2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season explained

2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	150
Duration:	December 27, 2010 – March 6, 2011
No Of Teams:	11
Attendance:	2,475,440 ^[1]
Average Attendance:	12,826
Tv:	Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
Season:	2010–11 NCAA Division I season
Season Champs:	Ohio State
Season Champ Name:	Regular season champions
League Champs:	Purdue
League Champ Name:	Runners-Up
Mvp:	JaJuan Johnson
Mvp Link:	Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:	Ohio State
Finals Runner-Up:	Penn State
Finals Mvp:	Jared Sullinger
Finals Mvp Link:	Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Year:	2009–10
Nextseason Year:	2011–12

The 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members that began in 1904. The non-conference portion of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010. Conference play began on December 27, 2010.|Ohio state won the regular season Big Ten title. Following conference play, Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis hosted the 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament from Thursday, March 10 through Sunday, March 13, which was also won by Ohio State. The Big Ten Conference hosted second and third round games of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament at the United Center in Chicago March 18 and 20, 2011.

The Big Ten had seven teams invited to the 68-team 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (NCAA tournament) and one team invited to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Ohio State was a number one seed and along with Wisconsin survived until the Sweet Sixteen round. No Big Ten teams made the elite eight and the Big Ten finished with a 7 - 7 record in the tournament. Northwestern made the elite eight round of the 32-team NIT before being eliminated.

JaJuan Johnson was the regular season MVP and Jared Sullinger was the 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament MVP. Both earned first team recognition as 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans and Sullinger earned numerous National Freshman of the Year Awards, including the USBWA National Freshman of the Year. Blake Hoffarber earned 2nd team Academic All-America recognition. The conference led the nation in attendance for the 35th straight season with a 12,826 overall average and 7 of the top 25 schools.^[2]

Following the season several athletes represented the Big Ten as members of USA Basketball team USA honorees: Keith Appling, Meyers Leonard and Tim Hardaway Jr. were on Team USA for the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while Trevor Mbakwe and Draymond Green were on Team USA for the 2011 Summer Universiade coached by Matt Painter. Five Big Ten athletes were drafted in the 2011 NBA draft with JaJuan Johnson (27th overall) and four additional selections (Jon Leuer, Darius Morris, Jon Diebler and E'Twaun Moore) in the second round.

Preseason

Seventeen members of the 2009-10 All-Conference teams returned, including five players who earned first-team honors over the prior two seasons and a previous Big Ten Player of the Year. Eight career 1,000-points scorers, including two 1,500-point scorers returned. Fourteen of the conference's top scorers and rebounders in all games played from last season, including five of the top 10 of each category returned. Eight players that led the conference in a statistical category last season for all games played also returned.^[3]

The Big Ten media panel announced that they selected Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue as the preseason media day selections. They also announced the 2010–11 All-Big Ten Conference first-team selections: Kalin Lucas MSU, Demetri McCamey ILL, E'Twaun Moore PUR, Jon Leuer WIS, and JaJuan Johnson PUR. Lucas repeated as the preseason conference player of the year.^[4]

Preseason watchlists

On October 4, 2010, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included eight Big Ten players. The watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. The list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watchlist in December and a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. The Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist of 50 players was announced on November 16, 2010. In late February, a shorter list of the Top 30 will be compiled in preparation for a March vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.

Lauer, Moore, Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber, and Ohio State's David Lighty were named as candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.^[7]

Rankings

See also: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

The Big Ten Conference entered the season with five teams ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Top 25 Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll.^[8]

