2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This is head coach Bill Carmody's eleventh season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. In the previous year, they finished the season 20–14, 7–10 in Big Ten play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Washington State.

2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–14 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Carmody
Assistant coaches	Mitch Henderson Tavaras Hardy Ivan Vujic
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena

2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Ohio State †	16	–	2		.889			34	–	3		.919
No. 13 Purdue	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Michigan	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Illinois	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Penn State	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			20	–	14		.588
Minnesota	6	–	12		.333			17	–	14		.548
Iowa	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
Indiana	3	–	15		.167			12	–	20		.375
† 2011 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

2010–11 Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	Year	Hometown/High School
1	Crawford, Drew	G/F	6–5	205	SO	Naperville, Illinois/Naperville Central
3	Capocci, Mike	F	6–6	195	SR	Lombard, Illinois/Glenbard East
4	Marcotullio, Alex	G	6–3	180	SO	Warren, Michigan/De La Salle
5	Ryan, Jeff	G/F	6–7	205	SR	Glenview, Illinois/Glenbrook South
10	Nichols, Austin	G	6–0	192	SO	Lansing, Michigan/Lansing Catholic
11	Hearn, Reggie	G	6–4	205	SO	Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider
12	Mirković, Luka	F/C	6–11	248	JR	Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)
15	Fruendt, Nick	G	6–5	200	JR	Batavia, Illinois/Batavia
21	Peljusic, Ivan	F	6–8	220	SR	Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium
22	Thompson, Michael	G	5–10	190	SR	Chicago, Illinois/Lincoln Park
23	Cobb, JerShon	G	6–5	180	FR	Decatur, Georgia/Columbia
24	Shurna, John	F	6–8	215	JR	Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West
30	Curletti, Davide	F	6–9	238	JR	Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Thu, Nov 4* 7:00 pm		Robert Morris	W 91–71	—	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Regular season
Fri, Nov 12* 8:00 pm		at Northern Illinois	W 97–78	1–0	Convocation Center  DeKalb, IL
Wed, Nov 17* 7:00 pm		at Texas–Pan American	W 77–71	2–0	UTPA Fieldhouse  Edinburg, TX
Fri, Nov 19* 7:00 pm		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 71–45	3–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sun, Nov 28* 7:30 pm, BTN		Creighton	W 65–52	4–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Tue, Nov 30* 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 91–71	5–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Mon, Dec 13* 7:00 pm		Long Island	W 81–65	6–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Thu, Dec 16* 7:00 pm, BTN		American	W 78–62	7–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Mon, Dec 20* 6:00 pm, MSG		vs. St. Francis Brooklyn Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	W 92–61	8–0	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
Tue, Dec 21* 8:30 pm, MSG		vs. St. John's Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	L 69–85	8–1	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
Thu, Dec 23* 2:00 pm		Mount St. Mary's	W 70–47	9–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Fri, Dec 31 11:00 am, ESPN2		at No. 12 Purdue	L 69–82	9–2 (0–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Mon, Jan 03 6:30 pm, BTN		No. 18 Michigan State	L 62–65	9–3 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Thu, Jan 06 8:00 pm, BTN		at No. 20 Illinois	L 63–88	9–4 (0–3)	Assembly Hall  Champign, IL
Sun, Jan 09 6:00 pm, BTN		Indiana	W 93–81	10–4 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Wed, Jan 12 7:30 pm, BTN		at Iowa	W 90–71	11–4 (2–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Sat, Jan 15 12:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan State	L 67–71 OT	11–5 (2–4)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Tue, Jan 18 8:00pm, BTN		Michigan	W 74–60	12–5 (3–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Thu, Jan 20* 5:30pm		SIU Edwardsville	W 98–55	13–5	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sun, Jan 23 11:30 am, BTN		Wisconsin	L 46–78	13–6 (3–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Wed, Jan 26 7:30 pm, BTN		at No. 16 Minnesota	L 70–81	13–7 (3–6)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Sat, Jan 29 5:00pm, ESPN2		No. 1 Ohio State	L 57-58	13–8 (3–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sat, Feb 05 12:00 pm, CBS		Illinois	W 71–70	14–8 (4–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Wed, Feb 09 5:30 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 66–75	14–9 (4–8)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Sun, Feb 13 2:30 pm, BTN		at Penn State	L 41–65	14–10 (4–9)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
Thu, Feb 17 8:00 pm, BTN		Iowa	W 73–70	15–10 (5–9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sat, Feb 19 6:00 pm, BTN		at Indiana	W 70–64	16–10 (6–9)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Thu, Feb 24 8:00 pm, ESPN2		Penn State	L 52–66	16–11 (6–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sun, Feb 27 5:00pm, BTN		at No. 12 Wisconsin	L 63–78	16–12 (6–11)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
Wed, Mar 2 7:30 pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 68–57	17–12 (7–11)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Big Ten tournament
Thu, Mar 10 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(8)	vs. (9) Minnesota Big Ten First Round	W 75–65	18–12	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
Fri, Mar 11 11:00 am, ESPN	(8)	vs. (1) No. 1 Ohio State Quarterfinals	L 61–67 OT	18–13	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
NIT
Wed, Mar 16* 7:00pm, ESPN3	(4 BC)	(5 BC) Milwaukee NIT First Round	W 70–61	19–13	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Sat, Mar 19* 10:00 am, ESPN	(4 BC)	at (1 BC) Boston College NIT Second Round	W 85–67	20–13	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
Wed, Mar 23* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 BC)	at (2 BC) Washington State NIT Quarterfinals	L 66–69 OT	20–14	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. BC=NIT Boston College bracket. All times are in Central.