2010* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Kent State | W 65–52 | 7–2 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| December 18, 2010* 3:30 p.m., FSFL | | vs. No. 6 Kansas State Orange Bowl Classic | W 57–44 | 8–2 | BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL |
| December 20, 2010* 1:00 p.m., Sun Sports | No. 20 | Jacksonville | L 68–71 $^{OT}$ | 8–3 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| December 22, 2010* 7:00 p.m., CSS | No. 20 | Radford | W 66–55 | 9–3 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| December 28, 2010* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 20 | Fairfield | Cancelled | Cancelled | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| December 31, 2010* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Xavier | W 71–67 | 10–3 | Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH |
| January 3, 2011* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Rhode Island | W 84–59 | 11–3 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| Regular season (SEC conference play) ||||||
| January 8, 2011 8:00 p.m., CSS | | Ole Miss | W 77–71 | 12–3 (1–0) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| January 11, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN | | at Tennessee | W 81–75 $^{OT}$ | 13–3 (2–0) | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN |
| January 15, 2011 1:30 p.m., SECN | | South Carolina | L 69–72 | 13–4 (2–1) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| January 20, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN | | at Auburn | W 45–40 | 14–4 (3–1) | Auburn Arena Auburn, AL |
| January 22, 2011 8:00 p.m., FSN | | Arkansas | W 75–43 | 15–4 (4–1) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| January 25, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 24 | at Georgia | W 104–91 $^{2OT}$ | 16–4 (5–1) | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA |
| January 29, 2011 1:00 p.m., CBS | No. 24 | at Mississippi State | L 64–71 | 16–5 (5–2) | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS |
| February 1, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN | | No. 23 Vanderbilt | W 65–61 $^{OT}$ | 17–5 (6–2) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| February 5, 2011 9:00 p.m., ESPN | | No. 10 Kentucky ESPN College GameDay | W 70–68 | 18–5 (7–2) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| February 9, 2011 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 17 | at South Carolina | W 79–60 | 19–5 (8–2) | Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC |
| February 12, 2011 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 17 | Tennessee | W 61–60 | 20–5 (9–2) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| February 20, 2011 1:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 14 | at LSU | W 68–61 | 21–5 (10–2) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA |
| February 24, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 13 | Georgia | W 71–62 | 22–5 (11–2) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| February 26, 2011 4:00 p.m., CBS | No. 13 | at No. 22 Kentucky | L 68–76 | 22–6 (11–3) | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY |
| March 1, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 14 | Alabama | W 78–51 | 23–6 (12–3) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| March 5, 2011 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 14 | at No. 21 Vanderbilt | W 86–76 | 24–6 (13–3) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| SEC tournament ||||||
| March 11, 2011 7:30 p.m., SECN | (1) No. 12 | vs. (5) Tennessee Quarterfinals | W 85–74 | 25–6 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA |
| March 12, 2011 3:30 p.m., ABC | (1) No. 12 | vs. (3) No. 24 Vanderbilt Semifinals | W 77–66 | 26–6 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA |
| March 13, 2011 1:00 p.m., ABC | (1) No. 12 | vs. (2) No. 15 Kentucky Championship Game | L 54–70 | 26–7 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2011* 6:50 p.m., TBS | (2 SE) No. 15 | vs. (15 SE) UC Santa Barbara Second round | W 79–51 | 27–7 | St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL |
| March 19, 2011* 2:45 p.m., CBS | (2 SE) No. 15 | vs. (7 SE) UCLA Third round | W 73–65 | 28–7 | St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL |
| March 24, 2011* 7:27 p.m., TBS | (2 SE) No. 15 | vs. (3 SE) No. 10 BYU Sweet Sixteen | W 83–74 $^{OT}$ | 29–7 | New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA |
| March 26, 2011* 4:20 p.m., CBS | (2 SE) No. 15 | vs. (8 SE) Butler Elite Eight | L 71–74 $^{OT}$ | 29–8 | New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=NCAA Southeast Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

### NOTES

The game on Dec. 28 against Fairfield University was canceled due to a heavy snowstorm that prevented Fairfield (Connecticut) from traveling to Gainesville.

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. :
| Poll | Pre Oct 28 | Wk 1 Nov 15 | Wk 2 Nov 22 | Wk 3 Nov 29 | Wk 4 Dec 6 | Wk 5 Dec 13 | Wk 6 Dec 20 | Wk 7 Dec 27 | Wk 8 Jan 3 | Wk 9 Jan 10 | Wk 10 Jan 17 | Wk 11 Jan 24 | Wk 12 Jan 31 | Wk 13 Feb 7 | Wk 14 Feb 14 | Wk 15 Feb 21 | Wk 16 Feb 28 | Wk 17 Mar 7 | Wk 18 Mar 14 | Final Mar 29 |
| AP | 9 | 9 | 16 | 18 | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| Coaches | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 |

## Awards and honors

* Chandler Parsons, SEC Player of the Year
* Billy Donovan, SEC Coach of the Year