The 2010–11 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the

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in 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 ...

. The Grizzlies, led by head coach

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, played their home games at

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, as members of the

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. The Grizzlies finished second in the Big Sky during the regular season, and advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky tournament. Montana lost to

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in the Big Sky championship game. Montana failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, but were invited to the

2011 College Basketball Invitational The 2011 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament nor the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, Mar ...

. The Grizzlies were eliminated in the first round of the CBI in a loss to Duquesne, 87–76.

Roster

Source

Schedule and results

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References

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