2010–11 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
Encyclopedia
The 2010–11 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season marks the 15th season of Big 12 Conference
basketball
.
This will be the final season for the Big 12 as a 12-team conference, as two schools will leave at the end of the 2010–11 academic year. Colorado
will join the Pacific-10 Conference, which will become the Pacific-12, while Nebraska
will join the Big Ten Conference
.
Player of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big 12
offices name a player of the week each Monday.
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
.
This will be the final season for the Big 12 as a 12-team conference, as two schools will leave at the end of the 2010–11 academic year. Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
The Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Pacific-12 Conference.The Buffaloes have competed in ten NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Final Four twice , and...
will join the Pacific-10 Conference, which will become the Pacific-12, while Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college basketball. The program saw its first game in 1896 playing 7-on-7 basketball. The first collegiate game was against Nebraska Wesleyan University...
will join the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
.
Big 12 Coaches Poll
| Rank | Team | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State (10) | 119 |
| 2 | Kansas (2) | 109 |
| 3 | Texas | 99 |
| 4 | Baylor | 96 |
| 5 | Missouri | 82 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 69 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 52 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 51 |
| 9 | Colorado | 46 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 31 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 27 |
| 12 | Iowa State | 11 |
All-Big 12 players
- Jacob PullenJacob PullenJacob Everse Pullen is an American basketball player at the point guard position. The former Kansas State Wildcat is currently playing for Angelico Biella in Italy.-College:...
, Kansas State (unanimous) - LaceDarius DunnLaceDarius DunnLaceDarius Dunn is an American college basketball guard with the Baylor Bears men's basketball team...
, Baylor (unanimous) - Cory Higgins, Colorado
- Marcus MorrisMarcus Morris (basketball)Marcus "Mook" Morris is an American basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at Kansas.-Early years:...
, Kansas - Curtis Kelly, Kansas State
Player of the Year
- Marcus MorrisMarcus Morris (basketball)Marcus "Mook" Morris is an American basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at Kansas.-Early years:...
, Kansas
Newcomer of the Year
- Ricardo Ratliffe, Missouri
Freshman of the Year
- Josh SelbyJosh SelbyJosh Selby is an American professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He played one year of college basketball for the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Selby had declared his intention to enter the 2011 NBA Draft...
, Kansas
Rankings
| AP Poll | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 16 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| Colorado | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Missouri | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | RV | 20 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Texas A&M | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Texas Tech |
In-season honors
Players of the weekThroughout the conference regular season, the Big 12
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
offices name a player of the week each Monday.
- Nov. 15 – Jordan HamiltonJordan HamiltonJordan Christian Hamilton is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. He was a forward for the Texas Longhorns.As a sophomore he was a second team All-American by the USBWA...
, Texas - Nov. 22 – Jordan Hamilton, Texas
- Nov. 29 – Marcus MorrisMarcus MorrisThe Reverend John Marcus Harston Morris OBE was an English Anglican priest who founded the Eagle comic in 1950 and was deputy chairman of the National Magazine Company....
, Kansas - Dec. 6 – Marcus Denmon, Missouri
- Dec. 13 – Marshall Moses, Oklahoma State
- Dec. 20 – Khris MiddletonKhris MiddletonJames Khristian "Khris" Middleton is an American college basketball player with the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team who is entering his junior season. He attended Porter-Gaud School, where he was coached by John Pearson...
, Texas A&M - Dec. 27 – Markieff MorrisMarkieff MorrisMarkieff Morris is an American basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at Kansas.-Early years:...
, Kansas - Jan. 3 – Marcus Denmon, Missouri
- Jan. 10 – Alec BurksAlec BurksAlec Burks is an American professional basketball shooting guard with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Burks played college basketball with the University of Colorado Buffaloes.-High school:...
, Colorado - Jan. 17 – Marcus Morris, Kansas
- Jan. 24 – Jordan Hamilton, Texas
- Jan. 31 – Mike SingletaryMike SingletaryMichael "Mike" Singletary is an American football coach and former professional football player. He is currently the linebacker coach and assistant head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL....
, Texas Tech - Feb. 7 – Jacob PullenJacob PullenJacob Everse Pullen is an American basketball player at the point guard position. The former Kansas State Wildcat is currently playing for Angelico Biella in Italy.-College:...
, Kansas State - Feb. 14 – Marcus Morris, Kansas
- Feb. 21 – Jacob Pullen, Kansas State
- Feb. 28 – Alec Burks, Colorado
See also
- 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball seasonThe 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010 with the preliminary games of the 2010 Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic, and ended with the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 4, 2011 at Reliant Stadium in Houston...
- 2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball TournamentThe 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2011 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 9 until March 12, 2011...