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

	Pre^[9]	Wk 1	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	Final
Illinois	AP	13	13	19	20	16	12	21	23	20	16	23	20	RV	RV
	C	16	16	19	21	17	14	21	25	20	16	22	21	24	RV					RV
Indiana	AP
	C
Iowa	AP
	C
Michigan	AP
	C																			RV
Michigan State	AP	2 (8)	2 (7)	2 (6)	6	7	14	12	20	18	RV	17	25
	C	2 (2)	2 (2)	2 (2)	6	8	15	12	19	19	24	18	RV
Minnesota	AP	RV	RV	15	15	22	21	17	14	RV	RV	15	16	18	RV
	C	RV	RV	17	13	20	20	16	13	21	25	19	18	20	25
Northwestern	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Ohio State	AP	4	4	3	2	2	2	2 (1)	2	2	2	1 (49)	1 (63)	1 (65)	1 (65)	2 (14)	2 (10)	1 (45)	1 (52)
	C	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1 (28)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	3 (3)	3 (4)	1 (17)	1 (25)	5 (1)
Penn State	AP												RV	RV
	C
Purdue	AP	14	14	10	22	19	19	14	12	11	8	14	12	11	14	11	8	6	9
	C	8	9	8	18	18	17	13	11	10	8	13	12	10	12	11	8	6	9	17
Wisconsin	AP	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	20	18	17	19	13	10	12	10	13
	C	24	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	21	17	15	18	14	10	12	10	13	15

Preconference schedules

Tournaments

Big Ten teams emerged victorious in the following tournament:

Name	Dates	Num. teams	Champions
Puerto Rico Tip-Off	Nov. 18–21

ACC–Big Ten Challenge

The 12th annual ACC–Big Ten Challenge matchups were announced on May 12, 2010.^[10] The November 29 - December 1 schedule with game times and locations was set on August 9, 2010.^[11]

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Challenge Leader
Mon., Nov 29	7:00PM	Virginia	13 Minnesota				Virginia (87-79)
Tue., Nov 30	7:00PM	Wake Forest	Iowa				Wake Forest (76-73)
	7:00PM		Northwestern				Northwestern (91-71)
	7:30PM		2 Ohio State				Ohio State (58-44)
	9:00PM		Michigan				Michigan (69-61)
	9:30PM		21 Illinois				Illinois (79-67)
Wed., Dec 1	7:15PM	Boston College	Indiana				Boston College (88-76)
	7:15PM		Wisconsin				Wisconsin (87-48)
	7:30PM		18 Purdue				Purdue (58-55 OT)
	9:15PM	Maryland	Penn State				Maryland (62-39)
	9:30PM	1 Duke	6 Michigan State				Duke (84-79)
Game Times in EST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/29). Miami did not play due to its last place finish in the ACC during the 2009–2010 season.

Season

The non-conference portion of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010, with Illinois defeating UC Irvine in the opening round of the 2010 Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic.^[12] Conference play began on December 27, 2010, with Penn State traveling to play Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana.^[13]

On December 17, 2010, the Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany announced that Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo would serve a one-game suspension for what the National Collegiate Athletic Association determined was a "inadvertent secondary recruiting violation".^[14]

On March 1, Jon Diebler tied the Big Ten record with 10 made three-point shots as Ohio State clinched a share of the Big Ten championship in a victory over Penn State.^{[15] [16]} On March 6, they clinched the title outright in a victory over Wisconsin.^[17] Ohio State achieved 34 victories, marking the highest total by a conference member since the 2006–07 Buckeyes went 35 - 4 and the 34 - 3 record was the conference's highest winning percentage (.919) since the 2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini went 37 - 2 (.948).

The Big Ten's 12,826-fans average attendance led the nation the 35th consecutive season by more than 1,500 fans more than the next-closest conference. It was the 19th consecutive year the Big Ten achieved two million attendanees. Its seven top 25 average attendance schools surpassed all other conferences by at least three. The following schools were among the top 25 Wisconsin (7th, 17,230), Illinois (10th, 15,851), Indiana (12th, 15,259), Ohio State (13th, 15,125), Michigan State (15th, 14,797), Purdue (17th, 13,916), Minnesota (24th, 13,241). Other top-5 conferences were Big East (11,323), SEC (11,187), Big 12 (10,716), and ACC (10,266).^[18]

Player of the week

Players of the weekThroughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
11-15-10	John Shurna,^[19] NU	Jared Sullinger, OSU
11-22-10	Trevor Mbakwe,^[20] MINN	Jared Sullinger (2), OSU
Jared Sullinger, OSU
11-29-10	Kalin Lucas,^[21] MSU	Deshaun Thomas, OSU
12-06-10	Jon Leuer,^[22] WIS	Jared Sullinger (3), OSU
12-13-10	Jared Sullinger (2),^[23] OSU	Jared Sullinger (4), OSU
12-20-10	John Shurna (2),^[24] NU	Jared Sullinger (5), OSU
12-27-10	Darius Morris,^[25] MICH	Jared Sullinger (6), OSU
01-03-11	Demetri McCamey,^[26] ILL	Jared Sullinger (7), OSU
E'Twaun Moore, PUR
01-10-11	Jared Sullinger (3),^[27] OSU	Jared Sullinger (8), OSU
Ryne Smith, PUR
01-17-11	Draymond Green,^[28] MSU	Aaron Craft, OSU
01-24-11	Jared Sullinger (4),^[29] OSU	Jared Sullinger (9), OSU
01-31-11	Darius Morris (2),^[30] MICH	Jared Sullinger (10), OSU
Talor Battle, PSU
02-07-11	Jon Leuer (2),^[31] WIS	Jared Sullinger (11), OSU
02-14-11	Jordan Taylor,^[32] WIS	Tim Hardaway Jr., MICH
02-22-11	E'Twaun Moore (2),^[33] PUR	Tim Hardaway Jr. (2), MICH
02-28-11	JaJuan Johnson,^[34] PUR	Tim Hardaway Jr. (3), MICH
03-07-11	Jon Diebler,^[35] OSU	Jared Sullinger (12), OSU

Honors and accolades

On February 3, 2011, Michigan's Zack Novak (District 4), Northwestern's Drew Crawford (District 5) and Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber (District 5) were selected by CoSIDA as among the forty Academic All-District players, making them finalists for fifteen Academic All-American selections later in the month.^[36] Hoffarber was named as a second team Academic All-American.^[37] The conference also had 37 Academic All-Conference Team selections.^{[38] [39]}

Jared Sullinger and JaJuan Johnson were among the ten finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy. Demetri McCamey, Sullinger, Johnson E'Twaun Moore and Jon Leuer were Naismith Award Midseason Top 30 List selections. McCamey and Jordan Taylor are Bob Cousy Award finalists. Sullinger was among the five finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Award. Moore, Leuer and David Lighty were selected among the ten Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalists.^[40]

Conference honors

Two sets of conference award winners were recognized by the Big Ten - one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.^[41]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	JaJuan Johnson, PUR	JaJuan Johnson, PUR
Coach of the Year	Matt Painter, PUR	Matt Painter, PUR
Freshman of the Year	Jared Sullinger, OSU	Jared Sullinger, OSU
Defensive Player of the Year	JaJuan Johnson, PUR	None Selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Aaron Craft, OSU	None Selected
All Big Ten First Team	Jared Sullinger, OSU	Jared Sullinger, OSU
JaJuan Johnson, PUR	JaJuan Johnson, PUR
E'Twaun Moore, PUR	E'Twaun Moore, PUR
Jordan Taylor, WIS	Jordan Taylor, WIS
Jon Leuer, WIS	Talor Battle, PSU
All Big Ten Second Team	Kalin Lucas, MSU	Kalin Lucas, MSU
Trevor Mbakwe, MINN	Trevor Mbakwe, MINN
William Buford, OSU	William Buford, OSU
David Lighty, OSU	David Lighty, OSU
Talor Battle, PSU	Jon Leuer, WIS
All Big Ten Third Team	Demetri McCamey, ILL	Demetri McCamey, ILL
Darius Morris, MICH	Darius Morris, MICH
Draymond Green, MSU	Draymond Green, MSU
Michael Thompson, NU	Michael Thompson, NU
Jon Diebler, OSU	Jon Diebler, OSU
John Shurna, NU
All Big Ten Honorable Mention	Mike Davis, ILL	Mike Davis, ILL
Melsahn Basabe, IOWA	Melsahn Basabe, IOWA
Tim Hardaway Jr., MICH	Tim Hardaway Jr., MICH
Jeff Brooks, PSU	Jeff Brooks, PSU
Lewis Jackson, PUR	Lewis Jackson, PUR
Keaton Nankivil, WIS	Keaton Nankivil, WIS
	Mike Tisdale, ILL
	Bryce Cartwright, IOWA
	Blake Hoffarber, MINN
	John Shurna, NU
	Aaron Craft, OSU
All-Freshman Team	Jereme Richmond, ILL	Not Selected
Melsahn Basabe, IOWA
Tim Hardaway Jr., MICH
Aaron Craft, OSU
Jared Sullinger, OSU
All Defensive Team	Delvon Roe, MSU	Not Selected
Aaron Craft, OSU
David Lighty, OSU
JaJuan Johnson, PUR
Jordan Taylor, WIS

