The 2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2010, followed by the start of the
2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010, with the preliminary games of the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, and ended with the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April ...
in November. Conference play began in January 2011 and concluded in March 2011.
Kent State
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ash ...
won the regular season title with a conference record of 12–4. Sixth-seeded
Akron defeated Kent State in the
MAC tournament final in overtime and represented the
MAC in the
NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to
Notre Dame.
Preseason awards
The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 28, 2010.
Preseason men's basketball poll
''(First place votes in parentheses)''
East Division
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
128 (12)
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Kent State
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ash ...
114 (8)
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Akron 104 (4)
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Miami
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84
# 42
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Buffalo 32
West Division
# 124 (12)
# 122 (8)
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Eastern Michigan 88 (2)
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Western Michigan 68
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Northern Illinois 64 (2)
# 38 points
Tournament champs
Ohio (10), Kent State (6), Central Michigan (4), Ball State (2), Akron (2)
Honors
Postseason
Mid–American tournament
NCAA tournament
Postseason awards
#Coach of the Year:
Geno Ford
Gene A. "Geno" Ford (born October 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. He is currently the men's head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves, a position he has held since 2019. He w ...
, Kent State
#Player of the Year:
Justin Greene
Justin Pierre Greene (born August 13, 1989) is an American retired basketball player and current coach. He played college basketball for the NCAA Division I Kent State Golden Flashes. On May 20, 2008, Greene committed to attend Kent State Universi ...
, Kent State
#Freshman of the Year:
Javon McCrea
Javon Tyree McCrea (born November 5, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese basketball league B.League . Born in Newark, New York, he played college basketball for the Buffalo Bulls between 20 ...
, Buffalo
#Defensive Player of the Year:
Michael Porrini, Kent State
#Sixth Man of the Year:
Carlton Guyton, Kent State
Honors
See also
2010–11 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
References
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