2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team

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.

2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball
CIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast
Record20–14 (8–8 MAC)
Head coach
  • Reggie Witherspoon (12th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jim Kwitchoff (12th season)
  • Kevin Heck (6th season)
  • Turner Battle (4th season)
Home arenaAlumni Arena
2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State124 .7502512  .676
Miami (OH)115 .6881617  .485
Ohio97 .5631916  .543
Akron97 .5632313  .639
Bowling Green88 .5001419  .424
Buffalo88 .5002014  .588
West
Western Michigan115 .6882113  .618
Ball State106 .6251913  .594
Central Michigan79 .4381021  .323
Northern Illinois511 .313921  .300
Eastern Michigan511 .313922  .290
Toledo115 .063428  .125
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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.

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. McCrea would go on to become the program's all-time leading scorer.

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