NABC

The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 9, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 245 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the Big Ten players chosen to the list.^[42] Since the Big Ten Conference was its own district, this is equivalent to being named All-Big Ten by the NABC.^[43]

First Team

• JaJuan Johnson Purdue
• Jared Sullinger Ohio State
• Jordan Taylor Wisconsin
• Jon Leuer Wisconsin
• Talor Battle Penn State

Second Team

• E'Twaun Moore Purdue
• William Buford Ohio State
• David Lighty Ohio State
• Darius Morris Michigan
• Trevor Mbakwe Minnesota

USBWA

On March 10, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2010–11 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.^[44]

District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV)

• Talor Battle, Penn State

District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI)
Player of the Year

• JaJuan Johnson, Purdue

Coach of the Year

• Matt Painter, Purdue

All-District Team

• JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
• Jon Leuer, Wisconsin
• Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
• Demetri McCamey, Illinois
• E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
• Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
• Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin

District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
None Selected

National postseason honors

Jordan Taylor, Jon Leuer, Jared Sullinger, JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore were among the 20 players on the final ballot for the John R. Wooden Award.^[45]

Johnson and Sullinger were named first team 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).^[46] They were also first team selections by Sporting News and Associated Press who also selected Jordan Taylor to their second teams.^{[47] [48]} The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Johnson and Sullinger to its first team and Taylor and Moore to its third team.^[49] The Associated Press named Talor Battle, Jon Leuer, and E'Twaun Moore as honorable mention selections.^[50] No other conference had 2 first-team selections by USBWA, Sporting News and AP, and the Big Ten was the only conference with three on the first or second AP and Sporting News teams.

Sullinger won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the USBWA's National Freshman of the Year and Sporting News Freshman of the Year.^{[51] [52]} Sullinger, Aaron Craft, Jereme Richmond and Tim Hardaway Jr. were among the 21 players selected to the 2011 Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America team.^[53]

Following the season four players were invited to the June 17 – 24, 2011 17-man tryouts for the 12-man 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship team by USA Basketball: Hardaway (UofM), Keith Appling (MSU), Melsahn Basabe (Iowa) and Meyers Leonard (Ill.).^[54] The 12 selected players will compete as Team USA in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championships in Latvia from June 30 – July 10, 2011.^[55] Appling, Hardaway and Leonard made the final roster.^{[56] [57]}

Matt Painter coached Team USA to a 5th-place finish in the 2011 World University Games. The team included Trevor Mbakwe and Draymond Green.^[58]

Postseason

With 8 invitations to either the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2011 National Invitation Tournament for its 11 schools, the Big Ten Conference had the highest combined percentage of competitors (72.7%) of all conferences in these two tournaments.

Big Ten tournament

See main article: 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.

