2010–11 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team were the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball team representing Western Michigan University. WMU was coached by Steve Hawkins who was in his eighth season as head coach of the school. The Broncos played their home games at University Arena in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

2010–11 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball
MAC West Division Champions
CIT, Second round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record21–13 (11–5 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUniversity Arena
Seasons
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

Roster

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No.NamePos.HeightWeightYearHometown (Previous school)
25David BrownG6'3"208So.Roscoe, IL (Hononegah)
32Muhammed ContehF/C6'7"238Jr.Bloomington, IN (Providence School)
30Caleb DeanC6'9"230Jr.Novi, MI (Midland College)
5Mike DouglasG6'0"175Jr.Detroit, MI (Finney)
22Juwan Howard Jr.F6'6"210Fr.Detroit, MI (Pershing High School)
11Nate HutchesonF6'7"210So.Marion, IA (Linn-Mar)
42Dan LoneyF6'4"208So.Benzonia, MI (Benzie Central)
10Brandon PokleyG6'4"182So.Clarkston, MI (Clarkston)
40Matt StainbrookC6'9"290Fr.Bay Village, OH (Lakewood St. Edward)
52Nick StapertC6'8"237R-Fr.Gobles, MI (Gobles)
12Ed ThomasG5'9"159Jr.Lansing, MI (Rockford College)
1Demetrius WardG6'3"212Jr.Detroit, MI (Pershing)
33Flenard WhitfieldF6'7"230Jr.Detroit, MI (Martin Luther King)
21Shayne WhittingtonC6'10"220So.Paw Paw, MI (Lawrence)
15Alex WolfG6'0"198Sr.Parchment, MI (Parchment)

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 12, 2010*
7:00 pm, FS Ohio[2]
at XavierL 65–68[1] 0–1
Cintas Center (10,250)
Cincinnati, OH
November 20, 2010*
7:00 pm
Loyola ChicagoL 64–82[3] 0–2
University Arena (3,026)
Kalamazoo, MI
November 23, 2010*
8:00 pm
at MilwaukeeW 67–55[4] 1–2
U.S. Cellular Arena (1,807)
Milwaukee, WI
November 27, 2010*
1:00 pm
No. 19 IllinoisL 63–78[5] 1–3
University Arena (4,532)
Kalamazoo, MI
December 1, 2010*
7:00 pm
at TowsonL 73–75[6] 1–4
Towson Center (1,483)
Towson, MD
December 4, 2010*
2:00 pm
AlmaW 109–50[7] 2–4
University Arena (2,319)
Kalamazoo, MI
December 8, 2010*
7:00 pm
DetroitW 71–69[8] 3–4
University Arena (2,668)
Kalamazoo, MI
December 11, 2010*
8:00 pm
at Georgia StateW 61–59[9] 4–4
GSU Sports Arena (901)
Atlanta, GA
December 18, 2010*
2:00 pm
South Dakota StateW 77–74[10] 5–4
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
December 21, 2010*
7:30 pm
vs. Troy
World Vision Invitational
L 99–102[11] OT5–5
Smith Spectrum (1,221)
Logan, UT
December 22, 2010*
10:05 pm
at Utah State
World Vision Invitational
L 57–78[12] 5–6
Smith Spectrum (7,975)
Logan, UT
December 23, 2010*
7:30 pm
vs. Idaho State
World Vision Invitational
W 63–60[13] 6–6
Smith Spectrum (1,478)
Logan, UT
December 31, 2010*
2:00 pm
Eastern IllinoisW 69–60[14] 7–6
University Arena (2,846)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 9, 2011
2:00 pm
Central Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 63–56[15] OT8–6
(1–0)
University Arena (3,476)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 12, 2011
7:30 pm, SportsTime Ohio[17]
at Ball StateL 63–72[16] 8–7
(1–1)
John E. Worthen Arena (3,601)
Muncie, IN
January 16, 2011
2:00 pm
Eastern Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 65–48[18] 9–7
(2–1)
University Arena (2,747)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 19, 2011
7:00 pm
at ToledoL 60–73[19] 9–8
(2–2)
Savage Arena (4,073)
Toledo, OH
January 22, 2011
2:00 pm
Northern IllinoisW 82–80[20] 10–8
(3–2)
University Arena (3,311)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 25, 2011
7:00 pm
BuffaloL 68–79[21] 10–9
(3–3)
University Arena (2,471)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 29, 2011
4:30 pm
at MiamiW 73–68[22] OT11–9
(4–3)
Millett Hall (3,178)
Oxford, OH
February 5, 2011
5:00 pm
at Bowling GreenW 75–61[23] 12–9
(5–3)
Anderson Arena (2,476)
Bowling Green, OH
February 9, 11
7:30 pm, SportsTime Ohio[25]
at AkronL 71–83[24] 12–10
(5–4)
James A. Rhodes Arena (2,826)
Akron, OH
February 12, 2011
4:30 pm
OhioW 85–83[26] 13–10
(6–4)
University Arena (3,565)
Kalamazoo, MI
February 15, 2011
at Northern IllinoisW 77–65[27] 14–10
(7–4)
Convocation Center 
DeKalb, IL
February 19, 2011*
Illinois State
ESPN BracketBusters
W 68–65[28] 15–10
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
February 21, 2011
Kent StateL 72–74[29] 15–11
(7–5)
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
February 23, 2011
ToledoW 68–56[30] 16–11
(8–5)
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
February 27, 2011
at Eastern Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 87–60[31] 17–11
(9–5)
Convocation Center 
Ypsilanti, MI
March 2, 2011
Ball StateW 87–70[32] 18–11
(10–5)
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
March 5, 2011
2:00 pm
at Central Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 81–68[33] 19–11
(11–5)
McGuirk Arena (3,024)
Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC tournament
March 10, 2011*
12:00 pm, SportsTime Ohio
(2) vs. (7) Bowling Green
MAC Quarterfinals
W 67–56[34] 20–11
Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
March 11, 2011*
7:00 pm, SportsTime Ohio
(2) vs. (6) Akron
Semifinals
L 68–79[35] 20–12
Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
CollegeInsider.com tournament
March 16, 2011
7:00 pm
Tennessee Tech
CIT First round
W 74–66[36] 21–12
University Arena (1,628)
Kalamazoo, MI
March 19, 2011
2:00 pm
Buffalo
CIT Second round
L 48–49 21–13
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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