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
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
2010–11 record	21–13 (11–5 MAC)
Head coach	Steve Hawkins
Assistant coaches	Rick Carter Jeff Dunlap Larry Farmer
Home arena	University Arena

2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State	12	–	4		.750			25	–	12		.676
Miami	11	–	5		.688			16	–	17		.485
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			19	–	16		.543
Akron †	9	–	7		.563			23	–	13		.639
Bowling Green	8	–	8		.500			14	–	19		.424
Buffalo	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
West
Western Michigan	11	–	5		.688			21	–	13		.618
Ball State	10	–	6		.625			19	–	13		.594
Central Michigan	7	–	9		.438			10	–	21		.323
Northern Illinois	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Eastern Michigan	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Toledo	1	–	15		.063			4	–	28		.125
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown (Previous school)
25	David Brown	G	6'3"	208	So.	Roscoe, IL (Hononegah)
32	Muhammed Conteh	F/C	6'7"	238	Jr.	Bloomington, IN (Providence School)
30	Caleb Dean	C	6'9"	230	Jr.	Novi, MI (Midland College)
5	Mike Douglas	G	6'0"	175	Jr.	Detroit, MI (Finney)
22	Juwan Howard Jr.	F	6'6"	210	Fr.	Detroit, MI (Pershing High School)
11	Nate Hutcheson	F	6'7"	210	So.	Marion, IA (Linn-Mar)
42	Dan Loney	F	6'4"	208	So.	Benzonia, MI (Benzie Central)
10	Brandon Pokley	G	6'4"	182	So.	Clarkston, MI (Clarkston)
40	Matt Stainbrook	C	6'9"	290	Fr.	Bay Village, OH (Lakewood St. Edward)
52	Nick Stapert	C	6'8"	237	R-Fr.	Gobles, MI (Gobles)
12	Ed Thomas	G	5'9"	159	Jr.	Lansing, MI (Rockford College)
1	Demetrius Ward	G	6'3"	212	Jr.	Detroit, MI (Pershing)
33	Flenard Whitfield	F	6'7"	230	Jr.	Detroit, MI (Martin Luther King)
21	Shayne Whittington	C	6'10"	220	So.	Paw Paw, MI (Lawrence)
15	Alex Wolf	G	6'0"	198	Sr.	Parchment, MI (Parchment)

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
11/12/10* 7:00pm, Fox Sports Ohio[1]		at Xavier	W 68–65[2]	0–1	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
11/20/10* 7:00pm		Loyola	W 82–64[3]	0–2	University Arena (3,026) Kalamazoo, MI
11/23/10* 8:00pm		at Milwaukee	W 67–55[4]	1–2	U.S. Cellular Arena (1,807) Milwaukee, WI
11/27/10* 1:00pm		No. 19 Illinois	W 78–63[5]	1–3	University Arena (4,532) Kalamazoo, MI
12/1/10* 7:00pm		at Towson	W 75–73[6]	1–4	Towson Center (1,483) Towson, MD
12/4/10* 2:00pm		Alma	W 109–50[7]	2–4	University Arena (2,319) Kalamazoo, MI
12/8/10* 7:00pm		Detroit	W 71–69[8]	3–4	University Arena (2,668) Kalamazoo, MI
12/11/10* 8:00pm		at Georgia State	W 61–59[9]	4–4	GSU Sports Arena (901) Atlanta, GA
12/18/10* 2:00pm		South Dakota State	W 77–74[10]	5–4	University Arena (N/A) Kalamazoo, MI
12/21/10* 7:30pm		vs. Troy World Vision Invitational	W 102–99[11] ^OT	5–5	Smith Spectrum (1,221) Logan, UT
12/22/10* 10:05pm		at Utah State World Vision Invitational	W 78–57[12]	5–6	Smith Spectrum (7,975) Logan, UT
12/23/10* 7:30pm		vs. Idaho State World Vision Invitational	W 63–60[13]	6–6	Smith Spectrum (1,478) Logan, UT
12/31/10* 2:00pm		Eastern Illinois	W 69–60[14]	7–6	University Arena (2,846) Kalamazoo, MI
1/9/11 2:00pm		Central Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 63–56[15] ^OT	8–6 (1–0)	University Arena (3,476) Kalamazoo, MI
1/12/11 7:30pm, SportsTime Ohio[16]		at Ball State	W 72–63[17]	8–7 (1–1)	John E. Worthen Arena (3,601) Muncie, IN
1/16/11 2:00pm		Eastern Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 65–48[18]	9–7 (2–1)	University Arena (2,747) Kalamazoo, MI
1/19/11 7:00pm		at Toledo	W 73–60[19]	9–8 (2–2)	Savage Arena (4,073) Toledo, OH
1/22/11 2:00pm		Northern Illinois	W 82–80[20]	10–8 (3–2)	University Arena (3,311) Kalamazoo, MI
1/25/11 7:00pm		Buffalo	W 79–68[21]	10–9 (3–3)	University Arena (2,471) Kalamazoo, MI
1/29/11 4:30pm		at Miami	W 73–68[22] ^OT	11–9 (4–3)	Millett Hall (3,178) Oxford, OH
2/5/11 5:00pm		at Bowling Green	W 75–61[23]	12–9 (5–3)	Anderson Arena (2,476) Bowling Green, OH
2/9/11 7:30pm, SportsTime Ohio[24]		at Akron	W 83–71[25]	12–10 (5–4)	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,826) Akron, OH
2/12/11 4:30pm		Ohio	W 85–83[26]	13–10 (6–4)	University Arena (3,565) Kalamazoo, MI
2/15/11		at Northern Illinois	W 77–65[27]	14–10 (7–4)
2/19/11*		Illinois State	W 68–65[28]	15–10	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
2/21/11		Kent State	W 74–72[29]	15–11 (7–5)	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
2/23/11		Toledo	W 68–56[30]	16–11 (8–5)	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
2/27/11		at Eastern Michigan	W 87–60[31]	17–11 (9–5)
3/2/11  Ball State Sports Network[32]		Ball State	W 87–70[33]	18–11 (10–5)	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
3/5/11 2:00pm		at Central Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 81–68[34]	19–11 (11–5)	McGuirk Arena (3,024) Mt. Pleasant, MI
2011 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
3/10/11* 12:00pm, SportsTime Ohio		vs. Bowling Green Quarterfinals	W 67–56[35]	20–11	Quicken Loans Arena (N/A) Cleveland, OH
3/11/11* 7:00pm, SportsTime Ohio		vs. Akron Semifinals	W 79–68[36]	20–12	Quicken Loans Arena (N/A) Cleveland, OH
2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
3/16/11* 7:00pm		Tennessee Tech First round	W 74–66[37]	21–12	University Arena (1,628) Kalamazoo, MI
3/19/11* 2:00pm		Buffalo Second round	W 49–48	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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