Ohio State won the 2011 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament behind Tournament most outstanding player, Jared Sullinger as repeat Big Ten men's basketball tournament champions. Finalist Penn State was attempting to be the first school to win the championship by winning 4 games since the 2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes did so in the 2001 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.^[59]

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

The Big Ten Conference landed 7 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament invitations, including the overall number 1 seed in the tournament, Ohio State, who is making its 23rd appearance and 3rd consecutive. Purdue (3 seed, 24th and 5th consecutive appearance), Wisconsin (4 seed, 17th and 13th consecutive appearance), Michigan (8 seed, 18th appearance, first since 2009), Illinois (9 seed, 29th appearance, first since 2009), Penn State (10 seed, 9th appearance, first since 2001) and Michigan State (10 seed, 25th and 14th consecutive appearance) also received bids.^[60] Seven NCAA bids tied the conference record (1990 and 2009).^[61] The opening Friday of the tournament marked the first time that the Big Ten has ever gone 4 - 0 on a day in the tournament. This marked the fourth consecutive season that the Big Ten had at least 2 Sweet Sixteen participants (Ohio State and Wisconsin).^[61]

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Ohio State	Automatic	1	Won vs. #16 UTSA 75 - 46 Won vs. #8 George Mason 98 - 66 Lost vs. #4 Kentucky 62 - 60
Purdue	At-large	3	Won vs. #14 Saint Peter's 65 - 43 Lost vs. #11 VCU 94 - 76
Wisconsin	At-large	4	Won vs. #13 Belmont 72 - 58 Won vs. #5 Kansas State 70 - 65 Lost vs. #8 Butler 61 - 54
Michigan	At-large	8	Won vs. #9 Tennessee 75 - 45 Lost vs. #1 Duke 73 - 71
Illinois	At-large	9	Won vs. #8 UNLV 73 - 62 Lost vs. #1 Kansas 73 - 59
Penn State	At-large	10	Lost vs. #7 Temple 66 - 64
Michigan State	At-large	10	Lost vs. #7 UCLA 78 - 76

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2011 National Invitation Tournament. Northwestern's NIT invitation gave it the schools third consecutive postseason invitation, a school record.^[61]

Other tournaments

See main article: 2011 College Basketball Invitational and 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

The Big Ten did not have any entrants in the other post season tournaments.

2011 NBA draft

See main article: 2011 NBA draft.

The following All-Big Ten performers were listed as seniors: JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Talor Battle, David Lighty, Jon Leuer, Demetri McCamey, Jon Diebler, and Michael Thompson

Darius Morris has sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects.^[62] On May 4, Morris announced his final decision not to withdraw his name prior to the May 8 deadline and to enter the June 23, 2011 NBA draft.^{[63] [64] [65]}

The following were Big Ten underclassmen, who declared early for the 2011 draft: Darius Morris, Jereme Richmond, Ralph Sampson III, John Shurna.^[66]

The following were Big Ten underclassmen who entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college:Ralph Sampson III & John Shurna.^[67]

A total of five Big Ten players were selected in the 2011 NBA draft: JaJuan Johnson (1st round, 27th overall), Jon Leuer (2nd round, 40th overall), Darius Morris (2nd round, 41st overall), Jon Diebler (2nd round, 51st overall), and E'Twaun Moore (2nd round, 55th overall).^[68]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	27		PF		New Jersey Nets (from L.A. Lakers, traded to Boston)	Purdue (Sr.)
2	40		PF		Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin (Sr.)
2	41		PG		Los Angeles Lakers (from Golden State via New Jersey)	Michigan (So.)
2	51		SG		Portland Trail Blazers	Ohio State (Sr.)
2	55		SG		Boston Celtics	Purdue (Sr.)

Draft-day trades

• The New Jersey Nets acquired the draft rights to 25th pick Marshon Brooks from the Boston Celtics in exchange for the draft rights to 27th pick JaJuan Johnson and a 2014 second-round draft pick.^[69]

Pre-draft trades

• On December 15, 2010, the New Jersey Nets acquired Sasha Vujačić and a 2011 first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers, while the Lakers acquired Joe Smith, Golden State's 2011 and Chicago's 2012 second-round draft picks from the Nets in a three-team trade with the Lakers and the Houston Rockets.^[70] Previously, the Nets acquired a 2011 second-round draft pick from the Golden State Warriors as a compensation for delaying the sending of the 2011 conditional first-round draft pick to at least 2012.^[71] In the original trade on July 22, 2008, the Nets acquired a 2011 conditional first-round draft pick on July 22, 2008, from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Marcus Williams.^[72]

