2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
The 2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 16, 2010 and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 10–13, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The regular-season champion of the league and its East Division was Florida, with Alabama winning the West Division crown. Kentucky won the tournament crown and went on to make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
This was the last season for the SEC's two-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011 to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.
Pre-season polls and teams
Pre-Season Poll:| SEC Media | |
| SEC East | |
| 1. | Florida |
| 2. | Kentucky |
| 3. | Georgia |
| 4. | Tennessee |
| 5. | Vanderbilt |
| 6. | South Carolina |
| SEC West | |
| 1. | Mississippi State |
| 2. | Ole Miss |
| 3. | Alabama |
| 4. | Arkansas |
| 5. | LSU |
| 6. | Auburn |
Pre-Season All-SEC Teams
| SEC Media | SEC Coaches |
| Brandon Knight Kentucky Travis Leslie Georgia Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss | Dee Bost Mississippi State JaMychal Green Alabama Scotty Hopson Tennessee Travis Leslie Georgia Chandler Parsons Florida Marshawn Powell Arkansas Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss |
- SEC Coaches select 8 players
- Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year
Rankings
Attendance
| Rk | Team | Arena | Capacity | Gms. | Avg. Att. | % Full | Total Att. |
| 1 | Kentucky | Rupp Arena | 23,500 | 15 | 23,603 | 100.4% | 354,046 |
| 2 | Tennessee | Thompson–Boling Arena | 21,678 | 18 | 18,952 | 87.4% | 341,130 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt | Memorial Gymnasium | 14,316 | 17 | 13,802 | 96.4% | 234,632 |
| 4 | Arkansas | Bud Walton Arena | 19,368 | 19 | 11,884 | 61.4% | 225,794 |
| 5 | Alabama | Coleman Coliseum | 15,316 | 16 | 11,757 | 76.8% | 188,119 |
| 6 | South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena | 18,000 | 17 | 10,427 | 57.9% | 177,254 |
| 7 | Florida | O'Connell Center | 12,000 | 17 | 10,186 | 84.9% | 173,158 |
| 8 | Georgia | Stegeman Coliseum | 10,523 | 16 | 8,250 | 78.4% | 131,998 |
| 9 | LSU | Maravich Assembly Center | 13,472 | 18 | 7,153 | 53.1% | 128,749 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | Tad Smith Coliseum | 9,061 | 17 | 6,360 | 70.2% | 108,120 |
| 11 | Auburn | Auburn Arena | 9,121 | 20 | 6,324 | 69.3% | 126,483 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | Humphrey Coliseum | 10,500 | 17 | 5,710 | 54.4% | 97,069 |
| TOTALS | 177,334 | 207 | 11,200 | 75.8% | 2,286,552 |
Post season
NCAA Tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Round | Second Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 2 | Southeast | Florida | W, 79–51 vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara – 3/17, Tampa, Florida | W, 73–65 vs. #7 UCLA | W, 83–74 vs. #3 BYU – 3/24, New Orleans | L, 71–74 vs. #8 Butler | ||
| 4 | East | Kentucky | W, 59–57 vs. #13 Princeton – 3/17, Tampa, Florida | W, 71–63 vs. #5 West Virginia | W, 62–60 vs. #1 Ohio State – 3/25, Newark, New Jersey | W, 76–69 vs. #4 North Carolina | L, 55–56 vs. #3 Connecticut – 4/2, Houston | |
| 5 | Southwest | Vanderbilt | L, 66–69 vs. #12 Richmond – 3/17, Denver | |||||
| 9 | West | Tennessee | L, 45–75 vs. #8 Michigan – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||
| 10 | East | Georgia | L, 65–68 vs. #7 Washington – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina |
National Invitation Tournament
| # of Bids | Record | Win % | R2 | R3 | SF | CG |
| 2 | 4–2 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |