2010–11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

The 2010–11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2010–11 college basketball season. This is head coach Bob Williams' thirteenth season at UCSB. The Gauchos compete in the Big West Conference and played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, also known as The Thunderdome. They finished the season 18–14, 8–8 in Big West play to win the 2011 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they earned a 15 seed in the Southeast Region and were defeated in the second round by 2 seed and AP #15 Florida.

2010–11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball
Big West tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	18–14 (8–8 Big West)
Head coach	Bob Williams
Assistant coaches	Brad Holland Matt Stock Jonathan Metzger-Jones
Home arena	The Thunderdome
Seasons ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Jaimé Serna	6'7"	235	F	So.	Laguna Beach, CA	Santa Margarita HS
1	Chris Brew	6'3"	180	G	Fr.	Oakland, CA	St. Mary's HS
3	Jordan Weiner	6'0"	173	G	Jr.	Encino, CA	Birmingham HS
4	Paul Roemer	6'1"	180	G	Sr.	Martinez, CA	De La Salle HS
11	Justin Joyner	6'0"	177	G	Jr.	Antioch, CA	De La Salle HS
14	Brad Lewis	6'2"	170	G	Fr.	Simi Valley, CA	Simi Valley HS
15	Sam Phippen	6'9"	193	F	Jr.	Durango, CO	Durango HS
20	Will Brew	6'3"	175	G	So.	Oakland, CA	St. Mary's HS
21	James Nunnally	6'5"	205	F	So.	San Jose, CA	Weston Ranch HS
24	Christian Peterson	6'3"	219	G	Jr.	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad HS
25	Lucas Devenny	6'9"	240	F	Fr.	Santa Rosa, CA	Piner HS
32	Jon Pastorek	6'10"	210	F	Jr.	Anaheim, CA	Canyon HS San Diego State
33	Orlando Johnson	6'5"	205	G	So.	Seaside, CA	Palma HS Loyola Marymount
41	Seth Kamphoefner	6'9"	210	F	So.	Terra Linda, CA	Terra Linda HS
42	James Powell	6'2"	185	G	Sr.	Glendora, CA	Glendora HS
55	Greg Somogyi	7'3"	242	C	Jr.	Budapest, Hungary	Woodside Priory School

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2010* 7:00pm		at The Master's College	W 68–54		Bross Gym  Santa Clarita, CA
Regular season
11/12/2010* 4:30pm		vs. Denver BTI Invitational	W 65–49	1–0	McArthur Court (6,523) Eugene, OR
11/13/2010* 6:00pm		vs. North Dakota State BTI Invitational	L 60–68	1–1	McArthur Court (6,199) Eugene, OR
11/14/2010* 6:00pm, CSNNW		at Oregon BTI Invitational	L 70–72	1–2	McArthur Court (6,197) Eugene, OR
11/20/2010* 7:00pm		Fresno State	W 69–54	2–2	The Thunderdome (3,577) Santa Barbara, CA
11/27/2010*		at Portland	L 67–77	2–3	Chiles Center  Portland, OR
12/1/2010*		Loyola Marymount	W 77–67	3–3	The Thunderdome  Santa Barbara, CA
12/4/2010*		at Santa Clara	W 80–69	4–3	Leavy Center  Santa Clara, CA
12/15/2010*		at No. 22 UNLV	W 68–62	5–3	Thomas & Mack Center  Las Vegas, NV
12/18/2010*		at No. 11 San Diego State	L 64–90	5–4	Vejas Arena  San Diego, CA
12/21/2010*		California Baptist	W 76–52	6–4	The Thunderdome  Santa Barbara, CA
12/28/2010		Long Beach State	L 55–71	6–5 (0–1)	The Thunderdome  Santa Barbara, CA
Big West tournament
3/10/2011	(5)	vs. (4) Pacific Quarterfinals	W 79–67	16–13	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
3/11/2011	(5)	vs. (3) Cal State Northridge Semifinals	W 83–63	17–13	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
03/12/2011	(5)	vs. (1) Long Beach State Championship	W 64–56	18–13	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
NCAA tournament
3/17/2011  CBS	(15)	vs. (2) No. 15 Florida First Round	L 51–79	18–14	St. Pete Times Forum  Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Source[2].

References

1. "UC Santa Barbara Official Athletics Site". Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
2. "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.