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2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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Big 12 Regular Season Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight vs VCU, L 61–71
Conference Big 12
Division North
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 2
2010–11 record 35–3 (14–2 Big 12)
Head coach Bill Self
Assistant coach Danny Manning
Assistant coach Joe Dooley
Assistant coach Kurtis Townsend
Home arena Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons
« 2009–10 2011–12 »
2010–11 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 Kansas 14 2   .875     35 3   .921
#16 Texas 13 3   .813     28 8   .778
Texas A&M 10 6   .625     24 9   .727
#24 Kansas State 10 6   .625     23 11   .676
Missouri 8 8   .500     23 11   .676
Colorado 8 8   .500     24 14   .632
Nebraska 7 9   .438     19 13   .594
Baylor 7 9   .438     18 13   .581
Oklahoma State 6 10   .375     20 14   .588
Oklahoma 5 11   .313     14 18   .438
Texas Tech 5 11   .313     13 19   .406
Iowa State 3 13   .188     16 16   .500
2011 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll • Through March 27, 2011

The 2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 113th basketball season. The head coach was Bill Self, who was serving his 8th year. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas and are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 35–3, 14–2 in Big 12 play to claim the regular season conference title. They were also champions of the 2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament. They earned a #1 seed in the Southwest Region in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Boston University in the second round and Illinois in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They defeated Richmond to advance to the Elite Eight where they were upset by Virginia Commonwealth.

Sherron Collins finished his senior year at Kansas and graduated in 2010. Junior center Cole Aldrich announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft on March 29, 2010, and Xavier Henry announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft on April 7, 2010. In mid-August coach Self announced, via press release, the departures of walk-ons C.J. Henry and Chase Buford. According to Self, Henry notified the coaching staff in late July of his intention to transfer to another University where he would continue his collegiate basketball career. Coach Self said that would-be senior Chase Buford would not return to the team in the fall in order to focus on academics.


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