2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

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.

2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Record19–15 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson-Boling Arena
2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 15 Florida133 .813298  .784
No. 11 Kentucky106 .625299  .763
No. 25 Vanderbilt97 .5632311  .676
Georgia97 .5632112  .636
Tennessee88 .5001915  .559
South Carolina511 .3131416  .467
West
Alabama124 .7502512  .676
Mississippi State97 .5631714  .548
Ole Miss79 .4382014  .588
Arkansas79 .4381813  .581
Auburn412 .2501120  .355
LSU313 .1881121  .344
2011 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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