External links

• Big Ten website
• Men's basketball at Big Ten Network
• Big Ten Media Guide
• archives

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Nov. 8, 2010: All 11 Big Ten teams in action this week to open 2010-11 season. November 14, 2010. November 8, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101112200218/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110810aaa.html. November 12, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
4. Web site: Big Ten Media Tab Michigan State as Conference's Preseason Favorite: Spartans' Kalin Lucas selected as Preseason Player of the Year. November 9, 2010. October 28, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031094035/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102810aaa.html. October 31, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
5. http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=861 2010-2011 Men's Preseason Top 50 Candidates
6. http://www.shupirates.com//pdf8/723283.pdf DUKE UNIVERSITY LEADS A DIVERSE PACK ON THE NAISMITH PRESEASON WATCH LIST
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19. Web site: Northwestern and Ohio State Garner First Weekly Honor of 2010-11 Season: Conference honors Northwestern's John Shurna and Ohio State's Jared Sullinger for season's first Player and Freshman of the Week awards. November 15, 2010. November 15, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124736/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111510aaa.html. June 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
20. Web site: Minnesota and Ohio State Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors: Minnesota's Trevor Mbakwe and Ohio State's Jared Sullinger tabbed Player of the Week; Sullinger earns Freshman of the Week recognition. November 23, 2010. November 22, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124811/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112210aaa.html. June 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
21. Web site: Michigan State and Ohio State Earn Weekly Big Ten Honors: Michigan State's Lucas named Player of the Week; Ohio State's Thomas named Freshman of the Week. December 15, 2010. November 29, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101216160847/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112910aaa.html. December 16, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
22. Web site: Wisconsin and Ohio State Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors: Wisconsin's Leuer named Player of the Week; Ohio State's Sullinger named Freshman of the Week. December 15, 2010. December 6, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606141739/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120610aab.html. June 6, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
23. Web site: Ohio State's Sullinger Named Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week: Ohio State's Jared Sullinger earns Big Ten Player of the Week honors for the second time and Freshman of the Week honors for the fourth time this season.. December 15, 2010. December 13, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101222211454/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121310aab.html. December 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
24. Web site: Northwestern and Ohio State Earn Weekly Big Ten Honors: Northwestern's Shurna named Player of the Week; Ohio State's Sullinger named Freshman of the Week. December 28, 2010. December 20, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101222184853/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122010aab.html. December 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
25. Web site: Michigan and Ohio State Claim Weekly Conference Honors: Michigan and Ohio State earn conference recognition. December 28, 2010. December 27, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231075755/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122710aac.html. December 31, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
26. Web site: Illinois, Ohio State and Purdue Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors: Illinois' McCamey and Purdue's Moore share Player of the Week honors;. January 21, 2011. January 3, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110104115103/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010311aac.html. January 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
27. Web site: Ohio State and Purdue Receive Conference Honors: Ohio State's Sullinger and Purdue's Smith Receive Big Ten Men's Basketball Honors. January 21, 2011. January 10, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121175455/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011011aab.html. January 21, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
28. Web site: Michigan State and Ohio State Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors. January 20, 2011. January 17, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121175521/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011711aab.html. January 21, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
29. Web site: Ohio State's Sullinger Named Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week: Ohio State's Jared Sullinger earns Big Ten Player of the Week honors for the fourth time and Freshman of the Week honors for the ninth time this season.. February 1, 2011. January 24, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110128195356/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012411aab.html. January 28, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
