2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team


The 2010-11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2010-2011. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith was in his fourth year at Minnesota. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season

The Gophers began their season without Devoe Joseph, who was suspended for 6 regular season games due to a violation of team rules. Despite this, the Gophers won the early season Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament by defeating Western Kentucky, then 8th-ranked North Carolina, and West Virginia.
Joseph then abruptly left the team in January, transferring to the University of Oregon.

Roster

2010–11 Schedule and results

! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000" | Exhibition
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Regular Season
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten Regular Season
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2011 Big Ten Tournament

Rankings

PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Final
APRVRV151522211714RVRV151618RVRVNR
CoachesRVRV171320201613212519182025RVNR