| Year: | 2010–11 |
| Team: | Buffalo Bulls |
| Sport: | basketball |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 20–14 |
| Conf Record: | 8–8 |
| Head Coach: | Reggie Witherspoon |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Jim Kwitchoff |
| Ac1 Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach2: | Kevin Heck |
| Ac2 Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach3: | Turner Battle |
| Ac3 Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Alumni Arena |
| Tourney: | CIT |
| Tourney Result: | Quarterfinals |
The 2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulls, led by twelfth-year head coach Reggie Witherspoon, played their home games at Alumni Arena in Amherst, New York as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 20–14, 8–8 in MAC play to finish in sixth place in the MAC East. It was the third 20-win season in the school's NCAA Division I history and the second in their past three seasons.[1]
Buffalo hosted unanimous national college player of the year Jimmer Fredette and the 16th-ranked BYU Cougars at Alumni Arena on December 30, 2010. The Bulls held Fredette to 6 points on 1-of-9 shooting in the first half but Fredette managed 28 points in the second half for a season-high total of 34; BYU ultimately won 90–82. After the game, Reggie Witherspoon said that Fredette was indisputably the best college basketball player ever to play a game in Western New York.[2]
Despite an exit in the quarterfinals of the MAC men's basketball tournament, Buffalo received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). It was the school's third Division I postseason appearance and first since the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. In the CIT, Buffalo won its first two games before losing in the quarterfinals against eventual runner-up Iona.[3]
The 2010–11 season featured the college debut of Javon McCrea. At the end of the season, McCrea would be the first Buffalo player named the MAC Freshman of the Year.[4] McCrea would go on to become the program's all-time leading scorer.[5]
The previous year's Bulls finished the 2009–10 season with an overall record of 18–12 and a record of 9–7 in conference play. It was just their second consecutive season with a winning record.[1] In spite of that, they lost in the second round of the 2010 MAC tournament.[6] Buffalo graduated its top five scorers from this team.[7] Senior guard Byron Mulkey redshirted in 2009–10 due to the logjam of seniors at the guard position and the need for senior leadership on the 2010–11 team.[8]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| 3 | G | 170lb | Senior | Erie, PA | Graduated | ||
| 4 | G | 200lb | Niagara Falls, NY | ||||
| 15 | F | 230lb | Freshman | Attica, NY | — | ||
| 22 | G | 185lb | Senior | Hollidaysburg, PA | Graduated | ||
| 25 | G | 230lb | Rochester, NY | ||||
| 33 | F | 225lb | Ottawa, ON | ||||
| 40 | F | 240lb | Montreal, QC |
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