30. Web site: Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State Earn Conference Recognition: Michigan's Darius Morris and Penn State's Talor Battle share Player of the Week while Ohio State's Jared Sullinger earns Freshman of the Week honors.. February 1, 2011. January 31, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110204195518/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013111aaa.html. February 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
31. Web site: Wisconsin and Ohio State Earn Weekly Conference Honors. February 7, 2011. February 7, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110209072518/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020711aab.html. February 9, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
32. Web site: Wisconsin and Michigan Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors: Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor earns Player of the Week; Michigan's Tim Hardaway receives Freshman of the Week honors.. February 15, 2011. February 14, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110217033843/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021411aab.html. February 17, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
33. Web site: Purdue and Michigan Garner Weekly Basketball Awards: Purdue's E'Twaun Moore earns Player of the Week while Tim Hardaway Jr. was tabbed Freshman of the Week.. February 22, 2011. February 21, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110224230406/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022111aac.html. February 24, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
34. Web site: Purdue and Michigan Garner Conference Recognition: Purdue's JaJuan Johnson earns Player of the Week while Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. was tabbed Freshman of the Week.. February 28, 2011. February 28, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304222129/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022811aaa.html. March 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
35. Web site: Ohio State Sweeps Weekly Basketball Awards: Ohio State's Jon Diebler and Jared Sullinger earned Player and Freshman of the Week, respectively.. March 7, 2011. March 7, 2011. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20110310161314/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aab.html. March 10, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
36. Web site: Capital One Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams Released. February 6, 2011. February 3, 2011. College Sports Information Directors of America.
37. Web site: Matt Howard of Butler, Austin Meier of MSOE Lead Capital One Academic All America Men's Basketball Team. February 22, 2011. February 22, 2011. College Sports Information Directors of America.
38. Web site: Big Ten Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Teams. October 22, 2011. March 30, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604005458/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033011aaa.html. June 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
39. Web site: Men's Basketball. October 22, 2011. March 30, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202541/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/winter_academicabt_2011. June 10, 2015. dead. mdy-all.
40. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Feb. 28, 2011: Big Ten title on the line in final week of regular season. March 2, 2011. February 28, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304235658/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022811aae.html. March 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
41. Web site: Big Ten Announces All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Honorees: Purdue's JaJuan Johnson Named Big Ten Player and Defensive Player of the Year.. March 7, 2011. March 7, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20110310175221/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aah.html. March 10, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
42. Web site: National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2011 Division I All-District Teams . PDF . . March 10, 2011 . March 9, 2011 .
43. Web site: 2008–09 NABC Division I Men's Basketball: District Realignment . March 10, 2011 . .
44. Web site: USBWA Names 2010-11 Men's All-District Teams. U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 16, 2010. March 10, 2010.
45. Web site: Wooden Award Finalists Released . March 16, 2011 . March 14, 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317002603/http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/sports/basketball-mens/wooden-award-finalists-released-2011314 . March 17, 2011 .
46. Web site: USBWA Names 2010-11 All-Americans. March 16, 2011. March 14, 2011. United States Basketball Writers Association.
47. Web site: Jimmer Fredette named Sporting News' 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year. March 23, 2011. March 22, 2011. Sporting News. March 26, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110326225655/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-22/jimmer-fredette-named-sporting-news-2011-college-basketball-player-of-the-year. dead.
48. Web site: Jimmer Fredette leads AP All-America. March 28, 2011. March 28, 2011. ESPN.
49. Web site: NABC ANNOUNCES 2011 State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America Teams . NABC . April 2, 2011 . April 2, 2011 . March 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308053025/http://www.nabc.org/genrel/040211aae.html . dead .
