2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2010–11
Team:Tennessee Volunteers
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Division:East
Short Conf:SEC
Record:19–15
Conf Record:8–8
Hc Year:6th
Champion:NIT Season Tip-Off champions
Bowl Result:Round of 64

The 2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the sixth season for Bruce Pearl as the Volunteers' head coach. The team, a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, played its home games at Thompson-Boling Arena. They were the champions of the 2011 NIT Season Tip-Off. They finished the season 19–15, 8–8 in SEC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament to Florida. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Michigan.

On March 21, 2011, Pearl was fired by the school for lying to NCAA investigators on recruiting violations.[1]

Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

|-!colspan=9 style=| SEC tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament

Notes and References

  1. Beth Rucker,Tennessee Fires Coach Bruce Pearl, Associated Press via NBCSports.MSNBC.com, March 21, 2011