The 2010–11 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season marked the 35th season of

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. The 2011 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held for the fifth straight year at

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Preseason

In the 2010 preseason, two new head coaches filled vacant Atlantic 10 positions. Fordham fired

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on December 3, 2009, and interim coach

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was hired in Whittenburg's absence. The

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was hired from

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, where he coached seven years to a 155–126 record. The

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fired coach Bobby Lutz on March 15, despite being the team's all-time wins leader with a record of 218–158. In his final season, he led the team to a 19–12 mark but suffered a late season collapse and did not make the NCAA tournament or NIT. He was replaced by

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, an assistant coach at

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for six years, on April 9. Atlantic 10 media day was held on October 21, 2010.

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was picked to win their fourth straight A-10 championship by coaches and the media. They received 19 first-place votes, and Xavier and

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received three first-place votes each, while Dayton was picked first on one ballot. Richmond's Kevin Anderson was the reigning player of the year, having won the honor in the

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Atlantic 10 preseason poll

Atlantic 10 preseason teams

Preseason watchlists

On October 4, 2010, the

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preseason watch list was released, including three Atlantic 10 players. The watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. The list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watchlist in December and a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. The

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watchlist of 50 players was announced on November 16, 2010. In late February, a shorter list of the top 30 players was compiled to prepare for a March vote to narrow the list to four finalists.

Rankings

Conference awards & honors

Weekly honors

Throughout the conference regular season, the

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offices name a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.

Atlantic 10 All-Conference teams

NABC

The

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announced their Division I AllDistrict teams on March 9 to recognize the best men's collegiate basketball

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s in the United States. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 245 student-athletes were chosen from 24 districts. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the Atlantic 10 players chosen to the list. Since District 4 comprised only

schools, this is equivalent to being named All-Atlantic 10 by the NABC. First Team * Kevin Anderson (Richmond) * Bill Clark (Duquesne) * Justin Harper (Richmond) *

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(Xavier) * Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure) Second Team * Anthony Gurley (Massachusetts) * Delroy James (Rhode Island) * Ramone Moore (Temple) * Damian Saunders (Duquesne) *

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(Dayton)

USBWA

On March 10, the

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released its 2010–11 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Atlantic 10 representatives selected within their respective regions. District I (ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, CT) * Delroy James (Rhode Island) District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV) * Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure) District III (VA, NC, SC, MD)
None Selected District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI) *

(Xavier) District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
None Selected

Postseason

Atlantic 10 tournament

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

2011 NBA draft

Two Atlantic 10 players were selected in the

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on June 23, both in the second round: Justin Harper and

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. Harper was selected with the 32nd pick by the

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and subsequently traded to the

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. With the 50th pick of the draft, the

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took Lavoy Allen.

declared for early entry in the draft but did not hire an agent and withdrew his name prior to the May 8 deadline.

References

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