50. Web site: UConn's Kemba Walker Named To AP All-America First Team . https://archive.today/20120713050553/http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/03/uconns-kemba-walker-named-to-a.html . dead . July 13, 2012 . March 28, 2011 . March 28, 2011 . .
51. Web site: Ohio State's Sullinger Wins 2011 Wayman Tisdale Award. March 16, 2011. March 15, 2011. United States Basketball Writers Association.
52. Web site: Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger named Sporting News Freshman of the Year. March 23, 2011. March 22, 2011. Sporting News. Crossman, Matt. March 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110324182323/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-22/ohio-state-forward-jared-sullinger-named-sporting-news-freshman-of-the-year. dead.
53. Web site: The 2011 Freshmen All-America team . April 6, 2011. March 25, 2011. Collegeinsider.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110329162603/http://www.collegeinsider.com/awards/2011_freshmen.html. March 29, 2011 . live.
54. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131016235451/http://www.freep.com/article/20110512/SPORTS08/110512030/Keith-Appling-Tim-Hardaway-Jr-invited-USA-Basketball-U-19-tryouts . Keith Appling, Tim Hardaway Jr. invited to USA Basketball U-19 tryouts . June 12, 2011 . October 16, 2013 . May 12, 2011 . . Snyder, Mark . live .
55. Web site: Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. prepares for U-19 USA Basketball tryouts. June 12, 2011. June 12, 2011. AnnArbor.com. Rothstein, Michael.
56. Web site: Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 12-man USA U19 roster, will play in Europe. June 26, 2011. June 24, 2011. AnnArbor.com.
57. Web site: One prep player on U.S. U-19 team. June 26, 2011. June 23, 2011. ESPN.
58. Web site: Big Ten Leads USA Men's World University Games Team to Fifth Place. October 22, 2011. August 22, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028040859/http://www.bigten.org/blog/2011/08/big-ten-leads-usa-mens-world-university-games-team-to-fifth-place.html. October 28, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
59. Web site: Ohio State Wins Big Ten Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424211556/https://bigten.org/news/2011/3/13/Ohio_State_Wins_Big_Ten_Tournament.aspx. dead. April 24, 2024. April 24, 2024. March 13, 2011. Big Ten Conference.
60. Web site: Seven Big Ten Teams to Play in NCAA Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424201641/https://bigten.org/news/2011/3/13/Seven_Big_Ten_Teams_to_Play_in_NCAA_Tournament.aspx. dead. April 24, 2024. April 24, 2024. March 13, 2011. Big Ten Conference.
61. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Season in Review. April 29, 2024. May 11, 2024. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424202443/https://bigten.org/news/2011/5/11/Big_Ten_Men_s_Basketball_Season_in_Review.aspx. April 24, 2024.
62. Web site: Darius Morris asks for draft advice. March 28, 2011. March 28, 2011. ESPN.
63. Web site: Darius Morris officially leaves Michigan basketball for shot in the NBA. May 5, 2011. May 4, 2011. AnnArbor.com. Rothstein, Michael.
64. Web site: Analysis: 5 reasons Darius Morris is making the right decision to leave Michigan for the NBA. May 5, 2011. May 4, 2011. AnnArbor.com. Rothstein, Michael.
65. Web site: Michigan's Darius Morris to remain in NBA draft. May 5, 2011. May 4, 2011. USA Today. Snyder, Mark.
66. Web site: Early entry candidates for 2011 NBA Draft. May 11, 2011. May 11, 2011. NBA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110503025240/http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/28/early-entries-2011/index.html. May 3, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
67. Web site: Twenty-five players withdraw from Draft's early-entry list . May 11, 2011 . May 11, 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235752/http://www.nba.com/2011/news/05/11/nba-draft-early-entry-withdrawls/index.html . May 13, 2011 .
68. Web site: Five Big Ten Players Taken in NBA Draft. June 24, 2011. June 23, 2011. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628000952/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062411aaa.html. June 28, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
69. Web site: Trade for Brooks, Draft Williams. Ben. Couch. June 23, 2011. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 28, 2011. June 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616233904/https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2011DraftCentral_Recap_110623.html. live.
70. Web site: Nets Acquire Vujacic & Two 1st-Round Picks in 3-Team Trade. December 15, 2010. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 18, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203850/http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Vujacic_Trade_Release_101215.html. 28 June 2011 . live.
71. Web site: Are Warriors going after big name?. Rusty. Simmons. September 23, 2009. SFGate.com. Hearst Communications Inc. June 29, 2011. July 7, 2012. https://archive.today/20120707000226/http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-09-23/sports/17207431_1_pick-original-trade-new-jersey. live.
72. Web site: Warriors Acquire Guard Marcus Williams From New Jersey. July 22, 2008. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 29, 2011. June 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130630050145/http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors_acquire_marcus_williams.html. live.