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2010–11 UNLV Rebels men's basketball team

2010–11 UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball
UNLV Rebels wordmark.svg
76 Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Mountain West Conference
2010–11 record 24–9 (11–5 Mountain West)
Head coach Lon Kruger
Assistant coach Greg Grensing
Assistant coach Steve Henson
Assistant coach Lew Hill
Home arena Thomas & Mack Center
Seasons
← 2009–10
2011–12 →
2010–11 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 San Diego State 14 2   .875     34 3   .919
#12 BYU 14 2   .875     32 5   .865
UNLV 11 5   .688     24 9   .727
Colorado State 9 7   .563     19 13   .594
New Mexico 8 8   .500     22 13   .629
Air Force 6 10   .375     16 16   .500
Utah 6 10   .375     13 18   .419
Wyoming 3 13   .188     10 21   .323
TCU 1 15   .063     11 22   .333
2011 MWC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP/Coaches' Poll

The 2010–11 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team was coached by Lon Kruger, returning for his seventh year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and are a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in Mountain West play and lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost in the second round to Illinois.

UNLV finished the 2009–2010 season with a 25–9 record, losing to Northern Iowa in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 69–66. About a month later, it was announced that power forward Matt Shaw would be ineligible for his senior season because he tested positive for a banned substance. On July 6, Head Coach Lon Kruger announced that Mike Moser has transferred from UCLA. On September 1, Kruger announced that Kendall Wallace will undergo knee surgery due to a torn ACL and will miss the entire season. Four weeks later, senior guard Tre'Von Willis was suspended for at least 10% of the season due to a June 29 arrested by the Henderson Police Department. He was charged with domestic battery and was also sentenced to a 100 hours of community service and was charged with a $325 fine. Their offseason ended with their first practice on October 18, 2010.


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