2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

Pre-season

• Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2010 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
• Dana Altman was named the head coach of the Oregon Ducks.
• 2010–11 PAC-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll:

  Rankings

• November 8, 2010 – Washington #17
• November 15, 2010 – Washington #17, #15
• November 22, 2010 – Washington #13, #11
• November 29, 2010 – Washington #23, #22
• December 6, 2010 – Washington #21, #22
• January 3, 2011 – Washington #23
• January 10, 2011 – Washington #17, #18

  Non-Conference games

• November 24, 2010 – UCLA lost to No. 7 Villanova at the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
• December 18, 2010 – UCLA upset No. 16 BYU 86–79 at the John R. Wooden Classic.

  Conference games

• December 29 – First conference games.

  Conference tournament

• March 9–11, 2011 – Pac-10 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

  Head coaches

Post season

NCAA Tournament">2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">NCAA Tournament

• March 15, 2011 – Tournament begins.
• April 4, 2011 – National Championship game.
• March 13, 2011 – Four Pac-10 teams were selected: Arizona, Washington, UCLA and USC.
• March 16, 2011 – USC ended its tournament hopes when they were defeated in the first round to VCU.
• March 17, 2011 – UCLA defeated Michigan State to advance to the third round to face Florida on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
• March 19, 2011 – UCLA was defeated by Florida 65–73 and ended its season.
• March 20, 2011 – Arizona defeated Texas 70–69 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen and Washington was defeated by North Carolina 83–86 to end the season.
• March 24, 2011 – Arizona defeated 1-seed Duke 93–77 in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite 8.
• March 26, 2011 – Arizona was defeated by UConn 65–63 in the Elite 8.

  NIT">2011 National Invitation Tournament">NIT

• March 13, 2011 – Two Pac-10 teams were selected to play in the NIT: California, Washington State.

  CBI">College Basketball Invitational">CBI

Highlights and notes

• November 12, 2010 – UCLA and Oregon kicked off the season with wins over San Diego State and North Dakota State respectively.
• February 25, 2011 – California was placed on two years probation for impermissible recruiting phone calls.
• February 26, 2011 – UCLA defeated Arizona in the final men's basketball game in Pauley Pavilion before the building goes into renovation for a year. The late Coach John Wooden's great-grandson Tyler Trapani scored the last two points for the Bruins.

  Awards and honors

• The Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award in both men’s and women’s basketball is now known as the John Wooden Coach of the Year Award.

  Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Player-of-the-Week

• Nov. 22 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA
• Dec. 6 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Dec. 20 – Reeves Nelson, UCLA
• Jan. 3 – Matthew Bryan-Amaning, WASH
• Jan. 17 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Jan. 31 – Lamont Jones, ARIZ
• Feb. 14 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Feb. 28 – Nikola Vucevic, USC
• Nov. 29 – Klay Thompson, WSU
• Dec. 13 – Klay Thompson, WSU
• Dec. 27 – Jio Fontan, USC
• Jan. 10 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Jan. 24 – Isaiah Thomas, WASH
• Feb. 7 – Joevan Catron, ORE
• Feb. 21 – Derrick Williams, ARIZ
• Mar. 7 – Ty Abbott, ASU

  All-Americans

All-Pac-10 teams

• Player of The Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona
• Freshman of The Year: Allen Crabbe, California
• Defensive Player of The Year: Marcus Simmons, USC
• Most Improved Player of The Year: Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington
• John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona

All-Academic

USBWA All-District team